I made a book. There are a couple of reasons I’m particularly proud of Writers on the Avenue’s holiday anthology, Winter Holidays in the City of Pearls. For one, I built this book from scratch, from the ground up. On
My foray into publishing
When Students Succeed
I revel in good news from my students. Lately, there’s been a lot of it. Graduations; new work milestones; publications news to share. Two of my students had work in the recent issue of Talking River, and I was delighted
A Lesson in Manners free on Kindle!
Lovers of (free) books: From now through September 10, you can get a free copy of A Lesson in Manners for Kindle. That’s right, I said free! I hope you’ll snag a copy, and when you do, I hope you’ll
Photographer in Search of a Subject: Short Story by Mary R. Davidsaver
Editor’s note: This story won honorable mention in the “Write Your Own Lesson in Manners” contest. The challenge was to select from a list of prompts from the book A Lesson in Manners and write a story using those items.
Freedom Within Captivity: Short Story by Abigail Klapatauskas
Editor’s note: This story won second place in the “Write Your Own Lesson in Manners” contest. The challenge was to select from a list of prompts from the book A Lesson in Manners and write a story using those items.
Making a mark on Muscatine
Well, this is a new medium for me. My words have appeared in print and online, in radio and audio recordings, in video and on stage, and now they’re going to be stamped in cement on a Muscatine sidewalk somewhere.