Who am I?
I like to describe myself as being multi-faceted and unconventional rather than as someone who finds it impossible to be single-mindedly dedicated to one pursuit or interest. My interests are diverse. That’s it. Diverse is a good word. Let’s go with that.
I write. Besides my published novel, Dancing Between the Beats, I write short stories and flash fiction, poetry, and the occasional personal essay. I share life as I experience it via my blog, which I hope you’ll visit. I’d love feedback.
I am passionate about photography, capturing the world around me with both my cell phone camera and my Canon camera. My home is filled with art. I’m hopeful that I can improve my own artistic skills via ongoing drawing and watercolor painting classes. Gardening is another artistic pursuit. In my garden I can combine colors and textures with abandon.
I dance, and have participated in many ballroom dancing events over the past thirteen years.
What I am not is mechanical. I lack even the most basic of mechanical skills. My husband will happily verify this fact.
But, back to focusing on my writing. I was a technical editor with a geotechnical engineering firm for many years. My journey from technical editor to published author was a long and winding path, which I stepped onto with both happy anticipation and much trepidation.
I was into my mid-fifties before publicly sharing my creative writing. I began by posting/blogging on LiveJournal and writing short newsletter articles for online groups. I was having fun and getting some great feedback.
In 2007, at the urging of a writing friend, I took the leap into the NaNoWriMo fray (National Novel Writing Month). At the end of the allotted thirty days, I’d hammered out a draft novel of over 54K words (50K is the goal. In 2008 I participated again, finishing another draft novel of over 57K words. I then began both critiquing and submitting work on FanStory. Over the years I’ve taken a series of online and in-person writing classes, including an advanced class where I was part of the editorial team for Pima Community College’s, award-winning, arts and literature magazine, SandScript.
I did participate in NaNoWriMo again, in 2011. That draft novel, after several years of revision and editing, was eventually published as Dancing Between the Beats.
PUBLICATIONS
Please visit the page for my novel, Dancing Between the Beats.
My short story, Desert Bloomers Gardening Club, was included in the print anthology “Trouble in Tucson.” To purchase a copy visit Amazon. To hear an interview with some of the Sisters in Crime authors who contributed to the anthology, follow this link: AN INTERVIEW ON BIG BLEND RADIO
The Gathering Storm — WOW! Women on Writing (TOP TEN WIN in Creative Essay Contest in 2022.)
Knit One, Purl Two — Flash Fiction Magazine
The DNA Connection — Flash Fiction Magazine
Queen of Diamonds — Rose City Sisters
Amy’s Essay — Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
Finding Peace — Every Day Fiction (Also placed in the top 20 in the WOW, Winter 2016 Flash Fiction Contest.)
Striking A Chord (microfiction) — The Rose City Sisters
New Girl in Town — Farther Stars than These
The Other Side of the Clouds — The Storyteller (3rd place winner in 2015 Society of Southwestern Authors writing contest.)
Mi Amore — Every Day Fiction Oct 21 2013 (Also placed in the top 10 of the 2013 Flash Fiction Contest on WOW! Women on Writing.)
Lyrics of Life — WOW! Women on Writing (Placed in the top 10 in their 2013 Flash Fiction Contest)
The Right Shade of Red — Gay Flash Fiction
Breaking Bread — Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
Mr. Machismo — The Rose City Sisters
Round One – The Cookie — The Rose City Sisters
POETRY
Watermark Memories — The Wild Word
Destruction — Leaves of Ink
Mohave Monotony — Leaves of Ink
Denial — Leaves of Ink
I write. Besides my published novel, Dancing Between the Beats, I write short stories and flash fiction, poetry, and the occasional personal essay. I share life as I experience it via my blog, which I hope you’ll visit. I’d love feedback.
I am passionate about photography, capturing the world around me with both my cell phone camera and my Canon camera. My home is filled with art. I’m hopeful that I can improve my own artistic skills via ongoing drawing and watercolor painting classes. Gardening is another artistic pursuit. In my garden I can combine colors and textures with abandon.
I dance, and have participated in many ballroom dancing events over the past thirteen years.
What I am not is mechanical. I lack even the most basic of mechanical skills. My husband will happily verify this fact.
But, back to focusing on my writing. I was a technical editor with a geotechnical engineering firm for many years. My journey from technical editor to published author was a long and winding path, which I stepped onto with both happy anticipation and much trepidation.
I was into my mid-fifties before publicly sharing my creative writing. I began by posting/blogging on LiveJournal and writing short newsletter articles for online groups. I was having fun and getting some great feedback.
In 2007, at the urging of a writing friend, I took the leap into the NaNoWriMo fray (National Novel Writing Month). At the end of the allotted thirty days, I’d hammered out a draft novel of over 54K words (50K is the goal. In 2008 I participated again, finishing another draft novel of over 57K words. I then began both critiquing and submitting work on FanStory. Over the years I’ve taken a series of online and in-person writing classes, including an advanced class where I was part of the editorial team for Pima Community College’s, award-winning, arts and literature magazine, SandScript.
I did participate in NaNoWriMo again, in 2011. That draft novel, after several years of revision and editing, was eventually published as Dancing Between the Beats.
PUBLICATIONS
Please visit the page for my novel, Dancing Between the Beats.
My short story, Desert Bloomers Gardening Club, was included in the print anthology “Trouble in Tucson.” To purchase a copy visit Amazon. To hear an interview with some of the Sisters in Crime authors who contributed to the anthology, follow this link: AN INTERVIEW ON BIG BLEND RADIO
The Gathering Storm — WOW! Women on Writing (TOP TEN WIN in Creative Essay Contest in 2022.)
Knit One, Purl Two — Flash Fiction Magazine
The DNA Connection — Flash Fiction Magazine
Queen of Diamonds — Rose City Sisters
Amy’s Essay — Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
Finding Peace — Every Day Fiction (Also placed in the top 20 in the WOW, Winter 2016 Flash Fiction Contest.)
Striking A Chord (microfiction) — The Rose City Sisters
New Girl in Town — Farther Stars than These
The Other Side of the Clouds — The Storyteller (3rd place winner in 2015 Society of Southwestern Authors writing contest.)
Mi Amore — Every Day Fiction Oct 21 2013 (Also placed in the top 10 of the 2013 Flash Fiction Contest on WOW! Women on Writing.)
Lyrics of Life — WOW! Women on Writing (Placed in the top 10 in their 2013 Flash Fiction Contest)
The Right Shade of Red — Gay Flash Fiction
Breaking Bread — Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
Mr. Machismo — The Rose City Sisters
Round One – The Cookie — The Rose City Sisters
POETRY
Watermark Memories — The Wild Word
Destruction — Leaves of Ink
Mohave Monotony — Leaves of Ink
Denial — Leaves of Ink