About Me



I was raised in Las Vegas.


While I grew from childhood  into adulthood, I watched Las Vegas transform.


We lived in the outskirts of town until the town grew into a city, and we kept moving further out. Now there are no outskirts. The houses, once within the center of the valley, have now sprawled out, and more are being built up and over the mountains as you read this.


In 1999 I moved to Northern California, and started to seriously pursue a career as a writer. I had already fallen in love with language and the art of storytelling at a young age. Poetry inspires me, especially Emily Dickinson.


I am a graduate of Clarion West and will be a participant in the Taos Toolbox and the Tin House workshop this summer.


Come visit my

etsy shop






Likes

coffee, exploring hobbies, board games in general, puns, humor, postcards, found art, recycling, thinking


Dislikes

broccoli, foam parties, people who don’t get me


You can find me

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  2. -facebook

  3. -tumblr

  4. -flickr

  5. -thing-a-day

  6. -NaNoWriMo

 
 


My writing is filled with ordinary people, often the downtrodden, and typically the unspoken voices of society ignored in mainstream fiction, who live in extraordinary worlds.  These characters have filled my imagination since my early childhood days growing up in Las Vegas, an extraordinary place filled with ordinary people.  What has always fascinated me about Las Vegas is the fine line between truth and illusion, and how far people are willing to go to obtain or avoid either one. 


Growing up in Las Vegas was not easy.  I gained a unique perspective on the working class as my parents maintained employment between white-collar and blue-collar jobs.  I watched families come into Las Vegas, move into luxurious houses, and then a year or two later move into the trailer park on Boulder Highway with Grandma.  Reality is sometimes painfully cliché. 


A recurring theme in all my work is the idea that destruction is not only a form of creation, but a common type of recreation.  Today’s headlines are filled with stories on this theme, even the ones buried in the real news.


Dynamic characters, imaginative plots, and a wry, empathic outlook on life are embodied in all of my writing. Over the years I’ve developed a droll outlook on life.  Come visit my blog.  Maybe I can amuse you.



 

This is My Letter to the World

*the photos on this page were taken in Point Arena, CA.