When I started writing a zillion years ago, I was all YA all the time. YA was the genre that made me feel the feels, and I adored them all. I even beat the odds and got my debut novel published in 2014. I worked by author butt off promoting that book and building a community of fellow YA authors that were exceptional in their generosity and support.
And when I started an MFA program, I felt the need to write back to my roots. All this is to say, my manuscript inventory has grown. And I'm so very excited to share these stories and characters with readers.
Change is difficult. Especially, when it's change you don't expect or initiate. I had no agency over the YA genre shifting gears on me (and everyone else), but some pretty thrilling, swoony, empowering, magical stories have come out of the changes I've faced. See for yourself below.
Manuscript Inventory Update:
One YA Witchy Romantic Suspense novel:
A magical sapphic romance about three teen sister witches that find themselves tangled up in a centuries-old curse.
Status: Completed & querying (fingers crossed!)
One YA Noir Mystery novel:
A Veronica Mars meets We Were Liars YA Y2K Noir mystery set in my hometown.
Status: Drafting back to the year 2000
One NA Horror novel:
A feminist retelling of the Bloody Mary urban legend on a college campus. Think Promising Young Woman meets Candyman (2021).
Status: Completed & revising
Two Adult Psychological Suspense novels:
One about the mysterious (& weird) disappearance of my neighbor (& her dog).
Status: Completed & queried (fingers crossed!)
One about four friends who reunite in the woods & one goes missing because friendship is complicated...& sometimes deadly!
Status: Completed & revising
