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Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Sneak Peek ~ My Children's/Picture Book ~ Don't Call Me Fluffy!
HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK OF MY ATTEMPT
AT WRITING A CHILDREN'S BOOK!
(Me speaking)
Oh, honey Jasmine had her kittens there are two black ones and two gray ones.
(John the man)
Look one of the black and one of the gray kittens are bobtails like Jasmine.
***A few weeks go by.
(John/Man)
Well dear it looks like their eyes are open.
(Me/Lady)
How cute they are so very fluffy.
(John/Man)
Yes, I see and they seem to be moving around pretty good. The little gray bobtail seems be dragging it's back legs.
(Me/Lady)
I think something might be wrong with little Fluffy.
(John/Man)
Don't worry, just wait and see how he does in the next few weeks.
***A few more weeks go by.
(John/Man)
Fluffy bobtail sure is holding his own with his brothers.
(Lady)
Are you sure they aren't going to hurt Fluffy.
(John/Man laughing)
He seems to be getting the best of them.
***Out and about with the kittens. They are free to explore the great outdoors. (the kittens call me and John the Keepers)
(Kittens)
Hey don't the Keepers call you Fluffy (laughing). Fluffy, Fluffy (more laughing) You even walk funny! Bet you can't catch me Fluffy!
(Fluffy/gray bobtail)
Mom! Tell them to stop calling me Fluffy. How can they call me Fluffy? I am a boy not a little girl. There isn't anything wrong with the way I walk. Is there?
(Mom Jasmine)
Now boys don't pick on your brother. It is just taking him a bit longer to get use to his legs than the rest of you and don't call him Fluffy. Mr.Owl will soon give you names but first he must watch you for a few weeks to see what name best suits each of you and I am pretty sure none of you will be called Fluffy.
(Jasmine)
Mr. Owl! Mr. Owwwl!
(Mr Owl)
Whooww whooww is there!
(Jasmine)
It's me, Jasmine.
(Mr Owl)
Hello Mrs. Jasmine I have been keeping watch over you kittens. They seem to be picking on gray bobtail.
(Jasmine)
Yes, that is why I came to see you. He is beginning to notice he is different from his brothers. He has a hard time keeping up with them. But other than his legs not working right he seems to be as rambunctious as his brothers. On top of that the Keepers have started calling him Fluffy and pamper him as if he were special. If you have time would you please talk to him. You are so very wise I am sure it would help him.
***The next day.
(Fluffy/gray bobtail)
Mr Owl! Hello. Are you home?
(Mr Owl)
Well well if it isn't Mrs. Jasmine's gray bobtail.
(Fluffy/gray bobtail)
Hello sir, Mom said you wanted to speak with me about something.
(Mr Owl)
Yes, Yes I hear your brothers are teasing you calling you Fluffy. I wouldn't worry about that too much I am sure you have called them silly names before. Right?
(Fluffy/gray bobtail)
Rrriight.
(Mr Owl)
I have noticed you seem to be having a little difficulty with your back legs.
(Fluffy/gray bobtail)
Yes sir, they just don't seem to want to cooperate. I can't run as fast as my brothers or even walk very well without them tripping me up. Then there is that big dog Cocoa that keeps picking me up and giving me a bath. My brothers are able to run fast enough to get away from him but I just can't run fast enough and he catches me every time.
(Mr Owl)
I tell you what son why don't you watch some of the other animals like Squirrel, Rabbit, Raccoon and Possum and see how they get around maybe they have some suggestions.
(Flurry/gray bobtail)
Thanks Mr. Owl that is a great idea!
(Mr Owl)
Let me know how it goes!
(Fluffy?gray bobtail)
I will sir! Goodbye!
*****
I DID NOT GET ANY FURTHER.
THE STORY IS ABOUT ONE OF OUR KITTENS THAT APPEARED TO NOT HAVE USE OF HIS BACK LEGS POSSIBLY PARALYZED. BUT HE WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP UP WITH HIS LITTER MATES. AS HE STARTED MOVING AROUND THE BACK HALF OF HIM RESEMBLED A FROG, INCLUDING A LARGE STOMACH & FLAT BACK. HE LEARNED TO HOP ON HIS BACK LEGS & IN TIME HE GOT AROUND MORE LIKE A RABBIT, STANDING HIGH IN THE FRONT & LOW IN THE BACK. WE NAMED HIM WASCALLY WABBIT. PEOPLE HAD THE AUDACITY TO ASK IF HE WAS HIS SIRE WAS A RABBIT ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD A LITTLE COTTON BOBTAIL. DUH! PEOPLE, HE IS A CAT!
SO BACK TO THE STORY. I HAD INTENDED TO HAVE FLUFFY/GRAY BOBTAIL GET ADVICE FROM THE OTHER ANIMALS MR. OWL SUGGESTED HE SPEAK WITH. HE ENDED UP TAKING MR. RABBITS ADVICE AND ENDED UP BEING THE FASTEST CAT IN THE COUNTY AND WAS PROUD TO BE NAMED WASCALLY WABBIT BECAUSE HE WAS AS FAST AS A RABBIT.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
Hugs,
PATRICIA aka MAMAW
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
ROAD TO THE CHRISTY'S 2013 ~ The Christy Advisory Board Announces the 2013 Christy Award Winners
2013 Award Ceremony Liveblog
If you missed the liveblog you can watch it here.
