Chicken Soup for the Soul is on the lookout for funny, nonfiction stories!  Examples of what they are looking for include animals being funny, people being funny, goofs, embarrassments, etc.  Did you say something at the wrong time or something that came […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul books are great.  You can sit down with a cup of tea and read one, three, a dozen, or all 101 stories in each book at a time. What’s also great is submitting to them.  And they […]

Ah, the dreaded query… You either hate them or don’t really care about them.  I have yet to meet anyone who actually loves writing a query letter, but have met plenty of writers who want to vent about them. In essence, a […]

Hurray! Highlights High Five is accepting! Highlights High Five is a magazine for readers ages 2 to 6.  They are currently accepting submissions from now until July 14, 2025, so this is a short window.  On their submittable page, if you click […]

I’m very excited to announce that another of my short stories, “He Brought Back My Dad’s Smile,” has been published in the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul book, What I Learned from My Dog When my mother passed away, the heartbreak […]