I am a wife, a mother, a grammy, a sister, aunt, friend, advocate, and at long last, a writer. I am the author of Bottled Butterfly and Skipping Stones In my former life, I was also a high school English teacher, a sales and marketing trainer, a Pan Am flight attendant, and a fundraiser for various arts and community organizations.

My greatest sources of strength and creativity are nature and children. Put me outside anywhere, and I am uplifted; give me opportunities to witness the resiliency, simplicity, openness, and the ability to forgive that young children have, and I am renewed.

It has been, and continues to be, an incredible journey. I knew that I loved to write, but I had no idea how much I would enjoy talking about writing and the is ...more

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You Have a Story and the Story is You

I've been following a very interesting on-going dialogue within a writer's group on Linkedin, a social media website. The question was asked by one of the participants if we writers felt that we should bring any of our childhood memories into our writing. My immediate reaction was, how is it possible not to? We are our memories. We are what we've lived through - every person we've met, eve

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Penny Lauer’s books

Average rating: 3.75 · 24 ratings · 2 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bottled Butterfly 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skipping Stones 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look Beyond the Mirror: A Creative and Simple Approach to Discover and Write the Story of You 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Royal Poinciana Golf Club: The Journey Toward Excellence, 1969-2019: Celebrating 50 Years, Naples, Florida 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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