I left teaching elementary school to write full time in 2021. When I’m not at my computer, you can find me riding behind my husband on our Harley or camping at the beach. Currently, I’m co-asst. RA of the SoCal region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
My latest publication is “The Ghost,” an adult speculative fiction short story, included in The Rabbit Hole VII: Not From Here which was released in November 2024.
My writing credits include:
“Homeless for the Holidays”- (Adult Fantasy) included in Particular Passages Closed for the Season, November 2023
“Ghosts of Autumns Past”- (Adult Fiction) included in Particular Passages Autumn Breezeway, October 2023
“An Android Goes to School”- (MG Fantasy) shortlisted for Backchannels Literary Magazine 2023 Fiction Prize
“Angry Man”- (Adult Fantasy) included in The Rabbit Hole Volume 5, available November 2022
“Skulls on the Shelf”- (Adult Horror) included in Never Cheat a Witch, available November 2022
“The Sea Cave”- (MG Fantasy) included in Magic Portals, June 2022
“When Magic Failed”- (Adult Fantasy) included in Analogies and Allegories Magazine May 2022.
Harley nonfiction stories- 2019 Anthology Inland Empire California Writers Club, Courtship of Winds, Cold Noon Travel Diaries, and Blacktop Passages.
What People Say
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. Rowling
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
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