2024 began with disappointing news for my writing career, but I picked myself up, took the good that came with the bad and kept going.

Earlier this year, I decided to follow through on a recommendation made to me by a grant writer, and that was to increase my number of publishing credits..

My first personal essay was published in The Portugal News.

I had never been to a self-directed writing retreat.

Last February I attended the SCBWI conference in New York City, my first in-person writing event since 2019.

We always had cameras hanging around the house.