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cv of everything so far

Work Before Play, autobiography of Dr. Barry F. Silverman, published by Companions Art Press, 2021

Breaking In, in contract, Noble Romance, September, 2012 (publisher went out of business–but it would have been published!)

Dharma Feast Cookbook, cookbook and conscious eating guide, written with co-author Tika Altemoeller, published by Hohm Press, February 2012 (reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly)

Dharma Feast, exploration of the conscious aspects of eating, food, and health, written with co-author Purna Steinitz, published by One World Press, May, 2011

Ripple Effect, Tears of the Phoenix Ink, October 2008; two short stories published 

“Why Can’t I Write Today?!,” article, an exploration of the not-so-obvious things, such as hunger and sitting too long in one position, that distract us from being able to settle to our task, published by Colorado Romance Writers, June, 2014; Southern Magic, June, 2014; RWA Greater Vancouver, June, 2014; What’s What Wednesday, July 2014; Romance Among the Roses, July, 2014; Heart of the West, July, 2014

“To Rewrite or Not to Rewrite,” article, fear of writing something awful drives us to be better writers, but there needs to be a healthy balance between fear and satisfaction, published by RWA Greater Vancouver, May, 2014; Monterey Bay Monarch, June, 2014; NOLA Stars, June, 2014; Romance Among the Roses, June, 2014; Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal, second quarter, 2014; romANTICS, July, 2014

“The Weight We Carry,” article, writers carry the weight of dreams, of hopes; we carry people’s souls in the ships of our books; you may meet countless people, but they meet one–you, published by RWA Greater Vancouver, April, 2014; Monterey Bay Monarch, June, 2014; NOLA Stars, June, 2014; Heart of the West, June, 2014; romANTICS, July, 2014

“What Is Your Core Story?,” article, by coming consciously from core stories, we create the kind of art that touches others on the deepest levels, published by RWA Greater Vancouver, March, 2014; NEORWA, March, 2014; MRW Impressions, March, 2014; Tide Lines, March, 2014; MARA Matters, March, 2014; Monterey Bay Monarch, April, 2014; Love Knot, April, 2014; NOLA Stars, March, 2014; The Outreacher (international publication), May, 2014; Lethal Ladies, May, 2014; The ReWrit, Summer, 2014

“Warning: This Article Mentions Condoms. A Lot.,” article, what is our responsibility, given that we write about sex, with regards to sexual education and protection?, published by RWA Greater Vancouver, February, 2014; Love Knot, March, 2014; NOLA Stars, March, 2014

“Write Whatever You Want–But Be Trustworthy,” article, our readers need to trust us to put characters they love in messes that change them utterly and irrevocably and then bring those messes, and characters, to a satisfactory resolution, published by Writer’s Serenade, January, 2014; Southern Magic, January, 2014; RWA Greater Vancouver, February, 2014; Heart of the West, March, 2014; LARA Confidential, March, 2014; NOLA Stars, April, 2014; romANTICS, May, 2014; Monterey Bay Monarch, June, 2014

“Writing Romance as a Radical Act,” article, how writing, both as women and about women having lives and sex and enjoying both, is a powerful feminist statement, published by Greater Vancouver Newsletter, November, 2013; NOLA Stars, December, 2013; Rose City Romance Writers, December, 2013; Love Knot, January, 2014; Monterey Bay Monarch, January, 2014; Sacramento Valley Rose, January/February, 2014; Maryland Vixen Report, January, 2014; romANTICS, February, 2014

“Why Stories Matter,” article, how stories help us form context for the things that have happened to us, published by Writer’s Serenade, November/December, 2013; Heart of the West, November, 2013; Sacramento Valley Rose, November/December, 2013; LARA Confidential, November, 2013; NOLA Stars, November, 2013

“Tell Me a Story,” article, is the audiobooks market exploding because it’s tapping in to how much we crave the warmth of another human’s voice?, published by Southern Magic, October, 2013; RWA Greater Vancouver, October, 2013; Rose City Romance Writers, November/December, 2013; Love Knot, November, 2013; Vancouver Island, November, 2013; NOLA Stars, November, 2013; Heart of the West, January, 2014; romANTICS, February, 2014; Romance Among the Roses, January, 2014

“In Which Commercial Fiction and Literary Fiction Square Off,” article, how the distinctions between stories is better served on a continuum of light to dark, rather than commercial to literary, published by Rose City Romance Writers, August, 2013; RWA Greater Vancouver, October, 2013; Love Knot, October, 2013; NOLA Stars, October, 2013

“How Reader Expectations Will–and Won’t–Work for You,” article, how playing with the rules of a genre needs to be informed by the power of the expectations a reader brings to the page, published by Birmingham Chapter of Romance Writers of America, June, 2013; Rose City Romance Writers, June, 2013; RWA Greater Vancouver Chapter, June, 2013; Penn and Passion, June, 2013; Heart of the West, July, 2013; NOLA Stars, August, 2013; Southern Magic, August, 2013; Monterey Bay Monarch, September, 2013; Rose City Romance Writers, September, 2013

“The Value of Persistence,” article, using persistence as a tool for writers, and how to use feedback to plumb the depths of your own, published by DARA News, May, 2013; Ottawa, Ontario chapter of Romance Writers of America, June, 2013; Carolina Romance Writers, June, 2013; Rose City Romance Writers, June, 2013; NOLA Stars, June, 2013; NEO RWA, August, 2013; LARA Confidential, August, 2013; Monterey Bay Monarch, September, 2013; NEORWA, October, 2013; Romance Among the Roses, November, 2013; Toronto Romance Writers Newsletter, December, 2013

“How to Stay in Hell. And Why,” article, published in Who’s Rowing Your Boat?, Spring 2010

“Visiting Regularly,” essay, published in Upasritan, 2007

“Green thumbs, carbon footprints,” cookbook review, published in the West County Times, September 12, 2007

“Rolling in sushi with an expert,” cookbook review, published in the West County Times, June 6, 2007

“Why I Live Here,” essay, published in the Crockett Signal, December, 2006