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publications "Rolling Along the River" from Washingtonian, September 2008 This describes wonderful bike-riding to be had on the C&O Canal between Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, WV. "Girls with Curls" from South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 2006 Wild times at an all-girl surfing camp in Jax Beach. Five short pieces at trazzler.com, 2009-2010 Here are some short travel vignettes I did for trazzler.com. Trazzler's format is kind of fun and different. "Welcome to Downtown Moundtown" from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida, December 12, 2004 Explores the lost cities of Mississippian Era American Indians in the Southeast and Florida. "A Greener Commute" from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Summer 2008 This is a teeeeny essay about commuting to work by bicycle, which appears on the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website. "Baltimore Afoot" from October 2008 Find here the four-minute video about Baltimore's wonderful walkable neighborhoods that I made with VisitBaltimore.org, which is a companion piece to the article "Baltimore Afoot" which you can also download from this link. "Song for a Boy Not My Own" from Superstition Review, Fall 2010 Essay about the magic of aunthood, starring my nephews and sisters. "Andros Aphrodisiac" from The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, October 2007 A sort of love story, from this most beautiful, watery island. This piece is included in the listing of "Notable Travel Writing of 2007" in The Best American Travel Writing 2008. "Simon's Berth" from The Chesapeake Reader, Winter 2010 Short fiction: a story about a strange sailor. "Big Sky Prairie" from The Nature Conservancy Magazine, Winter 2007/2008 A short essay about the lovely Flint Hills of Kansas. websites about writing etc. C M Mayo This website, belonging to the fine writer C M Mayo, is full of great stuff--under "workshop," for instance, she has wonderful 5-minute writing exercises and lots of writing resources. Washington Independent Writers This organization's website has excellent info, advice about publishing, resources and events for writers, etc. Vicki Meade's blog Vicki is a fine writer and editor with a long-established freelance business doing both, and she blogs here about the ups and downs, ins and outs, of these pursuits. Travelwriters.com This outfit can connect you to a lot of press trips and other benefits for $59/year (which I haven't done) but also, for $39, will sell you their useful "Travel Publications Update" with detailed guidelines for submitting to 200 newspaper travel sections and 500 magazines. Everyone Who's Anyone website This is Gerard Jones's wild and wonderful directory to every agent you might ever be interested in, complete with his own irreverant correspondence with many of the agents; it lets you link easily to lots of agents' websites. Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) The leading professional organization for writers of literary stuff. Has great info on graduate writing programs and also on writing centers/conferences. New Pages lots of stuff--info about specific literary journals, conferences, contests, etc. Maryland Writers Association This organization, based in Annapolis, is a good resource for freelancers. AgentQuery.com describes itself as "the internet's largest and most current database of literary agents" and it's easy to use and navigate too. Towse's Links to On-line Submission Guidelines This is a great site that lets you link easily to all sorts of places where you might want to submit work--connecting you directly to their submission guidelines. Miss Snark's blog Miss Snark, a mysterious, anonymous, irreverant and wise stiletto-strutting literary agent, maintains this extraordinary compendium of info and advice covering every aspect of getting to representation and publication. Note: she stopped blogging in 2007 but everything is archived. Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency Where my agent, Elise Capron, does her thing. Alliance of Artist Communities This is the best resource out there for researching writers' residencies. websites of other favorite varieties 13 Ways of Looking at Philadelphia Link here to the online anthology of travel essays written by my UMBC students, who all went to Philly as part of their class on literary travel writing. One trip, thirteen completely different journeys. Discover the dark truth about Philly sports fans; uncover the relationship between the Liberty Bell and horses' rear ends; hear what a talking $100 bill has to say; and much, much more. Warning: essays contain mature themes and language. Bottled Ships--Salma Warshanna's blog A fun blog maintained by an interesting, talented young writer, Salma Warshanna. Great links 'n' stuff. Andalucid My dear friend, and outstanding writer, Arpi Shively shares the world she's found since moving to the south of Spain some years ago. Fabulous photographs as well as fascinating text here. Michael Kimball's website Dynamic poet, novelist, film-maker, and the genius behind "Michael Kimball Writes your Life Story (on a Postcard)," here's Michael Kimball. Thomas Swick's website This is the website of Tom Swick, friend and travel writer extraordinaire. Lots of good stuff including a great blog. Radio Reading Network of Maryland This network broadcasts to an audience of about 50,000 blind and visually impaired listeners in the mid-Atlantic region, and reading for them--prose, poetry, feature articles, or news--is a really fun volunteer pastime for people who enjoy reading aloud. The studio is located in northern Baltimore near I-95 and I-695--easy to get to. Reading of longer works such as novels or nonfiction books can be done remotely from home. |