'Coruscated Confabulations' is a collection of stories and experiences, most of which took place in prior decades. They are taken from or based upon real events, with a certain admixture of fictional embellishments.
What causes America's mainstream media to fear and try to destroy a group of artists and their work? What happens when such a creative movement grows in strength and threatens media's bottom line? Why would extremists find it necessary to take acti
Author of Dancing With Gravity, a novel (literary fiction) published March 2011 by Blank Slate Press
Background
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Masters Degrees from Washington University (Liberal Arts) and the University of Missouri, St. Louis (Writing). Undergraduate degrees are in Communication and Nursing from St. Louis University. I teach scriptwriting and media writing as an adjunct professor in the School of Communications at Webster University and have done so for several years. My award winning fiction and poetry have appeared in Best of Writers at Work anthology, The Distillery, Treasure House, Currents, River Blossom and Word Wright’s.
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Accomplishments
Professional awards include broadcast television Emmys, the International Film and Television Festival of New York, Silver and Bronze Telly Awards for corporate productions, international and national prizes including International Association of Business Communicators’ Gold and Bronze Quills, a Saint Louis Advertising Federation Addy, Platinum and Gold Auroras, Pen Daltons, international Flame and Axiem awards, and other prestigious honors.
Member of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.