The Short Version ...

Well, hello!

I’m Stacy, and I remember the exact moment in sixth grade when I realized I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn’t sure how to get there.

I graduated high school as a B average student, but my math grades were deplorable, I bombed the SATs, and dropped out of college due to crippling grief, depression, and anxiety.

In the early 2000s, I completed two correspondence courses with The Institute of Children’s Literature and had a short story published by a local library, but sadly the dream almost died there.

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Convinced that I needed to conform, I tried working practical jobs that made me miserable, forced myself to do work outs that didn't, um, work, and dismissed my creative dreams as a silly childhood fantasy.

Then in 2015, while vacationing in the Outer Banks, I found inspiration for a novel that would unleash the creativity I’d been burying for years. This eventually became the novel I self-published (which garnered critical acclaim from family and friends).

 

When the world lost its mind in 2016 (and 2017 and 2018 . . .), I felt compelled to join the masses of people who were marching for social justice, pursuing their passions, and refocusing their lives on love and kindness. Problem being -- I still had crippling anxiety.

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Enter EMDR therapy. My sister had been pleading me to try it for years, and when I finally did, it literally changed every aspect of my life. The most significant realization was that I’d always been a writer, and I didn’t want to waste any more time pretending I wasn’t.

Since then, I've accumulated over a dozen bylines, won a writing contest, written my dream manuscript, and found the guts to query agents (see my Publications & Works in Progress page).

 

The writing world can be tumultuous. It's full of ups and downs, much like life. But along the way, I've discovered incredible resources and found my writing community. I can't wait to see what's next.
 

Thanks for visiting!