When I was five I knew I wanted to write. I figured books would take too long so the big goal was Hallmark cards. I worked my way through blogging, copywriting, and ghostwriting for magazines before it occurred to me that I had totally written enough words for a book. I mean, if they had all been about the same thing. Anyway, it’s time. I’m gonna get all the way from one cover to the other.
I’m drafting a MG magical realism novel.
When I’m not writing I’m momming two awesome little people and a super cool german shepherd, working on a collaborative kidlit website called www.StoryStarters.Club, perplexing my body with yoga or learning about meditating because it’s way easier for a type-A to learn about it than it is to do it.
I participate in a lot of critique groups and I can get into anything that has solid voice and a clear vision.
My fave reads include: The Red Tent, The Golem and the Jinni, Uprooted, Less, Peter and the Starcatchers, Holes, Al Capone Does my Shirts, The Westing Game, and so many more…
Nothing that will give me nightmares, the dog wakes me up enough.
A middle schooler discovers a way to see the future, she’s just not sure she wants to. Soon she realizes she must confront the best friend that betrayed her and win back her spot in music school to have any future at all.
My time will be split between middle grade and adult contemporary.
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