by SR_Admin | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Do you have an essay or memoir excerpt (up to 1,500 words) that you would like to get submission-ready? Check out my upcoming 3-week class for revision online with Project Write Now. Sign up here. Description from PWN website: Ready, Set, Revise! Transform essays from... by SR_Admin | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
My craft essay, “Flash Memoir: Using Markers of Time and Place to Ground Readers,” follows below. It first appeared (and still appears!) at the Project Write Now blog. I have been teaching for Project Write Now since the fall of 2024. It is an amazing... by SR_Admin | Jan 16, 2025 | CNF, Gun Violence, Memoir, Personal Essay, Publication news
Warning: This micro-memoir piece mentions gun violence and suicide. If you are in crisis or need to talk to someone, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Over the course of any given day, the memory switch in my mind will get flipped on. If I’m in... by SR_Admin | Sep 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Time is flying by! We’re turning the corner to fall, but I am still trying to keep up with my vegetable garden–I have been overrun with beans! Somehow it’s already been over a week since this essay of mine appeared at The Brevity Blog, a truly... by SR_Admin | Sep 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
I hope you’ve all had refreshing summers, despite the brutal heat waves in many areas, including where I am in the mid-Atlantic region. But fall is here and it can be a wonderful time of year to re-set your writing intentions and schedules. I am happy to be...