Gone Fishing!

I'm happy to announce that I've started to send out a couple of manuscripts as I fish for literary agents and publishers. The first is for a picture book story that I truly think with be a great book... of course I'm a little bias since I wrote it. But who wouldn't love to read a picture book about a beaver trying to find his place in life to their children?

Beaver Finds Home was first inspired while I was still working nights as a patrol officer for the Bellevue School District. Late one night while I was stopped at a red light I noticed a lonely and rather plump beaver waddling down the street. It made me think, "Why is there a beaver in the middle of the road in the middle of downtown? There were no lakes, rivers, streams, or ponds nearby. Where was the little guy going?"... and so, Beaver was created.

A story about a beaver who doesn't feel appreciated and decides to find a new home. Along his adventure he tries to live like the other animals, but soon learns that he doesn't fit in Mouse's home, can't climb trees like the Raccoon family, and can't hang-out like Possum. Beaver finds himself in the city and tries to be like the animals at the zoo, but again he doesn't fit in. Sad and lonely, Beaver meets an old and wise police horse who reminds Beaver of how important he is and that he isn't good at being like the animals because he's perfect the way he is. Beaver runs home to find that he 'was' missed by the pond animals... and a happy ending ensues!

The other manuscript is a very exciting one for me because it mixes my two areas of writing, children's lit and horror!

Mom's Mean French Toast and Other Terrifying Tales is a collection of 13 short stories that are geared for middle-grade readers and early teens. If you like R. L. Stine's Goosebumps or David Lubar's Weenie series like I do, then you'll love these stories too. Within the pages are stories about syrup and butter spewing monsters, ghosts that haunt bigtoys and schools, curses that will trap you forever, and even a story that shows how needing to use the restroom can not only be torture... it can be hell.

With that said, if you happen to be a literary agent or publisher and you've stumbled upon this blog, please feel free to contact me. Just bite the hook and let me real you in.