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Lee Hall Delfausse

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Lee Hall Delfausse, a graduate of UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa, and a postgraduate in Journalism and American Literature, now lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont and is a member of The League of Vermont Writers.

As a former member of the U.S. World Cup ski team, for four years she enjoyed the travel, the friendships, the challenges, all while learning to overcome the dangers, the injuries, and the conflicts. Her novel
"Snow Sanctuary" is a compilation of the many stories she gathered from her teammates.

For 25 years, while teaching American Literature and writing in college and high school, she used examples from Muir, Emerson, and Thoreau to embellish her stories about the US ski team.

Having coached both skiing and tennis for years, she ...more

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Lee Hall Delfausse When I have writer's block, it is usually because I do not know what the next chapter in my novel will be about. I try to leave my writing when I am b…moreWhen I have writer's block, it is usually because I do not know what the next chapter in my novel will be about. I try to leave my writing when I am building momentum, so it is easy to pick up the next day.

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2.I write in a journal to my grandchildren.
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The Twelve Stages of a Heroine's Journey

We all can be heroes of our own story; however, after giving numerous book readings, I discovered that my readers were not familiar with the classical journey of a hero as described by Joseph Campbell. In his book, "A Hero with a Thousand Faces", he first summarized the heroine’s journey, and since then many successful books and Hollywood movies have used this narrative arc: think of The Wizard of Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 31, 2019 07:53 • Tags: female-athletes, literary-fiction, sports

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“We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”
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