Lara Zielin

Minnesota 17-year-old Jane McAllister has devoted years to helping her out-of-control, alcoholic mother, so joining her brother in chasing tornadoes for a summer gives her a fresh perspective, new options and her first real romance.

The Waiting Sky

Sixteen-year-old Aggie feels compelled to investigate rumors that her cancer-stricken mother, principal of her small Wisconsin high school, has rigged the prom queen election to keep Aggie's best friend Sylvia, a pregnant Goth, from winning.

The Implosion of Aggie Winchester

Ink Stains

Eager to be at the grand opening of Crispy Dream, a donut franchise that attracts the wildest customers, Emma, daughter of evangelical minister parents, looks forward to the unknown and a chance at momentary escape from the boring life she knows all too well.

Donut Days

Are you ready to write a better story for yourself? Author Your Life is the oh-heck-yeah transformation that can happen when you literally put pen to paper and write the life you want to have. In Author Your Life, you'll get practical, hands-on help for how to become the main character in your own real-life adventure. Lara Zielin will show you how to write a better story for yourself in four main areas: loving yourself, finding your purpose, body and health, and financial abundance. In the process, this book will guide you through your own Hero's Journey, step by step. As the author of six published novels, Lara knows how stories work. Author Your Life is what happened when Lara turned the tables and started creating a world for herself, exactly the same way that she would create a world for her characters. For one year, Lara wrote the unimaginatively titled "Lara's Life," where she literally created the story of how she wanted her life to be. Everything changed as a result. Her health, her finances, her relationships, her heart, and so much more. The power of words is completely amazing and totally legit! You don't have to travel a thousand miles or attend a 20-day meditation retreat or do a cleanse to write a better story for yourself. You can do this in your pajamas, starting right where you are. So get out your pens, your story is about to begin.

How One Writer Changed Her Life Through the Power of Storytelling, and How You Can, Too

Author Your Life

One summer chasing tornadoes could finally change Jane's life for the better Seventeen-year-old Jane McAllister can't quite admit her mother's alcoholism is spiraling dangerously out of control until she drives drunk, nearly killing them and Jane's best friend. Jane has only one place to turn: her older brother Ethan, who left the problems at home years ago for college. A summer with him and his tornado-chasing buddies may just provide the time and space Jane needs to figure out her life and whether it still includes her mother. But she struggles with her anger at Ethan for leaving home and feels guilty--is she also abandoning her mom just when she needs Jane most? The carefree trip turned journey of self-discovery quickly becomes more than Jane bargained for, especially when the devilishly handsome Max steps into the picture.

This book helps teens discover that endless job and career possibilities are just a conversation away.

Lara Zielin

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