Rebecca Petruck

Pitch Wars 2021 MG Wish List

I'm so excited to mentor a writer again this year! This will be my 7th year and 8th mentee. Get to know: Alexis Larkin: @LarkinLetters &...

Genius or innate talent likely doesn’t exist. This inspiring conclusion from decades of research by psychologist Anders Ericsson,...

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend is a magical adventure with a girl as the main character. I want to love it,...

Recently, a friend posted this: “I fit my fat ass into a pair of size medium pants.” It’s not the first time a thin friend has referred...

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, so I wanted to share a post I wrote for a site that has since closed. Some of you will have read...

Priscilla Mizell was my Pitch Wars mentee, and she is completely awesome. Visit her web site at priscillamizell.com and follow her on...

This month I leave the NC coast for the mountains. It was a decision made of necessity, and my struggles this past year were worsened by...

My rule of three: If I notice something three times, I pay extra attention. I've pondered lately how Expectations affect my perception of...

When I read I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I am Enough” by Brené Brown,...

HOPE IS A FERRIS WHEEL by Robin Herrera is lovely. I don’t use that word lightly because for some that translates to precious, which is...

This is a poem I wrote for my parents when I was a freshman in college. Proof, clearly, that I was long destined for writerly greatness....