On May 3rd, I led a panel at Chevalier’s Bookstore in the cool Larchmont Village section of Los Angeles in conjunction with the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Topic: How We Got Traditional Publishing Deals Without an Agent. Also on the panel was Sarah Vacchiano, author of Soft Launch and Lindsay Marie Morris, author of Beneath…

This vending machine in the Sip and Sonder coffee shop in Inglewood (near Los Angeles) spits out free short stories for you to read. Well-written ones too. It’s like winning the lotto only with less money and begging relatives.

I often use Mimont (a mashup of Mi-chele and Mont-gomery) on social media sites. It reduces my name’s carbon footprint. I try to go green whenever possible.

I’m running for Secretary of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. We have a margarita fountain at our yearly retreat, so, of course.

Had a fun day researching bees at an Atlas Obscura event held at the Elysian Community Garden. It’s exciting to make things up then do field work and discover those ideas could actually work in real life. Score! And eating fresh honey? What a delicious writing perk.

Glee! I was elected to the 2018 Board of Directors for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Not only do we support writers, we have a margarita fountain at our retreat.