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Two Months Until MURRAY OUT OF WATER Releases

Save a debut author from debilitating anxiety: preorder my debut middle grade novel in verse!

Mar 21 •

April 2023

Introducing My Debut Novel: MURRAY OUT OF WATER

I have a middle grade novel-in-verse out from Harper Collins/Quill Tree Books in Summer 2024! This is a sentence I still can't believe is real!

Apr 15, 2023 •

Reading Update #2: Middle Grade March Madness

After 31 days of only reading middle grade...I can't wait to read grown up books again. See what I read in March and can't wait to dive into this April…

Apr 2, 2023 •

March 2023

2023 Reading Update #1: January, February and a little bit of March

Happy Middle Grade March! I had to edit this newsletter several times as I was writing because I kept finishing books. Such an annoying problem to have.

Mar 8, 2023 •

February 2023

On the Road #2: The Long Road Home

Spoiler alert: the long road is usually just Pennsylvania. The second installment of my 2023 road trip newsletter.

Feb 28, 2023 •

On the Road #1: Recharging in the Midwest

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana...oh my!

Feb 22, 2023 •

January 2023

Bushels #1 - Unpacking the success of celebrity memoir and its "talking cure"

Memoir, intergenerational trauma, and why we can’t resist a good overshare on our journeys to heal.

Jan 19, 2023 •

New Year, New Goals

This year I'm choosing to value consistency, peace & rest.

Jan 9, 2023 •

October 2022

This is Fresh from the Tayberry Shrub, a newsletter about A newsletter about novels-in-verse, inclusive kidlit and writing, with occasional deep dives…

Oct 28, 2022 •

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