I've been an avid fan of stories for as long as I can remember. That's led to my being a return judge for the Writer's Digest self-published awards as well as the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize, a fiction and nonfiction book reviewer for Foreword Reviews and BlueInk Review, and a featured contributor in two books of collected essays on writing and the creative process. When I find the time/bandwidth, I write as yet unpublished poetry and fiction, too.