Seven years ago, I finished out my long day at work and completed shopping for necessary supplies. I returned to my car completely unaware of what would greet me. However, upon turning the ignition key the warning lights burned bright across my dashboard.
Writing Year in Review 2023
Welcome to my year in review! What a year it was. Here’s a quick summary of some of the writing highlights from my year. January 2023 Completed my first short story written using dictation. Otherwise, January was a quiet month for me.Mostly introspective. Accomplishments Summary Words Written: 28,380 Flash Fiction Posts: 4 Works Completed: 3…
Writing Year in Review 2022
Welcome to my year in review! What a year it was. Here’s a quick summary of some of the writing highlights from my year.
Shaking out the Dragons
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention (and tsk for that), this year saw the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Gala return to its familiar time in April of 2022. This year also saw my dragons taking to the road to see the event in person again. They might have been a tad excited, but don’t worry I wrangled them out of the driver’s seat. Thus, dragons corralled we headed off to California to see everything old and new.
Will of a Wisp Nominated
A little under a year ago, I wrote “Will of a Wisp,” submitted it, and it placed in the Leading Edge contest and was published in their magazine. Why is this story so significant to me? Because it was the first story I wrote after my surgeries for cancer last year. Cancer that had affected…
My Sister Saved My Life
Let’s start with the good news. Nay, the AMAZING news. I had my post op appointment with the oncologist and received the pathology report. I am clean. Huzzah! Now that I’ve had a bit of time to process this news, I’ve come to one realization. My sister saved my life. To explain this will take…
One Moment
This isn’t a usual from the author post, but then the last several days (or months really) haven’t been usual for me. To start, I’d like to present a quick bit of flash fiction. After which will be my update.
Crossroads Soaring
Like my protagonist from “Crossroads of the Sky,” Annabelle, I love the feeling of floating. Right now mine, unlike hers, comes from the more mundane explanation of excitement instead of soaring on a fueling platform. I wouldn’t trade the experience, at least not at the moment. Over the weekend, I received the wonderful news that…
Crossroads was Nominated
This year has been full of twists and turns, and while there’s only days left, I’m still working through them. Today added an exciting one! My short story “Crossroads of the Sky” was nominated in the Critters 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards for Steam Punk Short Stories. More information on the story is available here. Voting…
September 23rd
September 23rd. Looking at my blog and realizing how long it has been since I last posted flash fiction on September 23rd is hard. At the start of September, I had posted about the health struggles I had been going through since the start of July. They are still going on. Unfortunately, those same struggles…