Take a break from gobsmacking news and the barrage of affronts to our moral codes. This week, I offer a short story about the consequences…
With so much disheartening news I was tempted to write an opinion, to join the league of outraged liberals, to voice my indignation at the…
Three other aspiring writers and I have been writing a short story a month for Elegant Literature Magazine since April. We’re given a prompt and…
For years I have had the intention to publish my mother’s diaries. That almost sounds like a really bitchy thing to do, doesn’t it? She…
A wonderful way to end a good summer is to travel to somewhere you’ve never been. I’m in Barcelona. I’ll go from here on to…
I re-read one of the first short stories I wrote and I could barely get through it. There was so much I wanted to edit…
No one knows a couple like the couple knows the couple. It just isn’t possible for anyone on the outside to fully understand the nuances…
Previously I believed I could not write fiction. It’s not important why I thought so, just note that I went from “I can’t,” to “here’s…