Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a poet from central Pennsylvania. I’m a 27 year old mother of three, studying Psychology and English literature. I’ve been writing for a great deal of my life but published my first collection in 2016. Since then, I’ve written and published four poetry collections, two chapbooks, and one nonfiction book on time management.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book that I’ve published is “of honey & heartbreak” which is a poetic collection focusing on the balance between healing and hurting. It’s a collection that I’ve been compiling for a while. Writing has always been my way of dealing with any sort of trauma, so I think that you can see some of those instances in this collection.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know that I have any unusual writing habits, per se. When I have the urge to write, I usually write a lot, but I go months sometimes where I really don’t write anything.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anne Sexton, Julia Mallory, Richard Siken, Margaret Atwood, Silvia Plath, Charles Bukowski, and e.e. Cummings.
What are you working on now?
I’m juggling a couple different projects right now: two children’s books, a poetry chapbook, and a collection of essays on motherhood.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, I’ve found a lot of success utilizing Facebook for promoting my books. I’ve made a lot of connections with some influential people in my local communities and that helps, I think.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, even after you receive that first rejection notice. Continue writing, even after the one hundredth rejection notice. Keep writing and keep consuming new work. Read, write, repeat.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do not edit as you write.
What are you reading now?
I am reading a few different things right now, Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson & Richard Dilallo, The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon, and carys by Mariah Johnson.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m actually preparing to embark on writing a novel. I have never written one but have been narrating stories in my head since I was a little girl.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
This is always so difficult. I think I’d have to take Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Crush by Richard Siken, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
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