How to revise creative work, my week in Croatia, and what I’m reading/watching/doing.

Welcome to my June author newsletter!

Hello, & welcome to my author newsletter!

It used to live at Mailchimp, now it lives here at Heartbeat, which used to be short romantic fiction, and now is this. Each month you can expect writing tips, pop culture recs, and secret peeks into the publishing process and my personal life. Let’s go!

My wife and I just got back from a week-long boat trip in Croatia where we were celebrating a close friend’s 40th birthday. Sixteen women living on a 90-foot motor yacht with a 24-7 open bar was just as fabulous and hectic as it sounds. I left my liver in the bottom of a jug of lukewarm Croatian white wine.

My in-laws came from CA to look after our 15-month baby, Rozella (or Rozie, rhymes with posy). I was convinced I wouldn’t miss our little squish too much, given: Travel! Swims! Chats! Cocktails! I missed her so much. Like, an everyone-is-partying-on-the-top-deck-and-I’m-looking-through-every-picture-of-her amount: deeply uncool. Anyway, there was a lot of talk about how she’d react after not …