(from Sketches: An Ekphrasic Journey) A Note From The Author When my sister suddenly died in late May of 2004, I was the one who cleaned...

As a poet, it is only natural to experiment with different poetry forms. By doing so, it gives you the freedom to discover what words can...

I took the Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade on Coursera this past Spring. The five-week course covered a basic review of...

Goodreads When I first opened an account on Goodreads back in 2011, I started as a reader. I wanted to catalogue all the books that I had...

It was an honor to share the mic with some wonderful poets and writers who were featured in edition #4 of the Newtown Literary Journal. ...

Over the weekend, I participated in Ask the Author on Goodreads. Ask the Author is a new tool that helps connect readers with authors and...

Whenever I have a pen between my fingers scribbling my thoughts on a piece of paper or my hands are dancing out a scene on my...

Lately, I 've been a little sluggish in the Artist part of me, even though I just finished editing a new poetry book (I'm solely the...

Wow! I just heard the news about Louis Reyes Rivera. I first discovered him at African Voices Rhythn, Rhyme, and Ritual event in 2004. He...

When, I was a kid, my eyes were glued to the TV and my ears were perked, listening to Boris Karloff narrate How the Grinch Stole...