Hiya! As an avid figure skater back in the day, I devoted so much of my time to this sport and for a long time, it was the only thing I cared about. I found myself a lot like Ellis, relying on skating as a clutch. Almost all of my conversation revolved around it and most of my friends were skaters themselves.
I always wanted to write something about the sport that I loved so much, however I was always so afraid of tapping into that side of my life. I don't know if it was because of fear of ridicule or just the fact that it rings too close to home for me.
Regardless of these facts, I tucked any figure skating ideas under a bed where all the dust bunnies lived in the corner of my mind.
It wasn't until I started to finish up "Red, White, and Who" that I realized that my fears were really just silly. Finally after years of fighting it, I pulled out my figure skating idea box and blew off the dust. Now I realize what I was missing when I started it. Once one idea came out, they all did. The whole book was completed in a matter of 3 months!
Ok, now I am really going to set myself up for ridicule, enjoy this video of little 14ish year old me skating at one of my very first regional competitions. I got fourth place over all here and after this poor quality video, I did go on to skate another four more years competitively until I eventually stopped to pursue my college education and a dream to travel the world.
Thank all of you for reading "Pucking Fantastic"
Darla H
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Pucking Fantastic
RomanceEllis had spent her whole life training for one dream, go to Nationals for figure skating. That was until one illness knocks her off her feet and made Ellis figure out what she was truly missing in life. She will learn that there is more to love the...
