Shawna Quinn

Stumbling on the Downbeat (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Life isn't so hard, Emma. Just be who they want you to be... For fifteen year old Emma Bastien, life should be simple. Make friends with the popular kids. Excel at something. It worked for her brother, after all. He was a hero. But now her brother is dead, her closest friendship is destroyed, and her social circle is starting to resemble a grotesque group of bullies and snobs. Her father barely notices her, and her mother makes her feel like the entire weight of her brother's absence in on Emma's shoulders. So when Emma's ex-best friend, Rebecca, joins a drum corps, Emma does too. What better way to impress her withdrawn parents and mend a broken friendship? But it soon becomes obvious that things might not be so easy. Drum corps is hard. Really hard. The normal rules for popularity don't seem to apply. And despite the best of intentions, she can't seem to get on anyone's good side. Well, aside from the corps' director, that is. But attracting special attention from the drum corps' elusive leader only seems to complicate Emma's plight. Emma can't seem to figure out who to trust on her march to success, or what success even means any more. Will Emma mend old wounds and find her place in the spotlight? Or, more importantly, will she find herself?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Shawna Quinn
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780994792105
• Artikelnr.: 69843039

Autorenporträt

When I was nine I won second place in a national writing competition. Second. Place. Second only to the one kid who blew the judges socks off. Of course they gave the runner-up title to about a dozen others, but that's besides the point. I loved to write, and somewhere, someone appreciated my words. I went on to get a BA in English with the intention of teaching elementary school. It was here, after all, that I found something "special" in myself. Why not dedicate my life to helping other children find their passion? I traveled to Korea to teach, to test out the profession, and five years later found myself back in Canada with a full passport of stamps and no teaching degree. Life has its way of pulling you in unintended directions sometimes. Back on home soil I met the man that would become my husband, adopted two tiny dachshunds, birthed a daughter, and ended up in lake and wine country, tending to my garden and typing away whenever Violet (my toddler) slept. I always wanted writing to be my vocation (and it has been - from marketing to blogging to curriculum design and creative contributions), but never thought I'd have the courage or the dedication to write (GULP) a whole book.
Now, after publishing my first novel, I realize that the heart knows what it wants often before the head does. The head gets caught up in fear and doubt and other people's opinions. In the end, we must follow our hearts, and mine has led me to the path of authorship. It is a salve for the soul, and anyone that may stumble upon my stories and find something valuable, something they can connect with, makes it even more meaningful. Moving a story from the heart to the brain to the world is a beautiful, terrifying, incredible process, and I thank all of those who share it with me.