I love getting packages in the mail, don’t you? I love the mystery of not knowing what’s inside, and even if I know what’s inside, I still love the opening part. Maybe it reminds me of Christmas and that wonder, that thrill. Whatever the case, a few weeks ago, I received a small package in… Read More Work included in The Best of Brilliant Flash Fiction anthology
The best news: I recently signed a contract with Houghton Mifflin Hardcourt and a segment of my New York Times Magazine essay “Running Into Danger on an Alaskan Trail” will be featured in textbooks and reading materials for school-age students. This is so exciting because when I was in school, reading was the only thing that… Read More New work up at Brilliant Flash Fiction, and other good news
So much has happened in the last couple of weeks. I finally (finally!) finished my novel rewrite and honestly, I wrote and rewrote that book so much I have no idea if I improved it or made it worse. Okay, okay, I know it’s improved, and by quite a bit but still, if you haven’t… Read More A residency, an anthology, and goodbye, Tucson
My flash fiction piece “Savages” is up at Panoplyzine. Here’s the beginning: Savages by Cinthia Ritchie Summers, we live like savages out at our mother’s fish camp. We don’t bathe. We wear the same clothes for weeks. Our smells swim through the tent, thick and oily. Our teeth remain unbrushed and after a few days our gums… Read More Flash fiction up at Panoplyzine
I just found out that my story “Milk” is up at 100 Word Story. Here’s the beginning. Trust me, it’s very short and readable because, you know, 100 words and all): Milk In the beginning, I cried for it. Yet each night after dark, I threw up that sour formula, that fake milk warmed in glass… Read More New work up at 100 Word Story
“Six Questions For …” is my latest gotta-read. I’m a bit obsessed, actually. I don’t remember how I first came across Jim Harrington’s blog. Probably it was a link from a link from a link. Yet it immediately captivated me, so much so that I bookmarked it and found myself returning, again and again, curious… Read More Ten Questions For … Jim Harrington
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