Picture book co-writers.
Read, write, laugh, critique, repeat.
Stories
Last Place for the Win!
Martha can’t fly (yet), but she plucks up the courage to compete in her first 15-Meter Flap even though she’s terrified of losing the race. In LAST PLACE FOR THE WIN!, Martha discovers there’s more than one way to be a winner and, well, most chickens kinda stink at flying anyway.
Word Count: 565 | Fiction
Honorable Mention | March 2020 #PBParty
The Let’s Go Game
Hold onto your fruit juice, folks! Jett and Peyton, two Superstars of Snoozing, play THE LET’S GO GAME to get out of PJs and to school on time. On the way to becoming Terminators of Tardiness, they learn victory is sweet and to take mistakes, even big ones, in stride.
Word Count: 495 | Fiction
Measure Up
Being short means lines on the measuring wall hardly move and dodging dog breath is tricky business. In MEASURE UP, a small child with a case of the grumps discovers ordinary tiny things can be extraordinary, and nicknames like Nugget aren’t so bad after all.
Word Count: 190 | Fiction
Rosie’s Cheeks
When budding artist Rosie ends up in trouble for her love of drawing… ahem, butts… absolutely everywhere, she and Daddy don’t exactly see eye to eye on what makes a masterpiece. They must work together to learn the art of compromise in ROSIE’S CHEEKS.
Word Count: 550 | Fiction
The Costume and the Curse
Fed up with the curse of gloomy weather on Halloween, a spirited girl won’t give up until she finds the perfect costume to break the spell.
Word Count: 440 | Fiction
In The Name of Freedom
Mary Katharine Goddard’s Declaration of Independence
After breaking free of strict colonial rules to become a respected editor, printer, and postmaster, Mary Katharine Goddard risked it all IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM to claim her place in history as the only woman whose name is on the Declaration of Independence.
Word Count: 850 | Nonfiction
Finalist | Golden Pen Award | 2020 RMC SCBWI | Nominated by Sylvie Frank, former Senior Editor, Paula Wiseman Books
Bravo, Ida!
How a Dressmaker, the Wright Brothers, and a Typo Gave the World Wings
Little did dressmaker Ida Holdgreve know she’d land a job with the Wright brothers thanks to a typo. The first and only woman on the groundbreaking factory floor, she sewed covers for airplane parts, dreamed of her own chance to fly, and discovered how little things, like typos and tiny stitches, change the world.
Word Count: 665 | Nonfiction
Finalist | Golden Pen Award | 2024 RMC SCBWI | Nominated by Dow Phumiruk, Award-Winning Author and Illustrator
Floyd Doesn’t Like Shrimp
(Even Though he’s Never Tried Them)
Floyd isn’t pink like the other flamingos since he only eats plain ol' white rice and pasta. When he gets a taste of the delectable food he's been missing, it leads to some colorful results.
Thanks a lot, Universe.
When a robot’s pet alien gets sick, they wish for a button to alter time in this story about the poignant moments of love and loss. Sometimes all that can be said is THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE.
Word Count: 80 | Fiction
About Us
Dea and Lindsay live around the block from each other in Golden, Colorado, and rely on mom/daughter mind-meld powers, the wizardry of their critique groups, and the magic of Google Docs.
Dea is a former K-3rd grade literacy specialist. Lindsay honed her storytelling chops in the film industry, and in the tech industry at Google. They teamed up as co-writers in 2019 to craft triumphant stories that are like comfort food for your soul.
Dea and Lindsay are members of SCBWI (Go RMC!) and Julie Hedlund’s 12x12 Picture Book Challenge. They are always up for a writing contest and celebrate, win or lose, with Reese's and 1000-piece puzzles.
