Pen Name:
None
Genres:
Articles
Essays
Children’s
Middle Grade
Website:
Interviews:
SouthWest Writers: 2022 and 2023
Bio
After twenty-six years of teaching, I retired and focused on writing. In the beginning, I wrote articles and lesson plans for BrightHub Education. Then I began writing fiction for young readers. During the pandemic, I have been taking a novel-writing class to challenge myself. It’s a lot different than writing a short story! But the first draft of my first novel, The Right Address, is completed. It’s the story of a twelve-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother, who run away from their foster home. A guardian angel is secretly helping them find a better life.
Books
Title: The Right Discovery (Book Three of the Right)
Published: November 5, 2024
Genre: Middle Grade Fiction
A dangerous blizzard stops everything in the small town. Five friends are trapped in a large house without parents. They watch a movie and play games. Then they play hide and seek. That’s when the danger begins! Where is Willie? Suddenly a large tree hits the house and knocks out the electricity. Will they be able to find him? A voice can be heard behind the wall in the basement. “Help me!” The adventure begins. History comes back to life. The friends work together and in the end the town benefits. And could there be a Guardian Angel involved?
Available for Sale
Title: The Right Choice
Published: January 5, 2023
Genre: Middle Grade Fiction
Christopher is the youngest and best basketball player on the Northland High team. Basketball is his life. When his world turns upside down, will he ever play again? Meanwhile, Annie and her little brother Willie are finally happy and secure, until a long-lost relative threatens to take them away from their adoptive mother. Will friends and family help them to make the right choice?
Available for Sale
Title: The Right Address
Published: November 20, 2021
Genre: Middle Grade Fiction
Annie hears that her foster parents are going to send her little brother, Willie, to another foster home. She can’t let that happen! She devises a plan for the two of them to run away in the middle of a wintry night. That’s when the adventure begins! Annie is the protective sister and Willie is bold and comical. They meet new friends and find places to sleep and eat. But how long can they last in the winter weather? And who is the strange man watching them? When they are given a card with only an address written on it, will this be the break they need or will it spell disaster?
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Article and Essays
“Believe” ♦ Good Life News
“Bessie Jane” ♦ Reading Writers
“Spiderman in Mexico” ♦ Minders’Keepers
“Sixty-Five Years Together” ♦ Common Ties
Poetry
“The Wind” ♦ Turtle Magazine
Short Stories
“The Secret Club” ♦ Fiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“A Turtle in New York City” ♦ Fiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“Copycat” ♦ Fiction ♦ Guide
“Angel Mouse” ♦ Nonfiction ♦ Guidepost
“The New Kid ♦ Fiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“The Gift” ♦ Nonfiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“Lost” ♦ Fiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“Baseball, Dogs & Faith” ♦ Fiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“Can You Hug a Wombat” ♦ Nonfiction ♦ Primary Treasure
“The Lonely Cactus” ♦ Fiction ♦ Women Writers of the Desert
