On Creative Writing

Linda A. Lavid is a writer and painter from western New York. Her work has appeared in the following publications: The Southern Cross Review, Wilmington Blues, Plots with Guns, Unlikely Stories, Ascent Aspirations, A Cruel World, Zimmerzine, Cenotaph, Over Coffee, Tangents, and published by the Haworth Press. A short story, ＂The Accident＂, was a finalist in Otto Penzler’s Great Mystery Stories of 2003. ＂DMV＂, another short story, received an award from Ascent Magazine. Her book, 101 Ways to Meditate: Discover Your True Self, was a finalist in the 2011 Global E-Book Awar