New work up at Sport Literate and Rat’s Ass Review
Earlier this year, when I was still injured and couldn’t run, swim, hike or even walk much, I submitted a huge amount of work to various small presses, literary magazines and contests. I did this late...
View ArticleHigh summer, and book news
It’s summer in Alaska and we’ve been blessed with freakishly high temperatures, sunny skies and daylight stretching out past midnight. It’s intoxicating and giddy. It’s difficult to stay indoors. It’s...
View ArticleCover reveal, and yippee!, “Malnourished” is ready for pre-orders
Big news: My new book Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger, now has a permanent cover. And I love it. I especially love the vast expanse of sky, which (at least to me) symbolizes death and...
View Article“Malnourished” pre-orders on sale through October
Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger, is available for pre-orders through Raised Voice Press for 20% off through October. The story chronicles my sister’s death from an eating disorder,...
View ArticleReview: Correcting the Landscape by Marjorie Kowalski Cole
I just finished reading the late Alaska author Marjorie Kowalski Cole‘s award-winning novel Correcting the Landscape for the second time. And I’m still impressed by the quietness of this book, and how...
View ArticleReview: Eternity Began Tomorrow, by Kevin Brennan
Please excuse the jumbled nature of this review: I was up until 6 a.m. last night, finishing Eternity Began Tomorrow. I literally could not stop reading. And it wasn’t just the story, which is...
View ArticleWork included in The Best of Brilliant Flash Fiction anthology
I love getting packages in the mail, don’t you? I love the mystery of not knowing what’s inside, and even if I know what’s inside, I still love the opening part. Maybe it reminds me of Christmas and...
View ArticleMalnourished news: Foreword review (!!)
First, the good news (good news!!). An early review for MALNOURISHED; A MEMOIR OF SISTERHOOD AND HUNGER came in from Foreword Reviews. (Here I must pause for a short cheer: Yay for early reviews! Yay...
View ArticleBook review: Secondhand Summer by Dan Walker
I had had Alaska writer Dan Walker’s YA novel SECONDHAND SUMMER on my list for a long time, and two weeks ago finally had the chance to dive in. I wasn’t disappointed. Walker’s book, geared for middle...
View ArticleMalnourished launches today
It’s here. The big day. My memoir, the one I spent 15 years struggling over, launches today from Raised Voice Press. I’m feeling very exposed, very vulnerable. This is not at all similar to when Dolls...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....