ERIN SHAW IS A FREELANCE WRITER whose work has been published in LA Confidential Magazine, Hello Giggles!, Daily Candy, Biz New Orleans Magazine, Quarterly Magazine and Thought Catalogue. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed novels, Party Girl: A Modern Fairytale (2014) and Have Baggage, Will Travel (2020.) She recently worked as key contributor and editor on the 2021 debut novel, Crying on Airplanes by Lo Palomar. Erin has adapted Party Girl for the screen with writing partner Kaitlyn McQuin and is hard at work on her first YA novel, Watchful Eyes and her third grown-up novel, My Sister's Passport. Erin lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Lulu. |
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Kate Larabee is Los Angeles’ leading travel expert under thirty-five, and everything in her life is going according to plan. When her handsome lawyer boyfriend, Charlie whisks her away for their anniversary weekend, Kate is sure he’s going to propose, but when he breaks up with her instead, Kate’s perfectly planned out life is thrown into immediate chaos.
Unsure of her next move, Kate travels home to Kansas City to see her family and recalibrate. It’s there in her childhood bedroom that she finds a love letter diary she kept with her first love, Rob—the one that got away. Contained within the pages is the person Kate used to be—a free-spirited adventurer that she’s lost over time and one she is eager to return to being... Armed with the diary in hand, and a helpful nudge from her sympathetic editor, Kate hits the road on assignment for the magazine. As she makes her way across the country, stopping in places like, Sedona, Santa Fe, Austin, New Orleans, and Savannah, Kate battles mosquitos, humidity and summer thunderstorms in search of the perfect fried southern delicacy, but discovers so much more in the process. |
Join me and some of my favorite people as we take that relationship baggage we all carry around and bust it wide open! Have Baggage, Will Travel (The Pod) is a 6 part mini-podcast series.
I'll be joined by several exciting guests as we discuss topics like interracial dating, leaving relationships that no longer serve you, vulnerability with app dating, empowering yourself after breakups, tips for traveling alone and so much more! |
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Word Play is a series of educational workbooks that teach grade school age children to love creative writing. Learning to express thoughts and feelings through writing is one of the most valuable skills a child can learn. Not only does writing foster creativity, but it also aids in learning emotional intelligence, communication, problem-solving skills and abstract thinking.
By the time children hit grade school and begin writing regularly in school, the play element has faded and it becomes work. And that's where Word Play comes in! Through these games and writing exercises, your child will learn to love storytelling again! They will experience fun ways to work on self-expression and creative thinking, as well as technical skills like spelling, grammar, syntax, paragraph structure, parts of speech and so much more! Catch me on MomsTown365 Talking about WordPlay
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Lila and Zoe are as close as any two sisters could be. Zoe is the queen of wanderlust while Lila won’t even step foot on a plane without a glass of wine and a Xanax.
When Zoe passes away unexpectedly she leaves all of her money to Lila, her dying wish being that Lila travels around the world to not only scatter her ashes, but to finally get out of her comfort zone and have the adventure of a lifetime. My Sister’s Passport is a story about loss, grief, overcoming our greatest fears and anxieties and overall the dynamic power of family love. |
When her parents’ sailboat vanishes off the coast of Maryland, during the summer of 1987, sixteen-year-old Florence is sent to Watch Hill, Rhode Island to live with her Aunt Margaret. It is there in the attic of the old family beach house that Florence finds a letter detailing a baby that was given up for adoption by her mother twenty-two years earlier. A girl, named Maddie who is Florence’s long-lost sister. After an exhaustive search, Florence tracks Maddie down and asks for her help in finding their parents, whom she believes are still alive. Florence is desperate to find them and learn the truth about her sister’s past, but only Maddie holds the key to discovering what might have happened to them and knows it could be a dangerous search. |
Erin has adapted Party Girl: A Modern Fairytale for the screen with writing partner, Kaitlyn McQuin. If you're an industry professional please inquire for our pitch deck.
Logline: When Audrey Princeton moves to New York City, she has no idea that her childhood Broadway dreams could end up being the very thing that keeps her up at night. So as not to run home to California with her tail between her legs, Audrey transforms herself from struggling actress to whimsical birthday party princess, but not without a few missteps and mishaps along the way. With her best friend Logan and neighbor turned friend, (more than friend?) Jake by her side, Audrey proves to herself and those around her that, sometimes, the only way to make it is to make it magical.
Logline: When Audrey Princeton moves to New York City, she has no idea that her childhood Broadway dreams could end up being the very thing that keeps her up at night. So as not to run home to California with her tail between her legs, Audrey transforms herself from struggling actress to whimsical birthday party princess, but not without a few missteps and mishaps along the way. With her best friend Logan and neighbor turned friend, (more than friend?) Jake by her side, Audrey proves to herself and those around her that, sometimes, the only way to make it is to make it magical.