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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:
December 2011: w/a J.D. Revezzo, "What Sekhmet Keeps". Dark Things II: Cat Crimes, a charity anthology of cat-themed fiction, with proceeds going to various cat charities. If you'd like it, it's available in paperback at Amazon here, (Kindle version to come), released December 2011.
August 2011: "Mother Blood Sky", The Scribing Ibis: An Anthology of Pagan Fiction in Honor of Thoth, published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina. (This is a charity anthology with all proceeds going to various charities. If you'd like a copy, you can get it here. In case you're curious, this story has been revised and expanded from the version published in Twisted dreams in 2010.)
Part two of "Mistress of the Keys", Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice Issue. You may read the story here
"Mistress of the Keys (part one), Eternal Haunted Summer, Spring Equinox 2011 issue. You may read the issue here.
"House of Cards", Eternal Haunted Summer, Autumnal Equinox, 2010 issue
You may read the issue here
"Mother Blood Sky", Twisted Dreams, October 2010 issue. Available for purchase, in PDF, here or hardcopy, here.
"Light Nightmare", Twisted Dreams, October 2009
(You can get the issue here if you like. :))
"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*
Currently in submission:
One Paranormal Romance novel (PG-13)
One contemporary/romantic suspense novel (being considered by The Wild Rose Press :) (PG-13)
Contemporary/Romantic suspense short/novella (PG-13)
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 2011.
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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