Shaky Landing, but Soul to Soul is On the Way!

Shaky Landing, but Soul to Soul is On the Way!

Last Thursday night, my husband and I returned from a week-long trip to England and Iceland. The trip had been in the planning stages for a year; we’d be surprising a friend in England for her 50th birthday, spending two days with her lovely family, and then circling...
More Microfiction Publishing News

More Microfiction Publishing News

Hello, friends and readers! This is just a note to share some good news: two of my new microfiction stories have been accepted by journals that publish wonderful work. “Go, Girl” will be published by the innovative journal Bending Genres. The editors of...
New Interview Out with Novelist Joan Schweighardt

New Interview Out with Novelist Joan Schweighardt

“An automobile accident in front of a homeless shelter causes Lola, a dog trainer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to renew her battle with grief. Ben, formerly an architect in the same city, has been abandoned by his family and is currently homeless. Lola sees Ben...
No Need for Perfection In First Drafts, or Life

No Need for Perfection In First Drafts, or Life

There’s this thing about writing that I think also applies to a lot of things in life: striving for perfection can be stressful and self-defeating, and it can actually prevent any progress. Case in point: the first draft (of a short story, an essay, a...
New Website Takes Flight

New Website Takes Flight

Welcome to my new website and blog! I sadly lost years of blog posts when my old site went down, but when one door closes… For my first post on the new blog, I’d like to thank The Free Website Guys, the team who helped me build this site—and give anyone reading this...