Contemporary short fiction. Nostalgia drives a woman in her early 20’s to her hometown Walmart, where she quietly struggles to reconcile...

“Author Mentor Match (AMM) pairs aspiring writers with completed manuscripts with experienced authors for mentorship.” #AMMConnect 2020...

Reflections on watching the story go from messy rough draft to final, polished draft… Last week I posted the final draft of “Rainey’s...

Revising with a professional editor’s feedback Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week...

Revising with Critique Partner feedback Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two post:...

The self-edited draft Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two post: self-edited draft...

The half-baked idea and my drafting process Check out the Writer In Motion process start to finish: Week one post: rough draft Week two...

Wherein the writing prompt escapes; ideas form; a runny, messy draft is born. Read on… What is Writer in Motion? Writer in Motion is a...

This is the first time I’ve recognized the pattern of prepare-and-despair, but it’s the third time I’ve gone through it this year. For...

One of my writing goals is to study short stories and write some.  I found a free class called Reading and Writing Short Stories from...

I’m so not ready to launch my author blog. As of this posting, I don’t have any published fiction; articles I have written were ghosted;...