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Hello There, 2025
Hello past, present, and future readers! It’s been a while, something like a year. I’ve been busy. You’ve been busy. The world’s been busy (unfortunately). Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening over the past twelve months: -In June 2024 I spent several weeks in New York and then upstate at Millay Arts. The…
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Spring Update: Publications, Conferences, and Residencies
Hello, Readers. I hope this season has been treating you well. Life has been very busy lately: teaching, getting sick, and traveling to the Philippines! But that hasn’t stopped my writing. Here’s a little update of what’s been happening this past season and what the future looks like for me and my writing: My short…
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Fall Updates: Festivals, Reviews, and Publications
Hello! A quick update on writing and book promotion: The summer workshops and festivals in Portland, Vermont, and North Carolina were amazingly fun. I was lucky to interact with so many wonderful writers, and I met people who are now friends for life. You can listen to my Bread Loaf Fellows reading here. I don’t…
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Summer Conferences, Festivals, and Workshops
Hello! This still feels like a funny way to let readers know what I’m up to but I’m grateful to anyone wandering the internet who stumbles onto my book/site. Here are some recent and upcoming events: “Ghosts on TV” was featured on the Season 3 debut of Short Stack Stories. Liv and Jackie do such…
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AWP in Seattle and other promotions
Hello, readers! Thanks for all your interest in Sin Eaters over the past few months. I’ve had a great time chatting with students at the University of St. Thomas in a Colloquium reading, and I spent some time with the good people at Aims Community College as part of their Words with Writers series. I…
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More Book Promotion and Life Updates
Hello! Thanks for checking out my site and at least being interested in Sin Eaters and my other writings. The last eight months since my book’s publication have been an extreme whirlwind. I’ve taken my book to a number of festivals, participated in at least a dozen readings, and secured a new job in a…
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Recent Promotions
Here are a few more quick Sin Eaters promotional pieces I was super excited about: Debutiful featured an interview with me about crafting Sin Eaters. Debutiful is such a wonderful site for discovering new books. They do excellent interviews, reviews, and a very interesting podcast. Definitely check them out. I was crazy excited to do…
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AWP in Philadelphia

Hello! Lots of great promotional bits have been happening with Sin Eaters. Here’s a quick rundown: The book launch at Elliott Bay was fantastic! If you missed it, here’s a recording of my reading and conversation with Sequoia Nagamatsu. My hometown paper covered the book in a really cool story. Thanks to the Southeast Missourian!…
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Publication Day!

Sin Eaters is officially out in the world! I’m so excited for people to read this book, and I still can’t believe it’s real. I’ve been working on some of these stories for years, and while I’m extremely nervous to see how people respond, I know I’m proud of it. Thank you to everyone who…
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Promos, Virtual Reading, and Arriving Books!

A few quick updates on writings and events: I wrote a Writer’s Recommend entry for The Next Best Book Blog on a writer I highly recommend. I, of course, chose my all-time favorite, Louise Erdrich. I also wrote an entry for Necessary Fiction’s Research Notes on how I initially developed the story “Swamp Creatures” from…