I've been a busy little beaver since 2006

I've submitted 223 things: artwork, photos,poems, short stories, newspaper articles,essays, and a novel. I've entered some contest...didn't make the cut on most of them...used old stories I had written back in 2004 and 2005. But one that was not grammatically correct won because of my fresh use of language. My novel got some "bids" from some scammers, thankfully, I had the sense to see that. Finally, Sneakaboard Press, a small press published my first book, In and Out of Madness. Some of my short stories were published, but most were rejected. I had more luck with nonfiction than my fiction. That was until my book got published.