Short Story: Kim
And for the first publication of 2026, I have a short-short up over at Every Day Fiction called Kim. Read here!
Category Writing – Fiction
My Play: Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
I wrote a play! Well, co-wrote it with Marcia Simmons. It’s a Christmas comedy about Charles Dickens and his wife Kate. Here’s a description from the Petaluma Argus-Courier. “Set on Christmas Eve 1841, the story drops us in on the…
Pushcart Special Mention
What a delightful surprise to learn my short story, The Bear, was a Special Mention in the 2026 Pushcart Prize anthology!
The Bear in Chicago Quarterly Review
My short story, The Bear, was included in The 30th Anniversary Issue of Chicago Quarterly Review. What a great thing to have my story about a nervous Californian worrying about bears in the North Carolina woods published along side so…
Short Story: Jack and the Candlestick
I have a short story up at Marrow Magazine titled JACK AND THE CANDLESTICK. It’s about a ghost stuck in a candlestick, a medieval executioner, and a peasant girl. There’s also an interview with me about the story that you…
PAPERBACK of Right Back Where We Started From!
PAPERBACKS of Right Back Where We Started From! Here I am opening the box of paperbacks of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From! They're coming out August 16! I'm almost more excited about the paperback than I was…
Interview on The Bookshop Podcast
I had the pleasure to speak to Mandy Jackson-Beverly on The Bookshop Podcast about my novel, Right Back Where We Started From. Listen Here.
Courage to Write Grant From The De Groot Foundation!
I’m honored and excited to share that I was awarded a Courage to Write grant from The de Groot Foundation! I’m so grateful for their support as I finish up my second novel.
Mental Floss: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood’s Most Infamous Sex Scandal
For Mental Floss, I wrote 10 Juicy Facts About Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood’s Most Infamous Sex Scandal. This scandal was a huge inspiration for my novel, Right Back Where We Started From. Poor Mary Astor was done dirty.
Interview In The Rumpus
I was interviewed by the fabulous Frances Badalamenti in The Rumpus! We talked about greed, ambition, and the “unlikable” female characters in my novel Right Back Where We Started From. Read the interview here.
One Year Birthday of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM
Today is the one-year anniversary of the publication of my novel, RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. And in honor of that anniversary, I want to show you my office chair. Yes. I need a new office chair. I show…
I’m A Writer But… Podcast
I was on the I’m A Writer But… podcast! I had a great time talking about RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM, ambition, and my crazy path to publication. Listen Here