There have been words milling around my insides for a while now, but they couldn't find a place to land. Politics and social issues...

My father disliked how our society views children -- as though they are less-than simply because they are new to the world. In his work...

Time, time, time See what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please Look around Leaves are...

We are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...

We've all heard the phrase: the clothes make the man. Wear a power suit, and people will treat you accordingly. Wear rags, and the same...

I have difficulty with this notion that there is an appropriate time to protest injustice and conversely, an inappropriate time. How is...

Fandoms are passionate. Some more than others. It might seem odd to pen a piece about a fandom's reaction to casting, because, well…it's...

"HIDDEN: an impossible story" is a short, YA magical realism novel about a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggle with anxiety. There's a...

We have a son who is fourteen years old. The first election he was old enough to be aware of was President Obama in 2008. We watched the...

This is NOT my work space. It is lovely, zen, uncluttered, and unfettered. The view is -- green, and while not particularly special, it...

So I recently won a short story contest on Words and Brushes. Yay for me! But seriously -- I'm happy, it's nice to be validated, to be...