The kinds of things you might find Devon out doing in the world but that have everything to do with writing, like attending residencies, fellowships, conferences, classes, readings, and events, or going on hikes, to cafes, to bookstores… Most of these are musings and lessons, but it’s hard to say, exactly. Articles on things like NaNoWriMo are here–that’s a virtual event.

• Holiday Gifts for Writers and Readers (about, well, duh)
• The Smallest Post (not about much, really; just pointing out two titles that are strangely similar)

NANOWRIMO

• Your Friendly, Preptober Reminder (with a super-quick run-down of Nano and what you should probably be doing already to get ready for it: the short version)
• We’re Well Into Camp (Camp Nanowrimo, 2023, in which I introduce some new options for doing something besides just writing to a word count for camp)
• NaNoWriMo (an intro to NaNoWriMo)
• Livin’ La Vida NaNoWriMo (basically just a link to a great NaNoWriMo article)
• Novel Planning: A NaNoWriMo Update (about needing… and failing… to plan well for NaNoWriMo and LOTS of writing advice for the entire writing process (research, planning, writing, editing)
• A NaNoWriMo Extension (on losing my first NaNoWriMo and prevailing, anyhow)
• Goodbye, Camp NaNoWriMo (on how I wrote and won on my second try)
• NaNoWriMo Strikes Again (national novel writing month 2014 is fast approaching)
• I Quit (how losing/quitting NaNoWriMo can teach us all a little about humility and balance)
• Headed to Camp (because I’m headed to Camp Nanowrimo, again)
• Nano Movie Reviews with a Playlist (movies and music to inspire writing The Edge this year)
• I Won Nano (and it’s actually, somehow, the first time)
• Return to Nanowrimo (check-in after a week of Nano and all the things going on in the community)
• Preptober Is Coming to an End, People! (how to prepare for Nanowrimo, with a detailed list)
• Sepnoedmo (introducing September as an editing version of Nanowrimo, cuz I need it this year)

AUTHOR EVENTS AND READINGS

• Fantasy Author Event (with T. Kingfisher, Veronica Roth, Nghi Vo, Andrea Hairston, and Rebecca Thorne, in which they interacted in funny ways and recommended a lot of books)
• Lessons in Unusual Places (about attending a reading and walking away proud)
• April Henry on the Writer Files (about a random crime writer who leads a double life as an unassuming, middle-aged lady and a hard-core writer and live-r)
• Jimmy Carter Wrote a Novel (about the day I met Jimmy Carter at a book signing written weeks after his death)
• Lev Grossman Event (about The Bright Sword and The Magicians Trilogy and fan tattoos, mostly)

GUEST APPEARANCES AND INTERVIEWS

• Podcast Guest (on Words to Write By, May 29, 2024, where I talk about Christpoher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey as an introduction into their series on it)
• Shelf Discovery (on Kate Bowler’s Instagram on behalf of the Regulator Bookshop to recommend a graduation book)

COMMUNITY (BOOK CLUBS, WRITING GROUPS, RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES…)

• It Could Have Been Worse (on my first writing group, their critique, and some writing advice (completely stolen))
• What You Could Learn During a Residency (about what I learned at my first writing residency)
• Suddenly Writing. (about a workshop I attended and what you can do to keep the juices flowing)
• Ctl+G Just Changed My Life. Oh, Yeah, and I Finished a Novel. (about writing “THE END” at the end of my third novel and about how writing residencies are still awesome)
• I’m a Fellow? (about my stint as a virtual fellow at Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing during the pandemic.)
• How to Write in a Fascinating, Small Town (about my writing residency in an amazing, quirky town in the Arkansas Ozarks)
• Residencies with Friends (about my fourth residency at Weymouth and how it was better for residing with friends)
• Best Hikes and Writing Spots in the Triangle #1 (about the first post about the best hikes and writing spots in the Triangle)
• Publishing Seminar with Scott Reintgen (which was incredible, so give the notes a look-see)
• Celebrating My Writing Group Friends (my real, original, writing group with a list of their works)
• Outlining Fiction with Philip M. Locey (reading for Nano, I head to a couple-hour seminar by a local author–the first time)
• Spring NCWN Conference (with notes from a neurodivergent about conferences but also writing, flash fiction, and submissions)
• Poetry Reading with Friends (note: holiday parties thrown by book people for book people are the best parties. For me. A book person. Oh yeah, and poetry)
• Fellowship in Fancytown (my second fellowship with MVICW, but my first in-person on Martha’s Vineyard)

BOOKSELLER JOB

• Holidays for Book Nerds (about my new dream job, Onyx Storm, and how people are reading and hopefully buying local)
• Mobile Bookshop (about working my first book event)