The 2011 Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories New Author Contest

Have you always wanted to write a children’s book? Do you have a clever title or compelling storyline ticking the back of your mind? It’s time to stop dismissing your ambitions...

Sneaking, Running, Blending; Amazing Poetry from My 8yo Son

My 3rd grade son handed me this poem very nonchalantly yesterday.  “I wrote it in class,” he explained. I was blown away. Dark departs, daytime ends. An abyss is made...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Blogger Extraordinaire?

What would a 19th century American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leading Transcendentalist know about blogging? Quite a bit, it seems. In my teens I discovered the essays of Ralph Waldo...

How Six Little Words Got My Name in a Book

Twice in 2009 I had the unique opportunity to have my name in print media.  Sure, I put myself out there all over the internet, but there’s something just a little special (and very...

The Writing Gig

So, the April edition of the online parenting magazine Root & Sprout is now live. You really should go read the ENTIRE edition, but if – by chance – you’d like to jump...

Article Up: Modern Molly Mormon

I recently joined a wonderful group of Mormon women online at the website Modern Molly Mormon.  They are a perfect mix (for me) of thoughtful, striving, faithful women in the gospel.  No...

If You’re of a Literary Mind

I labored over this article for weeks before I was finally satisfied with it.  If you’re of a literary mind, I invite you to check out February’s issue of Estella’s...

Now Live: February Issue of Root & Sprout

Please go check out this month’s issue of the online parenting magazine, Root & Sprout.  I wrote an article for the “Blossoms” section entitled, “Is Your...