FREAK:
In this first person, present tense, novel Amanda Jordan made the biggest mistake of her life when she called 911. She might have been better off going through with her suicide attempt. Now she must balance high school drama, the usual freshman problems and the dark memories bubbling up from the past. The painful memory of her molestation is nothing compared to what she feels when she figures out who her abuser was. It’s no wonder she has always been a freak. *Work in Progress
HALLOWEEN BABY:
When faced with the arrival of a baby brother, this little girl practices magic to get rid of him.
POSSUM MOON:
A possum mother takes her youngsters on a suburban adventure to dine on a fabulous trash can feast.
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT:
These night time diners even wear black and white for the occasion, but they are not on anyone’s guest list.
*Ladybug Magazine 2004
MOSQUITOES:
Forget the bug spray, perhaps a gecko is a viable solution to this annoying blood sucker.
*Boy’s Quest Magazine 2003
COYOTEDOG:
This folk tale styled picture book about how deaf child’s brings about the creation of coyote, the sly trickster, and dog, man’s loving companion.
* Longer version published Cricket Magazine Oct. 2003
HOW SITSI SAVED HER PEOPLE:
This historical fiction picture book tells the tragic tale behind the celebrated tradition of Navajo fry bread.
PENNY’S WILD PET PARTY:
Did you ever consider what would happen if every guest to a birthday party brought a pet as a gift? Well neither did Penny. The result is a silly chaotic party with a surprising ending.
BUTTERCUP & THE UFO:
When a bored calf decides to stir up some excitement by faking a UFO sighting her cries for help cause a catastrophic calamity that lands Buttercup in trouble. But Buttercup’s in for an out of this world adventure.
WHERE ARE THE CRICKETS:
This gentle bedtime story explores a baby raccoon’s fear of the unknown as she sees her first snow.
*Dummy book completed.
CRASH, KABOOM, KITTENS:
The pictures tell the story in this bedtime tale. In the midst of a thunder storm a girl and her parents get ready for bed . Mean while thunder sends their cat and her kittens scattering throughout the house. The cat must round up her kittens while the child’s parents try to get she and her brother tucked in too.
*Dummy book complete.
FLASH AND THE GREAT ESCAPE:
In this rhyming picture book Flash the hamster escapes. While the little girl and her mother search the house, she dreams up all kinds of crazy things Flash might be up to. As the illustrations show, her wild ideas are not too far from the truth.
I'll confess I am obsessed with writing things just wright.
I edit every morning and deep into the night.
When I'm not rewriting, I must admit it's true,
I'll critique the work of others, maybe even you.
This isn't a real problem til you take a second look.
The thing is I can't turn it off to read a published book.
I won't read romance novels, perhaps I'm just a snob?
But it seem to me their editor's just don't do their job.
I'll be itching to rewrite the first and second page,
It's hard to find great books for people of my age.
How can they say so little in 300,000 words?
And all those cliche endings are simply for the birds.
I'd read books for grownups if they had a good selection.
But it seems to me the best ones are in the kiddy section.
So, reading children's books is weird if you’re an adult,
But to cope with my compulsion this is the end result.
The Woes of Rewriting