AI detectors keep flagging real writers, so I started “watermarking” my drafts with human markers and timestamps. Here’s my ...

Sixteen years ago, I had a eureka moment. Military life, overseas tours, deployments and raising three children had rendered my legal career not only stale, but practically impossible. I worried that ...

A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned. I spent decades believing I was not good enough to become a writer.

I am in the midst of revising a book about writing, which has me simultaneously thinking about writing in the context of what I’m saying in the book and reflecting on the writing I am doing as the ...

My next book, A Living Remedy, will be out in April. Last month, when I shared designer Vivian Lowe’s gorgeous cover for it and began begging for preorders (as writers must), it felt like the ...

I hate mindless chain letters (and they’re all mindless). But when Paul Beaumont, author of A Brief Eternity invited me to participate in a so-called “Writing Process blog tour,” it made sense. I had ...

You mostly get to see my nerdy writing on network storage and Android phones. While that’s creative writing too, my other hobbyist side leans more into the niche with write-ups like essays, short ...

Sixteen years ago, I had a eureka. Military life, overseas tours, deployments and raising three children had rendered my legal career not only stale, but practically impossible. I worried that I’d ...