After decades of writing for others, I’ve spent the past few years developing my own voice and discovering my own stories. It has been a wonderful, creative journey that grows every day. In addition to my blog, recent projects, events and awards include:
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Print Publications
Transitions, Prose Anthology, 2024 – A compilation of stories from the Redwood Writers Club exploring all the variations of the concept of transition. Features my short story Who will Arrive? Now available at Amazon.
Vision and Verse, 2024 – A fusion of art and photographs with 130 poems and prose prompted by the art. Features my photo Peace in Prague and my mini-fiction story titled The Hubris of Loyalty. Now available at Amazon.
Fault Zone: Detachment, 2023 – Winner of the prestigeous Independent Press Award, the latest edition of this anthology includes my short story, What Color is My Empty Nest? along with many other great stories and poems from the California Writers Club. Now available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
One Universe to the Left, 2023 – This speculative fiction anthology includes two of my short stories, The Unmasking and The Forgotten Quest of Madgrin Brewbane: Wherein a Dwarf Remembers His Duty, His Lines, and Where He Left His Hat. Now available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
Fault Zone: Reverse, 2021 – Winner of the 2022 Independent Press Award for Best Anthology! This edition includes two of my short stories, Caught in the Venus Flytrap and The Spoon, along with many other great stories and poems from the California Writers Club. Available through Amazon.
California Literary Review, 2020 – Includes my short story, Caught in the Venus Flytrap (see page 24!) along with many other wonderful stories by California writers.
Fault Zone: Strike Slip, 2019 – An anthology of stories & poems available through Amazon. It includes my short story, Hitting a Grand Slam with My Dad and my poem, Far From This Tree, along with many other great stories from the California Writers Club SF-Peninsula branch writers.
Online Publications
Spirited Voices, April 2021
Includes my short story, In Search of the Perfect Gelato, along with nine other pieces from nine fabulous women.
Spirited Voices, December 2020
Includes my short story, All in One, along with nine other wonderful pieces from nine fabulous women.
Awards
2020 Louise Boggess Award
I’m honored to be the 2020 recipient of the Louise Boggess award given out by the California Writers club San Francisco-Peninsula branch. This is a wonderful, creative and supportive community for all writers and I am grateful for their help in my journey.
2021 San Mateo County Fair Literary Stage
Writer of the Year & 2nd place Short Story Fiction: The Unmasking
1st place, Lifestyle Memoir: The Luddite vs. The Algorithm
2nd place, Laws of Life: Caught in the Venue Flytrap
2019 San Mateo County Fair Literary Stage
1st place, Blog: Lessons in Shopping
2nd place, Blog: Hitting a Grand Slam with My Dad
1st place, In the Spirit of Novelmania: Petra Rose Malloy: Chapter One
Honorable Mention, Short Story, Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Ring of Answers
2018 San Mateo County Fair Literary Stage
2nd place, Blog: What Colour is Your Empty Nest?
Readings
Writers Celebrate a Year-long Journey, June. 28, 2023
Reading excerpt from my work in progress, Never Lost, Just Exploring: A Guide to Making Life Transitions with Purpose, Passion, and a Plan.
Women's Journeys, Feb. 3, 2020
An evening of readers theater performed at the Dragon Theater.
Bay Area Generations, Nov. 21, 2019
An evening of paired readings performed at Penelope's Cafe.
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My Writing Mantra
Listen with your heart, for words that are true and real should be felt, not just heard.
Write with your ears, because everyone has an inner voice that interprets the written word and the truth of that voice matters.
Feel with your eyes, because you want to see and envision the impact of your work on your audience – it’s there, just watch.