I wrote my first story in 4th grade. One girl told me that she liked my story so well, she read it four times. I wrote an oral book report and read it out loud in 7th grade. It was terrifying, until the class roared with laughter. Then I knew I wanted to be a writer. Shatterd: A Tragedy of Drinking and Driving is based on a true story and tells the other side of the story, the side hardly ever talked about, the drivers side. Bad things do happen to good people. It happens to people of all ages. No-one thinks it will happen to them. These things happen to other people not me. What they fail to realize is the unexpected can happen. What about a deer suddenly jumping in front of you. Or a tire blowing out. Or someone else hitting you? It only takes a moment and it's too late. You can never take it back. And if there's alcohol involved it becomes a felony. It doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the whole family's' of everyone involved, and that is an unbearable burden to shoulder the responsibility for the rest of your life. If this story can help anybody. It was worth writing.                         

My publishing credits include: an ebook also in print, titled, 'Shattered: A Tragedy of Drinking and Driving' and several short stories by both national and international publications.
I hold a diploma In Recognition of successful completion of the requisite course of study writing for magazines, from Institute of Children's Literature. My purpose in writing Shattered, is to help raise awareness of drinking and driving and save lives