2012: The Year in Lessons

"Still, I am learning." -- Michelangelo What a difference a year makes. I wrote an upbeat post about this time last year, something I hoped contained a positive message. But I'll admit now, I struggled with it. You wouldn't think writing something positive would have been so difficult at that time; after all, the last …

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Service Learning

"If you get, give. If you learn, teach." --Maya Angelou I wanted to help kids get to college. That was my goal. Publish a book that inspires people, and use the proceeds to help other kids get to a place where they could have the same incredible experience that I did. Simple, right? Well, it …

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The Mass Appeal of YA Fiction – It’s Not Just For Teens

This week marks an exciting anniversary for And Then it Rained: Lessons for Life: one year since it was published. In addition to the support of my friends and family throughout the past few months, I've been incredibly lucky to have the network of friends and fellow authors from Evolved Publishing. In honor of that, I'll …

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