In truth, I hardly know her. We met 10 years ago, at one of the bi-annual writing residencies required to complete our low-residency MFA program. We didn’t attend the same workshops; Sara was studying fiction, and I was focused on…
Writers in the Trenches: Essayist Cindy Zelman
For this third installment in the “Writers in the Trenches” series, I interviewed Massachusetts-based essayist Cindy Zelman, author of the CNF chapbook What’s in a Butch’s Purse? I met Cindy when she sat down across from me in one of…
It’s been four years!
Message From a Blue Jay, my first book, was published four years ago this week. To celebrate, the e-book version is on sale at Amazon for 99 cents for two days. Grab an inexpensive copy or gift it to a…
My New Personal Essay, “Lifeguard,” has been published
A quick note to let you know that “Lifeguard,” my newest personal essay, has been published by the wonderful online journal Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. “Lifeguard” started out as one of a series of essays I wrote based on…
“Winter” Featured in the Connotation Press Annual Retrospective Issue
How nice to learn that my essay “Winter” was chosen by editor extraordinaire Meg Tuite to be featured in the annual August retrospective of work that appeared in Connotation Press: An Online Artifact in 2014-2015. Meg’s incredibly creative, unusual, and…
Is it a Memoir, an Essay Collection, or a Memoir-in-Essays?
It’s been interesting to read the reviews of Message From A Blue Jay since nearly 27,000 people downloaded the book during a free, three-day promotion in mid-June (and more purchased copies in the days and weeks since). My publisher, while…
My new personal essay, “Winter,” has been published
“Winter,” a new essay about one of the last visits I had with my father before he passed away in April, has just been published by Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. I am especially honored by this publication for a…
A link to my guest post on the Superstition Review Blog
“California, a prophet on the burning shore, California, I’ll be knocking on the golden door” – John Perry Barlow I always think of the Grateful Dead song “Estimated Prophet” when I travel to California. As a matter of fact, when…
My essay, "Walden Revisited," has been published by Connotation Press: An Online Artifact
This morning I woke up early, sat down at my computer and, before switching off the Internet (which I usually do so I can focus on my writing), took a look at the wonderful online journal Connotation Press: An Online…
The book manuscript is just about done – here's the "pitch"
For the past few months the focus of my writing has subtly changed; instead of feverishly writing, revising and submitting individual pieces (which I had been doing for the previous four years) I began thinking about finishing a collection. I’ve…