Here are a few of my works in progress:
“The bug-town of Dragonfly Wash used to be lush and green, but now drought’s got the ground as hard and dry as an armadillo shell. Ant’s got some new-fangled ideas for wrangling’ the rain and restorin’ the green of his beloved town. With a big storm on the horizon, them bugs’ll need to get a wiggle on if they want to CATCH THAT RAIN!
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“Leggings are all the rage in Little Owl’s neighborhood, and she wants in! So what if her legs are hidden beneath her extra plumy plumage? With a little creativity and a lot of determination, Little Owl will find a way to show off her leggings like all the other birds on the block!
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“Pip and Lolo couldn’t be more alike. Or more different. On the day Lolo doesn’t make the team, Pip wants to cheer her best friend up… but if her Happy Hunt is going to work, she’ll need to try to see the world through Lolo’s eyes.
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“When a strange storm sends rain down in every color of the rainbow, a small boy tries his best to get someone-anyone-to see it too. When no one answers his call, he’ll need to find a way to enjoy the beauty on his own.
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“Even though Rolley still acts frisky sometimes, or plays with his toys, mom insists he’s hurting all over. It’s time for Rolley’s boy to say goodbye, but how can he let go of the best dog in the world?
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““Friendship is the strongest magic we have left in this world.” So Grandad says, but Mila is the only child down at the wharf, and hasn’t any friends. The night after Mila dreams about a magical boat emerging from the water with a small boy as captain, she awakens to find that a boy has moved in nearby. Mila hopes she’ll finally be able to understand for herself what Grandad seems to know.
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“Fleas, and the constant scratching they require, are cutting into the daydreams of Gaston, a Parisian rat. When he meets Luc, a young limonadier Gaston swears is magical, the two dreamers team up to take the Paris lemonade scene by storm.
A quasi-speculative informational fiction story about Paris during plague time, and the lemonadiers that may have had a hand in saving the city.
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“Welcome to the Cubbyhole- the channel where we dust off your favorite fairy tales, folk tales, & fables, and make ‘em pop! This time we’re improving The 3 Little Pigs. Stop by, drop your favs down below & let the Revampires spin you a tale!
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“Feeling out of place as the one non-silly member of his family, Frank Tilling invents a machine to make himself sillier. When the machine runs amok and instead sucks the silliness out of the household, Frank will have to rely on his best Frank qualities to restore the levity his family is known for.
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“A botched strawberry shortcake poll, a drummed up rivalry- Biscuit can’t rest until he rights the incredible injustice of losing face- and losing to Scone of all people (pastry?!) It’ll take the sweetness of a true friend to bring him back from this DOUGH-bacle.
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“There are 3 destinies for potatoes, as far as TaTa’s family is concerned: mashed, fried, baked. But Tata, the potato, has no intention of going out like that. When an Italian pen pal inspires softer, more delicate aspirations…pillowy-yet-chewy aspirations, TaTa knows just what she’d like to become.”
“Even though Rolley still acts frisky sometimes, or plays with his toys, mom insists he’s hurting all over. It’s time for Rolley’s boy to say goodbye, but how can he let go of the best dog in the world?”