Sunshine, Hurricanes, and Other Things that Have a Heart has just come out. It is the companion to Moonlight, Rainstorms and Other Things that Have a Soul. Both are collections of stories for teens. The newest one contains (among others) stories about nature, extreme competitiveness, creativity, stepsisters, dysfunctional families, unrequited love, shyness and crushing, and violence in schools.

The story “The Gill Net” won an honorable mention in this year’s Writers Digest contest in the YA category. You will never again look at sea lions in the same way as before.

 

Hi, friends. I’d like to invite you to explore our new release called How the Monarch Got its Colors: A Legend.  It is a beautifully designed picture book for 3- to 7-year-olds and tells how the first monarch might have gotten her colors. Available at Amazon.

Amazon: How the Monarch Got its Colors

 

 

 

Finally. It’s here. The book of elephant stories that was four years in the making. Ely is the adorable elephant with a superpower who roams the Jingle Jangle Jungle helping others and making friends.  New author Pedro Zenker captured the essence of the elephant character who populated the stories his mother would tell him before bed (and I edited it to bring out spunky dialogue and exciting action).  Plus, we got Nacho L. Garcia, Jr., the renown political cartoonist from the El Paso Times, to do the drawings.  So, don’t miss these heart-wrenching tales of true friendship and kindness. This chapter book is the perfect animal story book for 5 to 10 year olds or for anyone young at heart.

Available on Amazon today.

Hi, friends. I’m sharing one of my latest stories with you, called “The Run-In.”
It’s a story about somebody in love with someone from their past and just appeared on reedsy.com. Hope you like it.

https://blog.reedsy.com/short-story/6x7tjr/

Photo by Stephanie Klepacki from unsplash.com

 

Please enjoy my latest project executed with El Paso author Lisa Archer. It is a bilingual coloring book for kids aged 4 to 11 called A Coloring Book of Dogs Plus Cats and Other Critters / Un Libro para Colorear de Perros, Gatos y Otras Criaturas. It is educational with lots of fun facts and info on taking care of pets as well as on dog safety. Games and word searches appear in the back.

My latest creation is out! On with the Show: A Collection of Monologues for Teens is finally here.

If you are a drama teacher, student actor, a participant in drama UIL, or if you are simply looking for short, entertaining reads, you will enjoy this collection of fifty-two monologues for teens. These dialogues have been specially prepared to showcase the ability of a young actor to conjure up several emotions within each monologue. Some of the emotions highlighted include excitement, joy, disappointment, surprise, outrage, anger, envy, and sadness.

Topics include family issues, relationships, shopping, cool jobs, breaking rules, complainers, bullies, moving, travel, movies, TV shows, social media, animal abuse, self-esteem, death, and many others. The monologues were written with the modern teen in mind. They also portray, in both phrasing and word choice, how young people speak and think.  Hope you’ll look for it on Amazon today!

Hi, readers. Great news! I have another story for you. This time, it’s about a teenage boy, who’s a stamp collector.  It’s called “Stamp of Disapproval.” Let me know what you think of it!  “Stamp of Disapproval” by Susan Lynn Zenker

picture taken from Wikipedia.com

Hi, friends! Just wanted to let you know I have another story posted on Reedsy.com. It’s called “Lemons and Lemonade.” Although the story itself is fiction, it takes into account some of my experience cruising when my husband used to work for Norwegian Cruise Lines in Miami. Hope you enjoy it.

“Lemons and Lemonade”

picture from tigertravel from Pixabay

Hey friends! I’d like to share a story that appeared on Reedsy.com. It deals with a unique celebration of a Christmas online.  Hope you enjoy it!

Christmas Online

Image by Kevin Phillips from Pixabay