Awards Eligibility Post

Hello! I’ve got one whole story eligible for awards, which is the first time I’ve ever had such a thing. Here it is: Crow’s Eye – a short story (under 7500 words) published by Fireside Fiction in June 2017 If you’re a person nominating things for things, you can consider me and this story that

Publication: “Crow’s Eye” in Fireside Fiction

Hi friends! Guess who has a short story you can read right now on the internet and guess who is really proud of this story because it’s her first short story sale and also it’s pretty good? And also because it’s ILLUSTRATED by the amazing Galen Dara? It’s me. The story is “Crow’s Eye” and

Check Me Out (on Patreon)

Hi friends! You may have noticed I don’t really use this site as a blog anymore. I do keep the writing page and various bits of contact info up to date, but blogging kind of stopped being my priority. I’ve been trying to focus on my writing and reading and working. Although, the working thing…well.

MWW16: Learning to Lead, Learning to Chill Out

Bear with me here, because this is going to be a long one. My Facebook memories are full of MWWs past and I’m gonna get emotional and nostalgic. 2016 was my fourth year at the Midwest Writers Workshop. I started out in 2013 as a little baby agent assistant intern all excited and nervous and

Publication: “Hello, Wild Things, and Good Luck” in Apex Magazine

It occurs to me that I never actually posted on this blog about getting a poem published in Apex in October, which is ridiculous given that I’ve been trying to get published in Apex for like two years and NOW IT’S HAPPENED. Though I never expected it to be a poem. Poetry is not my