Hi, I'm Avery

I was the girl in elementary school that got in trouble for passing notes.

I would fold the delicate notebook paper carefully, making sure the edges matched up perfectly, and as I handed the note off, I would watch eagerly while it passed sneakily, carefully, hand from hand across the class room, under desks and behind backs like contraband.

I would watch the recipient of the note unfold it—slowly as not to alert the teacher—and I would read their face carefully as their eyes scanned the messily scrawled contents of the page. Impatient, I would wait for them to look up and give me a broad, crooked toothed grin and mouth, “What happens next?”

I was the girl that got in trouble for passing notes, but that’s not fair. I wasn’t passing notes. I was passing stories.

Inspirations
It's been a decade since I got caught passing notes in class, but inside I'm still that little girl hungry to write stories.
Here are some things that feed that hunger.

Reading

My defining feature is that I am a bookworm. My love for reading others' stories is what pushes me to write my own. Here are a few novels I wish I had written myself.

Goodreads

Reading is more than my hobby, it is my greatest passion. I have read over 400 books in the last four years. Here is a link to my Goodreads page to see what books I have read, what books I am currently reading, and what I think about them!

Performing

Performing, whether that be through song or dance, has always been a creative outlet for me; I love using my performances as another way to tell a story. Here are a couple of my favorite performances of the last three years.

Music

Music has always been a great love of mine, and it is still a necessity in my creative process. Most of my creative projects were inspired by a song. Specifically, my short story "About the Cricket Queen" was heavily inspired by the song "Strawberry" by Andrew Montana.

Here is a link to songs that inspire me.

I want to spend the rest of my life with my pen on paper; I want to end my days writing just as passionately as I did in the beginning.

My goal is to hone in on my skills and become a published author. But how did I get here?

This is my story.

What my professors say...

"With optimism grounded in reality, Avery represents the best of Gen Z: not so naive as to believe everything is fine, nor so jaded as to believe hope is lost. Avery represents the future, the promise of progress."