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 […]
Book Launch Event is Oct. 26!
I’m so excited to share that my Book Launch Event for The Grief Committee Minutes will be Oct. 26 at the Matheson History Museum in Gainesville, Oct. 26 from 5-6 p.m.! Everyone is invited! I’ll do a short reading, sign books, and hope guests will stay until 7 p.m. or later to mix & mingle […]
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 […]
Big news: The Grief Committee Minutes has found a home!
I’m delighted to share that my debut full-length book of poems is coming soon from Saint Julian Press! After three years of circulating my manuscript, three editors, three finalist designations (is there something about the number three?) — The Grief Committee Minutes has finally found a publisher. Saint Julian Press, based in Houston, will be […]
Kestrel Celebration: A special event, a smashing success
I’m still smiling at the amazing experience I had at Fairmont State University from 3/21-24 for the Kestrel Celebration of Issue #50.
Upcoming! Kestrel Celebration, March 22-23, 2024
I was thrilled to be invited to Fairmont State University to join the Kestrel team for a full weekend & celebration of Issue #50, to which I’m a contributor. It’ll be my first-ever trip to West Virginia, and I’ll be reading Friday night at the Gabor Folklife Center. There’ll be panel discussions, lots of time […]
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 […]
Third Place: ASP Bulletin Poetry Contest
I haven’t written a lot of new poems lately, choosing to concentrating instead on submitting poems within my book manuscript that have yet to find a home. So when I read on Blue Sky that the ASP Bulletin — a publication of Alan Squire Publishing — was holding its inaugural poetry contest, I thought, why […]