: About Me

I am a mother to four children, each from a different planet. I work as a seamstress during the day, a transcriptionist at night and write during the gaps. You will see my name on the cover of a pretty good novel one day and you can say you knew me when....

My passion is ...

My family

I know too much about ...

the struggle to obtain appropriate services for special needs kids

My parents always told me ...

don't steal

My childhood ambition ...

to be Wonder Woman or write a book.

My favorite memory ...

dancing with my husband in a field of daisys on our wedding day in the dark.

Why I write ...

my mind would implode

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Conner, a writing book by Natalie Goldburg

My first job ...

Stacking wood

My inspiration ...

The little people who have infested my house, the ones born to me and the ones they bring home.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: For children

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Shelby Sue's Brother the Artist Shelby Sue is very proud of her litle brother. Before today she just thought he was a pain, but her Mom explained to her that he is the way he is because he is ARTISTIC. He sees the world in a different way than anybody else. Shelby Sue's family went to a museum and Shelby's brother liked the revolving door the very best and they all sat on a bench and watched the door for hours. Shelby's dad said he agreed with him, it was the best display in the whole place. Some of her friends think he is weird and Shelby Sue agrees. "But it's ok to be weird, cause it wou...

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