Publications

My writing today focuses on short fiction, (especially flash fiction), creative nonfiction essays, writing-craft books, and novels.

As a journalist, I’ve been published since the 1980s, starting with a food column I wrote for Sedona Life magazine. From there, I moved on to cookbooks and a syndicated weekly column for the Los Angeles Times.

When I left the food world, I hopped genres: I wrote and published two books in the spirituality-self-help genre. After I got my MFA, three novels (one is forthcoming in 2024).

Along the way, I’ve written articles on health and healthy eating, art and artists interviews and essays, poems, monthly and weekly columns, and flash fiction and short stories.

Recent Short Stories

  • Pilots

    Winner in the Fall 2022 contest of Etched Onyx literary magazine; includes a podcast interview about my writing process

    Read "Pilots"

  • Breathing Room

    Published in Rappahannock Review, issue 10.1

    Read "Breathing Room"

  • "Divine Intervention"

    Published in Fictive Dream, September 2022

    Read "Divine Intervention"

My writing has also appeared in these food, art, and writing publications

  • “The Quality of Light,” January 2003

  • “Lean, Leaner, Leanest,” April 1987

  • “Healthy Cooking,” syndicated column, 1996-2004

  • Numerous articles

  • The Best of Food & Wine, 1996

  • “Taming Your Child’s Sweet Tooth,” Holiday issue 1992

  • “Healthy Cooking” weekly column syndicated to 86 newspapers, 1996-2004

  • “A Reference Library for Your PC,” August 1989

  • “Low-Fat Feasting,” August 1992

  • Contributing columnist, 2006-2007

  • “Making the Grade,” November 1991, and other pieces

  • Contributing editor, 1990-1998