Nancy Stohlman is running two amazing flash fiction retreats this summer, both in gorgeous, inspiring venues, and she has asked me back to teach! Consider joining us. These spots are selling out quickly! Go HERE for more information! We’d love for you to join us.
I’ll be announcing my next round of workshops soon! If you’re not already receiving my email updates (this is separate from my substack newsletter) and wish to, sign up using the form on this website! I’d love to work with you!
Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash Hi friends, several writers and I were invited by the lovely Constance Malloy to contribute 150 words or fewer of comfort and hope for the Winter Solstice. Please do check out her blog and read the wonderful messages and tiny stories from Pat Foran, Audra Kerr Brown, Kathy
Hi friends! It’s been awhile! I hope, as the year draws to a close and we enter into the holiday season, that things are going well for you. LOTS of news, so I’ll just jump in… “The Art of Flash Fiction” is Tops! My November Art of Flash Fiction newsletter, “Chilly Scenes of Flash Fiction:
Many thanks to Tommy Dean and staff at Fractured Literary for reprinting my 2014 story, “Rodney & Chelsea.” This fragmented piece was originally published in Frederick Barthelme’s Blip Magazine, an early iteration of New World Writing. See below for an excerpt (you may read the whole story HERE): Chelsea’s mom believes that life is a
I’m honored and thrilled that my work is featured in the latest Bloomsbury Writer’s Guide, edited by Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson, which will be available later this month. (This is actually my second appearance in the series. I also have a story in Short-Form Creative Writing, edited by H.K. Hummel & Stephanie Lennox.)
Behold this beauty, the Summer, 2021, 50th Anniversary issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by the amazing Aimee Bender! I was traveling with my daughter when my contributor’s copy arrived back home. I couldn’t resist stopping into Downtown Books & News in Asheville, NC, and was delighted to find it on the shelf amongst all the
Defined as a story of fewer than 1,000 words, flash fiction is a unique form that is exploding in popularity in the literary world. This class will introduce you to the basics of this beautiful, immersive, fun-to-write form. You’ll learn what makes a piece of writing “flash,” and we’ll read and discuss excellent published examples.
Photo by Nikolas Noonan on Unsplash This is kind of old news, but I’m testing my new website! I was so excited to see that my flash, “Muriel’s Cyclone,” made the finalist list for Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net. The piece was curated by Tara Masih for Mom Egg Review’s MER VOX folio series.
Friends, I’m hugely excited to take part in this year’s Flash Fiction Festival, co-sponsored by Hoot Review and A Novel Idea, to be held online Saturday and Sunday, February 27th & 28th! My workshop will run from 10:00 – 11:30 EST on Saturday, thus kicking off the whole weekend of awesome workshops, panels, and readings.