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Books

  • Tales from the Lever, Harrington Books, 2005
  • Dispatch to Death: A Mystery. Novel. New Victoria Publishers. Vermont. 2003.
  • Nine Nights on the Windy Tree; A Mystery. Novel. New Victoria Publishers. Vermont. 2000. This book has been translated to German and republished in 2001 by Adriane Krimi 1135, Argument Verlag.
  • Skin to Skin. Short fiction. New Victoria Publishers. Vermont. 1998.

Short Fiction

  • “Elise Riley” (Anthology) Women Writing Mysteries. ed. by Katherine Forrest. Spinster’s Ink. Winter. 2004.
  • "Unsent Letter." (Anthology) All the Women Were Heroes, 1998.
  • "Garden of the Hungry Cats." (Anthologies) Sappho Says 1999
    • All the Women Were Heroes, 1998
    • Common Lives, Vol. #42, Spring 1992
    • Skin to Skin, New Victoria Press, 1998.
  • "The Sirocco." Bad Attitude, Spring 1996.
  • "Hormones." Herotica 4, New American Library/Plume Spring 1996.
  • "Billy's Voice." (Play) modern words, Summer 1995.
  • "Best Friends." Herotica 3, NAL-Plume, Spring 1994.
  • "Life Signs." The Evergreen Chronicles, Fall 1993.
  • "Seductions." Herotica 2, Plume, Spring 1992.
  • "Tell Me About California." Common Lives Vol. #42, Spring 1992.
  • "Gremlins and Gypsy Moths." The Evergreen Chronicles, Summer 1991.
  • "Mea Culpa." (Anthologies) The Alchemist, Spring 1991; Common Lives Vol. # 31, Summer 1989.
  • "Reflections on Mars; or Sunrise on the 405." Common Lives Vol. # 37, Winter 1991.
  • "Scar Tissue." Battered But Not Broken, Fall 1990.
  • "Lady Verushka's Lover." Amethyst, Summer 1990.
  • "Last Trip to the Yukon." The Writer's Bar B-Q, Vol. # 5, Spring 1990.
  • "Obsession." On Our Backs, May-June 1990.
  • "Queen of Tanqueray." Common Lives Vol. # 25, Winter 1988.
  • "Watch of the Valkyrie." On Our Backs, Summer 1988.
  • "Shark's Tooth." The Writer's Bar B-Q, Vol. # 3, Fall 1988.
  • "Needs." Lovtann (translated) Oslo Norway, Winter 1989. Common Lives, Vol. # 2, Spring 1987.

Creative Non-Fiction

“No Queens on Pickett Street.” (Anthology) The Middle of the Middle West: An Anthology of Creative Non-Fiction, Ed. Becky Bradway. Indiana University Press. Spring 2003.

Plays: Written and Produced

  • Where the Heart Is, produced by Mid-America Playwrights Theater, February 1996.
  • Trouble at Third and Delaware, produced by Mid-America Playwrights Theater, February 1995.
  • Billy's Voice, produced by Williams Theater Group, Philadelphia, PA. Castro Theater Group, San Francisco, CA. 1998, MAPS Theater in conjunction with the AIDS Taskforce, Springfield IL, four encore productions: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995. Recently produced (2002) at UIS for a fund-raiser for women’s scholarships.
  • Fat Girls and Red Dresses, produced by MAPS Theater, December 1991.

Journals and Newsletters

  • “Why Teens Still Smoke.” Illinois Times. January 31, 2003. An article about tobacco settlement money going into state budgets, anti-smoking ads, and the fact that teen smoking has increased over 70% in the last ten years.
  • “Martha [lesbian] Living.” Prairie Flame. This is a monthly column (a send up) like Martha Steward’s only mine is for the domestically challenged.
  • “Better Late Than Never” Illinois Times. Springfield, Illinois. Feb. 21, 2002. An article about the VIA-Literacy program that teaches adults to read and tutors them for the GED.
  • Third Space; a Woman’s Peer Review Journal, published a book review. The Life of Dorothy Richardson. Fall 2001.
  • “People and Folks: Springfield Street Gangs.” Illinois Times. Springfield, Illinois. Summer 2001.
  • “Cops and Authors,” Illinois Times. Springfield, Illinois. Fall 2000.
  • Harvard G&L Review, review of a novel, The Silk Road, Fall 2000.
  • Lambda Book Report, review of a novel, Unforgettable, July 2000.
  • "Kate Clinton Interview," Illinois Times. Springfield, Illinois. Winter 2000.
  • "Ruth Ellis Comes Home," an article, Illinois Times, September 1999.
  • Monthly Book Review Column for SALO Newsletter. Review women’s books from small and independent presses.
  • Also published book reviews in: Hag Rag, Common Lives, Brother-to -Brother Newsletter and NCASA Journal, Harvard Review and Lambda Book Report.

Manuscript Judging

  • The Alchemist, a student publication at University of Illinois at Springfield, critiqued student submissions of short fiction, poetry and art and rated the submissions for the final editor. 1999.
  • "On My Own Time," a literary competition sponsored by the Springfield Area Arts Council, 1997.
  • "The Write Stuff," a young adult writing competition sponsored by the Lincoln Library in which winners were published in a literary magazine called The Write Stuff. 1996.
  • Illinois Writers Inc., judged manuscripts for a short fiction Chap Book Competition, 1995.

Volunteer Work

  • VIA-Literacy Program at Lawrence Adult Education Center in Springfield, Current. I work under the supervision of Amy Smith. I tutor adult students in reading.
  • McClernon Elementary School. School year of 1999-2000. I worked in the Mentor Program and mentored a girl in third grade. I helped her with homework, taught her to play jacks and read to her one lunch hour a week.
  • Sojourn Women’s Center. 1980-1984. Worked the hotline on the weekends. Covered overnight shifts for staff counselors. Did lay counseling to women and children in domestic violence crisis.
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