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I teamed up with some other chapter and middle grade book authors to bring you free and discounted titles this month. I hope you enjoy...

Last fall, I started working on a new series, the Amazing Gracie Mysteries. My seven-year-old had recently found the Amber Brown series...

My newest book, Sailor's Christmas Sweater, just came out. I'm proud of how it turned out, I'm proud of the beautiful artwork my...

I have recently neglected the blog here. Last month, I went back to work as a high school teacher after two months of maternity leave,...

One year ago today, I published my first book. I have known for much of my life that I am a writer, but publishing a book was a dream,...

Tonight at 7 p.m. CST, I'll be premiering the song from my children's book The River Fairy's Wish, "Dream River Flows All Around,"...

Who doesn't like free stuff? And giveaways are so fun, like little games of chance. Here's your chance to win one of four Kindle copies...

I am so excited to announce that my next children's book has been released as an ebook and audio book, and it will soon be released in...

I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted! I went on a bit of a hiatus from my website due to being very sick and so tired at...

I wanted to discuss book reviews for a moment. Readers don’t know how important they actually are (I sure didn't before I became an...

I gotta be honest here. This woman needs a nap! I have been working so hard, not only at my day job (high school teacher!), but also with...

I finally did it! I accomplished my dream of publishing my first book. This Book Needs a Laugh, an interactive kid's book, went live on...

Writing is HARD. Anyone who tells you differently is lying. Just like in a relationship, you go through several phases within your novel...

This week, I worked on the illustrations for my first children's book, This Book Needs A Laugh. It took several hours to draw all the...

Part of being a writer is looking at books that you read with a different perspective. Writers read for pleasure or knowledge, sure, but...

Twitter hosts pitch parties for writers, and I participated in my first one this past week. A pitch party is where you pitch your work to...

I have always had a love for reading poetry, from the nursery rhymes and Dr. Seuss books of my childhood up to the poems I taught in high...

Since last posting, I have entered a few poetry contests and have written a few other poems that I've submitted to various literary...

I have been working really hard to get some of the things published that I have been working on for years. Today, I submitted a play I...

Someone recently asked me when I began writing. When I was six, I remember writing and illustrating a story about a few bees and some...