Surrender to the Story: SCBWI Houston conference 2016

Conferences are funny things. So many hungry writers and illustrators, so few gatekeepers standing between us and publishing nirvana. Part of the point is to meet people who might help on your career path. I printed out business cards but only gave out a couple. Schmoozing is not my forte! But I did have great…Continue reading Surrender to the Story: SCBWI Houston conference 2016

Anthology publication!

So excited! An essay I submitted some time ago will be published in an anthology! The anthology is a collection of birth stories, and mine is about giving birth five days after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina. The editor said the book should be available sometime before December. I will definitely share the word when it…Continue reading Anthology publication!

Speculative Literature Foundation

Crossing fingers! I just submitted a travel proposal to the Speculative Literature Foundation, which supports writers and publishers of sci-fi, fantasy, slipstream, magical realism, and so on…any lit that has a fabulist element. Fabulous! I’m hoping to win their Gulliver Travel Grant, which would allow me to travel to Mexico City to research my next…Continue reading Speculative Literature Foundation

One step forward…

…and a couple backwards. The thing about rejection is that sometimes they’re right. Which doesn’t make it suck any less. via GIPHY I recently submitted a manuscript I was really proud of to a writing professional I respect. Her response was quick, brief, and a little painful to hear. I rearranged deck chairs on my…Continue reading One step forward…

Stinkwaves accepted two poems!

Woo-hoo! Two of my poems, “American Inferno” and “The Threshold Machine” are going to be published in the Spring 2017 issue of Stinkwaves Magazine! Stinkwaves is a literary magazine for adults and kids who are fans of the “beautifully bizarre.” On its homepage, it invokes writers such as J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, Lemony Snicket, Neil…Continue reading Stinkwaves accepted two poems!