Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge

Summer is here. The weather is gorgeous, but sweaty-hot. Levi and I are adjusting though motivationally-challenged. He gets away with napping and bathing all day, but my stories won’t write themselves. So, I found a challenge to keep me working through August. For the next five weeks, starting August 1st, I will be participating inContinue reading “Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge”

Big changes to the pages: December Planner Pages. The end of the experiment.

For this final month of the planner experiment, I had a big think. I put way to much work into this to completely abandon the idea, but I also think I went about it backwards, or at least not exactly the right way. What I have learned thus far Yes, having a goal of 100Continue reading “Big changes to the pages: December Planner Pages. The end of the experiment.”

New Book: America’s Emerging Writers Anthology

  Hi all and happy holiday season. I apologize for disappearing for a bit, but the transition from my time in New Orleans to home in the midst of NaNoWriMo kicked by butt. It was all I could do to get my 50,000 word win, YAY. I still haven’t gotten back into the swing ofContinue reading “New Book: America’s Emerging Writers Anthology”

#Writerslife: The Key To Persistence? Celebrate every accomplishment.

My short story “An Urgent Note On The Floor” was published in Sick Lit Magazine today. This marks an exciting milestone in my writing journey. Though I have had a flutter of publication recently, this is the first of my published stories that is long enough to leave the flash fiction category and fit inContinue reading “#Writerslife: The Key To Persistence? Celebrate every accomplishment.”

New #LitMag+

Almost every writer dreams of getting published. Most likely, that dream is the scene that comes after (and does not include) the effort involved in reading and researching hundreds of literary magazines, writing queries and perfecting submissions, only to receive rejection after rejection after rejection. Finding the right place for your stories can feel elusive,Continue reading “New #LitMag+”