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, on...

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 o...

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 pr...

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 autho...

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 A...

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 exp...

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

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 magaz...

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 wr...

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 flow...

I was pummeled by doubts today, starting with the 9 a.m. rejection letter from an agent that honestly I was expecting to come (everyone g...

Today is World Book Day, a day to celebrate literacy, publication, and authors! In honor of World Book Day, I'm listing a few of my favor...

I can't tell you how many times just in the past week that I've sat down to write something after my five year old has said a phrase or s...