November 17th, 2023 When my novella Flip came out, it got nice reviews and people generally liked it. So much so that, less than a year later, in 2014, I announced a sequel called Push. Wait, 2014? Didn’t Push come out in 2021? It sure did, people of the future. The idea I had thenContinue reading “Push: The Book (and Boy) That Almost Wasn’t”
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SKP 2023: Push
November 2nd, 2023 I have a few stories that took a long time to jump from idea to reality, but this book may have waited the longest. The demand for a sequel to Flip was immediate, and I went so far as to announce and name it back in 2014. I had a rad ideaContinue reading “SKP 2023: Push”
Flip: National Novel Writing Month
October 30th, 2023 It’s the end of October, and I have just one essay about Flip left for you. Psych. The last one was the last one. See, I’ve been hard at work on my writing class (omg, it’s this Wednesday!), and the third act is all about National Novel Writing Month; I tell theContinue reading “Flip: National Novel Writing Month”
Flip: I Got Dosed By You
October 28th, 2023 I always talk about knowing how a story ends before I start writing it, and of course this story ends the way all our stories end, with loss. It’s funny that we don’t talk about loss as much as we should, because it’s always a good time to talk about loss. WhenContinue reading “Flip: I Got Dosed By You”
Flip: Dream a Little Dream of Me
October 19th, 2023 I have never been a religious person. But that’s not to say I’ve never believed in anything. When I was growing up, there was no shortage of things I thought were real but could never prove: aliens, ghosts, mutants, Bigfoot, vampires, time travel. I would spend entire days at the library (thisContinue reading “Flip: Dream a Little Dream of Me”
Flip: I Wish I Was Special
October 8th, 2023 Flip is, ultimately, about a sad, lonely boy. Liam is the opposite of my ego. He’s also the lyrics of a Radiohead song: kind of a creep, and kind of a weirdo. I’ve never had to personally differentiate myself from a character so much; I think it’s because Flip (and its sequels)Continue reading “Flip: I Wish I Was Special”
SKP 2023: Flip
October 1st, 2023 I’ve always had vivid dreams. For a long time, I had an idea for a story that wouldn’t let me go. It was about somebody who felt alone in real life and more real in their dreams, and somebody else who killed people in those same dreams. I couldn’t get the sequelContinue reading “SKP 2023: Flip”
“Faribault famous”
August 2nd, 2023 I did a neat thing last week and it’s out today: the Faribault Daily News published a feature on me + my life + my work! You can check it out on their website at faribault dot com and of course I have some behind-the-scenes tea for you! – Pam and IContinue reading ““Faribault famous””
Final Thoughts On Us, and Them
April 28th, 2023 Enough talk of failure. There was some victory, too. As we end another month of retrospect and introspect, I want to talk about the triumphs from the year I released Them and Us. I made a list: 1. It only took me one book to realize I can do anything. By that,Continue reading “Final Thoughts On Us, and Them”
Us: How do I love failure? Let me count the ways
April 17th, 2023 I’ve mentioned several times that the story of my book, Us, is the story of failure; but today, I want to count the ways. Because I’m an eternal optimist, however, failure is always only half of a story. The other half is a lesson, an annoying ray of sunshine as a bookendContinue reading “Us: How do I love failure? Let me count the ways”
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