Wired Writer

We Real Cool

The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Gwendolyn Brooks

(photo credit: poetryconnection.net)

In addition to four non-fiction articles, I'm currently at work on two major projects: finishing up my newly self-published book of quotes Consumed by Passion: The Little Book of Quotes For The Chocolate Lover and my first YA novel, GhostSeeker. With a little advice from two really wonderful people I met at The Columbus Writers Conference: former executive editor at HarperCollins Children's Books Stephen Fraser and literary agent Jennifer DeChiara, I'm hoping to get it finished by the end of next month and start the go-rounds with the agents and publishing houses.

I'll be keeping track of my efforts here at the blog. In the meantime, Be Cool!