about me:

Photo (c) City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. Used with permission.

I am a candidate in Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing program and a Pittsburgh-based writer of fiction, travel memoir and things that defy genre. I blog about travel, sustainability and Paganism on the “The Traveling Witch Blog” page.

My ultimate goal as a writer is not to open doors, but to make the walls that separate people from dreams, ideas, truth, and each other melt away. I want to enchant you with beautiful words and stories, and transport you to new places and new realities that will inspire you and connect you to parts of yourself you thought were lost forever, and parts you never knew existed. You can find more about my writing on the “Portfolio” page.

latest news:

• November 29, 2011: I gave a public reading at Chatham University.
• September 30, 2011: I was a featured reader at the Word Circus event at Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery in Garfield.
• September 2011: My short stories “The Dog Who Didn’t Yet Have a Tale” and “The Legend of Corgi-San” were translated into Russian for the magazine Vestnik WELSH CORGI.
• August 2011: I began working toward my MFA in Creative Writing at Chatham University!
• February 2011: My short stories “The Dog Who Didn’t Yet Have a Tale” (G / F) and “The Legend of Corgi-San” (G / F) were translated into German and French for the Swiss website Welsh Corgi News.
• October 2010: My short story “La Catedral” appeared in the Fall 2010 online issue of Grey Sparrow Journal.
• September 2010: I gave a public reading as part of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh‘s I Don’t Know What I Would Do If I Couldn’t Speak My Mind event.
• July 2010: My short story “La Catedral” appeared in the Summer 2010 print issue of Grey Sparrow Journal (which was named best new literary journal of 2011).