Middle Grade Fiction

Unspoken

Sam is used to being what everyone needs him to be. So when his family falls apart and he has to change middle schools, he keeps his feelings buried. Willa, an isolated 7th grader who doesn’t speak, captures his attention just by being herself. The two unlikely friends challenge each other to speak up in a story about the true power of friendship and what can happen when we believe in the importance of what we have to say.

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Essays

Of Your Peers, Tahoma Literary Review, Spring 2017

Beautiful Friend, Literary Mama July 2009

5 Things Pixar Teaches About Cause and Effect, diyMFA, December 2022
Get to Know Your Ideal Reader, diyMFA, October 2022
From Pantser to Planner, WOW-Women On Writing, April 2021
No Time? Write Anyway.  Bulletproof Writers, April 2021