As a creative writer, I am used to writing for free. While it’s wonderful to get a poem or essay occasionally published in a literary journal, the majority of journals don’t pay. Now, on the one hand, I don’t mind that because I don’t JUST write to get paid, I write because I love to …
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much Madeleine L”Engle has influenced me, both as a person/reader, and as a writer. I read the Time Quartet as a kid, or maybe as a teen, and I LOVED those books! I saw myself in Meg Murry: I was smart but awkward, I felt ugly, and I …
I am pleased to announced that I have signed with literary agent Nicole Payne of Golden Wheat Literary! She will be representing my YA contemporary novel, currently titled ASHES. This novel has been a long labor of love. The first scene was written in 2010, but I didn’t start seriously working on it until Fall …
This month I’m the featured poet at Blue Heron Review! This journal has previously published one of my poems, and nominated it for a Pushcart Prize! I’m honored and humbled to be a part of this journal a second time. Click here to read their very kind write-up about me and my work. Click here …
This year, I didn’t choose a word for the year like I have in the past. Looking back, I’m having trouble finding one word to describe the year. In some ways, it was hard. In other ways, it was great. There were moments when I felt successful and confident, and moments when I felt lost and …
