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I’m in love with all things strange, with the blurry boundaries between what is considered real and what is considered imaginary.  I like to explore the breakdowns in those boundaries in my writing.


I currently live in Wales, where I teach creative writing at Bangor University.  I am also pursuing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at Bangor University.  I am writing a multi-media, interactive, digital “visual novel” based on Welsh mythology.


I have a Master’s in Professional Writing (technically an MFA) from USC, which translates to: I will be paying off school loans until the world ends or I starve to death.  It’s a toss up at the moment.


When I’m not writing, I’m usually out taking photographs, riding horses, or playing soccer.  Or, let’s face it, playing online.

About Me

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PUBLICATIONS
A Queen for a King
Electric Spec Oct 2008
Mabon’s father warned him about the temptations in the forest.  But you can’t stop love, lust, or fairy dust.

Wish in One Hand
Glassfire Summer 2008
One wants freedom, the other a hole to hide in.  Magic and desire drive two women to change their fates.

Ribbons
Scribendi 2000
A rough night prompts Luke to revisit the mistakes that drove his wife away.


COMPLETED NOVELS
The Pathfinder: A Parallel Roads Novel - seeking representation

Gloria loses Earth in the culmination of the worst day of her life.  She enters a new world full of parallel Earths, magic, and a shadowy man who wants her to save all that he knows.


NOVELS IN PROGRESS
La Llorona Gringa (working title)

Someone is after Charlotte, a bruja eager to steal the unborn child Charlotte isn’t even sure she wants.  All the gods in the New Mexican pantheon may not have enough power to help Charlotte save her baby and her sanity.


CRITIQUE GROUPS
Cellar Writing Group
Snowdonia Novelists
Critique Circle
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