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THIS FRIDAY: If you listen to NPR Morning Edition, you can stream it on WNCW and hear me read from Flashes of War on the regional spotlight at 8:50am EST. [Squeal!] Locally, come check out City [...]

It’s the little things, really, that help me feel like I’m home again: I love flowers…but rarely remember to buy them for myself. Being home, surrounded by all my wonderful [...]

[There’s a flash fiction video at the end of this post!]I’m pleased to be one of this year’s featured authors at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival…and even more [...]

A new review for Flashes of War has been posted by Military Experience & the Arts. Short and sweet–and most of all, a call to educators to order this book for their classrooms. If you [...]

Remember these guys? Growing Pains. Oh, I loved it! About two weeks ago, I spent an evening with some lovely poets I know up in Michigan. We talked about poetry, of course, but also about life. I [...]

What’s the best part about a 900-mile drive home with no air conditioning? I simply had to stop for a break…so why not stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail? Here are a few images, a few [...]

Well, I’ve worked myself into a pickle here in Michigan with a novel revision due just as soon as I can finish it (aka now) and boatloads of work waiting in the wings. It’s a good [...]

Looking across a classroom filled with the bright, eager faces of my adult students never ceases to inspire me. This week, I happen to have 16 women. As varied as their ages and their smiles are, [...]

With a blaze of sound and color, the students of the 86th season of Interlochen Arts Camp have departed and summer is trickling to a close. Thousands of faculty, staff, and campers have left in [...]

I’ve been doing a bit of inspired revision of my own, lately. It’s a whirlwind of finishing touches and final drafts, of performances and huge crowds. Summer Arts Camp comes to a [...]