High above Fifth Avenue, Wahoo the Raven daydreamed on his string bag hammock. His iridescent black feathers sparkled in the sun. What...

Chapter 1 A New Beginning Nana’s memorial service (arranged by Sophia MacGregor, Life Celebration Planner Extraordinaire) was over....

I was deciding what to write about today and then it occurred to me. What else could I write about but my anxiety about getting...

One of the nastiest words in the writing world has to be "typo." I discovered that today, but luckily it was me who found it and it's...

This link will take you to my author's page at the publisher. The various stores that have it in stock can be found there to pre-order....

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers, Mission 1: All in a Day's Work is on its way into quite a few retailers, those supplying to libraries,...

Life’s full of adventure! Right? Sophia thinks so. Especially when you are telepathic and speak multiple animal languages! Being...

Wahoo the Raven is a great inventor. Shown in the picture to the left are a few of his many inventions with descriptions from Mission 1:...

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Many people find middle school difficult since it encompasses the pre-pubescent years through puberty. Most of us don’t even want to...

Super Sleuths Pedro and Sophia hopped off the bus at the 50th Street stop and walked back to 51st. The buildings became increasingly run...

From Mission 1: All in a Day's Work, Chapter 1 Sophia and Pedro were outsiders at the fashionable James Samuel Calder Academy on...

Several weeks ago, I scribbled a brief article on an interview by Writers Cooperative with the author, Amy Tan. She spoke about the...

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Mission 1: All in a Day's Work, is the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series. You'll find a narrated excerpt from my...

Part two in my Fanny Fern Tales series is based on her humorist columns published in the New York Ledger in the 1850s-70s. The articles,...

Today, we're going to start meeting the Bad Guys in the first book of Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series | Mission 1: All in a...

Sean O'Donohue was Sophia’s grandmother, Elspeth MacGregor's soul mate and best friend. When Sophia came to live with Nana as an orphan...

One of the major themes of Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is the creation of her own unique family as an orphan. This would...