CONTEST WINNER!!!!

    December 16th has come and gone.  Now for the exciting news.  We have a winner of the Book Cover Reveal Contest!!!   YAY!!!!  Drum roll please........Samantha Denton!  She will have the privilege of checking out my book cover ONE WHOLE DAY before anyone else does!

     I am hoping to get the cover completed within the next month or so.  The design is complete, just waiting on me to finish editing so the designer will have the other details to complete the cover.  Ugghhh, that word again...edit! 
    
     So subscribe to this website and like my FaceBook page if you haven't already.  That way you can stay updated on the progress!

Freestyle Friday!

 Freestyle Friday!

 

   
  So I have this idea...  On FaceBook, people do Throwback Thursday, right?  I'd like to start Freestyle Friday.  Here's how it works: I'll choose a sentence, group of sentences or picture and write a short story based on what I've chosen.  It will be a few paragraphs or less each time. 
     Here's where you come in.  If you are a writer, a wanna-be writer or just want to try something fun, you can make your own short story up based on the sentence(s) or picture and post it in the comments.  OR if you want to continue with my story, that's completely fine too. 
     Either way, let's have some fun and get the weekend started!

Today, let's start with this picture!  (I choose random pictures on the internet, mainly through Pinterest)

It was exactly 10 years ago on this very day, her life changed in an instant.  Just looking at the house made her flinch.  The beauty it once was, hid behind the vines and dirt covering.  But somehow, on that day, the beauty turned to ashes before her eyes.  How could life continue to move on after what happened?

Abigail hesitantly stepped closer to the abandoned house.  Many of her childhood years were spent roaming the halls and exploring the hidden passages.  Her grandparents invited her family to stay with them every holiday, summer and long weekend.  Along with her cousins family.  Until that day.

Her cousin, Jeremiah, was only one year older than her but he thought it was more like ten years.  He treated her like his child instead of his cousin.  Always telling her and her little brother what to do.  He thought he was so brave, doing stupid things like jumping from the second story window to the ground.  He said it was to show how strong he was compared to them.

He wasn't strong that day.  His real age shone through his fear.  Nine years old was too young to endure the pain.  It was considered an accident but for the last ten years, Abigail questioned if it was planned.        

Ok readers, should I continue or do you want to have the honors?   

THANKfulness Month!

     

      November has come around again!  Didn't that happen last year? ~wink~  A lot of people think about turkey and dressing this month.  And some just skip right to the big event that happens in December-CHRISTMAS!  There is a holiday before Christmas and after Halloween-THANKSGIVING!

     But I like to do something a little different.  Instead of just saying what we are thankful for on Thanksgiving, how about take each day of November and say (type) what we are thankful?  So that's just what I've been doing.  On my personal Facebook account, I have taken a specific blessing in my life and poured out my heart on how thankful I am for that blessing.  It actually makes you stop and ponder on all the things in your life you are thankful for.  Instead of hurriedly thinking of a few items while you are cooking the turkey, you specify each day a different blessing.

     So, for those out there reading this right now.  Try something new, list something you are thankful for each day of the rest of November.  Next year, start on the 1st and go on through the rest of the month. 

            Make November more than just turkey and dressing.  Make it THANKfulness Month!