I am a proud mother of two daughters (ages 3 and 5). They are the inspirations for everything I write.
Check out my magazine articles (Engineering/Math) in the following issues:
Highlights for Children MAY 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JUNE 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JULY 08 ( a few pages after Science Corner)
Highlights for Children AUGUST 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children OCTOBER 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children NOVEMBER 08 (Science Corner)
http://www.Highlights.com
Graduate of Texas A&M University (1998) with a BS Civil Engineering
http://www.tamu.edu/
Math teaching experience- High School, College, Tech school, Military, Test prep, Satellite courses etc...
Member of SCBWI - Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators (Conference Attendee)
http://www.scbwi.org/
Member of MWPA - Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
http://www.mainewriters.org/
My family owns a Design and Fabrication shop in Rockport, Texas.
http://www.rockportwelding.com/
Other Writing genres (with a few yet-to-be-published titles):
Picture books in rhyme (Shoeless Girl from Bimbydoo & Elaine's Imagination)
Holiday Picture books (Why Pumpkin Pie & The great EGGscape)
Board Books (Bedtime Laughing Book)
Engineering Picture books (Think Like an Engineer Series)
Quote: by Carrie Kirchner, queen of quirky
If we don't get excited about the little things then mathematically (by comparison) just how exciting will the big things be?
Translation - Something more than nothing is simply something. But something more than something is a LOT!!!