Today my piece "At Least I Have Nothing" is live at Rejection Letters. Back in December of 2021 they had a call for "One Sentence Shit" and I knew I had something to submit! This story came from a prompt in the SmokeLong Quarterly workshop to write one breathless sentence. I was listening to the … Continue reading “At Least I Have Nothing” published at Rejection Letters

Today my piece "Witches Do That Sometimes" is live at MicroLit Almanac. I get Kathy Fish's newsletter, The Art of Flash Fiction, and try to make time to do her writing prompts because they're fantastic. After a rough day at work in February, I knew I needed to stretch my creative muscles. I saved her … Continue reading “Witches Do That Sometimes” published at MicroLit Almanac

I've always loved March because it's (usually) the beginning of sunshine and spring weather. We've had some snow and storms lately, but it's still my month. I had a blast with the March Faxness competition and had a flash piece, "Freshman," find a home after 12 long years. Now I'm wrapping up my favorite month … Continue reading Photography Published at FERAL and vulnerary magazine

I'm happy to announce that my flash fiction story "Freshman" was published by Discretionary Love. Read it here. I wrote this piece in the first semester of my MFA program, and it was several hundred words beyond the limit for flash. I vividly remember a classmate waiting for me after workshop, saying, "Women only write … Continue reading “Freshman” published at Discretionary Love

Sometimes I see a submissions call for works on a theme and I think, I have something like that somewhere. And I scroll through my archives and dust off something old and revise it a little bit before sending it out. Because much of my past writings are short stories that I had to push … Continue reading Revisiting Past Writing

As someone who loves brackets and hates sports, March Xness is one of the best things to happen to me---especially since I got to write a piece for the competition this year. I spent three months obsessing---I mean, researching---Aerosmith, Run DMC, and "Walk This Way" before I really sat down to work on it. (For … Continue reading March Faxness – Rock the Vote!

Since April, I've submitted 44 times to 32 different outlets. For someone who hasn't been on a submitting spree since... 2011? I'll take that. Out of those submissions, five are still out. Five were accepted. My one-sentence flash is published HERE. "Just a Little Crush" is published in an anthology you can find HERE. "Douglas … Continue reading 2021 Writing In Review

My essay "Douglas Fir Give Me Heartburn: Exploring the Magic of Christmas Eve on Sesame Street" is up on The Daily Drunk, just in time for my annual rewatching! There's so much I could write about this film, but cutting it down to less than 800 words suits it, I think. Anything more and I'd … Continue reading New Work for the Holiday Season

I'm excited to announce that Mall Rats: An Anthology came into the world on December 7, 2021. Many writers gathered together to celebrate this birth with a reading, as is the custom. Everyone is so talented and it was a treat to hear everyone's words in their own voices, spotlighting each personality. Something I've come … Continue reading Mall Rats: An Anthology

Apparently, I'm lucky to blog once a month, getting this one in just under the wire. And I'm only writing because I've been reading about blogs lately, like old-school blogs. Blogs you read if you were in your 20s in 2008. Blogs that connected you to others or inspired you or created friendships. I'm someone … Continue reading Few and Far Between