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Sporty Girls Matter

Today we celebrate the 31st National Girls & Women in Sports Day. How cool is that, huh?! A day for us sporty girls!! This year’s theme is Empowering Opportunity. My hope is that all girls who want to play sports, will get that chance; because through sports, girls can learn the power of teamwork, leadership skills, and sporty girls grow up to be self-confident women. Our school district recognizes their female high school athletes with a #NGWSD program. In fact, in 2014, little ‘ole me was

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Release Blitz: The Darkest Lie by Pintip Dunn

I'm so excited to be part of the Release Blitz for Pintip Dunn's THE DARKEST LIE! Check out the book's details and teaser, and be sure to enter the giveaway below! The Darkest Lie Publisher: Kensington YA Publication: June 28, 2016 “The mother I knew would never do those things. But maybe I never knew her after all.” Clothes, jokes, coded messages…Cecilia Brooks and her mom shared everything. At least, CeCe thought they did. Six months ago, her mom killed herself after accusations of having sex

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Here's my Pitch Wars 2016 Mentee Bio

It’s almost Pitch Wars time!! Thanks to Brenda Drake for hosting such a fabulous contest. And thanks to the mentors who are offering up their time to help make our manuscripts shine. This year I'm hoping to be selected as a mentee, so I'm here to #PimpMyBio. Warning! Warning! This is a gif-less post. A little bit about me: I was an Olympic hopeful a very, very, VERY long time ago. This picture is of me back in the day. Sporting my Team USA kit for a photo shoot. Athletics are still very near and

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Writer Wednesday: What You Wanted to be When You Grew Up

In honor of all the graduations occurring in the next month, I’m joining with a fabulous group of writers to share what I wanted to be when I grew up. Awhile back, I did a similar blog post, called Truck Driver, NFL Referee or NOT. In that post I talked a little bit about aspirations and how those change over the years. And yes – when I was little, I wanted to drive one of these: Photo by Spanish Coches via Wikimedia Commons For the longest time, I wanted to be the first female NFL referee.

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Excerpt Blitz: The Darkest Lie by Pintip Dunn

I'm thrilled to take part in the Excerpt Blitz for Pintip Dunn's upcoming YA thriller, THE DARKEST LIE! This novel sounds A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, but don’t take my word for it..Check out the book below, along with the teaser excerpt, and be sure to enter the giveaway! THE DARKEST LIE by Pintip Dunn Publisher: Kensington Publishing Release Date: June 28, 2016 “The mother I knew would never do those things. But maybe I never knew her after all.” Clothes, jokes, coded messages…Cecilia Brooks and her mom

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2016 = FUN

I thought this quote on goals was a perfect way to kick of the first blog of the New Year. Not that I’ll be blogging very much, but still… Everyone talks about goals and resolutions as they kick off the New Year. I don’t do resolutions and am naturally a goal oriented girl, so the only thing I’m changing up this year is to remember to have fun. Somewhere in this epic publishing quest I’m on, I forgot the three reasons why I started writing in the first place. 1) To have fun doing something I

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What’s this corner all about?

I kinda have this problem, called “lack of things to blog about,” so then I don’t blog because my mantra is “I only blog when I have something interesting to say.” I LOVE that motto and it fits in nicely with my hectic life. But what use is a blog when you don’t use it, right? Well, I found this cool resource called 365 Days of Writing Prompts. Too bad I found it like in August. Anyway – I decided when I am so compelled (errr. when I have a few extra minutes on my hands with which to write a

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Truck driver, NFL referee or NOT

I’m sure you’ve heard the question -- What do you want to be when you grow up? I’m going to be honest. I hate that question. Okay, hate may be a little strong. I truly don’t care for that question. Because I don’t ever intend to grow up and why do I need to box myself into one thing? I think that’s why this Sugar Ray Leonard quote resonates with me. Dreams and aspirations are a funny thing. What we think we want most desperately in the world sometimes shifts and morphs into something else. But