Today is the last day of February in Louisiana. As I try to finish a short story to submit by the end of the day to a short story publisher, neighbors are watching the last Mardi Gras parade somewhere in New Orleans. Deadlines are amazing motivators. The closer you get to one, the more prolific […]

AWP 2015 was exciting. Surrounded by 13,000 writers, I was immediately inspired to escalate my writing.