Born the year of the snake, I have drifted over a long road of my life, and I have stumbled and fallen hard.  But after all this time, I am finally fulfilling the dreams that left me haunted, and I write from life and imagination.  And my writing defines who I am in the fiction and non-fiction stories, lyrics, and poetry that I create, and my passion grows with every page of fan fiction and script.  And it is my hope to break new ground and one day deliver novels and movies that will leave you spellbound.

Quarter-Finalist, 12th Annual Writer’s Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, Summer 2005

Honorary Mention, 13th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, Winter 2006

Semi-Finalist and Finalist, Gotham Screen's Screenplay Competition, Winter 2007

Short story, Discussion won second prize in WRHammons.com fiction contest, 2007.

The Subway Chronicles publishes my short Story, Daily Commute, 2007

Silent Dreams (prose poetry collection) is featured on Homework, an ABC News Program, 2007. (Find the video on abc.com by searching self-publishing.)

Appeared on Cinematherapy, 2008

Quarter-Finalist, 15th Annual Writer’s Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, Fall 2008

Short Story, Doll House published by Bartleby Snopes. (Search archives under September, 2008)

Short Story, Ride Home published by Literary Masters, Inc., 2008

Appeared on the Writing Show on June 7, 2009. http://www.writingshow.com/index.html

Whenismy.com publishes short story, Entry, 2009

Pens on Fire publishes short story, Circle, 2009

Glass Cases publishes short story, Session, 2009

Whenismy.com publishes novella, Ride Home, 2009

Glass Cases publishes Session II, 2009.

Bartleby Snopes publishes Essence, 2010.

Memoirs of Meanness publishes Trials of Youth. http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AWVJ4NocxthRZGhxZzJiNXdfM2NnOWZnN2Z2&hl=en&pli=1

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