I'm a writer of literary fiction. The world is twisted out of order and characters yearn for connection and completion. Ache is my first novel. It will be released this autumn on bentMeridian Press to a grateful (though unsuspecting) public amid much fanfare and rejoicing.
Ache: "She is waiting on the front stoop, wavy shoulder-length dark hair. She has a suitcase on the step in front of her. She sparkles with silver rings on her fingers. She waits for me. Smoke trails from between her lips and wafts into the night. I approach and stop, frozen at the base of the stairs. This the moment it begins. Her cigarette is perched delicately in her hand, arm bowed against her knee. She watches me with coal-burnt eyes that radiate with immediate recognition. She smiles the smile I remember."
Yes, I am a writer, but I moonlight as an editor. I edited the 300-page short story anthology Falling From the Sky, released nationally on May 1, 2007 by independent publisher Another Sky Press. I am also a freelance editor, so I work with words, like, a lot.
What else? Books are constant companions. Don't tell anyone, but I'm kind of a sappy romantic - some people don't appreciate this but they should. I like rain. Autumn is my favorite season. I've been called weird - a label I embrace. Outside the lines, I somehow tolerate offices. I'm often too honest for my own good. I try to listen when instinct screams at me. I'm a slight misanthrope, but still I try to have faith in people. Lastly, look up the definition of a Leo.
