My first book, Negative Space, turns five years old today!

I wrote a little reflection about what changed (and what didn't) when my debut was finally published after years of working on it in the shadows: "Writing a first book is an extreme, exhausting, trial-by-fire lesson in believing in the value of your own work even when you’re literally the only person in the world who does. It’s pretty incredible, actually, that anyone makes it to the end."

And to celebrate, the paperback is 25% off with code BIRTHDAYWEEK when you order directly from the Santa Fe Writers Project: santa-fe-writers-projec…