Articles on Writing/Editing + Creativity

• • “Crafts with Anastasia—Author Elle Mitchell Visualizes Her Stories By Creating Miniature Scenes” on Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers — March 2023
  • “How Writing Is Like Baking Bread” in The Writing Cooperative on Medium — January 2023
  • “Writing Suspense: A Step-by-Step Guide for Aspiring Authors” on IngramSpark Blog — March 2020
  • “Outlining With the Double-Corkboard Method” in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece) on Medium — March 2020
  • “What Is A Spark Story?” on Medium — February 2020
  • “The Importance of Playlists” on Medium — December 2020
  • “How I Write and Edit a Novel in 23 Steps: (Plus 4 More for Self-Publishing Authors)” in The Startup on Medium — August 2019
  • “Editing–My Least Favorite, Favorite Part.” on Medium — August 2019

Articles on Publishing + Life of An Author

• • “10 Things I’ve Learned In My First Year Of Self-Publishing (And 3 I Haven’t)” in The Startup on Medium — December 2019
  • “10 Applications and Resources Self-Published Authors Should Consider Using” in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece) on Medium — November 2019
  • “What One Self-Published Author Spent Publishing Two Books (And What I’ve Learned From It)” in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece) on Medium — November 2019
  • “Expectations and Author Readings” on Medium — October 2019
  • “Cutting Back on Social Media for Writing’s Sake” in The Startup on Medium  — October 2019
  • “Book Mockup Sites I Love And Why” on Medium — August 2019

Articles & Essays on Disability

• • “Why I Wrote a Disabled Serial Killer” on Women Writers, Women’s Books — February 2023
  • “Sorry, I Can’t” in Issue 10 of 99E — September 2020

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Appearances/Interviews + Readings

• • American Are You Scared Yet Book Launch Interview with Margaret Pinard (video) — February 2022
  • “Will Crime Fiction Change? 2020’s Impact on Research Methods” panel for Jolabokaflod PDX — December 2021
  • Interview with Mighty Mystery Host DiVello about Jolabokaflod PDX — December 2021
  • Interview with Vikki J. Carter on SquishPen Production Podcast — November 2021
  • Reading for TellTale theme “We Are Infinite” — September 2021
  • Interview on Book Reader Magazine — 2019
  • Interview with Madeline Dyer — September 2014

Fiction

• • “Pa” in Issue 4 of The Knicknackery — 2016
  • “I Never Stopped Loving Her” on Page & Spine — December 2015 (this was the basis for my novel I Never Stopped)
  • Haiku in Issue 39 of Haiku Journal — September 2015
  • Haiku in Issue 31 of Three Line Poetry — April 2015
  • “Peter” on Yesteryear Fiction — October 2014