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Several months ago (I’m behind on updating my blog!), I moderated a roundtable discussion with members of the Columbia University community on the topic Structuring Your Novel. Writers gathered on Zoom to share techniques from initial concept to completed first draft....
This past February, in collaboration with Columbia Fiction Foundry, I hosted a panel discussion with agents from DeFiore & Company. This was an exciting opportunity to learn from industry experts Brian DeFiore, Miriam Altshuler, Caryn Karmatz Rudy, and Reiko...
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Frances Cha, author of the debut novel, IF I HAD YOUR FACE for Columbia Fiction Foundry. Frances’ novel, published by Penguin Random House, was named best book of 2020 by NPR, TIME Magazine, USA Today, Bustle, Esquire, New...
The final installment of my interview with Daniela Petrova, author of HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER, is up on the Columbia Fiction Foundry YouTube channel. Daniela’s debut novel, published by Putnam, has been named “One of Five Thrillers to Read This Summer” by Time Magazine,...
The second installment of my interview with Daniela Petrova, author of the debut novel, HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER, is now up on YouTube. In this segment Daniela shares how she cultivated sources in order to do research for the police scenes in her book. She also discusses...
On September 7th, hosted by Columbia University’s Fiction Foundry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniela Petrova, author of the debut novel, HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER. Daniela and I enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation about the novel and what it takes to get a book...
On April 6, at the Columbia Alumni Center in New York City, I had the pleasure of interviewing Greer Hendricks, co-author, with Sarah Pekkanen, of THE WIFE BETWEEN US, which spent 26 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List, and AN ANONYMOUS GIRL, which debuted...
I am thrilled and honored that my short story, "Toroid," has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Each year the Pushcart Prize honors the best of the independent presses, and in spite of the commercialization and commoditization of publishing, the Pushcart has...
Come join us for what promises to be a fun and fabulous evening at the historic Warner Library in Tarrytown, NY! Authors Lori DeSanti, Ann Podracky, Andrea Stone and I will read from the anthology SIBLINGS: Our First Macrocosm. Works of poetry, memoir, and story...
I'm honored that my short story, "Perfect," first published in the spring 2015 issue of the St. Sebastian Review, has been selected as a semi-finalist for Ruminate Magazine's VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. Deep gratitude to Ruminate and the St. Sebastian Review!
On Saturday, April 5th I had the pleasure of reading with a talented group of performance artist writers at Books on the Square in Providence, Rhode Island, as we celebrated the East Coast book launch of Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Authors! Books on the Square, a...
Celebrate the East Coast release of Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Authors, an anthology from Spider Road Press! Featured readers will be myself, Theo Greenblatt and Kathryn Kulpa, special guests Kim Baker and Diane Dolphin, and Lynnie Gobeille from the Origami Poems...
