You may
forget but
Let me tell you this: someone at some future time will think
of us
- Sappho
January/February 2012 News:
Metazen published my story "Adam
and Evil" on February 3, 2012.
Rose & Thorn Journal published my story "A Moment At The Window"
in its Winter 2012
edition.
Eternal
Haunted Summer accepted my story "Imagine" for Spring Equinox 2012
publication.
The Eleventh Glass Woman Prize
is currently considering, among other sources,
submissions from former readers and/or winners or top contenders of the prize.
The reading period ends March 21, 2012.
My most recent
book Kuan Yin: Flowers
For Change is available at
Lulu.com and
Amazon.com.

Ongoing Showcase
of Works by Friends
Please visit the evolving page on
this website called
FriendShip, which showcases written and
visual work by my friends.
My recent and
forthcoming
publications:
My Mother's Story has been selected to become part of a play that will tell
the stories of eight mothers of North Vancouver residents. The play is scheduled
to run at
the North Vancouver Presentation
House Theatre in the fall of 2012.
Cirque published my story "The Mistakes"
(Volume 3, No. 1, December 2011--"The Mistakes" starts on page 17).
The Write Place At The Write Time published my
story "Marygirl"
in its December 2011 edition ("Marygirl" is the fourth story down)
Kaffe in Katmandu posted my poem "Escape
Literature" in its final December 2011 issue.
Mused - Bella Online Literary
Review published my poem "Identity" on September 23, 2011
(Volume 5, Issue 3).
Salome Magazine published my story "The
Wedding: Snow White" on July 25, 2011
Blue Unicorn
published my poem "Professor" in June 2011.
Rumjhum Biswas published an
interview with me regarding the Glass Woman Prize in flash fiction
chronicles on July 28. 2011.
52/250 republished my story
"Rats" in Thirty-Nine
"The Best Of..."
anthology in May 2011.
My stories "A Fairytale of Love" and
"Princess, Prince, Dragon" appears in
52/250 (April 2011: Week 48,
and May 2011: Week 52, respectively).
Blue Fifth Review published my story "My Own Story" in
its
Glass Woman Special (March 2011)
The Write Place at the
Write Time published my story "Reflections on The Little Mermaid: A Few Moments with the
Queen" in its March 22, 2011 edition.
My story "Wedlock"
is now online at 5923 Quarterly (March 2011).
My story "Rats" appears in
52/250 (January 2011: Week 36)
52/250 republished my stories
"A Scattering Of Rivals" and "Pre-Dinner Conversation" in its
Twenty-Six "The Best Of..."
anthology on December 26, 2010.
My story "Aspects Of Silence" appears in 52/250
(December 2010: Week 32)
Eternal Haunted Summer published my story "Winter"
at winter solstice
2010.
Cirque
published three unicorn stories, "The Devil's Advocate," "Feminists and
Salamanders," and "Freud Scholarship" at winter solstice 2010.
My stories "A Scattering Of Rivals," "Unseen,"
and "Pre-Dinner Conversation" appear in
52/250 (October 2010: Week 20, Week 21,
and Week 22, respectively).
Mused: Bella Online Literary Review published my poems "A Fable of Leaves" and "Harvest Moon"
in its Fall 2010 issue (Volume 4, Issue 3).
"The Good Guys" was republished in
Thirteen, 52/250's first
quarterly review (September 2010) in its THE BEST OF Week 6 - Balance of Terror
section. Thirteen just happens to be my favorite number, too, the
feminist number par excellence to my way of thinking.
5923 Quarterly published my story "Sarah"
in its inaugural September 2010 issue.
"Snow
White Speaks" (an excerpt from my novella Snow White) is up on Voices.
Rose & Thorn Journal published my story "Strange
Justice" in its Summer 2010 issue (July 15, 2010).
Caper Literary
Journal published my poems "Cathedral Garden," 'The Naked Rose," and
"Divorce" in Issue 5 (July 6, 2010)
Eighty Percent Magazine published my story "Eclipse"
in its June 2010 edition.
"The
Hunter," an excerpt from my novella Snow White, appears in Voices
(June 10, 2010).
My stories "Daniela" and "The Good Guys" appear in
52/250 (June 14, 2010 and June
21, 2010, respectively).
Like Birds Lit published my poem "The Dance Begins"
(May 21, 2010)
Moon Milk
Review accepted my short story "Abandoning God."
Blue Print Review published my
story "In
Her Dreams" in issue #23 (January 2010)
Since January 2010 I am an excited
member of
fictionaut.com, an amazing website where writers and readers share a lot of
exciting stories and comments.
Salome Magazine published my story
"The
Seven Ravens: Notes On The Fairytale" on January 4, 2010.
Mused - BellaOnline Literary
Review published my
poem "Alchemist"
in its 2009 Winter Solstice issue.
Writers' Bloc
published my story "The
Demonstration" in Issue Four, October 2009.
Melusine, or Woman in the 21st
Century published my story "Endangered
Sunrise" in its August 2009 edition.
Thirty First Bird Review published my story "The
Creation of Death" (you'll need to scroll down a bit for my story, or better
yet, read the others along the way). In addition, there's a sentence of mine in
the
Micro-Fiction section.
Nimble
magazine published my story "Defaced"
in its April 2009 issue.
Green Fuse Press published my poems "Blessing the Blossons" and "Caged
Light" in its Poetry Saves! 2009 spring/summer anthology.
Salome
Magazine published my
story "A
Bill of Goods" on March 23, 2009.
The March 2009 edition of
Moondance contains a new review of
The Unicorn And... and two reviews I wrote about Eileen Colucci's novel
The Strings of The Lute and Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard's collection of poems,
The Unpredictability of Light.
Improv 2008: Anthology of Colorado
Poets: Peace War Love
was published in November 2008 and contains my poem "Valhalla." It is available
from
Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association.
My short story, "Chance Encounters
With Freedom" was published in
Bottom Of The World (Issue #2, November 2008).
November 2008:
Congratulations, America!
November 5, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS, AMERICA, ON OUR NEW PRESIDENT-ELECT!
And thank you, fellow
American voters!
To me Barack Obama's
election means hope over fear, and change over hate.
I have been
an American citizen for 21 years. Yesterday was my proudest
day politically.
(And today! And tomorrow!)
YES WE CAN.
I've read
many enthusiastic responses from fellow Americans and international
observers. Here is a great essay by Moondance
publisher Loretta Kemsley:
Reflections on America's Ideals; also
No More Excuses by Michelle Petit-Sumrall (with
links to other election-related blogs); Ana Alleman, an American woman
living in Honduras
writes This Changes Everything.
"I
Saw A Woman Dance" was published in Trivia: Voices of Feminism (Issue
7/8 2008).
Ghoti
published my short story "Colors"
in Issue 16 (October 2008)
13th Moon
published "A Visit With The Goddess" in Volume XX, Number 1 (2008).
Hawai'i Pacific Review published
my poem "Gratia Plena" in volume 22 (2008).
Le Nouveau Monde Vert published my
poem "That
Day" in its inaugural issue (May 2008); in addition, Le Nouveau Monde Vert has also
published an updated version of my essay
Lysistrata Rising, originally published in 1983.
"Pleasures
of Scotland and of Paradise," a unicorn story, is now online at Della Donna
(May 2008).
My story "The
Wise Woman" was published on February 25, 2008 in Salome Magazine.
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EARLIER PUBLICATIONS PLEASE SEE MY
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