In the spring of 2009, I was writing
manuscript after manuscript. My goal when I left Goddard College in
January of that year was to write a handful of short stories and one
novel. After all, I had just spent thousands of dollars on an MFA
degree and countless hours doing the work. I really had something to
prove, especially to myself.
The day after returning from Vermont I
started writing. The piece was originally called “The White Party”
but I changed the name because of possible misinterpretations. That
piece became Dysphoric Notions,
my first published book with Ring of Fire Publishing.
At
some point when I was writing Dysphoric Notions,
I had taken a day trip to Palmer Lake. On the road there, I saw what
looked like an old canvas bag covering a road sign. The sight struck
me funny. The image became the inspiration for Sand and
Asbestos.
