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I Discovered a Thriving Literary Community as an American Writer in Paris (Guest Post)

I’m excited to publish this guest post about the Paris literary community by my writer friend Norma Jaeger Hopcraft, the author of The Paris Writers Circle and blogger of In Search of the American Dream. If you’ve been following me for a while now, you know I’ve written about the artist and literary community in […]

Hope to See You at a Workshop

    I’m so excited to share with you that I’ll be teaching at a few writing conferences and festivals in the next few months. One of the things I believe strongly in as a writer is giving back to the community by encouraging other writers and sharing the tips and tricks I’ve learned from […]

Recap: RA Araya’s Music Jam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Stephanie Nikolopoulos reading at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, accompanied by flash-back-puppy and Elinor Speirs. Photo by David Lee.   On February 16, 2019, RA Araya’s Music Jam rocked the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (236 E 3rd Street, NYC). The initial advertised lineup included Good Leaf, acoustic “Piedmont style” guitar picking vocals original compositions; Chris Barrera, guitar […]

Clip: 5 Networking Event Tips for Introverts

Create & Cultivate created an empowering online platform and offline conference to help women achieve dream-worthy careers, and I’m ecstatic that they’ve recently included my “5 Networking Event Tips for Introverts” on their blog! Growing up, I was cripplingly shy. It took a lot of work—and a cross-country move—for me to come out of my […]

Clip: Essay after Visiting the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Written from a Skyscraper

In 2017, my friend Mark Chalfant, author of Devereux Emmet: American Master, invited me on a road trip up to Catskill, New York, to visit painter Thomas Cole’s home. It was a crisp autumn day, and with so many of the colorful leaves having dropped from the trees, we were able to get an incredible […]

Calendar Girl

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: I’m a calendar girl. That’s right. I am one of the featured authors in the 2019 Hobart Festival of Women Writers calendar. The inaugural calendar features the work of the poets and writers who participated in the very first Hobart Festival of Women Writers back in 2013. […]

“Tomorrow Jams More” Nuyorican Recap

When RA Araya puts on an event, you want to be there. He’s the glue. He’s the person pulling creative types from various artistic backgrounds and bringing them together for events that are so full of joyous community spirit and memorable work. The result is that he creates once-in-a-lifetime events — no two are the […]