Sentences with phrase «written as a teen»

She had dabbled with writing as a teen, but it wasn't until her Junior year at university that she discovered a passion for writing.

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The Secret Life of the Grown - Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle - Aged Mind (Viking) is a roundup of the most recent science on how the human brain ages, as well as a guide to «toning up your brain circuits» to better weather the onset of age — which is itself a relatively new problem for humankind, writes author Barbara Strauch, The New York Times «s deputy science and health and medical science editor, whose earlier book, The Primal Teen, considered the teenage brain.

Going to these meetings, the fact a Leader was always available by phone and having written material that was easy to find and understand, were the way I got help and support during my first experience of breastfeeding as a teen mother.

Listening to quiet music, reading a book or writing in a journal are elements that a parent can suggest to guide a teen as they develop a soothing nighttime routine.

It may be true that a child's zombielike stare at the TV set is a sign of focus, as he writes, but the positive implication inherent in this statement pales in the face of a large amount of research that links young children's excessive television viewing with attention, learning and social problems during childhood and teen years.

Weaving a tale that opens in her teen years and culminates with a new job as a health science administrator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Amy Lossie writes about a lifelong journey — from a personal issue, to a fellowship, to working in federal policy.

You see why I've always take my time to writes you guys a second of comments, omg, you're so right were not a teen girl who would have more free time than we do as same as those bloggers a pro teams!

-LSB-...] wrote the style highlight on Mary - Kate Steinmiller, fashion market editor at Teen Vogue, as one of my first.

I wrote the style highlight on Mary - Kate Steinmiller, fashion market editor at Teen Vogue, as one of my first.

So, she then wrote the book Marriable, as she described «the parent book of the teen book.

Mr. Crowe, who started out as a teen - age journalist writing about rock music, has arrived as a screenwriter and director with a distinctively touching, quirky style.

Despite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and director.

Stepping out of the shadow of her own onscreen persona as mumblecore It girl made good, Greta Gerwig wrote and directed this semi-autobiographical stunner about a chatty Sacramento teen who yearns to be anywhere but home.

«The Edge of Seventeen» was written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (it's her first feature), with James L. Brooks serving as its lead producer, and it's a teen movie that starts off funny ha - ha but turns into something more like a light - fingered psychological thriller.

Although energetic in a schlocky - pap kind of way, any miniscule chance that something as essentially stupid and poorly written as Antitrust might have had to succeed as a legitimate cautionary paranoia film is fatally hobbled by the performances of teen heartthrobs Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Claire Forlani.

In her first film as writer - director, Greta Gerwig creates a female teen drama that's «wry, funny and touchingly real», writes critic Caryn James.

While Ginger Snaps is too uneven to be described as a good film on the whole, those who enjoy teen horror of today (The Faculty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the aforementioned Buffy), will probably take readily to this lesser known flick in the mini-genre, mostly because it sports more quality in terms of acting, directing and writing.

Lily Collins Collins began her career as a kid journalist who wrote for magazines such as Teen Vogue and Seventeen and covered the 2008 U.S. presidential election for Nickelodeon.

Release: Friday, August 21, 2015 (limited)[Theater] Written by: Paul Weitz Directed by: Paul Weitz Grandma is a misleading title for a film dealing with taboos such as teen pregnancy and abortion.

As for age range for readership, I wrote the series for my nieces and nephews for when they turned tween - early teen years; however, I have a following of readers in age from around 9 yrs (young, but advanced readers) and up to ages well into adulthood.

Jeannine says: «While writing about the dramatic events of Edmonia Lewis» life as a teen, I struggled with how to hold readers» attention as she gained skills as a sculptor.

My first paid writing gig was reviewing back when I was in junior high — the Kansas City Star had a teen section and I did reviews on books, TV shows and films for several years there, as well as the occasional humor column.

Action fans can dive into the debut of the new RESIDENT EVIL series from the VIZ Signature imprint, as well as two exciting new Shonen Jump series, teen - friendly WORLD TRIGGER and Takeshi Obata's ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, the stunning manga realization of the popular Japanese sci - fi novel written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka that also inspired the blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow film that starred Tom Cruise.

Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility started as stories he wrote for his friends for Valentine's Day (something he's done for the past sixteen years) and turned themselves into teen novels.

With Boy Meets Boy, he basically set out to write the book that he dreamed of getting as an editor - a book about gay teens that doesn't conform to the old norms about gay teens in literature (i.e. it has to be about a gay uncle, or a teen who gets beaten up for being gay, or about outcasts who come out and find they're still outcasts, albeit outcasts with their outcastedness in common.)

As one of the powerhouse young adult authors who championed the #YASaves hashtag on Twitter, a cause that was taken up by authors and readers alike who felt that powerful teen literature had helped them survive high school and shaped them into the adults they are today, Rainfield often writes about the characters and topics that teen readers hunger for but that the adults in their lives want to pretend aren't real.

But I wrote Job as a teen in Hollywood.

As a teen, Eli Goldstein adored his Uncle Poxl, a Czech Jew who served in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and lived to write a best - selling memoir.

It has links to resources (including two of my books, I'm proud to say) as well as articles where children's book authors can get more detailed information about topics ranging from who's buying teen books to how to write great author blog posts.

She writes under a variety of pseudonyms, including Ani Bolton.She has written two novels as Cassidy Calloway: Confessions of a First Daughter, and Secrets of a First Daughter — both books in a YA series about the misadventures of the U.S. President's teen - aged daughter, published by HarperCollins, and Tamara Blake, for the novel Slumber.

I was actually looking to find The Excellent Entrepreneurs» Network (TEEN) that is helping writers operate their writing as a business.

I wrote a lot as a teen - ager... never finished anything... and every story was essentially like Nancy Drew, if Nancy had ten brothers and sisters!

So, James Frey, the guy who lied to millions of Oprah viewers in order to sell his fiction as if it were real, is preparing to write teen science fiction.

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will feature «It's Written in the Stars... READ» as the theme for this year's Teen Read Week celebration, which will take place October 7 - 13.

As my children grow and become more experienced travelers, I've been thinking and writing more often about teen travel and study abroad experiences.

We talk about her start with games writing, her passion for cultivating a teen girl audience as well as our rundown of BitBash Chicago.

(As a young teen, the artist cut his creative teeth writing graffiti in the streets and subways of New York.)

The museum's Teen Art Group will also work with members of Gay Associated Youth to create an in - gallery collaborative experience centered on viewing the works in the exhibition and responding through writing and personal interaction as a means of empowerment.

So far, as I've written before, we've been in a full - tilt teen - style binge.

Maine has its own Teen Driver laws and every teenage driver should be at least 15 years of age and should have passed a written test as well as a vision exam.

If you are between the ages of 18 and 24 and have not an approved driver education course as a teen, you must complete a six hour adult drivers ed course and pass the Texas written driving test to receive a permit or license.

With this package your teen will be able to meet the OK Driver Education requirements as well as prepare for the written OK permit test!

It is necessary to get a good driving education program from a driving school that will usher teen drivers to pass the written rules and regulation examination, as well as the basic driving technique practical examinations.

His posts reflect a conscientious teen who's concerned about others, such as when he wrote: «Im fine with breaking HOA rules but the problem it that first responders wont be able to get though if me and others park on the street [sic].»

We highly recommend you get our FREE Teen Job Survival Guide as it will help you better understand not just resume writing, but everything else when it comes to getting a job as a teenager.

He has published more than 300 journal and magazine articles, and he has written for a teen advice column in Current Health and as a contributing editor for Your Health and Fitness.

Historically, Dr. Wyatt has provided counseling and talk - therapy in not - for - profit organizations, taught at regional and comprehensive universities in Oklahoma, has written and administered grants and served as an assistant professor of research at the University of Oklahoma, College of Public Health, where she was also a lead investigator on the HEART of OKC Teen Pregnancy Project and co-principal investigator for the High Risk HPV project, both funded through the Centers for Disease Control («CDC»).

He wrote it for his daughter when she was experiencing self - esteem issues as a teen, but it really spoke to me when thinking about how God perfectly created our daughter to be a part of our family.