Vitae

• Pushcart Prize

• The Wind Thief, a novel, Alondra Press, October 2009


• Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for the Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction, Central Avenue Press, 2007


• Saludos/Greetings, commissioned by Rigby, 1998

Play/Screenplay

• Frozen, Or Dead? produced June 11-July 19, 1998, The Complex Theatre, Hollywood


• How to Get Your Child Into Commercials, Write to Aspire Productions, 1998

Short Stories

• 113 Degrees, Mary: A Journal of New Writing, Summer 2011


• Into the Far Distance, Doorknobs and BodyPaint, #50, May/June 2008


• Stamina, Iconoclast, #97, Fall 2007


• A Modest Physiological Proposal, Caveat Lector, Winter/Spring 2007


• Bridge, Watchword, issue 7, January 2005


• Blood Borne, Anthology, Poetry, Prose and Art Magazine, November 2002*


• Algebra, 1978, Bookpress, October 2002


• The Different Child, Outer Darkness, issue 23, spring 2001


• Touch Memories, Massage Magazine, May/June 2000


• Crocodile Food, Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies, spring 1997


• Brown and Lime Green, Berkeley Fiction Review, spring 1996


• Three Fish in A Tank, Brighton Hill Literary Review, spring 1995


• WorldDown, Nite-Writer's Literary Arts Journal, spring 1995


• I Am A Yam, Boys' Quest Magazine, June 1995, Fun For Kidz, Nov./Dec. 2004

Essays

• The Scent of Life, Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages, All Things That Matter Press, December, 2009

• True Colors, Watershed, spring 2008

Articles on Writing

• Family Secrets: How to Reveal What Matters Without Getting Sued, or Shunned, Women Writing on Family: Writing, Publishing and Teaching Tips by U.S. Women Writers, The Key Publishing House, 2011


• Pyramid Tipping: How to Balance Great Characters on One Fine Point, ByLine Magazine, February 2005


• The Color of Dreams, ByLine Magazine, March 2000


• No Kidding Around, Speculations, April 1997

Workshops

• Pyramid Tipping:How to Build Great Characters From the Top Down
  

  Mount Diablo California Writers Club Mount Diablo chapter, April 10, 2010



• The Art of Rewriting
  
  Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Romance Writers of America, February 2010, online
  
  Yosemite Romance Writers, March 2010, online
  
  Fremont Area Writers Group, July 25, 2009, Fremont, CA

California Writers Club, Central Coast, Sept. 27, 2008, Monterey, CA

UC Santa Cruz Extension, Oct. 18 to Nov. 8, 2007, Cupertino, CA


• Grow A Great Character, Grow a Great Plot


Book Passage, June 9, 2012, Corte Madera, CA

Book Passage, Corte Maders, CA, Oct. 9, 2010

Ink Spell Books, Half Moon Bay, CA, July 22, 2010

BookSmart Bookstore, Morgan Hill, CA, June 6, 2010

Campbell Library, Jan. 30, 2010, Campbell, CA

Book Passage, Jan. 16, 2010, Corte Madera, CA

Sunnyside Library, Nov. 15, 2009, Fresno, CA

South Bay Young Writers Workshop, May 30, 2009, Cupertino, CA


• Writing for Teens: Grow A Great Character, Grow a Great Plot



BookSmart Bookstore, Morgan Hill, CA, June 6, 2010

• Growing Great Characters: Advanced Scene Writing

Book Passage, Corte Maders, CA, Nov. 6, 2010


• Enough of Show, Don't Tell Already: What Does It Mean, Why is It Necessary and How Do We Do It?

Tri-Valley CWC, Oct. 20, 2012, Pleasanton, CA



Book Passage, April 16, 2011, Corte Madera, CA

Yosemite Romance Writers, online, September 2010

Yosemite Romance Writers, Nov. 14, 2009, Fresno, CA



• In Homage to Book Clubs: How and Why They're Saving America

Kingsburg Library, Nov. 15, 2009, Kingsburg, CA


• Online Critique Group

Yosemite Romance Writers, February, 2009, online

Orange County Romance Writers of America, November, 2009, online


• Grow A Great Character From the Ground Up



Book Passage, Oct. 9, 2010, Corte Madera, CA

Books Inc., Nov. 23, 2008, Mountain View, CA

Tattered Cover Book Store, Sept. 29, 2007, Denver, CO

Kepler's Books, Aug. 2, 2007, Palo Alto, CA

Book Passage, May 5, 2007, Corte Madera, CA



• Growing Great Characters: Advanced Scene Writing

Book Passage, Oct. 9, 2010, Corte Madera, CA



• Passionate People: How to Create Characters So Passionate, So Real You Can't Live Without Them, and Neither Will Your Readers

Savvy Authors, March, 2011, online

Women Writing the West, September, 2008, online

Wine Country Romance Writers, February, 2008, online


• Growing a Character Grows Character

Saratoga Library, Feb. 6, 2008, Saratoga, CA


• Making Tracks: Magazine Writing for Those Ready to Go

The Writing Salon, April 23 to June 18, 2006, Berkeley, CA


• Psychotherapy For Your Characters: Curing the Woes Caused by Those You're Writing About

East of Eden Writers Conference, Sept. 8 to 10, 2006, Salinas, CA


• Editing for Winners: How to Make Your Writing Sharp, Sharper, Sharpest

East of Eden Writers Conference, Sept. 8 to 10, 2006, Salinas, CA

• The 10 Most Common Mistakes Writers Make
  When Creating Characters, and How to Avoid Them

San Francisco Peninsula Writers Club, March, 2010


• The Top 10 Reasons Why Growing Great Characters Builds Character

CWC Central Coast, Sept. 14, 2008, Monterey, CA


• Pyramid Tipping: How to Build Great Characters From the Top Down

California Writers Club Mount Diablo, June 14, 2008, Lafayette, CA


• Growing a Character Grows Character

Saratoga Library, Feb. 6, 2008, Saratoga, CA


• How Do We Love Our Characters? Let Us Count the Ways

South Bay Writers, Feb. 14, 2007, Sunnyvale, CA


• Let's Talk Critique: The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous

San Francisco/Peninsula Writers, Jan. 20, 2007, Belmont, CA


• Brighten Your Star: How to Promote Yourself Through Writing

Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, Aug. 14, 2006, Sunnyvale, CA

Bachelor of Journalism
University of Missouri at Columbia 1986

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