Category Writing – Fiction

Opening My Book!

I’m writing this on June 8th. Right Back Where We Started From came out on May 4th. It has been over a month now, and I can finally breathe a little after this whirlwind. Promoting and publishing a debut novel…

LitHub Essay: All in the Timing

For Literary Hub, I wrote an essay called All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It. It’s the publishing story of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, which I finished way…

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North Bay Business Journal Interview!

So happy to have Right Back Where We Started From included in a spring literature round-up in The North Bay Business Journal! Check out Turn the Page with New Books by Local Writers.

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Watch My Keynote!

Here is my keynote for the Southern California Writers’ Conference! I tell the publishing story of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, and lessons I learned along the way.

Keynote Speech At Southern California Writers’ Conference

This Sunday, Valentine’s Day, I’m giving a keynote speech at the Southern California Writers’ Conference. It’ll be streaming on Zoom, for free. Tune in and listen at 4:30 PM (PST) on February 14th. I’ll be telling the crazy story of…

RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM COVER REVEAL

The book cover of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM is here! Coming May 4, 2021! PREORDER: INDIEBOUND * AMAZON * BARNES AND NOBLE * BOOKS-A-MILLION * HUDSON * TARGET * WALMART AUDIBLE PRAISE: In Right Back Where We Started…

Short Story: The More You Know

I have a short story in Raritan. It’s called The More You Know, and it’s about a ghost who’s also a valley girl. Excerpt: Being a ghost is so bogus. Like, what is a ghost even able to do, you…

Short Story: Breaking In

I have a short story in the Winter/Spring 2020 issue of Alaska Quarterly Review. It’s called Breaking In. Excerpt: The ghost horses run at night. They’ve reverted to roaming the earth in troops, their gallop a rumble preceding trains and…

Short Story: The Pigeon Carrier

I have a short story at the Atticus Review. It’s called The Pigeon Carrier. Excerpt: The man wore a holey tee-shirt and a trucker hat over greasy hair. In one hand, he was talking on a cell phone the size…