The audiobook for The Dog Snatcher is coming soon. I am so excited! The narrator, Keith Robinson, is wrapping it up now as school is starting. He’s a music teacher. I met Keith at a writers’ conference, Realm Makers, and again at a homeschool convention in...
My chapter book The Dog Snatcher has been named a winner of a Purple Dragonfly Award from Story Monsters Magazine. I am thrilled to receive this honor! It’s also been named a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction, middle grade. The Dog...
I have three brags to report for The Dog Snatcher, Book 1 of my chapter book series for ages 8-11. Drum roll please! The Dog Snatcher was named a finalist for this year’s Selah Award for Christian Fiction, Middle Grade. This is a prestigious award given by the...
Selah Awards! EEP! I’m so excited! My chapter book The Dog Snatcher has been named a finalist in the Selah Awards for middle grade novels. These prestigious awards will be given June 1 by the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. I am thrilled to...
Woodencloak by Dawn Ford tells a tale for middle graders of a troll princess fighting to free her father and her people. It’s a page turner, all right, as Horra barely escapes her castle during a coup. Together with her pet eagle, Horra flees into the wilderness and...
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson tells the tale of a young girl, Norvia, who grapples with changes. She moves from island life to town life in 1914 Michigan. Not the least of her issues is her mother’s request that she conceal the fact that she is...
I have a new short story in this 99-cent anthology from St. Louis Writers Guild. It’s a tale about my 11-year-old time-travelers, Jake and Ava, who are from St. Louis. The story is called The Spine Flower. Why? Find out!...
Another writer, K.A. Cummins, suggested we create a fractured tale for our main characters from our very-different family-friendly stories. She gave us the ground rules: a Victorian market, the dragon is transformed into a human for this encounter, and some plot...
Annette, a Big, Hairy Mom, is a romping read, good for a family read aloud. A funny would-be villain, a small boy, and a wily Bigfoot creature all come together in a woodsy area of northern California. So the boy gets lost, of course, and the Bigfoot mom finds him....
