Cheating Songs
I wrote Cheating Songs for an online workshop I participated in last year, lead by Siobhan Wright. That workshop has generated some of my best work to date. It ...
Category: Features
These articles are called features bacause they are the things Kim is most excited to share.
Screenwriting?
Cinematic short stories can lead to screenwriting Screenwriting is not an area I’ve been brave enough to compete in before, but over the last few months, ...
Three Publications in a Week
It’s a rare week to receive printed proof that someone thought enough of it to include it next to other people’s work they thought enough of to publ...
A Simple Twist of Fate
“A Simple Twist of Fate” is going to appear in Kestrel! “A Simple Twist of Fate” is my latest short story, and it has just been accepted...
Micro-fiction 50-Word Story
Writing micro-fiction is an act of puzzle making. Micro-fiction is a style I have been uncertain about trying, so this publication came as a total surprise. I w...
Continuing to Workshop
My life is pretty chaotic. I am a publisher, sometimes professor, mother, and wife. I have a house full of animals to care for and an acre of land to “hus...
NYC Midnight FF Challenge 2019
It’s that time of year again. The results have just come in for the first round of the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. My stories do a little better...
Long Lost Story
I just came across a long lost story! I never knew this micro-story I wrote won a prize. I was looking for the judge’s name from a previous story of mine ...
You’ve signed a contract. Now what?
These notes accompany a talk I’ve given at a few writers conferences.—Kim Traditional Publishing versus Self-publishing The publishing world has cha...
Strings of Solace–on Jerry Jazz Musician
Origins of the story I wrote “Strings of Solace” for my first MFA workshop. It’s been languishing in my “to be published” pile for...