writer, teacher, urban planner, gun violence prevention advocate
I still need to print it out and deliver it to a dear friend, who is also a literary agent, who will be reading/commenting on it, but just to have gotten to the point of having a completed draft of a proposal is huge for me. For those of you who may not know, a …
Continue reading I did it! First draft of book proposal is done!
... I finish a proposal for my memoir. It's the last day of 2018, and I will not ring in 2019 until a draft of this proposal is done. I'm close, so it IS going to happen. Came across this poem as I sat at my desk, and I'm feeling it. I've been diving into …
I had the chance to present the Be SMART gun safety message to members of the communities of MidCoast Maine at a public forum held in Brunswick yesterday. Richard J. Rizzo, Brunswick Chief of Police, and Shamera Simpson, Area Director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, were also on the panel. The event was …
It was such a pleasure to present on a panel at the NonfictioNOW conference in Phoenix the other day. The other panelists and I have all written about, or are currently researching and writing about, some aspect of gun violence. While our presentations and the conversation were wide-ranging, we are all looking for new ways …
Continue reading NFN Panel Discussion: “What We Talk About (Or Don’t) When We Talk About Guns”
I have to admit: as much as I love to read and to hold actual books in my hands, I have never really explored the world of the art book. But on this, a long weekend in Detroit, I had the chance to check out the Detroit Art Book Fair at Trinosophes. It was kind …
August went by in a blur -- not just because I traveled to two conferences and visited family, but also because I was battling upper respiratory symptoms. I powered through several days, then spent many days in bed on antibiotics, and had a handful of days where I felt like my old self... until the …
Hey, y'all. It's been awhile, what with school ending and summer travel kicking in and lots of reading, writing and gardening... I put this news out on social media at the time, but not here, so now I'm letting the blogosphere know that on May 28th another essay of mine - "Standoff" - was published …
Continue reading “Standoff” appears in Aquifer: The Florida Review Online
