Archive - Overthinking It

My Goodreads Confessional

On seeking validation, setting boundaries, what I'm writing next, and what I have to say about shame.

Aug 14 •

Laurie Morrison

April 2024

Release Day Reflections & Five Fun Facts

KEEPING PACE is on shelves today!

Apr 9 •

Laurie Morrison

February 2024

Grace and Emily

How Emily Dickinson popped up in my new book and why she stayed there

Feb 1 •

Laurie Morrison

December 2023

On Writing About a Reader

The role of books and libraries in KEEPING PACE plus JLG news, ARCs, + a challenge for early readers!

Dec 28, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

September 2023

On juggling professional identities...and a COVER REVEAL for KEEPING PACE!

My two professional identities–teacher and writer–have always felt deeply connected.

Sep 26, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

August 2023

Learning how to fail, or reframing "failure"

What I've been working on this summer+ the pub date, description, and preorder links for my next middle grade novel, KEEPING PACE!

Aug 16, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

June 2023

On spoilers and plot twists

plus book recs and a COMING UP SHORT giveaway!

Jun 23, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

May 2023

The epiphany that cracked the plot of my next novel

. . . and the need for books about 14-year-olds, and an incomplete list of books set during/just before/just after 8th grade

May 9, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

April 2023

On "manageable" revisions and trips

Reflections on spring break, developmental edits, and un-plannable magic, plus a 4-book giveaway, verse novel recommendation, and news!

Apr 4, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

February 2023

Starting something new

How my writing process follows the calendar year, and how I go from wisps of inspiration to a novel-shaped idea

Feb 9, 2023 •

Laurie Morrison

December 2022

Photo books, year-end tenderness, and claiming the joy

My husband loves photography, and he creates these wonderful photo books for our family at the end of every year and to commemorate trips and other…

Dec 15, 2022 •

Laurie Morrison

November 2022

The Dreaded "Q" Word

How looking at rejections from ages ago got me reflecting on why "quiet" is an unhelpful way to describe novels, and what writers of intimate…

Nov 15, 2022 •

Laurie Morrison

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