She placed third among the eight year olds competing at level three. 🙂 I’m so proud of her because she got her windmill and her dismount! Still some refining — but YEAH!!!!
Abigail’s First Gymnastics Competition:floor
This is a test. Can I upload a video to the blog? This is short — 37 seconds to the song that every level three in the country uses. It kind of get stucks in your head and won’t go away! We are so proud of the job Abigail did. She’s worked very hard since getting selected for the team …
Goodbye Hollywood Nobody First Chapter
It is October 11th, and FIRST is doing a special tour to ‘Say Goodbye to Hollywood Nobody’. Today’s feature author is: LISA SAMSON and her book: Goodbye Hollywood Nobody NavPress Publishing Group (September 15, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa Samson is the author of twenty books, including the Christy Award-winning Songbird. Apples of Gold was her first novel for teensThese …
Single Sashimi: Interview with Camy Tang
I am delighted to have my friend Camy Tang back here for a quick interview as her third book releases. One of the things that I love about Camy’s writing is the great sense of humor that borders on slapstick. This book definitely opens that way and it doesn’t stop. I loved exploring Venus and her struggles with control issues. …
Fun Story about Canteen Dreams!
There are plenty of days I wonder if I’m doing enough marketing, and usually decide I’m not. I know many of you feel the same way, so I just had to share this. My mom asked me if she could put an article in the North Platte Telegraph about Canteen Dreams finaling in the ACFW Book of the Year. Ummm, …
Fun Photos from the Booksigning
Saturday’s booksigning at Carpenter’s Son was such fun. Here are a few of the pictures from the event. This first photo is me with my friend Ann. She’s my scrapbooking buddy. Often when Eric is traveling we’ll get together to watch chick flicks and scrap. And amazingly, she never laughed when I told her I was considering writing. I’ve been …
Here are some photos from the Mall of America ACFW booksigning held on September 20. It was an amazing event. And these photos taken by Kenny Noble do a great job capturing the energy and flows of people. Thanks so much for taking them, Kenny! I’ll start with a photo of the lovely Margaret Daley standing next to Donita Paul. …
Booksigning on Saturday!
My newest book just arrived at Carpenter’s Son — Yeah! They have it before I do LOL.Captive Dreams is the last book in the Nebraska World War Two series. I’d be sad, except I’m racing to finish the first book in the Ohio World War Two series before next Tuesday. 🙂 On Saturday from 1-3 p.m. there will be a …
FireProof: the moive
Eric and I went to this movie Sunday night. It is really quite good and well done. It focuses on a marriage that is headed toward divorce and the love dare that challenges one of the spouses to fight a bit longer for the marriage. Our small group is going to work through the Love Dare book this fall. I …
Single Sashimi
I cannot wait to read this book — after I finish my manuscript. Camy has a wonderful way of writing. Funny is the key 🙂 Here you can read the first chapter before I do! And here’s a link to a podcast with Camy. Check it out!It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every …