This is something I just started working on to help process the passing of someone who is very dear to me. My father-in-law was an incredible man of genuine love and generosity. I miss him more than this poem could portray. I am trying to understand what it means to find the beauty in death.… Continue reading (WIP) Shattered Pieces

“What do you want for Christmas?” The hot summer sun illuminated the room and wrapped itself around us; though he wore a jacket inside. He sat in the armchair petting one of our cats, who accepted his frail frame as a throne.   “Christmas?” we asked, “It’s so far away.”   He watched my daughter,… Continue reading “What do you want

Today I am giving you a sneak peek of my thesis. My thesis is a YA novel based on my life, growing up with three sisters with Stargardt Disease. The style of the book will be a blend of prose and poetry. I hope to capture the complexity of emotions I experienced growing up, and… Continue reading Sneak Peek – my thesis

Hi friends! I promised a revision of the picture book I posted a few weeks ago, and here it is! It still needs some work, but it’s amazing what some critiques and edits can do 🙂 So Many Stairs! Time to get up, we have places to go! Bump, bump, thud down the stairs lit… Continue reading Revision of a WIP

I’m at Hollins University for their intensive six-week summer program to finish my last two classes towards my MFA in Children’s Literature. I admit my blog has been the last thing on my mind since I got here 🙂 But, I actually have something to share. This is from my Picture Book Design class taught… Continue reading So Many Stairs!

Here’s an excerpt from a short story I started writing for a contest … and never finished 🙁 I’d like to continue it, but I can’t decide now if I want to finish it as a short story or keep going and make it a novel. Aria walked as quickly as she could over the… Continue reading Aria and The Great Wizard

I hesitate to show this work in progress, but I did warn you would see works in progress that aren’t perfect. This is a small piece with an unknown future. I dealt with a lot of unexpected emotions after the birth of my child. The great thing about being a writer is allowing my experiences… Continue reading Three Leviathans

I’ve been working on a side-project for a few weeks now, cleaning it up and hoping this will make its way into publication. I thought I’d share how I came to write it and a little bit of the beginning. You may recall from my last post that I used a dialogue exercise from it.… Continue reading How The Love Bribe came to be