The Kirtsy book is finally here, and I'm thrilled to have contributed several images and essays to this book. Join me at the inaugural launch/book signing, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 6-9 pm, at Sterrett Street Studio, 1305 Sterrett Street, Houston, Texas 77002. Hope to see you there!
Friends of Women's Studies Table Talk Luncheon, February 25, 2010, Hilton of the Americas, Houston, Texas
I'm thrilled and honoured to have been selected as one of the esteemed conversationalists at University of Houston Friends of Women's Studies Table Talk Luncheon.
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, April 15-17, 2010, University of Dayton, Ohio
I am positively thrilled to announce that I will be a faculty member at the biannual Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. The workshop is designed for humour and human interest writers. If you're such a writer, and you're looking to get published, I hope you'll join me, along with the amazing faculty members who will be presenting. Registration opens December 1st, 2009, and if history is any teacher, it will sell out quickly, so mark your calendars.
The Beauty of Different, available Fall 2010
I'm so pleased to announce that my book, The Beauty of Different, will be published in Fall 2010 by Bright Sky Press. Click here to learn more.
AlphaMom asked me to contribute to their ongoing feature, Guide to Everything in Five Easy Steps.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:04AM in articles Post a Comment Print Article Share Article 
A couple of weeks ago, I received an e-mail from the husband of my good friend, Jen Lemen. He had asked several of Jen's friends, all of whom live rather from from the Lemens' home, to create video birthday wishes for Jen, in celebration of her 40th birthday.
Of course, I happily obliged, creating a digital story from images I had taken while on vacation with Jen and 11 other kindred spirits in Oregon earlier this year. I compiled the images into a slideshow, added Afro-Cuban music (Jen feels a kinship to all things African), wrote my wishes for Jen's birthday and added the voiceover.
This is the result. It shows, I think, how digital stories can be used in celebration of a friend, in contrast to using the media for the purpose of publicity.
Enjoy.
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 8:56PM in digital stories Post a Comment Print Article Share Article 
This is another digital story for Houston Wellness Association: this time, the story presents five ways for Houstonians to begin to recover from Hurricane Ike. The story features my voiceover and about 30% of the images are mine.
Click here to see the story in full.
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:34PM in digital stories 3 Comments Print Article Share Article 
The new digital story for the Houston Wellness Association, an organization developed by the Mayor of Houston's Wellness Council, went live today. I put the story together using a pre-approved script, my photography (supplemented by stock photography), and did the associated voiceover. The story is launched in advance of the Houston Wellness Symposium, a two-day event on November 13 - 14, 2008, at Minute Maid Park/Union Station.
Check out the story here. And for more information (and to register for the symposium) click here.
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 4:39PM in digital stories 5 Comments Print Article Share Article 
Thanks to all of you who have stuck with me via the blog over the years -- of course, the blog continues, so I hope you'll continue to hang out. And obviously, if there are any writing assignments, photography opportunities or digital stories you'd like to tell, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 9:35PM in general news Post a Comment Print Article Share Article