I've written all my life, but within the past six years I began taking
classes, joined a writers' group and earned an MFA in Creative
Writing.
I write stories for children because these are the stories that
have soul. You can't fool the child reader -- children's stories
have to speak to what matters. They have to be honest. I strive
to make my short stories and novels as real and true as the heart
of a child.
Current Projects
Wearing Vietnam: (A middle grade novel) When Julie's
brother comes home from Vietnam she thinks that her family is
safe from the war. But when Johnny comes home, he brings a
part of Vietnam with him.
The Total Loser Vampire: (A young adult novel) Vicki's into
vampires. Who wouldn't be? She gets to wear skimpy dresses
and fun makeup. But when Vicki says the wrong thing she is
stalked by the total loser vampire.
Published and Sold
I want to emphasize that the reason I'm feeling like a writer is
because every day I work as a writer. I take classes, network
with other writers, and, most of all, write. It's the process of
writing that makes a writer, not publication.
Soccer Prayers won the 2005 Pockets Fiction Writing Contest
and was published in the September 2007 issue of Pockets
Magazine.
Crawdads and Dominoes, a short story, appeared in the April
2008 issue of Highlights Magazine for Children.
Princess Slug, a short story, was published in the Spring 2005
issue of Sparkle Magazine.
classes, joined a writers' group and earned an MFA in Creative
Writing.
I write stories for children because these are the stories that
have soul. You can't fool the child reader -- children's stories
have to speak to what matters. They have to be honest. I strive
to make my short stories and novels as real and true as the heart
of a child.
Current Projects
Wearing Vietnam: (A middle grade novel) When Julie's
brother comes home from Vietnam she thinks that her family is
safe from the war. But when Johnny comes home, he brings a
part of Vietnam with him.
The Total Loser Vampire: (A young adult novel) Vicki's into
vampires. Who wouldn't be? She gets to wear skimpy dresses
and fun makeup. But when Vicki says the wrong thing she is
stalked by the total loser vampire.
Published and Sold
I want to emphasize that the reason I'm feeling like a writer is
because every day I work as a writer. I take classes, network
with other writers, and, most of all, write. It's the process of
writing that makes a writer, not publication.
Soccer Prayers won the 2005 Pockets Fiction Writing Contest
and was published in the September 2007 issue of Pockets
Magazine.
Crawdads and Dominoes, a short story, appeared in the April
2008 issue of Highlights Magazine for Children.
Princess Slug, a short story, was published in the Spring 2005
issue of Sparkle Magazine.
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