Cattle Stop

Jan 25, 20224 min read

Help! My Friends Are Dating!

Part of the best thing about writing is all the surprises that lay in store. When I wrote Cattle Stop, I fully intended it to be a stand...

Jan 25, 20221 min read

What's That? The Math Doesn't Work?

Are you telling me that it doesn't actually add up that Sadie would be an old dog in Cattle Stop and While the Sun Shines, and then still...

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Cattle Stop: or I Loved The Place Between So Much I Had to Write a 75k Novel To Calm Down

Back when I was just a nervous, unhappy kiddo, I went to a neurologist for migraines and anxiety. Faced with twelve year old me, he...

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Behind the Scenes: Penny and Drew, Stuck on the Farm and Stuck With Each Other

The scene: the farmhouse kitchen, the screen door banging closed and Whit's truck squealing out of the driveway. The people: Penny and...

Aug 10, 20216 min read

BtS: Cooper and Whit in Oregon (or What Happens When Goats Escape When You Just Want to Make Out)

I'm not saying that Whit flew out to Oregon with no plan, but Whit definitely flew out to Oregon with no plan. He told Drew he needed a...

Aug 10, 20213 min read

Behind the Scenes: The Prologue (or Kissing Each Other Was a Bad Idea Except It Wasn't)

What do you do when you accidentally-on-purpose kiss the guy you've had a crush on for ages but also really, definitely, don't get along...