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Dear Orlando
A love letter to Orlando, its residents, and the world in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub tragedy #OrlandoUnited
The Nature of Western Kentucky, A Pantoum
A pantoum for the senses.
Download Your Free Kindle Salmon Cookbook for Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day with a free Kindle Download of Salmon From Market To Plate when you want to eat salmon that is good for you and the oceans.
On Food Writing
On food, death, the weather and a haiku. Happy National Poetry Month.
When You Want To Eat Salmon That Is Good For You And The Oceans
Salmon From Market To Plate when you want to eat salmon that is good for you and the oceans available April 13, 2016!
I Dissolved My First Publishing Contract
When your first publishing contract goes sideways.
Pas De Deux: A Memoir Excerpt
"Pas de Deux" is an excerpt from Maureen's memoir "Hurricanes, Handcuffs, Pepper Spray, and Scrambled Eggs" in TALES OF OUR LIVES: FORK IN THE ROAD, an anthology of award-winning, inspiring, women's true stories told from perspectives that illuminate our diverse lives.
My 3 Words for 2016
When three words define 365 days.
Jellyfish Haiku
Another haiku for your reading pleasure.
NaNoWriMo
I won another NaNoWriMo 50,000 word challenge!
NaNoWriMo
Halfway through NaNoWriMo.
Update
Musings and cravings.
Ten-week break
When you think you're writing about food, but you're really writing about courage.
Memoir Elevator Pitch
What's your story about? are the four hardest words in writing to sum up in one elevator ride to the top.
Shades Of Pink
It was early 1991. Two years in at The Wooden Spoon Restaurant. I’d worked to be a faster, better cook. I’d learned to fish. But not necessarily in that order. [...]
