“About” pages give me writer’s block, but here goes:
I was a shy, awkward kid who wore industrial-strength glasses. I am a slightly less shy, awkward adult. Thanks to recent medical innovations, I now wear glasses only for reading. I can wear over-the-counter sunglasses. They are purple. This is not the best thing about my life, but it’s right up there.
My family is from Appalachian Ohio. By the time I was eight, my parents and I had moved three times for Dad’s job. We ended up in the Cleveland area, where I still live. We were two hours from “down home,” but a world away. I am a first-generation college graduate. I am a ravenous reader. Gradually, I became a writer. I began to collect stories about my family and found ways to weave them with my own. I’ve written for Appalachian Review, Belt Magazine, The Brevity Blog, and other publications. My work-in-progress is an essay collection, a blend of memoir and the lives of my women ancestors.
