Six months into my marriage, my husband forced himself on me.

At 19 years old, I’d just had a miscarriage and couldn’t mentally or emotionally fathom the idea of getting pregnant again. …

I recently received a DM from a reader on Instagram. We’d never chatted before, but he’d read my recent post about taking some time away to write a suspense/horror novel. …

My husband and I are currently going through intensive rounds of couple’s therapy after I caught him in a destructive emotional affair.

I’ve finally gotten comfortable with calling it that. I wasn’t sure what to call it at first, because we weren’t in your typical monogamous situation. We had been…

November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo). It’s a time when hordes of writers from around the world attempt to write 50,000 words in just 30 days, cheering each other on all the while.

I always thought this sounded like a chaotic, unproductive rush that’s just setting writers up…

There was a time when I wasn’t so picky about the men I wanted sexually. If I crossed paths with a guy I was attracted to, a guy who desired me, who made me feel that spark — all I wanted was to free-fall right into him.

I was a…

My husband and I are in a very strange place right now. After being separated for over a month, he’s moved back in, and we’re currently deep into couple’s therapy.

I’ve written about his emotional affair, and how what he said about me to the woman he loved wounded me…

When we first met, we clicked right away.

We were in a play together, and we bonded instantly. We were like twins. So much in common, the same sense of humor. It wasn’t long before we were hanging out a ton, even outside of rehearsal.

I grew close with several…

I’ve been blocked by two writers since I joined Medium about three years ago.

In both cases, the writers were outspoken and had strong (some would say cruel/judgmental) opinions, and they didn’t like that I disagreed with their stances.

Before I get deep into my gripe, I want to be…