Lani Wendt Young | Samoan Writer | Lani Wendt Young

23 Dec No I’m not Rich and I haven’t met Ezra Taylor.

Wherever I go, I've been fielding a lot of questions about the writing and publishing of the TELESA book. Some of them serious, "How long did it take you to write?...

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20 Dec I went to the White House. And I wasn’t speechless with awe.

#2 in the 12 Days of Christmas Traditions - The Christmas Decor of Doom and Destruction. "Mothers are the makers of Christmas magic and memories." This is my mother's Christmas philosophy. This is what drives her every year to transform our house...

Posted in children, Christmas, decorations, House, mother, Mrs Obama, President Bush, samoa, White House

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20 Dec Six Sleepless Favorites

As 2011 wraps up, it's that time of year when everybody and their donkey's aunt starts compiling lists. Today marks the official anniversary of the Young and Restless Family's move from Samoa to NZ. Daaayuum we made it! One year. Looking back over a year...

Posted in blog, children, cookies, New Zealand, Ryan Reynolds, school -, sex, sleepless in samoa, teaching

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19 Dec The Christmas Fight

I grew up in Samoa. There were six of us children. Our father is Samoan and our mother is a New Zealander so we grew up with a western/British flavor added to our tropical island Christmas celebrations. Christmas is about family and inevitably as the...

Posted in anniversary, Christmas, marriage, shoes., traditions, wedding

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17 Dec “A kind of Sex in the City meets hex in the bush… ancient mythology meets teenage biology”

Photo by Ana Faatoia What can be more of an honor and a privilege for your book - then to have an award-winning poet and scholar write an original performance...

Posted in dr selina tusitala marsh, supernatural romance thriller, telesa, young adult

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16 Dec Christmas Tree Killer

My Xmas tree is dead. Or at least its dying a whimpering, withering death. This is our first Christmas in NZ. I'm an island girl who grew up with sweltering rainy season Christmases. But I also grew up on Enid Blyton and Swiss Chalet girls...

Posted in Christmas, christmas tree, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Lady Gaga, Plantation House, Secret Seven

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15 Dec Telesa – Auckland Launch Night

Last night my book Telesa was launched here in Auckland, NZ at an event jointly hosted by Auck. Univ of Technology and Auckland University. It was an evening of poetry, dance, music and Pasifika-style celebration with Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh giving the keynote address, a...

Posted in auckland launch, Auckland University, auckland university of technology, author, dr selina tusitala marsh, sleepless in samoa, Telesa the Covenant Keeper

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14 Dec Don’t Get Busy with a Quickie Workout.

What should you NOT do the day before you launch your book?You should NOT try to attempt a new workout program called Kettleworx for the very first time. (Because of course you know better than to think that enthusiastically throwing kettle weights around will magically...

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10 Dec Why I will Never be a World Famous Best-Selling Author.

See? JK Rowling oozes with calm, elegant, best -selling author sophistication.I have had an epiphany. A revelation of earth-shaking proportions. I will never be a world-famous, internationally best-selling author. Why? Because I am just way too un-cool. I have no calm ,elegant, nonchalant, best-selling sophistication...

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08 Dec Possessive “Angry Face” Love

Show your angry face!There are cousins staying at our house. Which we are really enjoying because there are children all the same age as my Fab5 so plenty of fun,...

Posted in anger, children, Dragon Queen, Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, love, mother, relationships

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23 Dec No I’m not Rich and I haven’t met Ezra Taylor.

20 Dec I went to the White House. And I wasn’t speechless with awe.

20 Dec Six Sleepless Favorites

19 Dec The Christmas Fight

17 Dec “A kind of Sex in the City meets hex in the bush… ancient mythology meets teenage biology”

16 Dec Christmas Tree Killer

15 Dec Telesa – Auckland Launch Night

14 Dec Don’t Get Busy with a Quickie Workout.

10 Dec Why I will Never be a World Famous Best-Selling Author.

08 Dec Possessive “Angry Face” Love

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