The walk to the marathon starting line with my daughter. She knew I was nervous and was whispering her best advice to me, which I took. She was very patient over many months of training where I wasn’t as fun sometimes because I was out running for hours on a Saturday, or tired from all the running…

The walk to the marathon starting line with my daughter. She knew I was nervous and was whispering her best advice to me, which I took. She was very patient over many months of training where I wasn’t as fun sometimes because I was out running for hours on a Saturday, or tired from all the running…

I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles. 💪 I felt strong, never hit the wall, and enjoyed the whole experience. My plan was to stay conservative with my pace, steady, and nail the last tough 6 mile. I did it. Finished in 4:28:36. Happy with it and also know there’s room to improve. I’m so happy. And so so sore

I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles. 💪 I felt strong, never hit the wall, and enjoyed the whole experience. My plan was to stay conservative with my pace, steady, and nail the last tough 6 mile. I did it. Finished in 4:28:36. Happy with it and also know there’s room to improve. I’m so happy. And so so sore

The Rumpus Prize! Polish up your best stuff and submit to us by March 2nd. 💃

A dream come true. I’m thrilled, honored, and still stunned that my short story “Animal Moments” is featured in the November issue of The Sun. Huge thank you to everyone at The Sun!

Please read and share!

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/575/animal-moments

A dream come true. I’m thrilled, honored, and still stunned that my short story “Animal Moments” is featured in the November issue of The Sun. Huge thank you to everyone at The Sun!

Please read and share!

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/575/animal-moments

My 5-year-old just looked at me and said, "Okay, but does the book you're writing at least have 75 words?"

My daughter made a friend in kindergarten. I asked what his name was and she said “The Flying Toe” and then refused to elaborate

“It’s a queen alicorn just starting to fly over the ocean” 💅

I'm pretty sure I'm not even going to AWP next year, so explain to me why I had an AWP nightmare last night??? And now I see ppl posting their panel acceptances/rejections!

two days ago I told a group of ppl about how a bug flew into my eye when I was a kid & the following night I was with the same ppl and a bug…flew into my eye.

Like it heard where its ancestor had been and wanted to know

A great week at the Oregon coast, full of adventure. Now I start a three-month contract as a managing editor and attempt to balance that with freelancing and my own writing (plus, you know, being a mom, etc) Here we go!