MY STORIES
I have been a freelance journalist for nearly 20 years and have written for amazing clients such as Downhome, Atlantic Business, Saltscapes, Today's Parent, and Club Manager Quarterly magazines, CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, The Telegram, The Chronicle Herald, and West Coast Wire. I am affiliated with the Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL).
ANTHOLOGIES
The Ten Ways The Animals Will Save Us anthology contains 33 flash fictions from friends and fans of Retreat West, in a wonderfully wordy celebration of our ten-year anniversary.
A surreal trip to the zoo rebuilds a relationship. The heartbreak that comes with growing up changes a young girl forever. A woman with an unusual appetite holds a dark secret.
Relationships old and new, diverging choices, things left behind and things yearned for are all explored in this vibrant collection of flash fiction.
Through reflections on the past or meditations on the present, lose yourself in these extraordinary and often experimental takes on the theme of ‘ten’.
Featuring stories from Amanda Saint, Gaynor Jones, Rosie Garland, Amy Barnes, Jude Higgins, Amanda Huggins, Michael Loveday, Reshma Ruia and many more.
My Story: "We Ate The Ice-Cream First"
An Anthology of 60 Micro Stories: Life is one big narrative made up of bountiful smaller narratives. With Motherhood (our own or our Mothers) making up such a massive part of our story, it means there are many, many, amazing, wonderful, deep, dramatic, inspiring, tragic, comical, scary, adventurous stories out there that remain untold. Stories that remind us we are not alone, stories that inspire us to keep going, stories that make us laugh as we relate, or cringe as we empathise with the darker moments. Mum Life Stories is a blog dedicated to the tales of motherhood, real and imagined.
This anthology is a product of our very first series of micro-fiction writing competitions, which featured 6 rounds of competitions with the themes Mother, Grandmother, Single Mother, Step-Mother, Great-Grandmother, and Foster Mother.
My Stories: "Conversations With Mum," "Open Door Policy," & "I Love You, But..."
MAGAZINES
One Thousand Kilometres Is a Long Time to Be Away
WORD – Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
For Better or Worse, I Take Thee As My Officemate
WORD Magazine
A Kind Rejection Letter
WORD Magazine
MY BOOK
My current WIP includes a historical fiction novel...
See blog posts about my research and writing journey HERE.