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Time Machine
You’re sitting on the back deck watching a small, brown rabbit nibble grass. He’s nervous, shooting you worried looks. But he also stays, keeps eating. It seems like a sign of something good, or at...
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In the beginning there was the word
I was recently at a writers’ conference where a fellow author said to me, “Oh, I hate writing. I’d quit if I could.” I thought it was a funny statement, but also sad. Why would anyone give their time...
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Art. Love. Revolution.
Though I can’t make a political statement under the auspices of the alt-weekly paper I write for, I do want to speak from the perspective of a longtime arts writer and editor. Because art is what we...
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Dear Vincent
Originally published on Facebook as part of the social media experiment #30DaysofArt It took me all morning to find the Vincent van Gogh paintings in the Musée d’Orsay. Not because they’re not well...
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A story that was told to me by a painting
Inspired by the painting “My Heart Lives Outside My Body,” (pictured) by Daniel Nevins. This post is part of my writing experiment #30DaysofArt. Find more entries here. THE FUGITIVE One day the heart...
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Freshman Seminar
My short story, “Freshman Seminar,” is in the current issue of Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review. You can read it here. Filed under: fiction, short story, Writing
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Chapbook cover reveal…
I’m publishing a chapbook based on my social media writing experiment, #28DaysofLove. A number of the essays have been collected into this limited-edition, small-format book. It will be available...
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The bad girls’ book club and crime spree
From a month-long experiment writing about community, using social media as a platform. Okay, there wasn’t much of a crime spree. I did steal some hair dye. This was before the days of Manic Panic so I...
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New! Chapbook! Yay!
In the fall of 2016, leading up to the presidential election, I started #28daysoflove as an experiment to combat the environment of fear, anger, and hopelessness that was so prevalent on social media....
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A Valentine’s Day poem. Sort of.
VALENTINE This is what you named the rat you bought from the pet store. White fur and red eyes that narrowed and darted and never met yours. Because you couldn’t afford a cage, Valentine lived in a...
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Winter writes to spring
Is it okay to be happy today, when the world is so sad? To fold into the arms of pink and yellow, to carry my grief like an Easter egg — fragile but vivid. Maybe I’ll leave this sorrow among the...
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Bus ride to Glasgow
An essay constructed from notes written in Scotland, March, 2013 The bus departs from the station in a belch of diesel exhaust. Only the locals board there. Tourists are oblivious to the city busses as...
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A start
“I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that’s only the first step.” ~ Rita Dove Filed under: inspiration, poetry, writer quotes, Writing
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Weekly reading
I opted out of the Goodreads challenge this year not because I’m not that into reading, but because in January I issued myself a different sort of challenge: Read more work by writers of color, LGBT...
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This is a short story
Filed under: creativity, flash fiction, photos, short story, Writing
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Weekly reading 2
Another round up of articles, ideas, and even a video. Dancer Merce Cunningham, left, and writer M.C. Richards met at Black Mountain College. The two were lifelong friends and collaborated at times,...
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Winner! (sort of.)
I just learned that my short story Dysfunctional Slumber Parties was a finalist in this year’s Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition. Though I don’t get any prize money, writing is such a subjective...
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Weekly reading 3
• “Reclaiming Our Roots: The Story of Tamishan” by Melissa Henry in The Urban News: “The stories of how these African Muslims had succeeded in preserving key elements of culture, some even convincing...
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Collaborative chapbook
Last week I was part of an art show/performance that was the end result of an 11-day collaborative challenge. The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design selected 11 artists (a combination of writers,...
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