Road Maps

Logan Sterling lives a life of collateral damage. The child of divorced parents, she seems doomed to repeat their mistakes of marrying young, falling short of expectations, and burning out before middle age. But when she publishes a book about her and her estranged father’s reunion trip across their home state of Iowa, Logan’s life suddenly takes a turn, enhanced with a brazen agent, a literary following, and a new future.

Five years after the events in the book, Logan finds herself living in Des Moines, entertaining offers from film producers. Enter Thomas Price, the Iowa native-turned-Hollywood-heartthrob who wants to make a movie--and his directing debut--out of her book, but only if she writes the screenplay and joins the project. Captured by Tom’s movie star charisma, Logan spends the summer in a whirlwind of filmmaking that pulls her back out on the road, back to her hometown, and ever closer to Tom.

Will giving in to her desire pave the way toward what Logan wants from life and in love, or will the minefield of professional conduct and more than a few buried secrets stifle her budding romance and dash her chances at real success?

Told through alternating excerpts from Logan’s book and the filming journey, Road Maps is the story of one woman’s rediscovery of her own value through reflection and acceptance.

Angela Youngers has enjoyed having an audience, whether willing or captive, since singing in her father’s band at the age of five, performing in her first theatrical play as a freshman in high school, and teaching in the public school system since 2008. She has directed numerous plays, coached several events for IHSSA speech teams, written original ensembles and adapted several theatrical works for performance, encouraged and mentored young writers, and worked constantly to foster a love of reading, writing, speaking, and performing in her students. She values communication, empathy, and creativity, and she believes the sharing of stories to be one of the most important human experiences. Angela is a high school English and speech teacher in the Des Moines metro where she lives with her husband, Jeremy, and her two children, Tobias and Aubriana. She has her Bachelor of Education degree in Theatre and Communication Education from the University of Northern Iowa, with an English endorsement, and her Masters in Education from Viterbo University.