by Andi | May 8, 2019 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
This week, I went full-on into writing a YA mystery novel. I’d been thinking about writing a mystery novel for a long time – had even started two over the past few years. But then, I’d get to the middle – I HATE MIDDLES – and think I was... 
by Andi | May 1, 2019 | Written and Wrought
This morning, I got a fresh proofread back from my friend and talented editor Ranee Boyd Tomlin, and folks, I cannot tell you how much it means to me to have someone look at my work with the kind of attention to detail that Ranee gave to The Slaves Have Names. Another... 
by Andi | Apr 24, 2019 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
A little more than 8 years ago, I was in some dark days. My mother had died on Thanksgiving morning. The man I was dating had shown up drunk later that day. I had left the teaching positions I loved to stay with my dad and write. I was lonely. I was grieving. I was a... 
by Andi | Apr 17, 2019 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I was talking with someone the other day about how I see myself as someone who serves writers and about what my “brand” of service is, and I realized something. The most fundamental thing I know about writers is this: No writer is the same as any other... 
by Andi | Apr 10, 2019 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
A writer must say yes to life, to all of life: the water glasses, the Kemp’s half-and-half, the ketchup on the counter. It is not a writer’s task to say, “It is dumb to live in a small town or to eat in a café when you can eat macrobiotic at...