About
In 2011, I took a leap of faith and left my position as a director of marketing to pursue a career in writing. Two of my full-blown musical plays were produced by independent investors in Minneapolis, Iowa, and Sweden. I wrote the script and music over a span of ten years while raising my three sons. When the market turned south, and investors were difficult to find, I began to write my first novel. My genre is thriller. Political thriller Itsy Bitsy Spider was published in 2013; literary thriller Hush was published in 2014, and psychological thriller Lottery will be on Amazon the end of July, 2014. On my journey as an author, getting to know readers is a rewarding experience. They are not only the 'wing beneath my wings', but valuable friendships have been made along the way.
Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness
Description
<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>
Story Behind The Book
Throughout my life, I have had friends and acquaintances I have met who were adopted; some had unsealed their adoption papers and found one or both adoptive parents; others had not.
In 2010, I feel fell in love with a man who had been adopted. He was gentle, loving, and kind, but had many questions and insecurities about his adoption. Unfortunately, there were no records to unseal. Even before this, I had wondered what it feel like to never know your adoptive parents, and if you did meet them, what would you say? Would there be anger? Remorse? Adding to this concept, I spent months researching not only adoption, but the Roe v Wade case, along with how the rubella vaccine was found. Putting all of the research together, Hush was born.
Reviews
<p>Hush is new, so 23 out of the 28 reviews have an overall rating of 4.7. (Makes me tingle all over : )</p>
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