Books
Love, Ducks & Rock n' Roll
First Place Winner (Romance) of the 2019 Storymakers First Chapter Contest
A comedy in the tradition of PG Wodehouse and Jane Austen, about an awkward Englishman whose campaign to save the Ruddy Duck, takes a back seat when he tries to help a flighty celebutante with her own crises of tabloid scandal and Osborne-family style drama. A comical collision of English and American manners, this smart, off-beat story about the absurdity and irresistibility of both family and true love.
Genre - Comedy, Length - 79,000 words, Status - Complete/Soon to be on Submission
The Retreat
On a technology-free retreat to sort out an inexplicable unhappiness, a woman meets a number of memorable characters who share their own hysterical, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking stories about why they left behind the modern world. As she gets to know them, she reflects on her own past and the roads not taken and wonders if contentment and happiness can be found outside of The Retreat.
Genre - Memoir/Magical Realism, Length - 40,000 words, Status - Languishing
The Ruddy Duck Home Repair Manual
On the eve of his marriage, George Wadsworth receives news that he has inherited a very old house back in England. He is in for a shock though when he returns to his home country and discovers that the business he left behind is in deep financial trouble and worse, the old house is horrific disrepair. With no income to hire out the work and too mortified to admit that he has no place to put his new bride, George makes the ill-advised decision to embark upon the necessary renovations on his own.
Genre - Comedy, Length - 30,000 words, Status - Hot Mess
Illustrations
When you can't stop going to school, you get a Masters in Art and become a professional doodler.
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Other Endeavors
Things I do that keep me too busy to think straight.
Storymakers Writing Conference
NaNoWriMo Municipal Liasion - 30 Days, 50,000 Words, One Life-Changing Experience
