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Truth or Dare: A teamTEENauthor follow-up
For information purposes, I’m going to copy a previous post right here to adequately explain why I’m going to do something really bizarre at the end of this post. So here–catch up… Truth or Dare...
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Let’s Hear it for the Boy
For Mother’s Day I watched the original Footloose movie with my husband and my three boys. This scene has always been one of my favorites from the movie. And here are the rest of the boys who get a...
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Starting with the Bloopers from LA12SCBWI and a Pre-order of TOUCHING THE...
***THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!!!*** Had an absolute BLAST at SCBWI LA 2012!!! Duh! I can’t imagine having a bad time with my crazy, wonderful tribe. I’ll start blogging on Wednesday but I thought,...
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The Art Stimulates Art Series: Writing and SYTYCD (Showcase and Top 20)
You know I’m a SYTYCD (So You Think You Can Dance) nut. Season 10 is shaping up to be amazing. I seriously look forward to this show all week long and over the seasons, I’ve begun to notice something...
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The Art Stimulates Art Series: The Top 18 and Publication–It’s Unpredictable
Last week I officially started the Art Stimulates Art Series, inspired by watching season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance. Last week’s post is HERE, if you’d like to catch up. But the short version is...
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The Art Stimulates Art Series: Is there a Magic Ingredient to Success?
Lots going on this week on SYTYCD. First off, I LOVE that the producers of the show responded to the fans who did not like the contestants kicked off at the beginning of the show. Often people stick...
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The Art Stimulates Art Series: What, No SYTYCD this Week?
I don’t even need to explain how this relates to writing… I think I’m in love with this line… “Never conform–define yourself–the world worships the original.” Mia Michaels What scares you the most...
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The Art Stimulates Art Series–Aaron Turner is MY Favorite SYTYCD Season 10...
Sat down last night to watch the SYTYCD Season 10 Finale only to find a political scheduling snafu. WHAT???? Fortunately, there is an encore performance on Friday. *breathes into a paper bag* And...
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TOUCHING THE SURFACE is out in Paperback TODAY! Enter to Win a Copy
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!! TOUCHING THE SURFACE is out in paperback TODAY!!!!! Where you can find it: *Amazon *Barnes & Noble *IndieBound Can you believe it’s been almost a year since I became an...
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Things on my To-Wacko-Do-List!
It’s been awhile since I’ve been late posting my blog. But here I am, keeping it real. LOL! What is making me late today? In a nutshell, there are a mess of things on my To-Wacko-Do-List. In not...
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Kicking 2013 to the Curb and Laying Down New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ? Nah! Lots to learn and fondly remember about those days gone by. BUT… Let’s not dwell on it people. We’ve got a new year full of promise...
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True Confession: Art Stimulates Art is Back
True Confession… I had to decide whether I was going to write a blog post or watch SYTYCD? You know my weakness. New revelations coming soon. But in the mean time, take a moment to remember...
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Art Stimulates Art: Dancing with my Writer Sistahs
Things I did besides finishing my packing for SCBWI LA… -I got my hair done. -Made homemade soup and zucchini crabbiless crab cakes for dinner. -Read to the boys for an hour. -And of course I caught up...
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The 2014 LA SCBWI 43rd Annual Summer Conference–Part 2 Saturday
And I’m back!!!! And the answer to yesterday’s 2014 LA SCBWI 43rd Annual Summer Conference cliff hanger is that jet lag won again!!!! I WAS BACK UP AT 5 FREAKING 30 IN THE MORNING!!!!! *head thunk* On...
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Bonus Post for the 2014 LA SCBWI 43rd Annual Summer Conference–Coming Home
I promised you a little Bonus Post to finish off my 2014 LA SCBWI 43rd Annual Summer Conference recap. #LA14SCBWI Part 1 #LA14SCBWI Part 2 #LA14SCBWI Part 3 Do you have your dancing shoes on? You’re...
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Art Stimulates Art: We Make Ripples
Ahhhh last night was the season finale of one of my favorite shows–So You Think You Can Dance. As many of you know, I’m not just a writer–I’ve been a dancer all my life. And the one think I’ve found is...
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The Gift of Big Magic
I’m going to start this blog post by giving you a GUSH ALERT. If you choose to continue reading, you will hear me gushing about a book I read last week–a book I’ve been dying to share with you. In...
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