... was released one year ago . Can you believe it? Yikes. Yep. My story, set during Halloween, about a small town that loves the season and is hiding a secret family legacy, has been out in the wild for a year. So, Happy Anniversary to my first published YA horror novel! Yay. 🎃🎉 Altho…

My first YA horror novel is now available from Otranto House .    For generations, the women of the Lucas family have lived in the small town of Whenall, Massachusetts, at Raven House. They make dolls that they call wardens to protect the townsfolk, a long tradition that some might thi…

Well, a new week is here and I hope you're all having a good one. 😊 Over the weekend, the awesome  Sci-Fi & Scary   blog featured the Cover and Synopsis Reveal for my upcoming YA horror novel, WALL OF DOLLS . In case you missed it, I'm posting it here as well: For generati…

Hello again! Well, this week, it was back to editing for me. This time it was the final edit of my upcoming YA horror novel, Wall of Dolls . Because I'm such a double checker (or is that glutton for punishment? 😂) of course I read the whole thing again. This time felt more like a pro…

Yep. This week I only had one goal: to get the second Wall of Dolls edit done.  And I'm super excited to report that I did it! Yay. Today, I finished up the last section, went through all the notes I'd written for myself, and checked all my changes. Then, I emailed it to my edit…

Hey! How are you? If you follow me on Twitter, then you've already seen my book announcement . But I'm super excited, so I wanted to post a little something over here too.  I signed a contract with Otranto House ! That's right. They're going to publish my supernatural YA h…

Today, I'm very excited to announce that my short story, The Girls Who Walked into the Woods , is included in this YA horror anthology! TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL Otranto House Demonic forces lurk in the woods.  The death of a teen leads to an eerie police interview. A vengeful spiri…