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Naming an Aging Goddess
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Questions for Those of You Who Have Children re: Phone Use
I've got what I think is a good idea for teaching either young kids or kids with special needs how to use the telephone. However, since I do not have kids of my own, I need to research how this is done in the wild. If you have children, please answer a few questions, if you're willing. If you have friends with kids and know answers to these ( Read more... ) -
A Positive Moment During a Time of Despair
I am not happy about Trump's win. It hit me on a surprisingly emotional level on Wednesday, when the future looked really grim ( Read more... ) -
Work Woes Post of Lamentation
I'm eleven years into my career as a Special Education teacher, but I'm finally understanding the burnout that causes so many of us to leave the profession. This is the second year that I've found my job more stress inducing and frustrating than satisfying, so have once again been considering finding different employment. The thought is scary since ( Read more... ) -
The Devil's Hand Series - Release Day!
It's release day for my series, The Devil's Hand! It is comprised of the previously published "Drawing Dead" and its new sequel "Ace in the Hole".
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Get Them While You Can!
The publishing house that has my two novellas and one of my short stories is closing. If you want to get any of these early titles, get them while you can!
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Yay!
I wrote a short story called "Seeing Red" for an anthology called Bloodlines with Ticonderoga Publications. Today the anthology won the Aurealis Award for Best Anthology 2015. I'm so excited to have been a tiny part of that! -
Beta?
I need someone to take a look at a short 3,000+ word story I wrote. It's a short piece about mermen - I tweaked a previous short piece and need to know if the story makes sense in this more remote context. It needs the usual - general plot, grammar/spelling, etc. There are a few purposeful grammar mistakes in speech due to POV, but it's nothing too ( Read more... ) -
Is It a Sign of the Times or Is This Just a Really Bad Year?
I have had three - THREE - violent episodes in my classroom this year, or at least closely related to my clasroom. I work in Special Education at a middle school and this has not happened to me in ten years of teaching.
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Published Works
This is a list of my published works. You can also find my blog at my new website. There you can find news about upcoming releases, of which there is only one, at the moment. Another is coming soon. Please, peruse and enjoy! :-)
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