10/24/2009 14:55
I made it to the finals of the most recent Accentuate Fiction contest! The theme for September was Death, and I entered two stories. One of them was chosen as one of the 15 finalists, which will go on to the final round of judging. I'm very pleased and excited. The winners...
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10/15/2009 12:47
I signed up for National Novel Writers Month, affectionately known as NaNo. I am going to attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Yes, this is crazy. I am terrified. What was I thinking? But I am so excited, because I really want to know what...
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09/13/2009 19:49
I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated my blog! We went on a trip from California to Iowa to visit my husband's family in August. I love to drive cross-country and watch how the landscape changes. Over the Sierra Nevada mountains into the Nevada desert, across the...
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08/02/2009 16:43
I've been writing nothing but non-fiction articles for the longest time. This is fine; I'm finding new places to write, making a little bit of money, learning lots of new things. But I do miss writing fiction; it's just not the same. Yesterday I took out my newest short story, one...
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07/24/2009 17:26
I've written a few more articles for Bright Hub, mainly in the Diet and Nutrition channel, and I've submitted a couple more to the Environmental Science channel that haven't been published yet. I'm putting the links on the News page here. I've also done a few new ones for...
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07/02/2009 12:54
I learned yesterday that my short story The Naked Truth won second place for the Reality theme in the Accentuate Writers Services short story contest, and will appear in a print anthology to be published later this year by Twin Trinity. Their first anthology, Elements of the Soul, is...
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06/24/2009 08:07
My second Environmental Science article is up on Bright Hub; this one's about Leatherback Sea Turtles
https://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/39626.aspx
What amazing animals! They are the world's largest turtle, weighing up to 2,000 pounds, yet...
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06/11/2009 21:09
I'm excited to report my first Bright Hub article has just been published, in the Environmental Science channel. It's about ocean dead zones, areas in the ocean that have been depleted of oxygen and cannot support life.
Here's the...
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06/11/2009 21:08
Environmental Science
Ocean Dead Zones: A Growing Threat to Sea Life
https://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/38552.aspx
Leatherback Sea Turtles: Endangered Giants of the Sea
https://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/39626.aspx
The Health Risks...
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05/30/2009 09:53
I recently learned about Bright Hub, a site offering content on science and technology. I was quite intrigued, since many of their topics are right up my alley: medical science, environmental science and alternative medicine. I applied a couple of days ago and got accepted right...
