What is Plottr So, you have a story. Better yet, you completed the first draft and happily typed ‘The End.’ You know it’s not really the end, though. Now comes the fun part, rather, the pulling out your hair and swearing as you wrangle that bad boy into something that sizzles on the page—a story…
So happy to share my short children’s story, “The Big Boo,” is published on Short Editions. It’s a fun story that I originally wrote when I had a toddler, she’s a young adult now! Happy to see it find a place in the world and I’m super excited that it’s included in their story dispensers.…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about writing, reading about writing and planning to write these past few weeks. No substantial writing has actually taken place. I’m holding out hope that at some point, the words will just pour out of me, like some third act montage with an energetic soundtrack- and I will…
When my daughter came home over Thanksgiving break, she came home bearing gifts. She had stumbled upon a machine in the Oakland Airport that offered free short stories. My first thought was, how cool is that? My second thought was, how I can be down and (third thought) why isn’t LAX doing this? Basically, you…
When I went to AWP this past March, I took part in a wonderful partnered reading event organized by Synchronized Chaos Magazine. They paired emerging and established authors to read. They had the established author write a response to a piece of work written by the emerging author. It was a very engaging evening. We…
If you’re looking for outlets to publish your work, here are my favorite newsletters that I scour every week for writing opportunities. It’s not so much a matter of I publish, therefore I am. It’s more along the lines of I publish, therefore I eat. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers is a staple. Her free…
