The Intersection of Fiction and Real Life

On a December day in 2018, I opened an email with an offer to publish my middle grade novel, Swallowed by a Secret. I was stunned. An acquisitions editor from a small, traditional publisher had liked my Twitter pitch and requested the full manuscript. Was this a dream...

In Defense of Pantsing

The plot thickens…but my pants wear thin. From sliding by the seat of them, of course. My name is Martine, and I am a pantser. I know I’m not alone, but sometimes it feels like I am. When plotters are having a big convo on Twitter about how they could not possibly...