“A Love-ly Work of Art,” Phoenix Magazine
By Lori DeBoer Been looking for love in all the wrong places? Well, there’s a whole lotta love these days at the Civic Center Mall in Scottsdale. The newly-acquired “Love” sculpture, towering 12-feet high and made of metal, can make anyone swoon. Artist Robert Indiana...“Sedona Charms Visitors with Red Rock Vistas, Heartfelt Art and Decadent Dining,” Arizona Highways
By Lori DeBoer Sometimes a town charms a visitor so thoroughly that an otherwise level-headed tourist becomes a wistful interloper; given to sighing and memorizing street maps like love poems. I succumbed to such a spell during a summer weekend I spent in the comely...“Yoga Guru,” Thunderbird Alumni Magazine
...“A Modern Beacon of Justice,” Arizona Attorney Magazine
By Lori DeBoer This article was originally published in the October 2000 edition of Arizona Attorney as “Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Building and Courthouse: A Modern Beacon of Justice.” You can read the whole story by clicking HERE. When you...“Staying Afloat,” Black Enterprise
“Staying Afloat: Strategies for Surviving a Cash Flow Crisis,” was published in the May 1, 2000, edition of Black Enterprise. You can read the article...“To Hear Her Story Told,” Pithead Chapel
By Lori DeBoer When my son was a toddler, I spent a week in the summer writing program offered by Naropa University. My group was instructed by Bobbie Louise Hawkins, esteemed poet and essayist. I wrote an essay under her direction but it was a little far afoot,...“The Roots of Creative Nonfiction,” Creative Nonfiction Special Issue
by Lori DeBoer This essay originally appeared in a special edition of the literary magazine Creative Nonfiction, A Million Little Choices: The ABCS of CNF A sixteen-year-old boy, lousy with lust and a certain lassitude, falls in with a fast crowd and, one evening,...“Childish Things” Published in Mamaphonic Anthology
Read an excerpt: “I correspond with some members of a group of people afflicted with PPH. One woman lives on a ranch in some Western state, more than an hour’s drive from a doctor, longer from a hospital. She blew a hole in her heart giving birth. The baby is...“La Grande Orange: Here Comes the Neighborhood,” Arizona Food and Lifestyles
by Lori DeBoer Originally published in Arizona Food & Lifestyles, April/May 2003, pp 20-22. La Grande Orange rises out from the intersection of 40th Street and Campbell like an oasis in the desert. You might mistake it for a mirage in an urban landscape more given...“Twenty-Five Random Things About Me” is Finalist in Glimmer Train Fiction Open
By Lori DeBoer I was visiting Manitou Springs once with a friend when we happened upon a shrine tucked away near an abandoned spring. It was dedicated to a teenager who had been killed by a transient. I could not get this girl’s story out of my head. How could...“Swing King: The Legend of Frankie Manning,” American Visions Magazine
“Swing King: The Legend of Frankie Manning,” was published in American Visions Magazine in October/November 2000.
