Another wonderful surprise – I am one of the winners for the 2015 Summer Magnolia Quarterly Writing Contest. I received this certificate in the mail today along with prize money and a gift card toward receiving an author’s book in the Gulf Coast Writers Association. What an honor! This contest was a short, short (only …
July has been an incredible month for me and for my writing endeavors. So far August is shaping up nicely too. I received word on Saturday, August 1st that I was the contest winner for the Omniverse Short Story Contest. Over 150 stories were submitted but my piece, “Spit Tour” won. This story (although fiction) …
I attended the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Pensacola Chapter Annual Media Panel on July 16, 2015. Six local media professionals spoke about public relations culture, evolving technology changes, social media usage and best PR practices. The panel included Andrew McKay of News Radio 1620 AM, Auriette Lindsey of WEAR TV, Brent Lane of Cat …
I was featured in the Sunday, July 12, 2015 lifestyle section of the Northwest Florida Daily newspaper for this piece I wrote on dealing with children who say they are “bored.” This was inspired by actual events and real conversation. Below is the full article. I’m placing it here since the newspaper did not publish …
This is a feature (below) that I wrote about attending a virtual dementia tour on June 26, 2015. It appeared in Pensacola Today on July 6, 2015. 10 Minutes of Virtual Dementia Leaves a Lasting Impression A colleague invited me to attend the University of West Florida Center on Aging’s “Art Across the Ages” event …
I’m so honored that the Pensacola News Journal chose to publish my piece on what it means to be a writer. I compare the writing process to the weather – there are no two days alike. Enjoy the feature: Originally published in the PNJ: July 5, 2015. Being a writer means taking on the weather. …
As I navigate forward in my writing, I’m trying to understand this vast, complex publishing world that exists around me. Digging into the publishing realm is overwhelming and often challenging. I have so many questions and just want some simple, straight-forward answers. So I did what any inquisitive, determined writer should do – I began …
A crazy thing happened this week…I was on television! I was invited to be on a local TV station, BLAB-TV Pensacola to discuss the April 2015 Writers Digest Poem a Day competition I participated in. I was also able to talk about writing as a discipline and what inspires me. This was a wonderful opportunity …
Woo hoo! Hip hip Hooray!!! I made it through an entire month of the April Writers Digest Poem a Day challenge. Sure, it may not seem like much to some folks to write a poem for 30 days in a row. However, making time to write a poem daily while also raising a family, working …
The challenge is reaching the end. There are just a few days left of this April Writers Digest Poem A Day competition. This past week had some strange and a few normal, expected topics. Below are the poems I wrote for days 20 through 26. For Day 20, it was a fill in the blank …