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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

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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

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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

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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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Graphic Organizing by this neurotic writer

I’m a visual learner. I need colorful graphs, charts, diagrams, and mind maps. I’m weird because I like taking notes – it’s an excuse to break out pens in a variety of pretty colors. And highlighters are my best friend when trying to remember something. When I started my first novel, I just sat down at my laptop and wrote with reckless abandon. And then I hit a roadblock about ten chapters into the story. That’s when I realized I needed a road map to see how I was going to get from the beginning

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Rambling About: I Remember Running by Darcy Wakefield

I Remember Running: The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted - and ALS by Darcy Wakefield My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let me start of by saying - ALS SUCKS. SUCK - SUCK - SUCK - SUCKS! (Yes, I'm yelling! It's that bad!) Almost three years ago, my mother-in-law lost an incredibly short battle with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). I was with her during her final days and hours and let me just say again - ALS SUCKS!! So... I've had I Remember Running, and another memoir about ALS on my

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Not So Accidental Blog Tourist Hop

I was tagged by the amazingly talented (and hilarious) Colleen Bennett, who also happens to be my Wonder Twin. That’s her, over there –> (Hey Colz, I hope you don’t mind I swiped this picture off your blog!! ) By the way – you should definitely check out Colleen’s blog where she shares her witty, yet poignant thoughts on MG writerly things. You won’t be disappointed!! So…let’s get this party started. Here’s the Q&A that Colleen passed my way: 1. What are you currently working on? I’m working on

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Rambling About: The Giver

The Giver by Lois Lowry My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well I finally read this acclaimed novel after making plans with my daughter to see the movie. It's a super quick read and I loved the writing. As with many dystopians, it's a very thought provoking story. However, I HATED the ending. As an aside, my daughter didn't like the ending either. In fact, she said the ending was stupid. :) We were hoping the movie adaptation added some clarity to the story. Something we missed while reading. Without

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From the quote desk

Trust the wisdom of heart. – Chinese Proverb For those of you that know me personally, you’ll get the double entendre of this post title. For those of you not in the know, you’ll just have to subscribe to my blog to find out. All kidding aside, I’m an author by night, but by day I work in healthcare IT. Things in my work world have been wacky for several months. Then yesterday this news came out: Siemens sells hospital IT business to Cerner for $1.3 billion. Yup! I work for one of the