Decades ago, I was filmed by a management support group; me presenting a new tool for portfolio managers who were clearly against the tool being forced upon them. I was a young Ph.D. grad brought in to ease this onto very experienced financial wizards. Seeing myself was a huge eye-opener.
Read moreNo Matter What that Wind May Bring
Dallas is expecting a thunderstorm, so today on my walk the wind pushed the tops of the oak trees so that they danced in irregular patterns. I wondered which way the storm would blow through town this time.
Read moreWhy I Write Short - Part 2
Recently I’ve been taking another look at the remarkable work of Diane Williams. Her work was originally called ‘sudden fiction.’ Then we started calling such stories ‘short shorts’ or ‘micro-fiction.’ Somewhere along the line, these stories were labeled ‘flash fiction’ and that category title has stuck.
Read moreHiding in Plain View
Hidden …. My favorite way to be.
When Forms of Defiance was selected by a publisher, (Unsolicited Press), the selection was the providential conclusion of one of my most successful escapes. I’d found a way to completely disconnect from knowing much of anything about anyone who read any sentence of mine…
Read moreWhy I Write Short - Part 1
One Lent as a child, I gave up talking for 40 days which ended up, of course, in abject failure. Unfortunately, I’ve always been one of those loquacious girls who trip from tangent to tangent in every conversation, like a gnat looking for somewhere to light, but never satisfied anywhere. At the first of my writing life, an experienced novelist dictated: One thought per sentence.
Read moreAll Writers Have Principles
Great teachers have always shown up for me. When I first became serious about writing short fiction, I found a true expert teacher in Little Rock AR at the University of Arkansas Little Rock.
Read moreMy Problem with Promotion
My publicist Stephanie, tells me I’m her most reluctant client.
I don’t like this being true, but of course, she is absolutely right.
Read moreTitles
In one way, reading a story is like floating down a river: feeling the water, not quite sure where you are headed, enjoying the imaginary sensory experience of the part of the world in which the river flows.
Read moreWelcome to My Blog
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