Find some of my work here:

My Humor Essays:

Stupid Adulthood
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/03/stupid-adulthood-why-it-hurts-to-be-an-adult/

How One Baby Shower Invite Undid Ten Years of Self-Esteem Building
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/02/how-one-baby-shower-invite-undid-ten-years-of-self-esteem-building/

The Passive Aggressive Games Women Play Against Each Other
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/06/the-passive-aggressive-games-women-play-against-each-other/

Oh Baby!
http://www.inarchive.com/page/2011-11-07/http://www.newchristianvoices.com/humor/oh-baby

Hair Today, Gone in a Few Seconds
http://www.inarchive.com/com/n/newchristianvoices.com/7438/2011-11-07/1/New_Christian_Voices/

Essays and Articles:

​What You Need When You Want to Write for Teens and Preteens in Funds for Writers

archive.aweber.com/fundsforwriters/DxyIV/h/FundsforWriters_October.htm

Common Ground
http://www.womeninjourney.com/archive19.html

Just When You're About to Give Up...Think of Elvis
http://mikeswritingworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-when-youre-about-to-give-upthink.html

Writer's Conferences: The Agony and the Ecstasy 
http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/anxiety_and_ecstasy.htm

Clean Up Your Act (from Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend magazine
http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/index.php?i=13465&m=&l=&p=40&pre=&ver=swf

Susan Shapiro is Only As Good As Her Word
http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/24-FE3-SusanShapiro.html

Anthologies: 

Pathwork Path: Friendship Star
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/patchwork-path-tena-beth-thompson/1112319633?ean=9780981664330

Patchwork Path: Grandma's Choice
http://www.amazon.com/Patchwork-Path-Tena-Beth-Thompson/dp/0981664318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395038209&sr=8-1&keywords=patchwork+path+grandma%27s+choice

Women of Passions: Ordinary Women Serving an Extraordinary God
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/women-of-passions-janet-ross/1017860989?ean=9781606472460

Dear Nana: Grandmother Tales of Love, Secrets, and Going Home. "Never Really Gone."
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Nana-Grandmother-Tales-Secrets/dp/1941859275/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Cookbooks with Essays and recipes

Country Comfort Holiday Cookbook
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holidays-cookbook-monica-musetti-carlin/1111393629?ean=9781578263806

Country Comfort Cooking Across America
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cooking-across-america-mary-elizabeth-roarke/1110790845?ean=9781578264148

Country Comfort Slow Cooker Favorites Cookbook
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/slow-cooker-favorites-monica-musetti-carlin/1112938976?ean=9781578263745

Interviews with me!http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp?highlight=Fresh+Fruits&postid=652036