October 15 is right around the corner! I can’t wait to share my stories with you!

OCTOBER AUTHORS! We continue Season 3 with another outstanding lineup of fiction writers. If it's short stories you're looking for, look no further! New episodes every Wednesday. Viggy Parr Hampton @tara_zambrano U of Iowa Press shortstorytoday.com

One week until publication! Thank you to Betty Books, Peg Alford Pursell, and all the amazing Betty authors for helping me get here! Thank you, too, to Caitlin Horrocks, Lori Ostlund, and Kate Milliken for your wonderful blurbs.

Me, too! I’ve been thinking about the lecture on first-person pov all day.

Thank you, Tara! Congratulations to you, too!

It was a pleasure to answer Jon DiSavino's thoughtful questions about my stories. Thank you Short Story Today: A Feedspot Top 20 Story Podcast for this wonderful opportunity !

GIVEAWAY ALERT Opportunity to win a signed copy of my new book! All you have to do is register for my free, upcoming launch for TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME, out tomorrow. (Ends Oct. 28, 2024. Winners will be contacted via email.) zoom.us/.../tJUld-mhpj…... Betty Books

Thank you, Leah De Forest, for asking such thought-provoking questions for our Bloom interview. I enjoyed our conversation about writing, complex women characters, resilience, and Betty Books! bloomsite.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/res… WTAW Press

It's publication day! Thank you to Peg Alford Pursell and everyone at Betty Books!

It was such a pleasure to talk with Jon DiSavino about my debut short story collection for the wonderful podcast Short Story Today: A Feedspot Top 20 Story Podcast! TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME out now from Betty Books WTAW Press

On Thursday, friends and family helped me celebrate the launch of my new collection, TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME. Thank you, everyone, for making this a wonderful night. Betty Books WTAW Press

I loved this moving and insightful essay by fellow Betty Books author, Sharon White, in Cleaver Magazine. cleavermagazine.com/harvesting-sub… WTAW Press #WritingCommunity #writerslife

I'm so excited for these author events and for the chance to meet some fellow readers and writers! I hope you'll join me!

Friends in the Montclair, NJ area, come to Montclair State University tonight, October 23, for my reading with the talented and funny, David Galef. Hope to see you there! TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME, my debut story collection, is out now from Betty Books! WTAW Press David Galef

Hope you'll join me and Lori Ostlund on October 27 for the virtual book launch for TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME! I would love to see you there!

I'm so grateful to CRAFT for giving me the opportunity to talk about my debut collection, TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME (Betty Books). Thank you, Melissa Benton Barker, for your thought-provoking questions. WTAW Press

Come to Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA on Tues., Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful writer, Celia Jeffries. Thank you, Betty Books author, Magda Bartkowska, for arranging the event! WTAW Press eventbrite.com/e/101080485352…

Look what came in the mail today! Can't wait to read @duarte_ilze's wonderful translation of Marilia Arnaud's, THE BOOK OF AFFECTS. Congratulations to Ilze, my fellow Betty Books author! #literarytranslation #Brazilianliterature #shortstories #womenwriters

I'm thrilled to be reading with these talented writers at the Nov 17 Sunday Salon NYC event. 5-7 p.m. Von Bar, 3 Bleeker Street. Hope you'll come out. I'd love to see you there! For more info, see the link in my bio! @chesanekc @wil_to_win @nitanoveno Betty Books @wtawpress

I was born on Thanksgiving and have always loved the month of November. I’m so happy to be traveling around this month, reading from my collection and talking about writing and women in literature! Hope to see you at one of these events! Betty Books WTAW Press