After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 2005 with a BA in Cinema-Television, I moved from Texas to California. I reclaimed my passion for writing with a short story called "The Party Will Go On Without Youâ€. In June 2013 that story won 1st place in the Annual Short Story Contest of the California publication The Desert Daily Guide. My short story “The Delight In Hazel†won 2nd place in the 2013 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, and will also be published in SLAB Literary Magazine in April 2014. The 2014 digital relaunch of Collier’s Magazine will feature “The Tree Falling In The Woodsâ€, the first chapter in my short story collection/novel “The Ghost of Harmonieâ€.