I love children so they are my inspiration and motivation. I just want to see them smile and laugh while reading one of my stories. My first children's picture book The Pea In Peanut Butter, was released by FutureWord Publishing in June, 2011 and is available on amazon.com www.amazon.com/Pea-Peanut-Butter-Allyn-Stotz as well as www.barnesandnoble.com and other online stores. If you live in the Baton Rouge, LA area you can also pick up my book at the Cavalier Bookstore in Denham Springs and Highland Gifts, Ltd. in Baton Rouge, LA. I've been published in several children's magazines as well as in the adult magazine Looking Back. If I'm not at my lap top writing, critiquing, or commenting on blogs then I'm probably snuggled up somewhere reading a good book. I also work a full-time job at G.E.C., Inc. in Baton Rouge, LA as an Administrative Assistant to the GIS Department. I graduated from the Institute of Children's Literature and am currently enrolled in their advanced class. Writing for children's has become a passion of mine and I don't intend on ever stopping!