"I ink the purest, darkest fathoms of my soul in hopes of being yours truly, even if it may be just my stupid dreams..." The evolution of an infatuation to a prospective teenage love that might evolve to true love though not without the many stops it has along the way; would they transcend to such eternal devotion or crumble in failure? Highest achieved in #7 Free Mental Illness #11 Break Stereotypes #31 Wattpad for Poetry

[Short Story] When Robin Park is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, her entire world seems to change. Her only constant is the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary-- a tool that comes in handy whenever she needs to define things like complex human emotions. Until she meets Vana, that is. Now it seems the dictionary isn't helping her much at all. 🏆Featured in Short Story's Puppy Love reading list.🏆 🏆Featured in LGBTQ+'s GirlxGirl Teen Fiction reading list.🏆 [©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]

[FEATURED WATTPAD PICK] Eighteen-year-old Shannon Anderson should be studying when she discovers a stash of books that physically open doors to the worlds within their pages. Final exams are all that stand between her and her dream of ditching rural Iowa for freshman year as a theater production student at New York University. But it's really damn hard for Shannon to focus on irregular German verbs and the US Constitution when she could be having Breakfast in Oz, taking tea on Baker Street, or running off to late-night campfires on the shores of New Switzerland. It's in New Switzerland that Shannon meets Fritz, the eldest son of the Swiss Family Robinson. As a self-proclaimed fat theater geek, Shannon isn't used to flustering boys the way she seems to fluster Fritz. Despite her looming exams, Shannon spends night after night exploring the island's jungles and beaches with Fritz as her dashing field guide. Shannon is presented with the unparalleled opportunity to live inside a story, but a life of adventure with Fritz means abandoning her scenic design dreams - and worse, her family. Shannon has to choose between New York and New Switzerland before both doors slam shut for good. THE DANGEROUS DOORS OF SHANNON ANDERSON is a completed YA magical realism novella.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

It's 2016, and Malik McKnight has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Realizing that he has a short time left to live, he decides to write a story for his three-year-old daughter. This story chronicles his journey through adolescence, and his journey to becoming a writer. The story takes place in Malik's sophomore year of high school, as he moves from Toronto to Boston due to his mother moving in with her new boyfriend, Robert Giordano. Initially faced with sadness, Malik quickly adjusts to his new environment with the help of his stepsister, Rachel Giordano, and his new friends. Ultimately, it is here that he discovers his true passion for writing.

“Innocence is a gift and a curse in equal measure. Yet experience can be given the same exact definition”. Meet Andy, Jason, Abby, Olivia and Toby. Five newly university students entering the real world, struggling to find their place and discovering so much more than they were expecting.   Nature will provide the greatest wonders of the world, yet human nature provokes the most striking. If only everyone had an abundance of time to miraculously discover every secret that the world hides behind its mossy walls.

A boy who's trapped in the darkness of despair. A girl whose hope-filled light illuminates every unlit crevice. A dream. A smile. A beam of hope. Always there, to make you smile.