writer for children 
(& grown-ups, too!)

I recently received an email from Jaclyn, a teacher who has been working with young writers through a community workshop. She and her students ran across my website and were kind enough to tell me it was helpful. Hooray!! I love helping writers, especially kid and teen writers. When I'm not writing (or lately, drawing), my day job involves overseeing 10-20 students who struggle with dyslexia, dysgraphia, reading comprehension, and/or writing composition. I love these kids and

I've been absent lately. From this blog. From social media. From outside my house. Well, I do go to the grocery, so that counts. The...

Here's my entry for this year's Spring Fling contest. I wrote it during a tornado watch, in my basement. In Kentucky, we grow up with...