First published by Southern Women’s Review in 2010. When I was going through a mermaid phase in second grade, Daddy splurged by taking us to Weeki Wachee. I spent time afterwards in the car drawing the fish women with their breathing tubes and their hair floating out like octopus arms. I drew in lipstick and sparkly jewelry and a cigarette …
Hotel manuscript, many stories
So when’s your novel coming out? I’ve heard that question more times than I care to count. My answer: one step at a time. To write a novel is to run the marathon, devote countless hours slogging away through draft after draft, learning to live with characters you may or may not like, living in a place that may feel …