Author Robert Greene said: “Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.”
I am amazed at the degree of creativity innately placed within children. They create the most fascinating stories and have vivid imaginations. This creativity must flamed like the fire in the background of this photograph. Sometimes life and the nature of American education can stifle the flame of a child’s creativity.
My book How to Create a World sparks a child’s creativity and gently teaches them the discipline of the writing process. Children learn how to write poems by reading nursery rhymes. The book is geared toward third graders and above. The book is kid tested and teacher improve.
I'm an Alabama native living in Chicagoland where I am an English professor at Elgin Community College. I graduated from Belmont University's Honor Program with a journalism degree. I worked as a newspaper reporter at The Tennessean and The Daily News Journal before heading to graduate school. I earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Hamline University. My poem "Pasadena Summer" was published in this summer's edition of Bitterzoet Magazine. I'm the inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Elgin. My book How to Create a World was released in 2019. I'm also studying Counseling in Liberty University's doctoral program. When I am not studying, writing or teaching, you can find me cooking, sewing or biking.
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