As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been writing stories and poems for as long as I can remember. I started in early childhood, inspired by song lyrics and the wide variety of books handed down to me by much older family members. As I grew older I began keeping a journal, writing down story ideas, exploring… Continue reading Why I Write

I’m amazed at how much publishing has changed over the past decade or two. When I was first becoming serious about being a writer, I would spend hours looking for magazines to submit my work to. This was at the very beginnings of the internet as we now know it. There wasn’t much out there… Continue reading Publishing

And on the heels of rejection comes acceptance. I received word that my short story, "Reflections in Blue Water", will be published in the February 2019 edition of the Blue Lake Review. I've always considered "Reflections..." to be one of my outliers. Meaning, it's more of a literary piece and much different from the science… Continue reading Acceptance