Writing Projects

middle grade novel 

• The Coil of Unity - Middle grade science fiction/adventure - Alien girl and hockey playing boy go on a road trip to find a power object that will save the universe from descending into chaos.

 

adult fiction

• The Woman Who Said No - A professional woman deals with an ex-husband, his new wife, parenting, workplace harassment, murder and the criminal justice system. A philosophical thriller.

   

young adult fiction

•  Adeline - Regency comedy of manners a la Jane Austen - not a romance - complete with the cast of usual suspects: intelligent heroines, obsequious clergy, social climbers, rich snobs, misguided heroes, silly ladies and cads.

 

fiction picture books

• The Little Witch Who Could Not Do Magic -  Alison can’t do magic. Through all the nay-saying of older witches and the teasing of young witches she calmly carries on trying to get her powers going.

• Too Much Trouble - Is Kitten too much trouble for her new family? Tricks like tearing up papers and swimming in pop-corn create trouble, but in the end they all find that everyone needs a little trouble and a little love.

• Beware of Dog - Wobbles the happy cat loses her beloved ball, She searches for it only to find it in the paws of a ferocious dog. Joy, fear, loss, panic all tumble together in this humorous PB as Wobbles makes friends with a not so ferocious dog

  
  

  nonfiction picture books

•  Up in the Trees -  Exploring life up in the trees with scurrying geckos, acrobatic anteaters, and giant orangutans. Humorous PB in a Q&A format

• Mass Extinction - Volcanic eruptions, asteroid attacks, and glaciers sucking up the earth's waters. All catastrophes that caused mass extinctions on planet earth.  And what about now? Are we entering a new period of mass extinction? And why?

• Butterfly Trees of the Cloud Forest -Take wing with butterflies escaping the northern winter to dwell in the cloud forests of the south. Magical and poetic PB about life among the sacred fir trees on the mountain tops of Mexico.

• Mind Blowing Things About Wormholes -  What is spacetime?  How does gravity create wormholes? Why does the moon cause ocean tides?  Astrophysics made approachable for the young and curious.

• Fun Things to Know About Snow - Have you heard of watermelon snow?  Did you know snow can keep you warm?  Fun reading about that fluffy stuff for the young and curious

• Interviewing the Sphinx Moth -  Young reporters interview Sphinxy the moth to get the scoop on a moth that flies like a hummingbird. A humorous PB with fuzzy antennae, scaly wings,and flight patterns; everything a young Entomologist could want