Just released from She Writes Press Buy here (Go back to Chapter One and Chapter Two) Chapter Three 1980 Ken had promised to be on his best behavior. Holly and her husband, Jack, were coming over for drinks. They were visiting from Minnesota, where they’d lived for three years. Freddie had offered to...
I'm pleased to present my author interview with Kay Rae Chomic. ALP: Golf seems to be a major factor in your life, both in your debut novel, A Tight Grip, and your personal life. Tell us a little about your history with the sport, and how it...
Today I'm chatting with Anesa Miller about her work. ALP: You brought out two books within the last year, a collection of essays, To Boldly Go, and a novel, Our Orbit. For myself, any kind of non-fiction writing has a very different feel from writing fiction. Do you...
Just released from She Writes Press Buy here (Read Chapter One here, Chapter Three here) Chapter Two 1977 In the early days of their marriage, disagreements were often about money. Freddie was used to earning her own, and Ken wanted her to stay home. His job was stressful. It soothed...
Originally published in the May 2014 issue of The Corner Club Press She was drawn to his watercolors. Gentle landscapes, ponds and rushes, and a sky so soft and blue she wanted to rise and just drift away. His work...
Originally published in the Summer 2013 issue of Nomos Review and nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Editor-in-Chief Lisa Sanchez By The Wayside She's a woman who discards anything which causes sorrow or blocks her path. A man she cares for does both, and she leaves him. ...
Lake Cayuga, Ithaca, New York It’s been said that if you’re related to a writer, you’ll see yourself on her pages sooner or later. The idea of being not only depicted, but laid bare for strangers to consume in a spirit of pity, mirth, or...
In my new novel, What Is Found, What Is Lost, one of the main protagonists (there are four) reflects that “time was a loop, from now to then and back again.” Freddie, who changed her name at age twenty-one, and moved Heaven and earth to...
Buy here (Read Chapter 2 here, Chapter 3 here) Chapter One 2012 In a quiet Sioux Falls neighborhood, a widow walked her Boston terrier along a shady street. The dog moved slowly and without much purpose, as if he, too, were grieving. The woman, Freddie, considered the loss of...
Seattle is a city of neighborhoods, and each seems to have a farmers market. While we don't live in Ballard (we're on Queen Anne), we do a lot there - work out at the gym, dine, shop, marvel at how much that particular quarter has...