“Have you ever felt like you could disappear Like you could fall and no one would hear” I haven’t posted here for a while. There’s a reason for that. I didn’t feel like anyone wanted to hear from me. I felt like no one cared. I felt like I was screaming (read: writing) into the…
Musicals have meant something special to me my whole life. As a kid, I loved Disney movie musicals like Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast (still do). When I joined choir in middle school, I was introduced to so many more, including one of my favorites, Newsies. I took this and ran with it, especially…
It sure has been a while since I checked in on this blog, but now that I am at the midterm of my first semester in the Writing for Children & Young Adults MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, I thought it was time! So, hi, friends! My Semester It seems like yesterday…
Hey there, friends. I’ve come to realize that, just like me, so many people out there are holding onto writer-dreams that are waiting to be realized. I thought I’d tell my story about my writer-dream to kick off an off-and-on blog series featuring writer-dreamers. It took a lot to get me here… to get me…
A year ago today I wrote and published a blog post about my little girl’s dream to be a writer. I wrote about how this time, this time, I wasn’t going to give up writing again. That this time it was going to stick. This time I wouldn’t let fear get in the way of…
You see that girl there? The little blondie with her hair pulled back into a pony tail, with a new dress and new shoes, a backpack slung across her shoulders, and a big grin on her face? If I was to guess, I’d say that little girl is all set for her first day of…