spoiler-free character dives: Mae I’m off the road and back in Tennessee after a month of work, seeing great friends in Florida and Indiana, kayaking out of a surprise thunderstorm (@erica), book signings, having a claustrophobic panic attack in the middle of my graduate school commencement, taking Samson on his-first ever boat ride (for result, see… Read More »Spoiler-Free Character Dives: Mae

You’re going to fail: the choice not to use social media This past July I sat in a one-on-one coaching session at a writers’ conference.  This is how the session began: Coach/mentor:  Hello, N. Ford, how can I help? N. Ford: I know how effective social media can be for spreading the word about my… Read More »You’re Going to Fail: The Choice Not to Use Social Media

CHILD, DO YOU THINK THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU? In August of 2020 most of my family gathered to celebrate my nephew’s fourth birthday.  It was five months into the Covid-19 pandemic.  We sat around a living room after the kids had gone to bed, listening to them pretend like they were asleep. … Read More »CHILD, DO YOU THINK THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU?

The Blog Evan is the Digital Director for Atmosphere Press.  Atmosphere Press published The Refuge, the first book in The Refuge Trilogy.  Evan lives in the pacific northwest and raises boys and plants.  He’s absurdly talented and does things I can’t, like build the website you’re surfing and explain words like ‘metadata’.  When Evan was building… Read More »The Blog