On Writing
Life of Riley began as an award-winning newspaper column at Seminole State College in 2005. I later worked as a freelance writer with Lake Mary Life Magazine and New York Family Magazine. Currently, I’m working on a memoir, Falling Waters.
Publications & My Writing Community
The Writers Rock
Reading an excerpt from my memoir in progress, Falling Waters, with The Writers Rock staff and students at Calle Ocho on the Upper West Side.
New York Family Magazine
As a freelance writer and mother in the throes of parenting a teen, I wrote about these experiences for New York Family Magazine.
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal
Already Gone, short story fiction. The story focuses on a young marriage unraveling at the seams while the husband faces his addiction with self loathing.
WRITING ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS
Judge, The Veritas Short Fiction Contest and The Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Competition at Seminole State College of Florida, March 2009 and March 2010
Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop, 2007
Honorable Mention Award, Fiction, Writer’s Digest Magazine 74th Annual Writing Competition
Fried Oysters, Flash Fiction, First Place, Veritas Insightful Short Fiction, Seminole State College of Florida 2006
Award-Winning Columnist, Life of Riley, The Scribe Newspaper: General Column, Second Place and Humor Article, Third Place, FCCAPA 2006, and General Column, First Place, FCCAPA 2005