 Novel Excerpts | Play Excerpts | Short Story Excerpts
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| NOVELS |
 The Doll's Head: a middle grade novel for girls spanning over 100 years on the New England coast. When Paulie discovers a doll's head buried in the mud, she unearths a story of summer heartbreak.
Now on sale online and at the Annisquam Exchange until the end of September. Visit www.thedollshead.com to learn more about the story, read a free sample and order the book.
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| PLAYS |
 Waiting Room: Jayleene Frick isn't going to take any lip. Especially not from a tight-ass borderline anorexic named Florence with an overdeveloped sense of duty. Especially not in a doctor's waiting room. But as Jayleene and Florence discover, it's funny what can come through a door if you're willing to open it. You just have to be ready to duck.
Staged reading at The Actor's Studio in Newburyport in June 2010.
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 Box Office: a fast-moving comedy based around the arrival of a temperamental Hollywood star to Broadway. Will the cast and director survive the rehearsals?
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 The Baby: a ten-minute drama featuring three women picking over the battlefield of war.
Performed at Blackburn Performing Arts and The Actor's Studio in Fall 2009.
Performed at the Salem Theatre Company in "Moments of Play" in July 2010.
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SHORT STORIES
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 My short stories have appeared in:
The Massachusetts Review | Alimentum | Quality Women's Fiction
Covenant recorded for The Drum, a new literary magazine for your ears, May 2010.
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CHILDREN'S STORIES
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 The Mrs. Curmoppity Series: a series of stories based around the mad inhabitants of a country town. Mrs. Curmoppity, a magical market woman, is joined by the quirky characters of Lola and Loma, Scoot Newt and Miss Purdy-Sue Plether.
The Yard Sale in Highlights Magazine, June 2010.
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REVIEWS & ESSAYS
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 California Literary Review: an in-depth cultural and literary magazine, with an archive of my book reviews, interviews and essays. |
Curious about my non-fiction and fiction? Feel free to contact me with any queries.
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