I was thrilled to learn this morning that my book, Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida, has received another award, this time from the 12th Annual Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards. My book was named as Finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards category for Nonfiction: Mind/Body/Spirit. … Continue reading My Book Has Received Another Award, and Also Check Out My Latest Essay, “Boynton Canyon”
Category: News About Me
Check out my article on backpacking in Outdoors Unlimited (“Backpacking Beside the Baltic Sea”) and my essay in The Florida Writer (“Anger Sister”)
I was thrilled to have two different pieces published in two different publications today, one creative and one an outdoor travel article. Today's Fall 2025 issue of Outdoors Unlimited includes my article titled "Backpacking Beside the Baltic Sea," a travel piece about a great national preserve near Stockholm, Sweden for hiking, camping, and backpacking. Outdoors … Continue reading Check out my article on backpacking in Outdoors Unlimited (“Backpacking Beside the Baltic Sea”) and my essay in The Florida Writer (“Anger Sister”)
Come Join Me (Virtually) on Sept. 27th for a Live Reading of My Essay, “Cognitive Distortion”
I recently learned that an essay of mine titled "Cognitive Distortion" will be published in the next issue of Thorn & Bloom magazine, and its publisher will be hosting an online Live Author Reading event on Saturday, September 27th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST). The other authors … Continue reading Come Join Me (Virtually) on Sept. 27th for a Live Reading of My Essay, “Cognitive Distortion”
My Essay “Mardi Gras ‘95” Has Won First Place for Nonfiction in the SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Contest
I was overjoyed to learn recently that an essay of mine titled “Mardi Gras ‘95” has won First Place for Nonfiction in the 2025 SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest. The contest is hosted by the San Luis Obisbo NightWriters, a writing community in Central California that provides writing education, opportunities, resources, workshops, and scholarships. My essay … Continue reading My Essay “Mardi Gras ‘95” Has Won First Place for Nonfiction in the SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Contest
Finding My Way Home won the 2025 FAPA President’s Bronze Medal for Autobiography/Memoir
Kara and I had a great time attending the President's Book Awards dinner on Saturday at FAPACon, the annual conference for the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, where my book, Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida, won the Bronze Medal for Autobiography/Memoir. I also had the privilege of getting to know many … Continue reading Finding My Way Home won the 2025 FAPA President’s Bronze Medal for Autobiography/Memoir
Thank you, Outdoors Unlimited, for featuring my book
I was honored to have my book, Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida, included in the "Bookshelf" section (page 28) of Outdoors Unlimited magazine's Summer 2025 issue. Outdoors Unlimited is the official magazine of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, which I joined earlier this year and which includes as members … Continue reading Thank you, Outdoors Unlimited, for featuring my book
Check out my latest essay in Wilderness House Literary Review
I was honored to have an essay of mine titled "A Suburban Desk Jockey’s Weekend Adventure in the Green Swamp" published today in the summer issue of Wilderness House Literary Review. In this essay, I describe my first point-to-point backpacking trip last June in the Green Swamp West Tract and the Richloam Tract of the … Continue reading Check out my latest essay in Wilderness House Literary Review
Check out my article on Go World Travel
My first-ever article in a travel magazine was published this morning in Go World Travel. Titled "Bogesundslandet Nature Reserve: Backpacking Paradise Minutes from Stockholm," it gives practical details about the nature preserve in Sweden where I backpacked last summer. This was the place also described in Chapter 12 of my book and in my recent … Continue reading Check out my article on Go World Travel
Check out my latest essay in Still Point Arts Quarterly
I was thrilled to have an essay of mine titled "Rebirth Beside the Baltic Sea" published today in the summer issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly (on pages 16 through 25). In this essay, I describe backpacking I did in Sweden during a family vacation last summer, which I also describe in Chapter 12 of … Continue reading Check out my latest essay in Still Point Arts Quarterly
My essay “Coining Out” has won Honorable Mention in Four Tulips’ New Beginnings Writing Contest
I was honored to learn last week that an essay of mine titled "Coining Out" was chosen as an Honorable Mention for creative nonfiction in the New Beginnings Writing Contest hosted by Four Tulips, an online literary magazine. "Coining Out" describes the goodbyes I had to say at the conclusion of my partial hospitalization for … Continue reading My essay “Coining Out” has won Honorable Mention in Four Tulips’ New Beginnings Writing Contest
