My first career was working with children and families and I have been a single mother for twelve years. Writing is my second career though I often write about children and families. I write prose, poetry and children's picture books, in addition to my newspaper column and blog. While my poetry has been featured in several anthologies, Broken Buckets is my first novel. Currently I am completing a historical novel set in colonial America. I am co-founder of a non-profit foundation called the Prickly Pear Poetry Project, which is a therapeutic writing workshop for those affected by cancer. I more...