Bouchercon recently announced the theme of their 2016 anthology: Blood on the Bayou. As such, I’ve been musing, researching, and outlining short story ideas. I’ve been to New Orleans twice, both in the spring of 2007. The first time was for a math conference (nerd alert) where I stayed at a fancy hotel downtown and […]
Exciting news…I found out last week that my short story, titled The Hive, was selected to be a part of the Brave New Girls Anthology! My short story is a dystopian about a future society where the government maintains power by controlling the honeybee population, and a couple of kick-ass girls who discover the truth. (You can […]
One of the coolest things about meeting other writers is hearing the variety of backgrounds. Writing is a profession where people come from all different walks of life, adding their own areas of expertise, perspective, and voice into their work. I’ve met chemists, lawyers, professors, etc. who each put their own unique spin on their […]
I’m ridiculously excited to announce that my short story titled Colfax, PI was selected to be a part of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Crossing Colfax Anthology! This will be my first publication and I’m unbelievably honored that my story was picked. I wrote this short story a couple months ago (and blogged about my inspiration for […]
I’m in the throes of working on a short story for the RMFW Anthology. The theme is Crossing Colfax, as in Colfax Avenue, “The longest, wickedest street in America.” After debating whether to write about a noir private investigator or a vampire reborn in the consumptive hospital, I decided to put those ideas together. Thus, meet Colfax, a […]