I wrote a guest post for the wonderful literary blog, Beyond the Margins, on the question of writing while parenting.

Very happy to announce a new story of mine, “The Essentials of Acceleration,” was named a finalist in the 2012 competition. It will be published in the Spring prize issue of The Missouri Review and is part of the new collection I’m working on for Graywolf, which will be published in 2013.

The Halloween special edition of The Morning News is an annual tradition wherein the writers complete a classic scary story. So much fun.

…is my made-up word to describe the heartless pruning of trees around power lines. I wrote an essay about it for The Morning News, wonderfully illustrated by Jacqui Lee. Don’t miss her moody trees.

I wrote the latest Non-Expert advice column over at The Morning News. Based on years of research, the piece should help writers of the world (and others) get more work done on their vacations.