Writing/Speaking
Hunger and Motherhood in CENTRAL OREGON WRITERS GUILD 2023 LITERARY COLLECTION, November 2023
Even Cowgirls Grow Up in SECOND-CHANCE HORSES anthology from Revell Publishing, published October 2023
Chasing Life and Flannery O’Connor, The Other Journal, June 2023
In Vino Veritas, Barren Magazine, May 2023
To Sleep, Calla Press, April 2023
Women on Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest Finalist, March 2023
Rest, Reckon Review, November 2022
In the Wilderness, in THE UNKNOWN AUTHORS ANTHOLOGY, October 2022
Excerpted essay quoted in LET THERE BE ART by Rachel Marie Kang, October 2022
The Nature of Motherhood, Fathom Magazine, June 2022
Beyond Horses, Oregon Humanities Beyond the Margins, February 2022
The Holiness of the Home Built on Hospitality, Fathom Magazine, September 2021
Heat Wave, Indelible Ink Writers, July 2021
Faith with Boots On, Fathom Magazine, February 2021
Without a Towel, Oregon Humanities Beyond the Margins, November 2020
This Name is My Promise to You, Fathom Magazine, September 2020
On the Lookout, Oregon Humanities, Spring 2020
Runner-Up, YeahWrite Flash Nonfiction Contest, March 2020
Semi-Finalist, Ruminate Magazine’s VanderMey Nonfiction Contest, December 2019
Nature Always Wins, Fathom Magazine, July 2019
Third Place, YeahWrite Flash Nonfiction Contest, February 2019
Water As a Weapon, RANGE Magazine, November 2018
Back to the Ranch, 1859 Oregon’s Magazine, August 2018
Cascade Awards Finalist, Memoir Category, Oregon Christian Writers Conference 2017
Bend Oktoberfest, OutdoorsNW Magazine, September 2016
Bi-weekly Food/Travel Writer, Bend Bulletin’s Special Projects, 2015-2019
First Place, Memoir Contest, Orange Country Christian Writers Conference, 2011
Managing Editor, Trochia Ministries, 2009-2016
Speaking
Book my speaking services for your next event – I’m an engaging and passionate speaker on the topics of motherhood and marriage, writing and creativity, adoption, storytelling, local food/agriculture, horses and the human/horse connection.
I also enjoy sharing my stories and expertise on podcasts, IG live and other virtual interviews and events.
Other experience:
Deschutes County Library, July 2023: How to Write, Publish and Market Your Children’s Book
PATH International Region 9 conference, August 2022: Storytelling for Equine Therapeutic Centers and Professionals
Westside Church Women’s Tea, May 2019: Butter and Motherhood
Deschutes County Library Local Writers Panel, January 2019
Deschutes County Library Writers Event, November 2018: Storytelling in Poetry and Prose
Keynote Speaker at Camp Morrow Women’s Retreat, October 2016: Redemption through Adoptive Motherhood