I’m reading the current issue of Poets & Writers, and the theme is inspiration. I don’t do anything special to find inspiration. I mean, I don’t sit and meditate or take long walks or drive around waiting for ideas to strike. And I haven’t...
My short story, “Lover,” was just accepted for publication in the spring/summer issue of Melusine. This is always exciting news and I’m thrilled to see one of my pieces find a home in the world. (My friend Renee Beauregard currently has a piece,...
I’m working on a short story that’s new as of today, so I’m very close to the genesis of an idea. Right after Christmas, Scott and I went next door to give my neighbors a “thanks for cat sitting” gift. They told us the funniest anecdote...
God’s Mirror is a historical novel set in 13th century France and India. I imagine the life of French mystic Marguerite Porete, who was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition on 1 June 1310. I first learned of Porete in the spring of 2006, during my first...
This is my novel in under 100 words: Minnesota, 1877. Greta saves her sister, Annabelle’s, life only to forever wonder if Annabelle would have been better off frozen to death. She is frozen in a sense; her body continues to grow while mentally she remains the...