Better late than never: I’m thrilled to share the June 2012 Stories on Stage performance, in which actor Blair Leatherwood read my short story “Q&A at the Film Fest.” He does a fantastic job, as you can see for yourself here:   To learn more about this event, which is run by my fellow BkMk […]

If you ever get the chance to have an actor give a dramatic reading of your work, take it! Seriously, it’s fantastic. At least it is when the actor is Blair Leatherood and he gives a pitch perfect reading. He read my story “Q&A at the Film Fest” and I was amazed by how he […]

Tomorrow evening I’ll be on a plane to Sacramento, where I’ll leave behind all the busyness and mess involved with the house and my hectic work schedule and the fact that I have to learn to do things like stand on a ladder and apply primer to a second-floor porch. Standing on ladders and painting […]

A friend left me the following voicemail this weekend: “It’s Saturday at 6:09pm. My guess is that you spent all day working on the house because that’s what people with houses house do all day on Saturdays. But I hope that the real answer is that you did something super glamorous and award-winning and literary.” […]

I’m so thrilled to share this news, which I assume is every writer’s dream: I get to attend a reading of one of my stories, and I don’t have to be the one to stand up there and read it. Even better? The person reading my story will be an actor. I can just sit […]