After thinking about writing for several years I took a course in writing short stories from the Long Ridge Writer's Institute. My final story for that class, "This Message Contains Attachments,"  was published in S.C.Beginnings Magazine.
In 2005 my story "Aftermath of Fury" received Honorable Mention in the Writers Digest Annual Competition.

I try to keep several stories in circulation to magazines, anthologies, and online publications. As more are accepted, trust me, I'll list them on this page. For the meantime, I'm writing more short stories and working on a novel.

The best thing that ever happened to my writing was joining a critique group. When I lived in Columbia, South Carolina I was in a chapter of the South Carolina Writers Workshop. I still keep in contact with friends I made even though I don't live there anymore. Two of my stories were recently published in their annual anthology, Catfish Stew.
A friend from the Writers Group, Hope Clark, has an excellent web site for writers called Funds for Writers.

My work schedule prevents me from writing as much as I'd like to, so I write here and there as much as I can. I have completed the first draft of one novel but seem to have difficulty finding time to type 100 pages that are handwritten, which make up the first half of the book. I'm not giving up on it, though.

I'm halfway through another novel that some of my friends from South Carolina have critiqued for me along the way. They all like it, which is encouraging.

I have a blog that I try to update regularly. Check it out if you get a chance!