Would you like to play with me? I’m between creative projects, trying to let my mind rest and replenish. Are you in this place too? Want to try a brain relaxer? To start, let's get back in our pajamas. Pour a cup of tea. Put on some music. Pull out a sheet of paper or two. … [Read more...]
Beautiful Burning Life
I felt like reading you a passage from Vladimir Nabokov's Lectures on Literature. Sorry for the poor video quality. I did this on a lark. It's just me and my iPhone. If I decide to post more video content, I will learn how to do a better job of this! But thanks for indulging me … [Read more...]
Deliver Us
I wrote a story about a character named Taylor Swift, and SmokeLong Quarterly was kind enough to publish it. I'm delighted and grateful to see my work appear beside such talented authors in a literary magazine I have admired for years. I hope you'll read everything in SLQ's … [Read more...]
Hop into a Car: A Week of Beginnings
There’s a pre-school across the street from my bedroom window with an inviting red door. I’ve been paying attention to doors and openings lately—and to this door in particular. This morning I watch a father dropping his little girl off for the day. She looks tense about it, and … [Read more...]
Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize
Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]
