I am a writer and consultant who writes about web technology as well as food, travel, robotics and poetry (no snickering! Check out my poetry web site). I wrote a book for MS Press on Web Services Specifications and Web Services Enhancements. I have a B.S. and an M.A. from the University of Cincinnati, and just received an MFA from Pacific University. I enjoy Buffy and Alias marathons, Aimee Mann, comic books like Fray and Witchblade, and long walks along the beach at sunset. About that last part - I was just making sure you were still awake.

• My first poetry book, Becoming the Villainess, has been released from Steel Toe Books! Find out more here.
• A new review of Becoming the Villainess at Rattle!
• Three poems of mine (Dogwood, Turning Back, He Makes Dinner) win one of the top Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes!
• Look for new poems in Smartish Pace #15, the Winter 2008 issue of Calyx, and the very first issue of Barn Owl Review.
• My poem, "Spy Girls" was read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac on June 16th, 2006. Another poem, "Female Comic Book Superheroes," was featured on The Writer's Almanac on July 7th, 2006!
• A review of Becoming the Villainess at the Midwest Book Review!
• A review of Becoming the Villainess is up at The Pedestal Magazine!
• My poem "When Red Becomes the Wolf" on Verse Daily on April 30th, 2006. Another poem, "Femme Fatale," appeared on April 5, 2006's Verse Daily.
• The American Poetry Journal nominated "Wonder Woman Dreams of the Amazon" for a Pushcart!
• I have updated the sample from my book Understanding Web Services Specifications and the WSE to use the SP1 version of Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0. Get the new sample bits from from the Download Page.
• My first book, Understanding Web Services Specifications and the WSE, is out. If you can't find it at your local bookseller, ask them to order it, or purchase it online directly from Amazon.com. [Note: Click here for a brief summary I wrote "What is the WSE? And Why Should I Care?"]

• Incredibly, we already have the first service pack (SP1) for WSE 2.0. Based on the information in readme, there don't seem to be any major changes. The service pack can be downloaded from Microsoft, where these bits can be used to upgrade an existing WSE 2.0 installation to SP1 or to install the SP1 release of WSE 2.0.
• Well, it has finally happened. Microsoft has released the long-anticipated second version of Web Services Enhancements (WSE). You can download the new bits from Microsoft. There have been lots of changes since WSE 1.0, most of which are covered in my book (although some were made after the Technical Preview release of WSE 2.0). WSE 2.0 is based on the OASIS standard Web Services Security (WSS), and has deprecated support for WS-Routing (and most of WS-Referral) in favor of WS-Addressing.