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2013 Worlds - Pairs Free Skate

Never a dull moment in the pairs competition! The highlight of the early groups for me were the American pairs. Castelli/Shnapir had a great skate, and Scimeca/Knieram skated amazingly for being such a new team! I'm so excited for the potential of both of these teams.
I thought Moore-Towers/Moscovitch had the best performance of the night. They were absolutely in the zone and just flying around the rink. Pang/Tong's program was stunning and I'll miss their grace when they retire. Duhamel/Radfo...

2013 Worlds - Short Dance & Ladies SP

What a wonderful night at the arena!! But first let's backtrack to the Ladies' Short Program - I only saw the final two groups (I opted for lunch at The Works, which was fabulous! I tried poutine for the first time - pretty tasty!) I was very, very disappointed that Ashley left her triple-triple on the practice and warm-up ice. It's time to step it up and do it when it counts! There wasn't much to be excited about among the ladies I saw. Kanako Murakami was probably the highlight for me. ...

2013 Worlds - Men SP & Dance Practice

What a bizarre men's event! Can't say I ever thought Denis Ten would be in second place after the short program. He skated divinely tonight! I was thinking back to 2009 Worlds in L.A. and how that was when we first saw Denis burst onto the scene. I remember giving him a standing ovation after his free skate.
I thought Daisuke Takahashi was a tad undermarked (his quad looked fine to my naked eye). Kevin Reynolds impressed me - I hadn't seen him skate live in awhile and he's definitely come a lo...

2013 Worlds - Pairs Short Program

The pairs short program was a pretty solid competition! I can't say that I agree with the results, though. I didn't think Volosozhar/Trankov's cheesy music and program was four points in PCS better than Duhamel/Radford's program. D/R had some amazing transitions (the one into the throw lutz was particularly awesome). I love what D/R are doing technically (they have the same technical content as my fictional pair, Emily and Chris). I wasn't impressed with Savchenko/Szolkowy today either. And P...

Music Monday

For this week's Music Monday I'm doing something a little different. In LIFE ON THE EDGE, there are a couple of instances where Sting's Lyrics book plays a role, but because of copyright issues, I couldn't quote the lyrics in the story. So, I thought I'd share those lyrics here so you'd know exactly what Emily was reading as she went through the book :) If you haven't read LIFE ON THE EDGE and don't want to be spoiled, stop reading here!! Major spoilers below!

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At the 2001 World Championshi...

FIGHTING FOR THE EDGE Blurb

I have book news! FIGHTING FOR THE EDGE, the third book in the EDGE series, won't be out until later this year, but I wanted to share the official blurb. I mentioned in a previous post that this book will be slightly different from the first two in the series because you'll get both Emily's and Aubrey's POV! They each have a story to tell as they head into the 2006 Olympics, so they're going to share this book :) You'll still see lots of Sergei (and all his swooniness!), and Chris will also b...

LIFE ON THE EDGE now an Audio Book!

I'm so excited to announce that LIFE ON THE EDGE is now available in audio format!! It's available on Amazon and Audible.com. I've been listening to it, and the narrator is perfect for Emily! And she does a Russian accent for Sergei :) If you listen to it, let me know what you think!

New Adult Giveaway Hop Winner

Congratulations to Heather Baker Schrock for winning the gift card!! Thank you so much to everyone who participated!

New Adult Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Crazy, Stupid Love - New Adult Giveaway Hop! I'm offering another sneak peek at the third book in my New Adult EDGE series, tentatively titled Fighting for the Edge (see the first excerpt here !). This book will be a little different in that you'll get both Emily's and Aubrey's point of view! The excerpt below is a scene with Aubrey and Chris. I'm also giving away a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card so you can buy the New Adult book of your choice, so don't forget...

Music Monday

This week's Music Monday has a movie theme as I saw Safe Haven yesterday (it was great!) and really liked a couple of the songs I heard in the movie. I went home and looked up the soundtrack to find them, and I was surprised by one of the artists. When I heard this song during the movie, I thought the voice was possibly Ray LaMontagne's, but it's Gareth Dunlop's, a new name to me.

"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" by Gareth Dunlop
This was another song that caught my ear, and I learned it's sung by Tr...