Stories and Essays:
“Role Play,” Pinch Journal (Fall 2023)
“The Sunset,” Longreads (Fall 2022)
(** Listed as Notable for Best of American Essays 2023)
“#Reprint,” Northwest Review (Fall 2022, 52.1)
“Intruder,” Cream City Review (Spring 2022)
“(Don’t) Find Your Joy,” Nashville Scene (September 2021)
“Yankee,” Pithead Chapel (May 2021)
“Save St. Mark’s,” The Rumpus (Winter 2020)
“You Can’t Follow Him There,” Los Angeles Review (Fall 2020)
“The Coma,” Natural Bridge (Fall 2020)
(**Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“Woman Hollering,” Puerto del Sol (August 2020)
“Kitten,” Pidgeonholes (August 2019)
(**Nominated for Best Small Fictions)
“Stone Baby,” Washington Square Review (Spring 2019)
“What Comes Tomorrow,” South 85 Journal (Fall 2018)
“Dead Trees,” wildness (Winter 2017)
“Formation,” Carolina Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2017, Volume 67.1)
“How to Leave a Place You Love,” Spartan (Spring 2017)
“Strange Birds,” Barnstorm Journal (Winter 2016)
“A Hand For Your Hip,” Drunk Monkeys (Summer 2016)
Freelance & Journalism:
Catapult
Don’t Write Alone: How to Get a Literary Agent
School Library Journal
Strike a Pose: Yoga for Young People, From Babies to Teens (Feb 2024)
Texas Highways
A Novel Idea: Experience Pottsboro in North Texas Like a Local
On The Same Page: Texas Kidlit Showcases Diversity of Character and Place
Polka Music? Czech! Kolaches? Czech! Get Ready for Slavnost in La Grange
It Wouldn’t Be Wedding Season in Texas Without the Grand March
My Hometown: Preserving History and Memory with Custom Gravestones
What The Heck Is Wendish Coffee Cake?
Keep On Truckin’: A Day in the Life of a Texas Truck Driver
Recipe: Corn Dodgers Are The Perfect Cowboy Snack
Texas Monthly
A Bakery in La Grange Seeks an Apprentice to Continue Its 75-Year Legacy
Business Insider
“I started a list of books to read. When it grew to 500, I became trapped by it.”
Longreads
Librarians on the Frontlines: A Reading List for Library Lovers and Realists
Paging Dr. House: A Medical Mysteries Reading List
Messy, Messy Love: A Reading List for the Star-Crossed
Odd, Genius, Or Something In Between: A Reading List for Writers
Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries
Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline
Parents Magazine
How to Negotiate Your Kid’s School Tuition
What’s It Like Making a Living as a Momfluencer
I made money off pictures of my kid on Instagram—what should I do with it?
How To Protect Your Child From Instagram Identity Theft
Bookpage
Starred Review: Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal
Review: Pass The Baby by Susanna Reich
Review: Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter
Review: The City Tree by Shira Boss
Review: Celebrate the start of a new academic year with two picture books
Starred Review: The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larson
Review: Too Early By Nora Ericson
I’m Your Local Pandemic Librarian—How Can I Help?
Nashville Scene
Real Simple
More Newlyweds Are Asking Guests For Money — Here’s How To Do It The Right Way
How To Negotiate Like You’ve Got Nothing To Lose
Can Becoming Your Own Boss Maximize Your Income?
How To Talk About Your Salary With Your Coworkers
Better Homes & Gardens
Tool Libraries Let You Rent Equipment For Your DIY Projects
She Knows
Grief in a Pandemic is Complicated—Here’s How You Can Support Your Loved Ones
7 Small But Impactful Ways You and Your Family Can Support Your Community Right Now
Greatist
How To Get Rid Of All Those Random Things You Can’t Put In The Trash
The 5 Stages of Grief: Processing Loss Doesn’t Happen Overnight
On Writing:
“Taming Wild Animals,” an essay on anxiety, faith, and writing for Our Faith In Writing (May 2020)
A 1400-character interview on writing with Carolina Quarterly (February 2020)
“Knowing When to Fly: Leaving a Critique Group,” a craft essay for Jane Friedman (Spring 2019)
“Three Secrets To Create The Writing Life You Want,” a craft essay at Cleaver Magazine (Winter 2019)
“In Conversation with Poet and Writing Coach Joan Gelfand,” an interview at the Lit Pub (Summer 2019)
Poetry:
“Apologies to an Old Friend,” “My Red Wheelbarrow,” & “Morning by the Pool with the Only One Left,” — Typehouse Magazine, Issue 10 (Fall 2016)
“At the Tomb of the Unknown” & “Backdrop,” — Muddy River Poetry Review (Fall 2016)
“Texas Life Story, Six Words,” — Gnarled Oak (Spring 2016)
“We Are Hardly Religious,” & “Keeping Warm,” — Eunoia Review (2011)