I openly love being organized because it helps me get so much done. So here are my four hacks to organize your life (and write more!).

Have you ever wondered why writers use unrealistic smells in their descriptions? If so, you're not alone, but there is a reason.

This blog is for you, writers’ friends and family members, to help you understand how writers revise books.

Here are the ideas that have most helped me to make friends as an adult.

Writers’ friends and family members, if you’ve ever wondered how writers prepare to write books, this blog is meant for you.

This blog is for you, writers’ friends and family members, so you can understand the process of how writers try to get published.

The revision process for Patrice Carey Hale's Little Mermaid retelling, Knife and Shell

Updates on the first draft of Patrice Carey Hale's YA Little Mermaid retelling.

What to expect when you camp in Kanab, UT.

Exploring Lennox Castle Hospital.

I could pretend that getting to the top of Ben Lomond was worth it, but I’d be lying through my teeth.

If you’re ever in this particular bit of Scotland and decide to find the Devil’s Pulpit, make sure you’ve got the location and GPS because there’s no sign.

I should have remembered the way to the reservoir enough to know that we were going off-track, but it had been five years since I’d been to Dovestones, I am directionally challenged, and I had an unfounded trust in Google, so we merrily followed the wrong path

When Bobby and I initially decided to go to Ireland, we had to choose, out of a whole country of options, where to spend our time. You’d think we might choose based on main tourist attractions, but no, we chose based on a google search for hostels.

But finally I’m there in Ireland, stumping up to my little Irish hostel across a bridge from downtown Dublin. My roommates and I silently nodded at each other and then proceeded to ignore each other’s existence.

Imagine the Scarlett Pimpernel, teenaged version, in Polynesia, and trade the guillotine for a pill that destroys your brain functions.

“Oh my gosh.” My shoulder throbbing, I jerked my head up at the overhang to see an indentation the size of both my fists in the mud above my head. “Bobby, I think I just got hit by a falling rock!”

American Royals by Katharine McGee When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and...

Whew—these books are not for the faint of heart! They are chilling and disturbing. In fact, there’s a part of the first book that I can barely read—not because of foul language or graphic violence, but because what’s being portrayed is so gut-wrenchingly, morally awful.

What draws me in is the theming of this book—it’s just so on pointe.