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“Wrapping Paper” is featured at the Salem Lit Fest, September 9, 2023.

“Windows” is selected for Best Microfiction 2023, February 10, 2023.

“Windows” is nominated for a Best Microfiction award by Fractured Lit, December 2022.

The House on Linden Way blog tour launches with Women on Writing interview, September 19, 2022.

“Gravity” is chosen for the Mothers Who Write anthology Gems; book launch is at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix on May 7, 2022, at 11 a.m.

“Transient” is chosen for consideration for a BEST AMERICAN ESSAY, January 2022.

“Transient” is nominated for a 2022 Pushcart Prize by Reservoir Road, November 2021.

Murder by Milkshake (Sweet Dreams Mysteries #1) is one of the first Featured Stories on Kindle Vella, July 2021.

“Transient” is nominated for a Best of the Net award in creative nonfiction, July 2021.

“How to give love as a mother when you are an unloved daughter” named one of Motherwell’s most popular posts of 2019, December 2019.

Interview with Women on Writing, April 2, 2019.

“Gratitude” wins runner-up in Women on Writing’s Fall 2018 Flash Fiction Contest.

Mothers Who Write Public Reading of New Prose & Poetry at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix, May 12, 2018, at 2 p.m.

“Pure Imagination” wins honorable mention in Women on Writing’s Q2 2018 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, March 2018.

“Transient” wins honorable mention in Women on Writing’s first Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, December 2017.

“The Shell of Light” wins honorable mention in YARN magazine’s 2017 Halloween Fiction Contest.

Mothers Who Write Public Reading of New Prose & Poetry at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix, May 13, 2017, at 2 p.m.

Superstition Review launch party for Issue 18 at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, December 1, 2016, at 6 p.m.

“The Distance Ratio” is chosen for the first Best of Hospital Drive print edition, published May 2016.

Canal Convergence 2016 public reading: Stories with a Splash! February 26, 2016, at 7:30 p.m.

YARN nominates “We Never Get to Talk Anymore” for a 2015 Pushcart Prize.

Mothers Who Write Fall Reading at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, November 14, 2015, at 2 p.m.

Interview with author Scott Keen October 14, 2015.

Book signing at Plaza Healthcare June 9, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.

Mothers Who Write Public Reading of New Prose & Poetry at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, May 9, 2015, at 2 p.m.

Book signing at Tucson Festival of Books Author Pavilion March 14, 2015, at 1 p.m.

LitPick interview January 14, 2015.

Selected for Phoenix New Times‘ 100 Creatives September 17, 2014.

Lit Ladies interview July 22, 2014.

Blog tour launches with WOW! Women on Writing interview July 21, 2014.

Featured Writer on Writing and Wellness July 17, 2014.

Author Spotlight on Free eBooks Daily July 15, 2014.

Interview with Phoenix New Times June 27, 2014: “Why Young-Adult Books Are for Everyone.”

Launch Party for The Fourth Wall scheduled! Event at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, July 8 at 7 p.m.

Interview with WOW! Women on Writing on upcoming blog tour for The Fourth Wall April 2014.

“Solitaire” wins honorable mention in WOW! Women on Writing’s Fall 2013 Flash Fiction Contest March 2014.

“The Dinosaur Graveyard” is nominated for the 2014 Pushcart Prize by Bartleby Snopes.

“The Marshmallow Tree” wins honorable mention in WOW! Women on Writing’s Summer 2013 Flash Fiction Contest.

“A Bitch in Time” reading at Space 55 November 2013.

Author page up at Celery Tree September 2013.

Press release from WiDo Publishing August 14, 2013.

WiDo Publishing offers contract for The Fourth Wall (working title) July 30, 2013.

Phoenix New Times “Fried” reading at Crescent Ballroom June 13, 2013.

Mothers Who Write Public Reading of new Prose & Poetry at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts May 2013.

“Act of Faith” wins honorable mention in WOW! Women on Writing’s Fall 2012 Flash Fiction Contest.

The Fourth Wall wins Nathan Bransford’s 5th Sort-of-annual Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge February 2013.

Phoenix New Times “Candy Hearts” reading at Crescent Ballroom February 12, 2013.

Phoenix New Times “Eating Christmas” reading at Crescent Ballroom December 12, 2012.

“Promenade” wins honorable mention in WOW! Women on Writing’s Spring 2012 Flash Fiction Contest.

Mother’s Day essay takes 2nd place in Chow Bella Contest May 2012.

Mothers Who Write Public Reading of new Prose & Poetry at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts May 2012.

Novel pitch for The Fourth Wall wins runner-up at the Phoenix Pitchapalooza March 2012.