Posted in Writing on May 17th, 2011
I wrote the original version of this story (which was painfully bad) for my college senior project, a collection of short stories. Of the five stories, this one had the most potential, so last year, with help from my critique group, I revised it. Last month, I reread it for the first time in nearly [...]
Posted in Writing on May 28th, 2010
Last year, I submitted almost two queries a week for articles, stories, or my novel. This year, because I’ve been so insanely tired, I haven’t submitted anything (I think – see? I’m so tired I can’t even remember). Finding appropriate places to send my writing—especially my fiction—takes a lot of time and is a lot [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.