The other day I received a surprise email from Keith Hoerner, editor of The Dribble Drabble Review. By way of the fun graphic below, he announced that my short fiction piece, “By the Sea” had won a place in the…
A “Best Of” Mention is Always Nice
As an Author, is My “Brand” Me?
My publisher, Huntsville Independent Press, recently published an article about developing an author “brand.” I found the concept interesting. Do writers really have — or need — a “brand?” Writers who work in creative nonfiction are familiar with the concept…
What is “Success” for a Writer?
My publisher, Huntsville Independent Press, started the new year by publishing a guest post I wrote for their blog. In the post, I talk about the definition of “success” for a writer — at least, how I define success. Here’s…
Mastodon
So, it’s been a time. For years, Twitter has been such a wonderful way to connect with writers, publishers, animal rescue groups, photographers, and other interesting people from all over the world. That’s changing now. I’m still there, but in…
Big News: New Book On the Way
I haven’t been keeping up on this blog lately, but that could change soon. I have a busy writing year coming up in 2023. First, the anthology I co-edited with Joan Schweighardt, The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose…
Hear my Microfiction on Spotify!
Some nice news: I was contacted by C.K. Jensen, who runs a writing podcast on Spotify called Quid Prose Quo. They read my piece Generations in The Centifictionist and viewed it as an example of “fantastic microfiction.” C.K. asked if…
New Interview at The Centrifictionist
The concept of innocence, or innocence lost, has always haunted me. – Faye Rapoport DesPres Many thanks to The Centrifictionist for interviewing me about writing flash fiction/microfiction, what inspires my writing, and other tidbits. You can read the interview at…
New Flash Fiction Up at The Drabble
I wrote the 100-word story “Party Clown” a while ago, and it was just published at The Drabble. Although it’s fiction, I dedicate it to a friend of mine I had in mind while I wrote it….and ot somehow ends…
New Anthology, THE ART OF TOUCH, to be Published by The University of Georgia Press
Almost two years ago, a long-time friend and colleague of mine named Joan Schweighardt (author of nine novels, a memoir, and two children’s books) approached me with an idea. She wanted to develop an anthology centered around the concept of…