My book of nonfiction, WORDS AND WONDER, will be published MARCH 2022!!!

Happy New Year = Happy News!

I’m pleased to announce that my very FIRST book of nonfiction, WORDS AND WONDER: A GUIDE TO BECOMING A CREATIVE WRITER, will be published on MARCH 1, 2022!!!

I wrote this book for aspiring writers, creatives, story lovers, and anyone else who simply wants to try something new. With my 10 + years of experience as a writer, editor, coach, and teacher, Words and Wonder reveals some of the basic tools I believe everyone must have to foster a more creative life. Additionally, I answer the top questions from writers of all ages and abilities such as:

-how to find the time to write

-how to find inspiration

-whether or not to get an MFA

-how to get published

-and more!

There are also personalized and fun hacks for tapping into the flow state and many, many “De Greff Doors,” or journaling prompts.

My hope is that my book will allow you to get out of your own way and bring more writing into your life from a place of excitement rather than fear (which, by the way, is super normal and common, even with established authors!)

Can’t wait for y’all to read it. Enjoy a little excerpt below, and if you haven’t already, subscribe to the newsletter to be in the know for tour dates, readings, workshops and more for 2022!

Before I was a writer, I was a reader. I was happy to spend hours reading Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, and Goosebumps. In middle school I was on the Harry Potter train and obsessed with Holocaust survival accounts (one part heritage, one part exhilaration, and a dash of morbidity at twelve years old). But it wasn’t until high school that I read a book, Beloved by Toni Morrison, leaned back and thought: This. This is what I want to do. She set a very, very high bar. (And thanks to my English teacher, Ms. Simmons, for this positive obsession.)