Genre: Literary

I’m really excited to shout two new books, and honored to help their authors launch them in the coming weeks. These events are free and online, so accessible to everyone—but… Read More

Blog #18 Ok, I know this may sound cheesy, but as poets shared their poems for Keep St. Pete Lit’s virtual open mic night (which I co-host on the last… Read More

No Justice No Peace These are two pages from my upcoming book. The first step I took was hand drawing the images with my non dominant hand, which is my… Read More

I’ve been thinking about what I want to do for the Emerging Artist Exhibition, which will take place on July 14th. It has been difficult to come up with ideas… Read More

Blog 18 On Monday, I found out that a book I had been working on for two years was not going to be published. After a slew of kind rejections,… Read More

Hello again. It’s good to be back here blogging for Creative Pinellas. As a 2018 Emerging Artist Grant recipient I spent my grant on the computer on which I’m typing… Read More

I began teaching a memoir workshop which will meet online every Monday for eight weeks. I like to spend the first session of a new class setting a foundation for… Read More

On a few occasions, I’ve had the opportunity to act as a judge for other people’s writing. One of them is for the Tampa Tribune RF “Red” Pittman Scholars Program,… Read More

Blog #17 The other day I was strolling Teddy in the sunshine and listening with my Bluetooth to a poetry reading by Sharon Olds at Emory University in 2014. She… Read More

Lately, I’ve been obsessed with watching survival documentaries. I started with The Boonies, which follows some rugged outdoorsmen who live in various remote areas across the country. After that, I… Read More