About Me
I’m Christie, and I’m a story person. I work as a children’s literary & illustration agent. I’m a writer, with published essays and a novel + short stories in the works. I’m a former elementary school teacher and current homeschooling mom. I also do data analysis (stories abound!). Some of my enthusiasms are baking, urban walks, forest hikes, gothic poetry, horror movies, Taylor Swift, Halloween, and cats. And books— books are my passion and stories are my mission.
Through Lines is here to examine the craft of storytelling, explore publishing industry insights, celebrate the joy of learning, and discover the magic hiding in ordinary moments—in both sunshine and shadows.
Amongst other topics, I’ll be talking about book bans, literacy learning, independent bookstores, using social media as an author/illustrator, and how to support the storytellers you know.
Across all interests, one common through line (or invisible string) prevails: living a creative life. Not only that, but the concept of living creatively.
Living creatively means seeing possibilities beyond every closed door, finding beauty in cobwebbed corners, and weaving meaning through our days.
As an agent, editor, writer, reader, data analyst, parent, and creative thinker, I’m constantly considering through lines in story—or as I’ve begun calling them, “invisible strings.”
In a book, a through line is the connecting thread that runs beneath surface events, plot points, and character arcs, giving a narrative its cohesive backbone. Think of it like a river running underground—you might not always see it, but it's constantly shaping the landscape above.
Just as stories have threads that weave meaning through seemingly disconnected scenes, our lives contain through lines that connect our varied experiences, interests, loves, and choices.
When we pause to trace these patterns, we often discover we've been telling a rich, intricate story, one that’s creative and messy and heartbreaking and beautiful, all along.
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