Contact me with questions or comments.

My novel, Sing Soft, Sing Loud, is autobiographical fiction based on my experiences as a prisoner.

Creativity Held Captive is a guidebook for artists working in prisons. It is based on my work teaching writing workshops in jails and prisons in five states.

"The Aviarian" is a short story that was one of Ten Best PEN Short Stories of 1984. You can read it free online.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About me

I live in Northern Arizona where I spend a lot of time roaming around in the ponderosa pine forests that surround my home.

But whenever I can I head for the red rock deserts of Southeastern Utah, where my heart, if not my body, resides.

I have published two books with major publishers and many articles and short stories. My fiction has appeared in eight anthologies and I have received two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Some of my published works:
(coming soon)

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Old Woman Walking is a book in progress about my roamings in the red rock deserts of Southern Utah (where I took the photograph below) and the high altitude ponderosa forests of Northern Arizona. Issues connected with aging is a subtheme of book because I'm 77 now, and wondering if there is enough time left for me to figure out what I'm doing here.

A lot of photographs--I'm a late blooming nature photographer--which is why I intend to include a CD with the book, because there are too many to be practical to print in a book, especially in color.

Comb Wash

I also intend to do some audio narration of slide shows, there will be Podcasts for registered readers of the book, and a blog. My objective is to create a true multimedia book.

The book will be a combination of a traditional printed book and a CD with photographs, voice, and animations. This site is a means to try out material for the CD, since CD content will be viewed on computer screens.

If you would like to be notified when the blog is activated or when content is added to this web page, send an email to Toni OldWomanWalking.com and of course insert the @ sign between Toni and OldWomanWalking.