What I'm writing, What I'm reading
If you have visited my blog, or met me in real life, you know that I read books. A lot of books. It is not uncommon for me see moments of my life reflected back at me from the page. Typically it’s a fragment of my personality tucked into a character, or a situation with... Continue Reading →
I don’t remember the day my dad died. I have a memory, crystal clear and visceral. It’s not real. Here’s what I remember. I was four years old, sitting on the rusty brown carpet in our living room. I was playing with my Strawberry Shortcake doll, alternately adjusting her dress and sniffing her fruity hair.... Continue Reading →
I lived in the south from junior high through part of college. By the south, I mean northern Florida and Dallas, Texas. I was there long enough that y’all slips into my conversation from time to time, even though I’ve lived in Colorado for more than twenty years (double-checks math, ‘cuz how did that happen?).... Continue Reading →
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
I've written in some form on and off for most of my life, but started getting serious in 2014. I write novels (primarily young adult) and short fiction. Currently, I am halfway through the first draft of a young adult ghost story and querying to find an agent for a young adult contemporary. I've had... Continue Reading →
I finished 11 books in the month of June:Transforming Classroom Grading by Robert J. MarzanoDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesSawkill Girls by Claire LegrandHow to Teach so Students Remember by Marilee SprengerThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThis Savage Song by Victoria SchwabPersonalizing the High School Experience by Joseph DiMartino and John H. ClarkeWhisper Network... Continue Reading →
It was the wrong color paint. It was close, but this wasn’t horseshoes or hand grenades. I knew it wasn’t quite right last night, but I told myself it just wasn’t dry yet, that it would look different in daylight. It would match.I lied to myself.I brush my fingers along the now two-tone wall. Bone... Continue Reading →
I finished nine books in May:The Farm by Joanne Ramos (ARC)The Make or Break Year by Emily Krone PhillipsThe Serpent’s Shadow by Rick RiordanDark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (audiobook)Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen KingThe Unbound by Victoria SchwabMagic For Liars by Sarah Gailey (ARC)Donna Has Left the Building by Susan Jane Gilman (ARC)Why... Continue Reading →
I wanted to paint his hair from the second he sat down across from me. Jet black. Just long enough to fall in waves across his forehead and brush against his brows. I think he spoke as he sat, but I was too busy imagining the stroke of my brush against canvas, recreating those waves,... Continue Reading →
I finished 12 books in April:Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein (ARC)Normal People by Sally Rooney (ARC)To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny HanDust by Patricia Cornwell (audiobook)Song Yet Sung by James McBrideEnd of Watch by Stephen KingThe Archived by Victoria SchwabShutter Island by Dennis LehaneOn Writing by Stephen KingChildren of Blood and Bone... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 