Last week I quietly released Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself: Stories as an e-book, and yesterday the paper back version became available (long story short, I goofed on the release date for the print book). It's my first book in nearly five years (thanks, pandemic!). These are stories that I love and have loved for the … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself
Years after the Pandemic broke my brain and I didn't think I'd write again, I'm finally publishing my follow up collection of short stories, "Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself: Stories" on Tuesday, October 15th, 2024. These stories span 20 years of my writing career and many have been featured in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. From … Continue reading It’s finally happening
Hi! I know it's been awhile. Almost two years since I quit social media and two years since I published Reckless Night You Won't Regret. After publishing four books in the span of 9 months I was burned out and took a writing break. Then Covid happened and everything just stopped. I couldn't read fiction, … Continue reading An update
I've fallen into the time suck that is summer in the Pacific Northwest. We're blessed with days that stretch until nearly 10 p.m. (and dawn well before 5 a.m., yikes!) and when I haven't been eating blueberries off the bushes in my backyard while pretending to do yard work, reading romance novels in the hammock, … Continue reading New flash fiction, interviews, and more!
It's no secret that flash fiction is my first love. I stumbled on crafting short stories as a child and then later in college in two separate short story seminars, but it was always just a flirtation. It wasn't until I was in my early 20's and living alone in Boston (working two jobs and … Continue reading Writing workouts (with a reading list)
2016 wasn't a total dumpster fire on a floating garbage barge. As the year comes to a close I'm ignoring the shitshow and focusing on the goodness that 2016 brought me like: Keeping and exceeding my New Year's Writing Resolutions to a) write 1 short story a month and b) submit at least one short … Continue reading End of the year recap
I recently returned from my South American vacation to news that one of my short stories, "Second Honeymoon" was being published in the May 2014 issue of DRIFTLESS REVIEW and was a finalist for thier flash fiction contest. I may not have won the cash money, but you can read all 750 words of "Second Honeymoon" … Continue reading (Late) Breaking News: I’ve Published Another Short Story
So I have a bit of good news to share. I've been sitting on it for quite a few weeks months, yet telling everyone I know about it. I can no longer consider writing to be an expensive hobby that was draining both my soul and my bank account, because as of this week, someone … Continue reading Breaking News: This is No Longer the Expensive Hobby I Feared It Was
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