If I could just say a few words…I’d be a better public speaker. But seriously, I had a great time presenting to West Side Writers over the weekend. Everyone seemed engaged and asked lots of questions, etc. While I don’t think I can recap everything I talked about, I’ll give a brief overview here. The [...]

This week, I had a pleasant and productive conversation with my editor at BkMk Press about Living Arrangements. Not to sound like a complete nerd (a phrase that will undoubtedly be followed by me being a complete nerd) but it is a pretty awesome feeling to have just gotten off the phone with your book [...]

I will be speaking at the Cleveland West Side Writers general meeting this Saturday at 10:45am. The meeting is held in the Dover Room at the Westlake Porter Library and is open to the public. The topic of my talk is “Submitting to Literary Magazines and Entering Contests.” I’ll share some of my own submission [...]

My fellow writer Jennifer is speaking to the Cleveland West Side Writers this Saturday at 10:45am at the Westlake Porter Library. Visitors are welcome. Jennifer is a publicity and marketing manager for Literary Mama and this summer, she attended the Squaw Valley writers workshop in fiction. She’ll discuss writing prompts and writing practice. I recently [...]