story where central character Erica Kane undergoes daytime's first abortion; McTavish rewrote the story to reveal that rather than having had an abortion, Erica's fetus was stolen and implanted into another woman's uterus, resulting with character Josh Madden. McTavish also rewrote history and the timeline of Erica's past to introduce character Kendall in the early 1990s, though this proved to be a popular story. Her decision to kill off character Dixie Cooney Martin in 2007 was criticized and cited as the "worst of 2007" by TV Guide. Writing credits All My Children Head writer: 1992–1995, December 1997 – February 1999, July 1, 2003 – April 26, 2007 Breakdown writer: 1987–1992 General Hospital Head writer: April 2001 – June 12, 2002 Guiding Light Head writer: 1995–1996 Breakdown writer: 1985–1986 Script writer: 1984–1985 Actress; Lola Fontaine: 1983–1984 One Life to Live Head writer: February 1999 – January 2001 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Awards WINS (1986; Best Writing; Guiding Light) (1988 & 1996; Best Writing; All My Children) (2003; Best Writing; General Hospital) NOMINATIONS (1985; Best Writing; Guiding Light) (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999 & 2004; Best Writing; All My Children) Writers Guild of America Award WINS (1999 & 2004 seasons; All My Children) NOMINATIONS (1986, 1996 & 1998 seasons; Guiding Light) (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2007 & 2008 seasons; All My Children) Head writer tenures References External links 1949 births Living people People from Pembroke, New Hampshire American soap opera actresses American soap opera writers American women screenwriters Screenwriters from Illinois Daytime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners American women television writers Women soap opera writers People from Elgin, Illinois Screenwriters from New Hampshire 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American actresses