WORKS IN PROGRESS

Blue Moo

A novel about the difference between the family we are born

to and the family we make for ourselves. And cows. (I'm from Minnesota; we know cows.) MG

    Synopsis

    First three chapters

*The first ten pages of BLUE MOO won first place in the SCBWI Carolinas Art and Writing Contest, Novel Category, judged by Sarah Shumway, Senior Editor at Katherine Tegan Books, a division of HarperCollins.

To Tame a Beast

This is "Beauty and the Beast" before it became a fairy tale,

when the magic is ugly and punishing--no fine clothes, no

feasts. Breaking the curse draws blood. YA

    Synopsis

    First three chapters

Fishing for Presents

A story about the pursuit of a perfect Christmas present, one

with price tags that smells new and is professionally gift

wrapped, in which our ten-year-old hero ends up grounded for the rest of his life. MG

    Synopsis

ARTICLES

"Full Moon Fever: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse"

Our State magazine, January 2010

"Taiko: The Beat of the Drum"

Profile of taiko performing troupe Nagata Shachu

"The Throw Dough Champion"

Profile of teen pizza dough acrobat Sam Niemeier

"Michelle Barefield: Bomb Tech"

Profile of USAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician

(Think "The Hurt Locker" with a woman in the lead role!)

"Bonnie and the Bottle Caps"

Profile of a mom's efforts to reduce plastics in our oceans

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