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This month, when I think about what I have to say to you, all I can think about is other people. I still wake incanting the names of the beloved young ones our community recently lost. I feel [...]

It’s true that my first book, Flashes of War, was rejected over 40 times before being accepted by Loyola University Maryland, and going on to win IndieFab Book of the Year in 2013. It was even [...]

2017 came up quite shy of my former “one book a week” reading average, but when I went to my Goodreads page to tally my pages for the year, I was actually pretty surprised. Reading [...]

Please note: My career-changing e-course is enrolling right now! It includes 8 lessons, 5 PDFs & instructor support. Market effectively & genuinely for increased literary [...]

The dog days of summer are upon us and I try to walk or run along the creek at least three times a week. Last week’s sightings–with hardly any effort–included indigo bunting, [...]

This week, I shared a photo from the South Toe Valley’s very own photo blog, Celo Photo Blogspot. This is a blog written and maintained by two creative pals in the area–Jeff Goodman [...]

This is too phenomenal (and fun!) not to share:

A few of the fabulous artists I’ve worked with… In July of 2015, I was invited to be the first Writer-in-Residence in the 100+ year history of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts [...]

It’s been a busy fall and I’m looking forward to a New Year full of offerings via distance, as well as in person. I’ve been able to firm up enough of my 2016 offerings to post [...]

Screen shot from the live, one-time-only, uniquely generated music video created by Arcade Fire when I inputed the address of my childhood home. The upper left box is the postcard I [...]