I am part of a great writers’ group that meets weekly to critique members’ work and to support one another in our writing journey. We recently started a podcast to discuss writing craft. Our second episode is now live on YouTube. Our question this week: […]
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Where do you get your ideas? – Find out on the “Flamingos Write Now” Podcast
Where do you get your ideas? I tend to get ideas for stories from random musing or from a great story prompt. I have often said that story prompts fuel my creativity in a way that nothing else does. But these sources aren’t true for […]
“Flamingos Write Now” Podcast Coming Soon
I am part of a great writers’ group that meets weekly to critique members’ work and to support one another in our writing journey. A spin-off of this group is sponsoring the middle grade fiction category in the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association Writing Contest again […]
DIY MFA Book Club, Prompt #2: Tell us about a time when you had to honor your reality.
Do I honor my reality in my writing life? I don’t know. And what does that even mean? I still haven’t achieved the perfect balance between writing and life. There. I said it. It’s hard to work a 40 hour work week, commute an hour […]
DIY MFA Book Club, Prompt #1: How did YOU become a writer? My Story…
I considered writing fairly early in life because my mother was a writer from the time I was very young. I remember her taking her Masters in English and writing novels. She put it aside for a while to pay the bills and raise us […]
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Welcome to my website. I am an author based in the Seattle area. I am currently writing mostly flash fiction and short stories in a variety of genres. My poetry is published in Oakwood, the literary journal of South Dakota State University. My flash fiction […]