Phelps alone was proving to be one of the greatest swimmers possibly ever, as he became the most decorated Olympian of all time, at the age of only 27. Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Missy Franklin were everywhere in those weeks. Instead I, and just about the rest of the country, was distracted by the London Olympics, and especially swimming. In the summer of 2012, these thoughts were all floating in my brain, but I wasn’t paying much attention to them. Superiority feels better than inferiority. No matter how well a behavior, relationship, or routine works for you, every now and then life forces you to change it in order to survive. Sometimes I have to think of people as less-than-people so they don’t distract me from my own goals. In certain situations I push myself to be intimidating, just so I don’t get scared. When someone gets praise or wins something and I don’t-even someone I genuinely like-I can think surprisingly mean things about them. So, I'm thrilled to help promote her latest (6th) novel, IN DEEP. Not only has she helped run the Decatur Book Festival (next weekend!) and our local children's bookstore, Little Shop of Stories, I've had the great pleasure to watch her writing career take off and blossom into a book-a-year phenomenon. Terra Elan McVoy is a book hero in my neighborhood.
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