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My new chapbook, Pixelated Tears, is published!
I'm excited to share that my chapbook, Pixelated Tears, is now available from Prolific Press. Here's the postcard: And here's the press...
Oct 17, 20181 min read


Writing Prompt: Using Facebook to Craft Poems (and other types of writing)
Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...
Oct 11, 20182 min read


What to Write When Nothing Comes
Maybe you've been lucky and never drawn a blank when sitting down to write. But if you're like me (and most people), you've sat and...
Oct 7, 20182 min read


Writing Prompt: An Exercise in Perspective
One of the best things about being writers is that we get to play with reality. When we craft fiction, poetry, and even creative...
Oct 5, 20182 min read


NaNoWriMo: Create-a-Book-Cover Tutorial
It's October. Which means next month is November. And for many writers, November = NaNoWriMo, or for the uninitiated, National Novel...
Oct 4, 20183 min read


Creativity Prompt: Horoscope Poetry
Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Building Voice Together: Collective Poetry
Yesterday, at Sonic Boom, the first session in my Sound and Sense workshop series, our warm-up exercise was to collectively write a...
Sep 11, 20181 min read


Monumental Unveiling: Sister Cities
Forty years ago, Cupertino joined into a partnership with a city 5,317 miles away – Toyokawa, Japan. Toyokawa become Cupertino’s second...
Aug 10, 20181 min read


Writing Poetry with Warm Ups!
There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...
Jun 21, 20184 min read
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