I've been a writer for as long as I could hold a pen. I even wrote stories in scribble that I called "cursive" and read to my mother. In high school I edited and wrote for the newspaper and went on to get a bachelor's degree in journalism, as well as bachelor's degree in English, in college.

Although I enjoyed some aspects of journalism, it was not the career for me. While I pursued a teaching license, I began writing books for children. One, Denise's Mold, was published in 2005.

Around the time I began writing children's books, I also started a blog. My blog, "Feisty Scribe," lasted from 2003 to 2006. I hung up the towel during a dark period when I thought I could never actually be a writer.

Then I started grad school in 2007 and had to write papers for class. I found my voice again. I started a new blog, tentatively read some of the stories I'd written to friends, and dipped my toe in the writing waters once more. What you see here are some of the papers that got me back into writing, as well as other pieces that have emerged in the last couple of years.

My current focus is on dreams, reconnecting with nature, consciousness, myth, and archetypes.