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  • Arizona,  Photos,  Short Stories,  Weekend Coffee Share

    Uranium Springs postapocalyptic town and pre-enactment site (plus the usual news and memes)

    May 27, 2022 /
    Flatbed truck with missing engine compartment and doors on ridge above Uranium Springs postapocalyptic town. In front and to right of truck is a small building made of plywood scraps and sheet metal with faded sign above boarded-up door

    In this week’s update, we’re going to visit Uranium Springs, a postapocalyptic town outside Holbrook, Arizona. Uranium Springs is the site of the annual Detonation festival, a postapocalyptic “pre-enactment” (read: cosplay) event. Long-Suffering Husband attends every year, along with a few hundred other Mad Max maniacs who are much more optimistic about the postapocalyptic aesthetic than I am. Attendees at Detonation, and its larger, better-known cousin, Wasteland Weekend, make the woman on the left look drab. I’m kind of fascinated by the whole postapocalyptic pre-enactment thing, and I love a good postapocalyptic story. I even wrote one: “Collateral Damage,” first-place winner in the Arizona Authors Association 2020 literary contest (learn…

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    Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum + how the hell did I get this old? (Weekend Coffee Share #28)

    March 4, 2022

    Desert flowers and the monthly book roundup

    April 21, 2023

    Passion flowers at the Tucson Botanical Gardens (#FOTD)

    July 19, 2021
  • Delta Dawn,  Weekend Coffee Share

    Delta Dawn won first place! (Weekend Coffee Share #14)

    November 12, 2021 /
    Arizona Authors Association logo and bookshelves

    Good morning, and happy Friday! I have big writing news to share with y’all, but first: Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer. Have a seat, grab a treat, and let’s chat out in the garden on this gorgeous desert morning. Big writing news I’m excited to report that my second novel, a domestic suspense/thriller called Delta Dawn, won first place in the unpublished novel division of the Arizona Authors Association Annual Literary Contest! I still need to make substantial revisions before it will be ready to query, but I’m so excited that people actually liked it. I’m also grateful to the judges, who provided helpful…

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    California Delta Part 1: Paradise Cut (+Books! and Memes!)

    January 22, 2023
    Vintage houseboat on slough tucked behind twisty branches

    How my novel, Delta Dawn, got its name (#IWSG)

    March 31, 2026
  • Short Stories,  Weekend Writing Warriors

    Snippet from “Collateral Damage” (WeWriWa #1)

    September 4, 2021 /
    Desert wasteland with post-apocalyptic settlement

    Welcome to my first post for Weekend Writing Warriors! Yes, I’m joining yet another blog hop. If this keeps up, I’m going to have to find a support group for people addicted to blog hops. Anyhoo, I’m especially excited about WeWriWa, because it involves sharing snippets of writing, published or unpublished, and since my search for an agent is about as successful as New Coke (if you’re under 40, ask your parents), these posts might be the only time anyone outside my critique group gets to read my work. For my first post, here are the first 10 sentences of my postapocalyptic short story, “Collateral Damage.” This story won first…

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    Foggy scene with evergreen trees in foreground and blurred house in background lit with Christmas lights

    Beginning of an as-yet-unnamed Christmas horror story (#WeWriWa #2)

    September 26, 2021
    Cover of 2022 issue of Harmony Magazine

    “A Christmas Duet” is published in Harmony Magazine

    April 5, 2022

    My short story, “Woe is Me, Poor Child, for Thee,” is published!

    December 27, 2021

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