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My Resumé

I've been chasing this dream for years, and those who know, know it's been a struggle. But I do have a few bits to report.

Awards:
My short-short story, "Orbital Kiss" (2009), won Tammy Kane's "First Kiss" contest, September 2009. (woohoo! ;))

Publications:
Poetry
"Let The Lady Enter" (with Ami Clanton)--1989 The Obelisk, St, Petersburg Junior College.

"Plait of the Weaver"--1997 The Omnibus, The University of South Florida

stories:
"Light Nightmare", Twisted Dreams, October 2009
(You can get the issue here if you like. :))

"Mother Blood Sky", Twisted Dreams, forthcoming issue.
"House of Cards", Eternal Haunted Summer, forthcoming issue.

"The Captain's Merciful Death", Feburary 2010, for Crossed Genre's compilation of "posted stories for Haiti relief" project

Article on "The Magic of World Building ... for Romance Writers" in The Scarlett Letter, the newsletter of the Tampa Area Romance Authors, March 2010, then reprinted in The Love Knot, the newsletter of the Ottawa Romance Writers Association; in In Print!, newsletter for Houston Bay Area RWA®; and in the Monterey Bay Monarch e-News. It has also been forwarded to the Nola Stars Article Loop; the Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada (RWAC) loop; the RWA® Greater Vancouver Chapter's eloop; and the Diamond State Romance Authors Craft Loop. *vbg*

contests:
Launching A Star contest; romantic suspense novel, WIP

Currently in submission:
One contemporary/romantic suspense novel (being considered by The Wild Rose Press :))

Past Submissions:
One finished Fantasy novel (200,000ish words)
(currently being reworked/reconsidered by yours truly)

Other Ongoing submissions:
various short stories

Other:
Finished but shelved:
A (very bad--teehee) Science Fiction mss(circa 1993), and one (likewise awful) YA/teen Fantasy mss (circa 1997). Neither one (thank god!) ever made it out of my house.

Associations:
The Romance Writers of America

Tampa Area Romance Authors

Work:
The Examiner--Tampa Book Examiner March 2009 to present.

Other contributions/writing experience:
Occasional co-editor of and former columnist, Occasional contributor to Crazedfanboy.com 2000-present.

Contributor to the defunct Net Sisters Forever's Literary Ladies committee literary ezine, 2001/2(?), contributor to Women With Integrity group zine 2004?

More to come.

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