She has worked as a freelance writer and editor, as a travel writer, and as a fiction editor. She has been teaching writing and literature and leading workshops for 20 years. Her poetry, fiction and essays have been published in a variety of journals, and she has had plays produced. She is currently working on three literary projects: a novel, an unusual book of grammar, and an illustrated childrenÕs novel. In another life, she is also a silver-smith. Her biggest project, by far, and at the same time the most frustrating and rewarding, is raising her two daughters.