Vivian M. Lumbard
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Short Bio:
As a retired air traffic controller, Vivian M. Lumbard is used to observing, compiling data and seeing patterns, as well as projecting what changes in those patterns–small or large–can mean to a desired outcome. So she views Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) just a bit differently than most, which helps with raising teenage twins with ASD challenges. She is happily married to John, and her family lives in a perpetually cluttered home in southwestern Pennsylvania. Her hobbies include genealogy, crochet and any other rabbit hole her interests beckon her to explore.
Long Bio:
Written or spoken, words have power. The power to evoke emotion, the power to invite action, but, most importantly, words have the power to inspire ideas and touch our souls.
Vivian M. Lumbard has loved words all her life. She wrote short stories and poems as a child and was one of those few people who enjoyed writing term papers. As an adult, most of her previous writing involved articles for the NATCA Voice and blog posts for the FAA Follies , as well as newsletters and updates for her children’s PTAs. Her personal blog, Martinlady’s View Through the Looking Glass , began as commentary on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before she retired from her career as an air traffic controller and has since evolved to encompass any issue that interests her.
Born in 1965, she grew up in northeastern Massachusetts and relocated to southwestern Pennsylvania in 2000. Vivian initially met her husband, John, online on a tongue-in-cheek aviation message board and words were how they connected. Now, they are the proud parents of teenage twins with autism challenges.
Writing books has always been a personal goal for Vivian. She even has several chapters of a romantic intrigue that she wrote so long ago, the pages were printed on a dot matrix printer! After she retired from the FAA, she took a few years to explore other interests before writing Outside Looking In, her first book. Outside Looking In unapologetically intermingles the publishing industry boundaries of memoir and self-help to create something new. She hopes to inspire discussion and understanding on the subject of raising and educating a child with autism.
Vivian has discovered that she most enjoys writing to communicate her thoughts on important subjects with words that resonate with her readers. Given that, she has no long-term intentions of becoming a niche author for a single audience, genre or issue. Fiction and non-fiction books on a variety of topics are planned for the future. In her words, “Life is too short to not enjoy what you do. It’s so much more fun to be the square peg.”
As a retired air traffic controller, Vivian M. Lumbard is used to observing, compiling data and seeing patterns, as well as projecting what changes in those patterns–small or large–can mean to a desired outcome. So she views Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) just a bit differently than most, which helps with raising teenage twins with ASD challenges. She is happily married to John, and her family lives in a perpetually cluttered home in southwestern Pennsylvania. Her hobbies include genealogy, crochet and any other rabbit hole her interests beckon her to explore.
Long Bio:
Written or spoken, words have power. The power to evoke emotion, the power to invite action, but, most importantly, words have the power to inspire ideas and touch our souls.
Vivian M. Lumbard has loved words all her life. She wrote short stories and poems as a child and was one of those few people who enjoyed writing term papers. As an adult, most of her previous writing involved articles for the NATCA Voice and blog posts for the FAA Follies , as well as newsletters and updates for her children’s PTAs. Her personal blog, Martinlady’s View Through the Looking Glass , began as commentary on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before she retired from her career as an air traffic controller and has since evolved to encompass any issue that interests her.
Born in 1965, she grew up in northeastern Massachusetts and relocated to southwestern Pennsylvania in 2000. Vivian initially met her husband, John, online on a tongue-in-cheek aviation message board and words were how they connected. Now, they are the proud parents of teenage twins with autism challenges.
Writing books has always been a personal goal for Vivian. She even has several chapters of a romantic intrigue that she wrote so long ago, the pages were printed on a dot matrix printer! After she retired from the FAA, she took a few years to explore other interests before writing Outside Looking In, her first book. Outside Looking In unapologetically intermingles the publishing industry boundaries of memoir and self-help to create something new. She hopes to inspire discussion and understanding on the subject of raising and educating a child with autism.
Vivian has discovered that she most enjoys writing to communicate her thoughts on important subjects with words that resonate with her readers. Given that, she has no long-term intentions of becoming a niche author for a single audience, genre or issue. Fiction and non-fiction books on a variety of topics are planned for the future. In her words, “Life is too short to not enjoy what you do. It’s so much more fun to be the square peg.”
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