Welcome to my website.
In a previous update, I shared I’d been on a bit of a writing hiatus, derailed by a career in commercial real estate. Curious if I could still tap into the creative part of my brain, I enrolled in The University of Iowa’s online class, How Writers Write Fiction. I found the process of mining my imagination and the writing that sprung from it deeply satisfying.
I’ve always considered myself a short story writer. So I was caught off guard midway through a subsequent University of Iowa class to discover what I was working on needed a much larger container to hold it. Writing is the act of discovery, over and over again, and so I set off on what became a long journey of discovery. With a lot of hard work, more time than I’d like to admit, and the feedback and encouragement from some terrific writing friends, I wrote a 56,000 word novel.
The Color of Sea Glass follows fifteen-year-old Emma and her two best friends in the aftermath of a deadly car crash. Set in a rural college town, the novel opens soon after the crash with Emma in the driver’s seat of Megan’s BMW and Ashley in the seat beside her, moaning. Emma copes by retreating into silence. As she struggles to make sense of all that’s happened, the past collides with present conflicts, leading Emma to question her relationships with the adults in her world, the bonds and boundaries of friendship, and the adequacy of words to convey meaning. A coming-of-age novel, The Color of Sea Glass is told from Emma’s point-of-view, in a narrative voice that is insightful, witty, and wise beyond her years.
Thank you for visiting my website. I’ve included links to some of my fiction and non-fiction in the Portfolio should you feel inclined to read any of them.