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Sharing a little something on #NationalTellAStoryDay

So did you know that it’s National Tell A Story Day? I’ve been feverishly editing my Golden Heart® nominated YA novel THE CULLODEN IMMORTALS for what feels like the one hundredth time, so I’m not going to tell you a story, today. Instead, I will share a story (of sorts) with you. I am so SO excited to share with you the book trailer for Grey by Christi J. Whitney. I hope you think it’s full of as much awesome as I do. Release day is almost here!! Grey is available for preorder in all these

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Running

A #TBT to #PennRelays

Some of my greatest memories, and dare I say – moments, in my athletic career were at The Penn Relays. Today kicks of the 121st year of the three day relay carnival. What’s so special about Penn? It’s the 45,000+ fans crammed into University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, cheering the runners on for three days of amazing and intense competition. It’s running, not for yourself, but for the three other girls (or guys) on your relay. (This is one of my favorite photos from Penn. It was my senior

My DrEaMwOrLd

T-Minus 10 days

and counting for the release of this much anticipated debut of the YA fantasy novel, Grey, by my fabulous friend Christi J. Whitney. Didn’t the designers at HarperVoyager do an amazing job with this cover?! I love the yellow and the red, and the aged look of the cracked stone. When you read this story, you’ll see that the cover is just—well… perfect. Not only is the cover great, but this book is full of all sorts of awesome. Christi blows me away with her beautiful imagery and lyrical prose that

Things I Love

Free your Mind

I LOVE this quote I found it on a Yogi teabag. And how true it is. During particularly challenging days at my non-writing job, I can just feel my creative brain cells shriveling. When I log off of work, I usually try to take some time to decompress. Oftentimes, I need a change of venue, to free my mind. I’ll grab my laptop and head to another place in the house, or to Starbucks, or to the library. Just somewhere else so my brain can escape to the DreamWorld where my characters exist. Oh how I

Running

How Champions are Made

Today is National Student Athlete Day. A day to recognize student-athlete achievement both on and off the playing field. For me, being a student-athlete was one of the best parts of my college experience. Not only did I gain an instant family by being a part of Villanova’s track team, but it also helped me do well in school. I was on a team of like-minded individuals all trying to do well both on and off the track. We all shared a dream, a goal, a vision. And the heart of champions.. Happy

Running

Very Inspiring Blogger Award–AKA Stuff About Me

One of my writing buds, the awesome Christi J. Whitney, author of Grey (coming in April from HarperVoyager!!), tagged me for the “Very Inspiring Blogger” Award. You can read Christi’s post and learn about what makes her so awesome here. The rules are simple: List seven things about yourself and then tag others to do the same. So, let’s get this party started… 1. As much as I’d like to think I’m one of the cool kids, I’m a total nerd. I’m the one that loved school and taking tests. Bring on those

Writing Teen Romance

Some authorly wisdom on writing to trends

I hope all you beautiful people had the happiest of holidays. Mine was spent with family and friends, eating tons of amazing food and totally spoiling my kids with gifts and attention. Now it’s the new year and I’m feeling a renewed sense of writing energy. One of the authors in my writing group has her debut YA coming out in the spring, another author/illustrator in my group has one of her illustrations featured in the SCBWI bulletin, and I’m working on a fun side project with another member of

Things I Love

Quotable Thursday

This one speaks for itself… Enjoy… Do you have any quotes about happiness or staying positive? I’d love for you to share!! Be happy. < p align="center">- TL -

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Think of England

by Bear’s Den off their debut album Islands. So I was listening to BBC Radio1 when Greg James, superbly awesome DJ extraordinaire plays this song that sounds a little like Snow Patrol and the Lumineers all wrapped into a neat little trio of British musical brilliance. Take a listen… What do you think? Please share!! And click the album cover below to take a listen to the entire album. -TL-