About Writing
My Writing Journey
In 1999 at a little cafe called Louisa's in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle I started my writing journey. Twice a week a group of writers gathered to do timed writing a la Natalie Goldberg. The group was started by Robert Ray and Jack Remick, both published authors and instructors at the University of Washington. It would be Jack who would become my mentor 20 years later.
At Louisa's, my crazy life spilled from my pen as tears created ink flurries and blurred words on the page. Many of those words would be rewritten and become published essays. And many have become my now completed memoir.
My Art Journey
I made painting and drawings for many years and after moving to Seattle in 1999, my painted images became larger than life people in urban park settings called my Urban Park Series. This was a turning point in my painting life. I gained some recognition of my work in a few Seattle galleries and as part of the Swedish Hospital collection-the cancer wing. When I started my writing journey, I wrote about my paintings. I saw art in the words and words in the art. Images informed my writing.
My Publishing Journey
This is an ongoing journey. I began submitting little CNF essays to literary journals in 2019. Click on the heading-PUBLISHED ESSAYS in the menu bar to read a few.
I don't submit finished essays as often as I would like. I've devoted the time I've needed to wrap up the memoir. The title, by the way, is CHASING BLISS; An Artist's Quest to Break Free from Mother and Mythical Daddies. You can read more about it under the heading MEMOIR. It is as yet unpublished.