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Pop the Bronze Balloon Release Day!August 4th, 2020

6 months to go.

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These two. ❤️ How am I ever going to leave them in Florida for their semester in the Disney College Program next week? I truly have no idea. I’m mean, gahhhh some seasons of parenting are so bittersweet! Adam’s already in the sunshine state. He and Jim drove Danielle’s car down a few days ago packed full of all their stuff. I’m so thankful they wanted to be the ones to drive. I love road trips but not during these snowy winter months. So, they get a boys’ golf road trip and Danielle and I get to fly. I’m good with that! I may be posting a few Disney pics over the next week... or several months! You all know that I love it there and I have a feeling that sharing pictures of the happiest place on earth will distract me from missing them so much! Check out my stories starting tomorrow. I’ll be documenting the move-in adventure... for myself as much as anyone to be honest. In the meantime, please tell me your favorite restaurants in Disney Springs. We’re meeting my brother-in-law and sister-in-law there for dinner tomorrow night and I’m so indecisive about where to go! • • • • • • #DisneyMom #Florida #DisneyCollegeProgram #Disneyfans #DCP2020 #DisneyCommunity #Annualpassholder #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyDreaming #DisneyFamily #DisneyKids #HappilyEverDanielle #AnimalKingdom #Disneylover #disneyinstagram

“Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything.” I’ve made it no secret how much I love CARAVEL by Stephanie Garber, and quotes like this one is one of the million reasons why. Do you believe in fate? I’m not sure if I do but I am sure we have the power to change our outlook and chase our dreams. We just need to be brave. So please tell me why, since Caravel is one of my all-time favorite books, that I haven’t read Legendary (the sequel) yet?? It could be because I’m absolutely sure I’m going to love it and so I want to save it for a time when I can savor it? I know, so ridiculous, right? To make matters worse, Finale (Book 3) is out now too. I’m seriously the worse reader/ fan on the planet! Have you guys read this YA series? If not, you must check it out. Such a spectacular story. But the bigger question is... Are you being brave today, doing something that will change your situation or help you chase your dream? Quotes from books can inspire us, (and I love that they do!) but it’s totally up to us to take action. So I’ll be brave if you will. I have more dreams to chase too and there is strength in numbers, right?! 💛 • • • • • • • • • #Stuffofstorybooks #Booklover #YAbooks #booklove #bookquotes #bookish #Motivation #BeBrave #Fate #Quote #Caravel #Read #chaseyourdreams #authorlife #whattoreadnext #booksmakemehappy #writebooksreadbooks #Mondayquotes #motivationalmonday #writingcommunity #favoritebook

No one knows us better than we know ourselves because we only show the sides of ourselves we want people to see. Right now, my house is a wreck with suitcases and clothes because we’re moving our kids to Orlando for the semester next week. It has us all crazy right now! And after running errands all day, I definitely not sharing a pic of that! Instead of sharing a pic of my chaotic life, this is a photo taken when Flip the Silver Switch was weeks away from publication and my daughter and I had a photo shoot. With a purple and black cover, we TRIED to coordinate pics for my website. But seriously, why is it so hard to find a decent picture of ourselves?! Today, I thought it’d be fun to share the side I don’t mind showing. The good stuff. 10 gems about myself. But as great as things seem on social media, no one’s life is perfect. I just choose to focus on the good stuff and all the things I’m grateful for. So here are a few gems about me. In case you’re interested! • 💎I’ve been married for 26 years and have a 22 year old daughter & 20 year-old son. And a huge extended family! • 💎We moved into a new house on a golf course about 6 months ago and I’m still pinching myself! • 💎I’m a Disney Girl. If I could stroll around Main Street in Magic Kingdom and World Showcase in Epcot every day I would! • 💎 I love all things Royal. I wish I had an English accent...and a royal wardrobe. • 💎 I’m obsessed with The Young & the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, the Crown, and HGTV. • 💎I’m a middle grade author of The Crimson Five books. The 3rd, Pop the Bronze Balloon releases in August! • 💎I was a cheerleader for 13 years and coached the sweetest Junior Varsity team for 2. (Go Blue Devils!) • 💎I’m a former Odyssey of the Mind World Finals coach, reading teacher, and corporate trainer. • 💎I have a Masters Degree in Education and Bachelors in Psychology both from Nazareth College where I cheered for basketball and made lifelong friends. • 💎I hate driving and cooking but love road trips and baking. I love coffee dates and chatting. Talking to people and motivating them to chase their dreams is one of my favorite things to do! Happy Friday, everyone! What are your 10 gems? 💎

