My work has been published in various magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. Last year I was one of the editors of The Petigru Review. I sold my first two books to Putnam in 2007.
I've had poetry, stories, and articles published in some of the best children's periodicals. To me, the biggest thrill of selling to magazines is seeing how illustrators depict my words! I stopped submitting to magazine a few years ago in order to focus on finishing longer projects.
Essay:
Art News: The Healing Marsh, July 2009
Fiction:
Ladybug: The Burrow Borrowers, November 2005
The First Apple, September 2004
Poetry:
Ladybug: Traffic Light, April 2003
Babybug: Rain, September 2003
Oops, April 2002
Jack And Jill: My Skeleton, Oct./Nov. 1999
Sign Rhyme, September 1998
Snow Sentinels, Jan./Feb. 1998
The Scuba Tuba, June 1997
Highlights: Cluck Cluck Cluck (forthcoming)
Rain and Sun (forthcoming)
Footsteps (forthcoming)
Catfish Stew: Sonya, October 2003
Lutheran Woman Today:
Baby Jesus, December 2000
Nonfiction:
Ladybug: The Gopher Tortoise, November 2005
Lutheran Woman Today: One Cup, One Plate, November 1998
Amen, Yay! July/August 1998
Pen and Palette: An Interview with Vicki Holifield, August 2006
Highlights Foundation Workshop, Spring 2002
What I’m working on:
I always keep several projects going at the same time. That way my brain doesn't get too saturated with one story. Right now, I’m
working on a literary middle grade fantasy novel. The language in this novel is lyrical, and it is labor intensive to write.
I'm also tweaking a chapter book series about dinosaurs and trying to finish an early middle grade novel about a boy who loves marbles.
I have other projects that I am working on, but these are the ones I hope to complete soon!!! (By soon I mean "in the next few months." Yes, that's soon for a writer!)
