Notes from the Night Shift
On writing, medicine, and the strange places where they meet.
Welcome to the Inner Crevices of My Slightly Unhinged Brain
One minute I’m writing about billionaires, boardrooms and quiet longing. The next minute I’m knee-deep in blood spatter, forensic pathology and psychological warfare. Apparently this all makes perfect sense to my brain…
Read moreThe Byrne Saga vs. the Mercer Series: Two Very Different Kinds of Desire
People often ask me what the difference is between the Byrne Saga and the Mercer Series. And honestly? The “simple” answer is desire. Not just sex. Desire…
Read moreHow Women See Women vs. How Men See Women
The difference between being looked at and being seen. On the queer gaze, The Price of Salt, and how desire lands in the body long before the mind writes a thesis about it…
Read moreOn Writer’s Block (and Other Surgical Complications)
There are days when the scalpel feels lighter than the pen. People imagine that writing is the hard part. It’s not. Writing is breathing, or at least it should be. What’s hard is finding the oxygen for it…
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