“ITS in Phoenix Shines Bright,” ITS World
By Lori DeBoer With Arizona’s population growth three times the national average and roads strained to their utmost, implementation of ITS to help alleviate traffic congestion has picked up speed. In 1996, Phoenix was one of four metropolitan areas selected by the...“Sedona Conference Ponders Technology Gains,” Community College Times
By Lori DeBoer From a $40 Harvard MBA to a huge galactic university, participants in the second annual Sedona Conference last month envisioned a host of possibilities for technology’s impact on higher education. Gathered in Sedona, Ariz., a town best known for its...The “Deceitful Guiles” of Moll Flanders: A Post-Structuralist Mauling
Essay by Lori DeBoer The famous Moll Flanders seems the most slippery sort of literary character, somehow eluding exposure since she first introduced her “own History” in 1722 under an assumed name in Daniel Defoe’s manuscript. The alias is necessary, she...“All the Love in the World,” Bellevue Literary Review
This short story was shortlisted for the 2013 Bellevue Literary Prize, judged by Jane Smiley, and published in the April 2013 issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. It was inspired by my father, Eldon Rohlk, who had Alzheimer’s Disease and was a farmer in Iowa. ...Conversion/Deconversion as a Narrative Strategy in Janette Turner Hospital’s Borderline
Essay by Lori DeBoer Janette Turner Hospital’s Borderline opens with a border crossing scene in which a man unnerved about sneaking a bottle of whiskey into Canada commits an act of far greater consequence than bootlegging. He scoops up a Salvadoran refugee, who has...Client News: Gretchen Clark Receives Pushcart Prize Nomination
Client Gretchen Clark was nominated for a 2014 Pushcart Prize for her short essay, “Pink Chrysanthemum” by the literary magazine 94Creations (www.94creations.com). The Pushcart Prize is one of the most celebrated literary prizes. The Pushcart Prize anthology was...Client News: Carol Test’s Collection is Finalist for Flannery O’ Connor Award for Short Fiction
Congratulations to client Carol Test, for the selection of The West In You, as a Finalist for the 2010 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Carol’s fiction has been published in The Coachella Review, Swink, Night Train, Red Rock Review, The Normal...Kathleen Pinckard’s Middle Grade Novel is a Finalist for the Colorado Gold Contest
Congratulations to Kathleen Pinckard for being a finalist in the 2014 Colorado Gold Contest for her middle grade novel, Never Believe a Lie Twice. Hundreds of authors enter the annual Colorado Gold Contest, which is organized by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Never...Gretchen Clark’s Recent Publication Success
Congratulations to my client Gretchen Clark for her recent publication success. Her piece, “Kiss and Make-Up,” won second place in Writer’s Advice 9th Annual Flash Nonfiction Contest. She also had a piece, “Territory, Redefined,”...It’s Time to Get Your NaNoWriMo On
by Lori DeBoer It’s about time. It’s about time you wrote your book, once and for all. It’s about time you stopped putting it off or making excuses or letting fear get in your way. It’s about time you stopped deferring your dreams and started...August 20, 2014 – Lori DeBoer’s Writing Book Club
The Boulder Book Store has asked me to host an ongoing book club at the store. The aptly named Lori DeBoer’s Writing Book Club will meet on Wednesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. at the Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. There is no charge for this event, and...“Sustainability Tax,” Boulder Weekly
By Lori DeBoer I interviewed a number of folks for an article, “Sustainability tax: Boulder County proposes a new levy aimed at boosting local agriculture,” which appeared in the May 22, 2014 edition. You can read the article HERE....Client Spotlight: Brenda Barry Talks About Writing her Saga, SEASONS OF LOVE AND WAR
Brenda Barry’s novel Seasons of Love and War has been published by Melange Publishing. Brenda lives in Roseburg, Oregon, by the Umpqua river, and has raised four children. Her husband, who was in the military for 21 years, gave her help and encouragement while...Dawn Virnig’s Romance Wins First Place in Zebulon Contest
Congratulations to client Dawn Virnig, whose debut novel The American took first place for Romance Fiction in the 2014 Pike’s Peak Zebulon Contest. Her novel is about an American woman who must trust a shady Australian tour guide to protect her after she stumbles upon...Judith Robbins Rose’s Novel Wins Third Place in the Zebulon Contest
Congratulations to client Judith Robbins Rose, whose novel, Burn, took third place for Historical Fiction in the 2014 Zebulon Contest, sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers. The young adult book tells the story of Joan d’Arc from the perspective of her two brothers. Burn...Amanda McCracken Appears on Katie Couric Show
Congratulations to essayist and journalist Amanda McCracken, Boulder, whose writing on virginity, sexuality and relationships has captured national attention, landing her a spot on the Katie Couric show. “The producers in their research had come across my essays in...May 18, 2014 — Trendspotting: Cool Tools for Finding and Engaging Readers
Your book is done and you finally have time to come up for air. You’ve even changed out of the yoga pants, and eaten dinner with your family. The hard lifting is over, right? Well, not quite. Now you need to find a way to connect with and engage readers. As the...April 27, 2014 – Self Publishing Summit for the Boulder Writers’ Workshop
By Lori DeBoer Many of my friends and clients are turning to self-publishing. E-books have revolutionized the publishing industry. As a an author, it pays to investigate what’s going on in this interesting world. On Sunday, April 27, 2014, I’ll be giving...Please Check out our Family Business, The French Twist Food Truck
