I wrote an essay about a jellyfish sting, an overpacked carry-on, and giving up on a manuscript, all of which led to Reservations for Six, for Jungle Red Writers.

I wrote an essay about strange experiences I’ve had revisiting places I used to live (including discovering my former bedroom now housed a psychic!) for Moms Don’t Have Time to Write.

I wrote an essay about finding an unlikely friendship during the pandemic, for Moms Don’t Have Time to Write.

In “Writing My Way Through Early Motherhood,” in the Park Slope Reader, I offer a peek into my revision process—with an infant strapped to my chest.

This Real Simple essay captures the 5-minute book club I share with my brother Seth.

In “Why I Took My Week-Old Baby to Book Club,” an essay for Parents magazine, I wrote about my love for my book club and my changing identity as a new mother.

I wrote this essay for Parents magazine about feeling perfectly fine about sending my daughter to daycare, despite everyone else’s opinions.

I shared my budget mama tips for Today’s Parents in “The Thrifty Mom’s Guide to Not Going Broke After Baby.”

I shared my favorite and least favorite parts of writing, how I (don’t) stay organized, and more in this Author Q&A with What To Read Next Blog.

Check out my "Book Notes" playlist to accompany If We Lived Here on Largehearted Boy--then stream all the songs on Spotify!

I penned "9 Struggles Every Couple Searching for a Place Together Can Related to" for Women's Health, based on my extensive knowledge from personal experience and from writing If We Lived Here.

I wrote "A Catalog of My Worst Apartment Hunts" for The Billfold, much of whose content was fodder for If We Lived Here.

I wrote for Women's Fiction Writers about capturing age 30 in fiction.

I wrote a story for Parade based on Pretty in Ink called, "4 ways to wow a new boss (plus 5 things not to do!)"

I wrote an article for Women's Fiction Writers called "Why I Set my Novel at a Women's Magazine (even after The Devil Wears Prada)."

In my guest post for She Reads Book Club, I explore the issue of "Why We Love to Hate Women's Magazines."

In response to the many students who have asked whether we'll be studying Pretty in Ink in their classes, I wrote a satirical unit plan in The Toast, to be taught be a very self-involved and narcissistic "Ms. Palmer."