I’m curious. What did you love DOING when you were little? Dream of BEING when you grew up? I loved writing plays and acting them out. It was one of my favorite things to do. So for years, I dreamed of being a soap opera actress! I was never a theater kid though. Although I had the lead in both my middle school plays, I couldn’t even get cast for a minor role in my high school plays. They were musicals and apparently one needed to be able to sing to get picked! Ugh! So, even though I thought being an actress was my dream when I was young, at some point practicality stepped in and I let go of it...and dreamed new dreams. Dreams are constantly changing. Our stories are constantly changing. No, I didn’t become a soap opera actress, but I do still watch them! And now that I write books for middle school kids, I’ve found a way to write skits and plays into each of them. Funny how the right dream has a way of finding you, even if takes you a while to know it’s looking for you! Has the right dream found you? Does it relate in any way to what you loved doing as a child? What did you dream of doing or being? I shared my embarrassing story. Your turn! Being in Disney World has always inspired me to dream bigger than ever. And if I’m honest, today I’m dreaming of having a cute little writing cottage (like this one in World Showcase) in my own back yard! . 🔹 🔹 🔹 🔹 🔹 #DreamBig #whenigrowup #TheCrimsonFive #publishinggoals #WritersofInstagram #Amwriting #WorldShowcase #Epcot #goalsetter #canadapavilian #MondayMotivation #liveyourdream #dreamscometrue✨ #lifegoal #ChaseYourDreams #SwirlandSpark

It’s January 9th... and my first book, Spin the Golden Light Bulb, is 2 years old already! How have 24 months gone by so fast? My head is truly spinning at the thought! I have so many great memories of 2018, the year Spin the Golden Light Bulb debuted, and one of them is pictured here. It’s a photo taken at the Irondequoit Library when I saw my book on their bookshelves for the very first time! It was always my dream to know my books would be accessible to readers through libraries. Seeing it in person at my home library was just so surreal. Now two years later, not only is the sequel, Flip the Silver Switch, out in the world too, but the third book in the series is coming soon as well! 2020 marks the year Pop the Bronze Balloon will land on bookstore and library shelves too. I’m a lucky lucky girl. It may not release until August, but you can add Pop the Bronze Balloon on Goodreads or preorder it right now. ☺️ The link is in my Bio. I know I’ve said it before, but thank you to so many of you who’ve read and shared my books. You’re seriously all the best! • • • • • • • #TheCrimsonFive #SpintheGoldenLightBulb #Debutnovel #Authormoment #Librarylove #librarybooks #librarybook #librarians #teachersoninstagram #middleschoolbooks #middlegradefiction #bookaesthetic #bookpicture #goldenwheatliterary #amberjackpublishing #chicagoreviewpress #homeschoolbooks #stembooks #OdysseyoftheMind #teamworking #creative #problemsolving #friendsandteammates

Why do we all think we have to achieve certain milestones by a certain age? Graduate college by 22, get married and have an amazing career by 25, have babies by 30, find your life’s passion by 40, retire at 60...like what? Does it really matter if and when we hit certain milestones? 🔹 On the flip side, what if we reach a certain age and haven’t gotten to where we want to be? What if our dreams are still BIG but we haven’t reached them yet? I say, “So what? Do it now! Make a plan. Write it down. Take the first step!” C.S Lewis was so right. “You’re never too old to set another goal or dream another dream.” 🔹 I can’t be the only person who does more than wish. Wishing is stuff of magic and fairytales (which you know I love obviously!) but dreaming indicates an obtainable goal. I’m a dreamer and I know you are too. It’s a good day to take this fantastic quote to heart. I’m certainly going to! 🔹

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