Winning Monologue Published

Happy Day!! My copy of Best Women's Stage Monologues 2022 arrived this afternoon!

I am thrilled to be part of this collection that Debbie Lamedman put together, with a monologue from my winning play Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?, from KNOW Theatre's Playwright Festival 2020.

I am equally happy to be sharing the pages with work from my friend and playwright John Mabey, who was my co-winner in the same festival in 2019.

https://smithandkraus.com

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Womens-Stage-Monologues-2022

Guest Blog published for "Old Roots, New Soil"

My next story will be in the anthology Once Upon an Ever After, releasing tomorrow! Kaye Lynne Booth has been an amazing editor, and is doing a digital book tour, releasing special guest blogs through the coming weeks and I kick it off. The first guest blog is "Finding Roots", about the inspiration for my newest story. I will post information for ordering it tomorrow!

Until then, check out my guest blog for Wordcrafter Press, about the inspiration for my newest story, here:

Welcome to the Wordcrafter Once Upon an Ever After book blog tour.

Brave New Worlds Has Been Released

My latest story, "Spinoza's Garden," has been printed in a new anthology, Brave New Worlds, published by Zombies Need Brains, LLC. I am so proud of this story.

It's not always easy. I originally finished this story on October 31, 2015. That night was an accident that left me in a coma for weeks and then recovering in the Burn ICU for months.

This story sat untouched until last year, when I pulled it out to read it again and then began to edit it down. This may be one of my favorite acceptance letters to date.

Want to read the story? It talks about the lengths we go to for survival, and what we think that might look like. You can buy a copy from the publishers at:

https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site/#OcyuVT