Current location:	Library... where else?
Current mood:	hopeful
Current music:	Painting by Chagall - The Weepies

Teaser!
Right when I first got into law school, a professor who I respected and admired told me that if I chose to go, I could kiss my dreams of writing YA books goodbye.

It was one of the worst moments of my life.

Since then, all summer, I didn't want to write. I was too scared, frightened that somehow, pursuing one passion would force me to forego the other. I resisted writing, even when it hurt not to, and ruthlessly slammed down every idea that popped into my mind. I closed the lights on my WIPs, told myself they were no good anyway, and settled in to study cases.

And then I got to law school, and imagine my shock when one of my professors told us that he wrote fiction, short stories, novels, that were actually published and well-received. That, in addition to being a respected lawyer at a top 50 law school, he had managed to pursue his dream of writing.

I was still scared. But if he could do it... maybe I could too?

And then I got a new idea... I tried to ignore it and I tried to push it down. But it wouldn't go away.

Maybe I really can do this. I hope I can.

Can I?


The Bargain - Teaser 1 :)

“Kellen.” Suddenly, he was no longer beside her. Now he stood in front of her, just out of reach. She could see him, look him right in the eyes, every time her swing drew back. “What if I told you I could free your mother from this disease?”

Kellen’s chest exploded; without a second thought, she launched herself off the swing and hit him straight in the chest. They both went down, tumbling head over feet until Kellen lay stretched out on top of him. Tears ran down her cheeks.

“I’d tell you I would do anything,” she hissed. “Anything at all.”

Braeden's face, at first faintly shocked, settled into an easy grin.

“Then I’d say we have a bargain.”