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About me

Trudi is a freelance writer who lives in New England with her husband, Dave. She is a stay-at-home, mother of 5 year old twins and an 11 year old. She has also managed to successfully raise 2 other children into adulthood.

She's been published in her hometown paper, Twins Magazine and she has authored well over 500 non-fiction informational and general instruction articles for a variety of on-line publications.

She is a 2007 graduate of LongRidge Writers Group of Redding Connecticut., and is currently enrolled in their novel writing course. She hopes to publish her murder-mystery novel in the early fall of 2011.

Trudi writes on a vast array of subject matter, and has an insatiable desire to learn. Trudi writes under the pen name, Cyndi Li.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

A clean concience

I know too much about ...

Poor choices

My parents always told me ...

Be honest, kind and understanding

My childhood ambition ...

To be A writer

My favorite memory ...

To many to list

Why I write ...

Self healing and hopefully helping others

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Books on writing/ wife swap/ my children

My first job ...

Babysitter

My best moment ...

Saving someones life

My inspiration ...

Christ Jesus and the beatitudes

Helium favorites

Titles

Reflections: If I could change the world
Admitting faults does not make you a weaker person
Humor: A mother's salary
Why people struggle with honesty
Where do we get our personal values?
Helium writer autobiographies

Articles

Tips for improving your Internet research skills and writing by Barbara Whitlock
What it takes to be a parent by Michael Bettencourt
Exploring the concept of free will by Louise Rusling
How to make an informative 911 phone call by Judith Slack

Featured article by Cyndi Li

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Teen body image and the media: 4 of 48

I remember how self-conscious I was about my body as a teenager. I constantly compared myself to the images portrayed in the media of slender women with perfect faces; complexion a teen would trade anything for, and just the right outfit to accentuate the look. That was over twenty years ago. Want to know a secret? Nothing has changed. Sure the women of today's media are skinnier than ever and they wear enough makeup to start their own cosmetic line. And the men are all muscle-bound with just the perfect bronzed-look to their skin, but the message is still the same. If you want to be succe...
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