Writing (and writers) for dear life: AWP2025
Signing, selling and trading books, cultivating friendships and participating in two separate readings made this conference truly one for the books.
AWP and LA, here I come…with bells (and books!)
This will be my 4th AWP conference…but my first-ever with a debut book of poems in hand to sell and sign. I’ll also be participating in first off-site reading in years with an incredible group of women poets. I can’t wait!
When memory speaks louder
Facing the future and a key life transition: so much gratitude & respect for all who have been a part of my journey.
Big news: A contract for Christmas!
Just when I thought I was closing out the year with as much good news as my heart could carry, came an email from the director of Mercer University Press, with the subject line, “Question.” What could he be asking, I wondered. Did I forget to attach something when I’d sent him my second book […]
What a year! 2024 goes out with a bang!
It is hard to believe that exactly one year ago, I was sending out submission after submission of my first book manuscript, hoping for the right publisher. Despite having been lucky enough to receive a few finalist nods from a few nice competitions, the book was not landing. I wasn’t sure quite what to do […]
Launch party for TGCM is in the books!
Launch party for TGCM is in the books! My book launch party was amazing. Unforgettable. Full stop. And my heart is so full! It’s been a little over two weeks since the event I’d planned for months finally took place, at the beautiful Matheson History Museum here in Gainesville, and I’m still feeling the thrill […]
Official pub day for TGCM was Sept. 14!
The Grief Committee Minutes is officially in the world, and landing in mailboxes this week! I’ve had several friends tell me they have received their pre-ordered copies; others let me know they’d been notified their copies were on their way. Hooray! On that day, this past Saturday, I was approaching the end of a week’s […]
Special delivery! My author copies of TGCM are here!
My author copies of The Grief Committee Minutes have arrived! I had a vision for how I wanted to capture the moment with an “unboxing” video, and amazingly, I was able to pull it off. Below is the link on my YouTube channel. Because so much of my work deals with loss of various kinds, […]
Update: The Grief Committee Minutes now available for pre-order!
Those of you who’ve followed my news know my new book of poems is forthcoming from Saint Julian Press. The official publication date is Sept. 15…less than two months away! Yesterday, my publisher let me know he had put a press release about the book on his website, and would be populating it with pre-order […]
TGC finals for Wandering Aengus Book Award
Bring it, 2024! A sweet highlight of 2023 came toward the end of it, and I’m hoping portends more good news in the months to come. My full-length collection made the finalist list in the Wandering Aengus Book Award competition. This acknowledgement was one more form of validation for the work, which amassed some very special […]