Upcoming Events

“Sarah McGuirk, Orphan Train Rider” (NC  Humanities Council)
10 am, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019
Newcomers Club, Catawba County Museum of History
Court Square
Newton, NC

“Cold Spots & Tinglies” (Ghost Stories)     

Goforth Club, 11:30 am Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
First United Methodist Church, Hickory, NC

“How to Join a Lineage Society” (Genealogy 101)    
10 am Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019
Lincolnton Art Center, 232 E. Main, Lincolnton, NC 

In the News

Idol Talk was a finalist for the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award for Anthologies. The Hoffer awards honor independently-published books that celebrate independent, creative thought.

I was honored with a Merit Scholarship to Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop in June 2019. The award was based on an excerpt from my novel-in-progress.

Idol Talker Linda Sienkiewicz has featured the book on her blog. Check it out here: http://lindaksienkiewicz.com/women-writers-share-celebrity-crushes/#comment-5790

Hear my July 6, 2018 interview on WHKY’s First Talk program here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNuqxFL-06MzadJdlx5H_m0F7z7mrrrt/view

Reminder from the NC Writers Network: I’m one of them.  http://www.ncwriters.org/index.php/our-members/network-news/4883-ncwns-critiquing-and-editing-service-a-reintroduction

My story, “Southern Gal,” appeared in the premiere issue of Teach. Write.

My essay, “It Could Happen to You,” appeared in the 2017 issue of City Works Literary Journal, a publication of San Diego City College.

WFAEats food essays. Read them here: http://wfae.org/topic/wfaeats

Column Fare

I write a biweekly column for the Observer-News-Enterprise in Newton, NC, Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, NC and the Lincoln Herald, Lincolnton, NC. My latest offering is posted on the “Blogs” section of this website.