Facts About I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings In Mental Floss
Check out my most recent Mental Floss post, 11 Facts About I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou was such a fascinating person.
Category Writing – Nonfiction
Truth Is Stranger Than Children’s Fiction In Writer’s Digest
I have an article in the March/April issue of Writer’s Digest titled “When Truth Is Stranger Than (Children’s) Fiction.” Next time you’re in a bookstore, pick up a copy and check it out.
Article: Secret Garden In Mental Floss
I have a new post up at Mental Floss: 8 Lovely Facts About The Secret Garden. I was surprised to learn that Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic book is basically an allegory for Christian Science. Weird. Click here to read the…
My Article Among Biggest Literary Stories Of 2015
Literary Hub mentioned my article in The Atlantic about literary journals charging reading fees to submitting writers among The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year. It’s under number 31: Literary Journals Making Money Off Slush Piles. Check it out!
Mental Floss: 9 Mournful Facts About Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
I wrote another Halloween-themed Mental Floss post: 9 Mournful Facts About Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Ravens can really talk. Here’s a video of a raven saying “nevermore.”
The Atlantic: Should Literary Journals Charge Writers Just to Read Their Work?
I’m excited to share an article I wrote for The Atlantic on literary journal reading fees. It looks into whether literary journals should charge writers fees to submit their writing, an important issue that needs more discussion. Check out: Should…
Mental Floss: Halloween Edition
Here are my latest Mental Floss articles. They are Halloween themed. Wooo (spooky noise). 10 Monstrous Facts About ‘Frankenstein’ The amount of death that happened around Mary Shelley during the writing and publication of Frankenstein is astounding. Three children, her…
Mental Floss Articles: Walden, Chocolate Factories, Witches, Spiders, and More!
More Mental Floss articles that I wrote! Get ’em while they’re hot! 12 Gloriumptious Facts About Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl actually was a chocolate tester for a candy company when he was a kid. It stuck with…
Book Review: Felicia Day’s Memoir
I reviewed Felicia Day’s memoir You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)for KQED, including thoughts on GamerGate. READ IT HERE.
Articles: L. Frank Baum, Horton Hears A Who, And Jack London
Here’s a few recent articles: 13 Facts About L. Frank Baum’s ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ L. Frank Baum was a fascinating person. I had no idea. He was a chicken farmer and a traveling salesman and went around the country…
Article: Great Expectations in Mental Floss
Did you catch my most recent article in Mental Floss? It’s 11 Dickensian Facts About ‘Great Expectations’. Did you know Estella may have been based on Charles Dickens’s mistress? Also, remember the 1998 movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan…
Article: 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’
Did you know that The Sound of Music turned 50 years old this year? I recently re-watched it for my Mental Floss article 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’. Now I really want to go…