I’m excited to report that the second book in my Stray Cat Stories children’s book series has a publication date. The book will be published by Writers Coffee Bar Press on August 19, 2019. That happens to be Clear the…
We’ve all made it to the New Year! (That’s always good news.) As 2015 begins, I want to mention another side of my writing career: GreyCore Literary Services. This small manuscript consultation/editing/proofreading agency was started by Joan Schweighardt, a long-time…
It’s a cold, snowy afternoon in Boston (quite a change from hot and humid Florida, where I was last week) and I thought I’d pass on some publicatin news. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was one of…
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…
“Remember, the acceptances are just as irrational as the rejections.” One the faculty members at my MFA Program often told me this. And the more I forge through the daily life of a writer in the trenches, the more I…
It’s hard to believe that June is more than half over. Time passes that way, flying so fast you can’t catch it. For the past few weeks I’ve been adjusting back into the schedule of writing and working at home.…
On May 24th University of Missouri President Tom Wolfe announced that funding for the 54-year-old university press would be ended almost immediately. This was a devastating decision for the staff of the press, the writers who have been published by…