Ruti’s Prayer
This 300-word story won first place in the 2022 Queer Sci-Fi flash fiction contest. The rules were simple: 300 words or less; unmistakably queer protagonist; fantasy or science fiction; adheres to the theme (this year…
Garden Witch Sold to Lost Boys Press!
To be honest, it's been a long and sometimes discouraging slog getting to this point. Others might nod sagely and say it was just a 7-year cycle, but after dozens and dozens of rejections, I…
In Love With Autumn
In Love with Autumn When I was in my spring, I didn’t care for autumn much. The aspen would turn gold for a week, letting you know It was time to buckle down…
Arrogance Without Context is Hubris
For months I've been working on a problem related to my current writing project, and this essay came out as a part of my conclusion: arrogance without context is hubris. Not exactly sure how…
My Mandolin Miracle
Thanks to the startling generosity of complete strangers, I have my mandolin back! Here’s the story. It’s a story well worth telling, if you ask me. Which you didn’t, but I’m telling it anyway. I…
Ruti’s Prayer wins first place in Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Contest!
Every year, Queer Sci Fi runs a one-word theme contest for 300 word flash fiction stories, and the judges choose 120 of them for an annual anthology. I've entered the contest before, and have had…
And…. We have a winner!
Thank you all for subscribing to my website! Today Shaky Shergill in the UK won the scholarship to the August 18-21 First Ten Pages Bootcamp through a random draw supervised by my husband. It feels…
Paying It Forward…
I’m offering a full scholarship to a Writers Digest workshop. I’ve just signed with a literary agent — again. First time around was pretty disappointing. This time, though, signing with Amy Collins of Talcott…
Hello, I’m back, and so are two of my books!
It’s been a strange couple of years for all of us since I last posted: not just because of COVID, but more importantly, the profoundly destabilizing, disorienting force the pandemic has been in our culture.…
The Problem of the Impossibly Broken Hero
While all of us love a good romance, I’ve come to the conclusion that we read them for different reasons. One reason is no better than another, but I'm going to suggest that it's important…