Being a connected educator has allowed me to develop my capacity as an educational leader and learner. Over the last few years I’ve connected with a number of brilliant and passionate people who have inspired me to find and share my voice through chats, podcasts, research, and blog posts. One of those professional learning network connections is Jeff Zoul, teacher, leader, presenter, author and someone whose work I follow and admire. Last year I received an exciting email from Jeff. He invited me to be part of a project with nine tremendous educational leaders. In his email Jeff shared a bit about the project and I immediately knew that I wanted to be part of it. The book project is titled #EdWriteNow VII and the plan was to write the book over a couple days AND publish 6 months later. I was familiar with #EdWriteNow Volume I and the great organization associated with the project, The Will to LiveFoundation . The Will to Live Foundation is an organization dedicated to the pre