Today, I am proud to have a guest post in Lindsey Leavitt’s monthlong series, “The Impact Initiative.”  Her middle-grade novel, Princess for Hire, has a theme of making an impact on people, and to integrate that into own life, Lindsey invited fellow writers onto her blog to talk about things that have made an impact on them.   She’s also giving away copies of her book, and I have kicked in a Nice and Mean as well.  So you can go and be enlightened and win free stuff.  Not bad for an internet break!

A note about Lindsey: first, she has one of the funniest writing voices on the web.  I’m sure you’ll agree when you check out her blog.  Second, at any good bookstore, you will find me and Lindsey together.  No, not in person, although if could clone ourselves and be constantly selling our books–cool.  (Or creepy?  Yeah, no, definitely creepy.)  I just meant that she is LEAvitt and I am LEAder, and our books like to hang out together, as pictured below.

I must confess that I hadn’t read many Impact Initiative entries until last night, when I sat down to write mine, but ohh!  These are seriously good pieces.  They’re diverse and true and memorable.  I encourage you to go read them all, and then pressure Lindsey to turn them into a book.  Because I know she doesn’t have a lot going on right now.  (Kidding!  Kidding!)

Thanks, Lindsey, for making an impact on me.  

Now, go read!