Once a month since January, my husband and I have been making the trip four hours north to Sheldon Springs, Vermont for me to take inspiration photographs for the novel I'm working on. I was pleased with how this latest set turned out, and I filed them away, not thinking too much more about them. … Continue reading Call & Response: “The Deepest Sense”
Publication: “Leaving the Farm” (Failed Novel Redux)
Picking the Bones I have written two failed novels. The first one I didn't finish; the second one I did. Three years ago, I wrote a blog post about it: "Failed Novel, Anyone?" As I noted in that post, the whole of the novel was less than the sum of its parts, the parts being … Continue reading Publication: “Leaving the Farm” (Failed Novel Redux)
Publication First: Two-Fer!
The Publications This is the first time I have had two pieces published in the same issue of a literary magazine--in two different genres! "Creosote Reverie" and "The Strange End of Laura Farnsworth's Marriage" appear in the Fall 2019 edition of Smoky Quartz, put out by the Monadnock Writers' Group. The Back Stories I wrote … Continue reading Publication First: Two-Fer!
Publication: “The Night the Billado Block Burned Down”
I'm pleased to share that my short story, "The Night the Billado Block Burned Down," has been published in the July 29th edition of Metaworker Literary Magazine. The impetus for the story was a 2005 fire in my hometown of Enosburg Falls, Vermont that destroyed one of the downtown blocks. I've written about two of … Continue reading Publication: “The Night the Billado Block Burned Down”
Elizabeth Gauffreau 