The Latest

Exciting news! Honored to be re-elected to the board of directors at the First Ladies Association for Research and Education for a second term. 

One of my New Year's resolutions for 2026! Joined The Writing Barn's Courage to Create Community led by Writing Barn founder and creative director Bethany Hegedus. 

Delighted to share my new "FLARE Focus" essay, The Second Lady as Understudy: Apprenticing the Role Before Ascending to the First Lady Mainstage. These peer-reviewed essays provide insights about the contributions, lives and legacies of US First Ladies through the First Ladies Association for Research and Education. 

Read my new article in East Wing Magazine, So It Seems, Audiences Demand Encores When It Comes to First Ladies. What a labor of love blending two of my favorites: First Ladies and theatre!

Elated to announce I’ve finally joined the 12 X 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge! With a little (OK maybe more than a little) nudging from one of my critique group partners, I’m officially a member. 

Attended the White House Historical Association's Presidential Sites Summit for the first time. (I'm in the photo above, second from right.) What a thrill it was to attend alongside my FLARE colleagues. We also celebrated the debut of the nation's first college textbook on First Ladies, "U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies," written by Diana Carlin, Anita McBride and Nancy Kegan Smith. 

Thrilled to become a Founding Member of East Wing Magazine, Jennifer Taylor's new and first journalistic-driven publication dedicated to covering presidential First Ladies. 

Shared my experience with Michael Paulson, theater reporter at the New York Times, in "Hitting Theater Hard: The Loss of Subscribers Who Went to Everything." Read my post-pandemic approach to buying subscriptions. 

It's official. I've got a contract! I make my scholarly book debut as a contributing author in 2026.