The Outskirts

I am hard at work on my next collection book. The stories will again be urban fantasy/magical realism for the young adult genre!

Here are a couple more quote pictures I made for my current piece, The Outskirts.

The story takes place in New Mexico, which is where I took the photo in the upper picture.

Musings now available on websites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble

I don't know if I can properly express my excitement.

So, I started writing when I was a child and developed a dream of being a published author when I was thirteen. The dream has stayed with me since then, though I had a lot happening with school and dance which left me with little time to focus fully on writing. But these past few months I have had more free time to devote to my favorite art form. (Well, besides dance.)

Luckily, over the years the services of self-publishing have become more and more accessible to those who share this passion of writing. I used a great website called Blurb.com to create my compilation book, doing things like formatting it how I wanted, adding cover images from my collection of photos, and making it just right. By following the path of self-publishing I have been able to achieve my dream.

Basically what I'm saying is that I'm really excited that you can actually find my book on Amazon.com as well as Barnesandnoble.com. My dream of being a published author has pretty much been realized. I am so grateful for the services available to enable me to do this.

This is only the beginning!

Musings: 7 Short Stories ready to buy!

I'm so excited to share that people can now purchase a PDF of my compilation book! I am so grateful to those who helped me with these stories by providing feedback, those who supported my last self-published book project, and those who have already bought a copy of this one!

"Here is a collection of musings. Some are playful and friendly; others are haunting and eerie. It is a collection of tales written over the course of eight years, stories of the fantastic and improbable born from ideas starting with a simple "What if..?" Step into a world where the strange and seemingly impossible can happen to anyone. It is a world of fiction, fantasy and fairytales, where imagination and dreams meet reality." 

Buy it here.

Sneak Peek

"A child learns the chilling reason why everyone in town stays inside on the same night every year."

The Venoctes is a story included in my new book, a collection of short stories called Musings, which I'll have ready to sell next week. Yay!

My Return! Also, a New Book

My goodness -- I haven't posted in two years. But I want to announce a new project I'm working on!

For my senior project in high school, I put together a collection of short stories, with original artwork to go along with each story. I want to make a professionally printed version of the same thing, minus the artwork. It will all be fiction, of the fantasy/magical realism genre and meant for all ages to enjoy but with most of the main characters aged 11 to 18. I will be using pieces that I wrote back in high school, and I'll be adding some new material! I'm hoping to be done with it before I leave for university in August. I am so excited for this project and hope to share it with many people.

My review of the new (ish) book 'Splintered'

"A modern-day adventure in Wonderland." It's not quite a retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's a really fun read, and I wrote a spoiler-free summary here: http://www.examiner.com/review/splintered-a-modern-day-adventure-wonderland

Another young adult book review

I don't know if I've posted this before, but I wrote this review about The Opposite of Music by Janet Ruth Young some time ago. It's a good read, and I published my full review of it on Examiner.com here.