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When I graduated college in the summer of 2007, I had an idea for a novel. It was about a family of four siblings who couldn’t stand to be in the same room together, who had to band together when their mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

This story would eventually become my debut novel, titled "Catchlight."

I was so terrified to be writing a novel that I told almost no one about it. I wrote a whole draft – about 250 pages - nearly in secret.

This draft propelled my life for almost 12 years. It took me through an MFA program at Fairfield University, it compelled me to send queries to over 150 agents and enter for countless contests and prizes.

I rewrote it again and again and again. I was ready to put it away and start on a new bo
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American Royals and Majesty, by Katharine McGhee
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American Royals and Majesty, by Katharine McGhee
The Alchemist, by Paolo Coehlo (reread)
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Heir Affair, by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
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