Pleased to share my story from the 2025 #50PreciousWords contest (8th place):
I’m excited to share my story which placed 12th in the 2024 #50PreciousWords contest:
ART FROM DARKNESS: A TRIBUTE TO L.M. MONTGOMERY
by Kamilla Milligan
Strange and quiet child,
abandoned young,
she escapes into imagination—pouring out poems and stories
but piling up “no”s.
Losing her bosom friend.
Exiled from home.
Cheated by publishers.
Family struggling, dysfunctional.
Through it all, she persisted,
building the House of Dreams she never had
For kindred spirits everywhere.
I have a growing pile of completed picture book manuscripts and two contemporary middle grade novels: one that draws from my early high school (not so funny then, but funny now) experiences as a biracial teenager and another that combines fantasy with the magic of the woods. My works-in-progress include more picture books–about nature, cats, identity and emotions–and a speculative middle grade novel.
I occasionally write about other topics, including fibre arts.
These photos show some of the inspiration for my completed fantasy nature-based middle grade novel:
