Poetry Reading: Intentions for Change Launch Event Video

The video is online now! Awakened Voices Literary Magazine presented the 10th issue of their online literary magazine, Intention for Change, completely online last week and I was

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I am Awakening Art’s Featured Artist this Week!

I woke up from an early morning nap today to discover that I’m this week’s featured writer in Awakening Art’s Artist Spotlight! I want to share this with

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New Release: ‘It’s Not Your Fault’ Published in Awakened Voices Literary Magazine

My poem “It’s Not Your Fault” is available online now in Issue 10 of the Awakened Voices: Intention for Change literary magazine. You can download and read the

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Oh no! Did you make a grammar error on the Internet?

Note: A friend and I have worked together for hours this summer designing a series of grammar units for 6th through 12th graders. We are working tirelessly to

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On my obsession with creating characters

My mother had an old paperback book on the shelf in her bedroom when I was growing up called Name Your Baby, written by Lareina Rule and first

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Handwritten Outlines Of Famous Authors

As an aspiring novelist, I love getting a peek behind the curtain of famous authors — especially those in the genre I’m attempting to enter. So you can

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Part 1: Searching For My Family After May 3, 1999 Tornado

There is nothing like a hot night in June to bring back memories of old stories. So I’m going to reprint the articles I wrote in May 1999,

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Part 2: Continuing the Search for my family

Search for my sister Several minutes after my husband, Steve, and I exit Interstate 240 east of Moore, we are headed south on Sunnylane. But traffic slows to

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Part 3: And the finale

Finding My Sister “Have you talked to Kim or Steven,” I ask my parents after finally reaching their home, which sustained minor damage. Steven is my younger brother.

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Long time, no write

Whew! Work has been keeping me busy. Yea!!! I’m still in the process of setting up Digital Mamas. I’m not sure I’m happy with the software I chose.

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