Memoir: The First 22 Years Are the Hardest
coming of age with a baby on the hip and hope for happily ever after


I am an essayist and memoir writer. My writing has appeared in the following publications/sites:

  • Mabel Magazine, essay
  • Parley Student Journal – Lean On Me: How I Serve
  • Venn Magazine
  • Pikes Peak Courier, Newspaper – Woodland Park, CO
  • Middle Places
  • Live-Brave.com
  • Almagre, Pikes Peak Community College Literary Journal
  • Violence UnSilenced
  • Celebrate Life
  • Cincinnati Family
  • Northern Nevada Family
  • Writer’s Weekly
  • The Chinook
  • The Williston Pioneer – journalist/columnist 1993-2001
  • Straight
  • Inkspot
  • Inscriptions
  • Writing for Dollars
  • DotMoms
  • WomenOnWriting.com
  • Flutters of the Heart
  • HerCorner.com
  • Rainy Day Corner
  • e-Writer’s Place
  • WordWeaving.com
  • ContentBiz from MarketingSherpa.com
  • Writer’s Exchange 2000
  • HerTeen.com
  • Our Secret News
  • Denver Mile High Mamas
  • Momma Helpers

I have been interviewed/featured in/at the following:

  • The Wordling
  • Shoutout Colorado
  • Love Yourself Silly e-course
  • MOPS International Blog – Moms Who Change the World
  • Being is a Verb – The “One Question” Series
  • The Pikes Peak Courier View; Woodland Park, CO
  • The Bartow Trader; Cartersville, GA
  • The Daily Tribune News; Cartersville, GA
  • Bartow Neighbor; Cartersville, GA
  • ContentBiz from MarketingSherpa.com
  • Women on Writing
  • MomWriters.com
  • MOMMY! Ezine

I have also received mention either by name or publication (previously edited/published) in the following publications:

  • ByLine
  • Real Simple Magazine
  • Writer’s Digest Sept. 2000
  • Writer’s Digest Jan. 2001
  • Writer’s Digest July 2002
  • Writer’s Digest May 2002
  • Writer’s Digest May 2003
  • Extend Your Hand
  • How To Publish Your Articles (book by Shirley Kawa-Jump)
  • Writer’s Weekly
  • The Young Writer’s Guide to Getting Published (book by Kathy Henderson)
  • The Renegade Writer