Happy to report that the Chicago Writers Association awarded “Honorable Mention” to the first chapter of my novel-in-progress, Manna. Publication of Manna is still a ways off, but it’s good to know we’re off to an engaging start! My seventh novel, Harmony’s Peace & Joy, which was introduced in September, has earned some very nice...Read More

            Happy to report that my new novel, HARMONY”S PEACE & JOY, was named a finalist for the William Wisdom/William Faulkner Prize for an Unpublished Novel.  Didn’t quite make the short list, but still nice to have this encouragement for a manuscript which I’m been working on for a couple of...Read More

Pleased to announce that two of my submissions were finalists in the William Wisdom William Faulkner Writing Competition sponsored by Pirates Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans.  HARMONY’S PEACE & JOY, my current novel-in-progress, was a finalist in that category, and  my historical novel, FREE LOVE, was a finalist in the unpublished novel category.  My short...Read More

Happy to report that a novella, The Jane (excerpted from my draft novel Womb) has been short-listed for the William Wisdom-William Faulkner Prize for a Novella. In addition, my current novel-in-progress, Harmony’s Peace & Joy has been shortlisted in that category!Read More