In the summer of 1994, I was a bored 11 year old. I spent the summers with my grandparents, and they couldn't entertain me all the time. So I had to entertain myself. I started writing.

my dream is 25 years in the making, it's gone through several incarnations until I realized what it needed to be for today's youth

The stage is horse racing, so I'd have to say REALLY fast horses.

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North Oak (the series) is the bestselling contemporary young adult horse racing series in the country. The first 7 books are frequently in the top 10 of the young adult equestrian genre on Amazon.

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Series. And I like to call it heir to the Thoroughbred Series, which was super popular when I was a kid.

North Oak champions tough kid and teen issues, all set against the high-stakes fast paced world of horse racing. I hope one day to meet the person who says "Me. You wrote this for ME." And I'll hug them and tell them "I know."

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Make daily word goals. Never kick yourself if you don't get all the way there. You're not a failure unless you quit.

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I think all my characters have some sliver of me in them. Little horcruxes of myself ;)

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A snarky, troubled teen, and really fast horses. North Oak has heart.

North Oak #8 will begin work in the next month or so. I hope to have #9 and #10 out by year's end.

Link to buy series:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C8DZ1H