2013 CHRISTY AWARDS PRESENTED IN ST... LOUIS
New Awards Debuted New Awards Debuted
ST. LOUIS, Mo.— ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The 2013 Christy Awards honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction were presented at the Renaissance Grand in St. Louis, Mo., tonight.
The 14th annual awards presentation highlighted the role of literary agents in the advancement of
Christian fiction. Steve Laube of The Steve Laube Agency emceed the event, and Chip MacGregor of MacGregor Literary Agency presented the keynote address. Additionally, long-time literary agent Lee Hough was honored with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Christy in a moving tribute.
The Christy Advisory Committee debuted the Christy Hall of Fame by inducting authors Lynn Austin, winner of eight Christy Awards, and Karen Hancock, winner of four Christy Awards.
The event also premiered the Christy Book of the Year Award, showcasing the novel that had the greatest impact when placed against a set of criteria that includes literary quality, sales, and life impact. A jury of three people read the year’s nine Christy Award winners and identified Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (David C Cook) as best exemplifying those factors.
The Christy Advisory Board is happy to announce the 2013 Christy Award winners.
Lifetime Achievement Christy: Lee Hough
Christy Award Hall of Fame Inductees: Lynn Austin (8 Christys) & Karen Hancock (4 Christys)
Book of the Year: Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (David C Cook)
Contemporary Romance: The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann (Bethany House Publishers, a
division of Baker Publishing Group).
Contemporary Series, Sequels & Novellas: You Don't Know Me by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
Contemporary Standalone: Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
First Novel: Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (David C Cook)
Historical: Flame of Resistance by Tracy Groot (Tyndale House Publishers)
Historical Romance: Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House Publishers, a division of
Baker Publishing Group)
Suspense: Rare Earth by Davis Bunn (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Visionary: Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart (Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian
Publishing)
Young Adult: Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank (Delacorte Press, a division of Random
House)
The Christy Awards are online at: www.ChristyAwards.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChristyAward
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ChristyAward
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Road To the Christy's 2013 - Be Still My Soul - The Cadence of Grace series #1 by Joanne Bischof
BE STILL MY SOUL by Joanne Bischof
A 2013 CHRISTY AWARD NOMINEE
About This Book
Night’s chill tickled her skin. Lonnie pressed her hands together and glanced up. He was even more handsome up close. Having grown up the shy, awkward daughter of Joel Sawyer, she’d hardly spoken to any boy, let alone the one who had mothers whispering warnings in their daughter’s ears and fathers loading shotguns.
Pretty Lonnie Sawyer is shy and innocent, used to fading into the background within her family, and among the creeks and hollows of the Appalachian hills. Though her family is poor and her father abusive, she clings to a quiet faith. But when handsome ladies’ man and bluegrass musician Gideon O’Riley steals a kiss, that one action seals her fate.
Her father forces her into a hasty marriage with Gideon—a man she barely knows and does not love. Equally frustrated and confused by his new responsibilities, Gideon yearns for a fresh start, forcing Lonnie on an arduous journey away from her home in Rocky Knob.
Her distant groom can’t seem to surrender his rage at the injustice of the forced matrimony or give Lonnie any claim in his life. What will it take for Gideon to give up his past, embrace Lonnie’s God, and discover a hope that can heal their two fractured hearts?
Gideon only ever cared about himself. Now that Lonnie is his wife, will he ever be worthy of her heart?
Pages: 337
Published by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing
Expected publish date: October 2, 2012
ISBN13: 9781601424211
Married to her first sweetheart, Joanne Bischof lives in the mountains of Southern California where she keeps busy making messes with their home-schooled children. When she’s not weaving Appalachian romance, she’s blogging about faith, writing, and the adventures of country living that bring her stories to life. Be Still My Soul is her first novel.
My Thoughts
Appalachian hills.
Lonnie Sawyer can't wait to turn eighteen so she can get out from under her father's iron rule. She only has a few months to go hopefully she can deal with his emotional and physical abuse until then.
Gideon O'Riely turns all the girls heads he can have his pick of any of them. He is asked to escort Lonnie home after a dance. She is young and pretty why hadn't he noticed her before? He figured it ways because she was so shy. As they neared her house he tried to steal much more than a kiss but she faught him off and ran into her into the house. Unbeknownst to Lonnie and the moonshine drunk Gideon her father saw what he assumed was Lonnie giving herself willingly to Gideon.
Lonnie and Gideon are forced to marry to protect Lonnie's reputation if Lonnie ends up with child even though they both told him nothing happened. Her father would not listen to reason. The young couple ended up living with Gideon's family until he decides for them to take off on foot for him to seek employment.
Lonnie prays to God to protect her from Gideon's anger at having to slow down because she couldn't keep up with him.
Excerpts:
"What will it take for Gideon to give up his past, embrace Lonnie's God, and discover hope that can heal their two fractured hearts?"
"She willed her heart to harden. To ice over so she wouldn't have to hurt anymore. But when her blurred, she knew it was useless to try."
I keep thinking about the way Lonnie and Gideon were raised. Lonnie's father held no love for his family and showed his resentment to everyone in his family. Then there was Gideon who was raised to believe that children were not to love but were no more than another mouth to feed.
How could anyone expect for a child in a home like Lonnie's and Gideon's to ever learn the real love of family? The only way of course is faith and trust in God.
It was hard to walk away from this book. I wanted to spend more time with Lonnie and Gideon to see how their lives might change. I am anxious for book two.
I highly recommend this book.
I rated this book a 5 out of 5.
Disclosure
I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books/Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing for review. I was in no way compensated for this review. It is my own opinion.
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