News & Announcements
***BIG NEWS!!! Just in case you missed the announcement in Publishers Weekly, my young adult novel, Hero, went to auction and has been picked up by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Hero is a story about the aftermath of a school shooting, told from the point of view of the shooter's girlfriend, and is scheduled to be released Fall 2009. Major thanks goes to my agent, Cori, for scoring such an awesome deal, and to my new editor, T.S., for taking me on!!! Stay tuned for updates on my publishing journey.***
More news...
***I won 1st Prize in the 2008 Missouri Writers' Guild Conference Awards for Best Newspaper Column for my humor column, which currently runs bi-weekly in The Kansas City Star!***
***I won 1st Prize in the 2008 Missouri Writers' Guild Conference Awards for Best Query Letter!***
***I won 1st Prize in the 2008 Missouri Writers' Guild Conference Awards for Best Magazine/Newspaper Article or Essay for my article, Elma Hopkins: The Art of a Century, published in Social Magazine.***
***My poem, Seasons, As Woman, will appear in the October 2008 issue of KC Voices!***
***My short story, Breathless, will appear in the October 2008 issue of KC Voices!***
***My quiz, Are You a Good Role Model?, is slated to appear in the 2008 issue of Listen Magazine. Got a healthy, wholesome, drug-free kid in your life? Check out Listen Magazine here.***
***My short story, Murder, She Yawned, has been published in Red Rabbit. Read the story (and some other pretty cool stuff) by clicking HERE.***
***Guess who's the new Guest weekend Blogger on The Kansas City Star's new mom blog? Yep, me! Check out my weekend blog on Mom2MomKC.com***
***My short story, There's Always Next Thursday, won Honorable Mention in the ReadingWriters "Here's Looking at You" contest. You can find a short excerpt of it in the October issue of The Verb by clicking here.***
***I'm the new co-manager/writer/journalist for Reality TV Magazine. This mag is THE source of reality TV news, interviews, and recaps.Check it out regularly here.***
***In order to concentrate on my current writing projects, I'm taking a sabbatical from teaching my humor classes and will only be mentoring on a select basis at this time. I've so enjoyed working with so many of you -- I'm sure I'll be back at it in no time. Keep checking back for more info!***
***Yeah, it's me, whining about being a writer again. Look for a quickie little essay on the subject in the 2008 edition of the Bylines calendar.***
***Need a speaker? Contact me to book me for your event today!***
