Saying No
Do you have a problem saying no? I sure do. I say yes to all kinds of things, often without thinking about whether that is the right thing for me. I say yes because I like the person asking, because I feel obligated, because I would feel guilty saying no,...
What It Takes to Get a Story Published
I am so excited to announce that “The Herd” has been accepted by Water~Stone Review for the 2013 issue. Let me tell you about “The Herd.” In August of 2010, Scott and I took the kids camping near Taylor’s Falls. We went to the beach at Lake O’ the Dalles in...Fiction Depot
Fiction Depot is a great new resource for writers and readers of fiction developed by Gary Smith, a writer I have had the pleasure to work with at Hamline University and beyond. Fiction Depot is a new form of literary hub–a site devoted to readers and...
AWP 2013
We writers lead the solitary life, slaving over character motivation and semi-colons in our dark monastic cells. But once a year we emerge, stretch the kinks out of our writing hands, straighten the writer’s hunch-back, and convene at AWP (the Association of Writers...I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
