Rissa Watkins    
            Spinning yarns in the desert

Announcements
March 21, 2010

Rissa is honored to be published in Poetry Against Cancer which is a collection of poetry from writers around the world. All the money raised from the book goes to St John's Ward at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,(Ireland), the Haemotology and Oncology ward. Please order your copy today by clicking this link. Thank you.

Feb 14, 2010

Rissa's short story "The Ring" has been published in Elements of Time, the second anthology released by Twin Trinity Media. You can order your copy from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or directly from the publisher here.

Feb 5, 2010

Rissa is delighted to announce that Fly won second place in the Preditors and Editors' poll. Thank you for your votes!

Jan 9, 2010

Rissa's short story "Fly" has been nominated for best short story in the Preditor & Editors Readers' Poll. Please vote for her today by clicking on this link . Voting ends on January 14th.

November 24, 2009

Rissa is giving away an autographed copy of Elements of the Soul on her blog post here.Leave a comment, and you could win your very own copy.
 
October 12, 2009

Rissa's Haiku "The Dead" has won the Associated Content Halloween Haiku contest. Click here to read her entry.
 
August 24, 2009

Rissa is excited to announce Elements of the Soul is now available for order on Amazon. Order your copy today . 

August 1, 2009

Check out Rissa's interview by Jennifer Walker on the blog Cup of Coffee and a Good Book .
 
July 5, 2009

Rissa is excited to announce her contribution to her favorite fictional blog The Apocalypse Blog. This blog tells the story of survival written in a real time format by the character Faith trying to survive the end of the world. You can read Rissa's guest post here. She welcomes any feedback about her story.

July 2, 2009

Read Rissa's short story "Fly" in Elements of the Soul, the Accentuate Services Short Story Anthology, to be released in late summer 2009. Pre-order your copy at a special price by clicking this link.