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Meeting the When All Balls Drop Team in Tucson

Meeting the When All Balls Drop Team in Tucson
After working for the last nine months from Kauai and South Florida with my publishing team at Wheatmark and my editor, Barbara McNichol, both based in Tucson, I thought it was time to meet in person. What better way to kick-off the launch of When All Balls Drop than with my team anyway? Although much of…
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Prepared for Uncomfortable

Prepared for Uncomfortable
Little did I know as a thirty-something frequent flyer at Ellen’s Ultimate Workout Gym that I was preparing for getting extremely uncomfortable. In 2009, I was a happily married, globetrotting professional living in Plantation, sweating my stress away on the bikes and reformers at Ellen’s at least four times a week. Then on one of my…
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Heidi Siefkas Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Hawaii

Heidi Siefkas Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Hawaii
After being challenged, I took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Lihue, Kauai. Not only did I accept the challenge by dumping a bucket of ice water on myself, but also I donated to alsa.org and stroke.org. Now, I pass on the challenge to three inspirational female authors that influenced my memoir, When All…
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When All Balls Drop Spotted in NYC – Where You Are Reading It?

When All Balls Drop Spotted in NYC – Where You Are Reading It?
FYI: A couple of advanced copies of When All Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything have been spotted pre-release, this September. It isn't a surprise that a New York City bookworm sent in these photos as the book begins in New York's Hudson River Valley. Most New Yorkers would recognize the leading image of…
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Look at What the Storms Blew In – When All Balls Drop in Print

Look at What the Storms Blew In – When All Balls Drop in Print
Having left South Florida to return to my home in Kauai earlier this week, I thought I had escaped hurricane season. However, it seems not to be the case with a double whammy of hurricanes heading this way, Iselle and Julio. After battling the crowds at Costco, the store on Kauai, I believe we are…
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Happy Look Up Day – Let’s Groove

Happy Look Up Day – Let’s Groove
I invite you once again to my backyard, this time from the comforts of my hammock, where I share my story, why I created Look Up Day, and the concept of looking up! I share Look Up Day—the twenty-­seventh of every month—with you. So, please join me, receive a free forty-page excerpt of When All…
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Cultural Travel to Kauai through Taro

Cultural Travel to Kauai through Taro
I say potato, you say patato. I say tomato, you say tamato. I say taro, whereas in Kauai, many will say kalo. Regardless of how you say it, on your travels to Kauai, you will no doubt come across taro in one of its numerous forms whether eating poi at a luau or awing at…
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Inspirational Female Authors in Writing When All Balls Drop

Inspirational Female Authors in Writing When All Balls Drop
As I talk about my memoir, When All Balls Drop, many ask me about the process of writing, in particular where I found my inspiration. Since my book is non-fiction, I didn't have to brainstorm about content; however, I did need to come up with the guts. I can't lie. Although my story is powerful and…
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