Welcome to my blog. I'm an artist, writer and soccer coach currently working on a young adult novel with a male protagonist set in central Massachusetts.

I'm looking forward to my first NESCBWI conference this weekend in scenic Fitchburg, MA. I'll be meeting up with some of my writing group and some old friends and reliving my lost youth.

Ahhh, Fitchburg, sister to the Pioneer Plastic City, Leominster. I have so many Fitchburg memories from my teen years that it's hard not to get sentimental: Foghat ( Read more... )

I have a lunch date with my daughter and her best friend tomorrow because their indoor soccer season was cut short this year and we're suddenly without our regular Sunday afternoon activity. There weren’t enough teams to run a third session, so it was canceled. I have mixed feelings because although I get my Sunday afternoons back I also lose out ( Read more... )

I love my writing group. Not in the marrying kind of way, but I love the group dynamic and what we do for each other's stories. The group’s been around in some form or another for over thirteen years. I’ve gone from the new kid to the senior member, but the current mix has been fairly stable for the last few years. We’ve met every other week in ( Read more... )