https://youtu.be/0VqTwnAuHws
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Musical Thursday
"One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful" from The Piano Guys Uncharted album:
https://youtu.be/0VqTwnAuHws
https://youtu.be/0VqTwnAuHws
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Tuesday Tidbit
I'm editing "Giving Thanks." I'm also working on "Christmas Lost," novella 12 in the Holiday, USA series. The last unedited addition to the latter WIP:
"Fit? People don't come here to eat healthy. They come when they need comfort food. I make it a little healthier without losing flavor."
"Fit? People don't come here to eat healthy. They come when they need comfort food. I make it a little healthier without losing flavor."
Monday, April 17, 2017
Monday Quote
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
~ Konstantin Josef Jireček
Sunday, April 16, 2017
A lot can happen in three days...
Jon Jorgenson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QThxyu8zVg
Jesus Christ is my Lord and King, my Savior and Redeemer. He lives.
Happy Easter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QThxyu8zVg
Jesus Christ is my Lord and King, my Savior and Redeemer. He lives.
Happy Easter
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Friday, April 14, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Musical Thursday
Uncharted album by The Piano Guys, tract "Happy Together." This one made me laugh. It needs to be not only listened to but watched, at least once.
https://youtu.be/DKC-lRhvdNY
https://youtu.be/DKC-lRhvdNY
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
Monday Quote
Sometimes, the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem.
~ Jonathan Mead
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Sunday Scripture
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world he shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world he shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Saturday Links
Dipping Into the Heart posted an encouraging post "Nothing to Offer":
http://dippingintotheheart.com/nothing-to-offer/#sthash.8qAmx22r.dpbs
A Writer's Path offered 6 Ways to Transition Out of Writer's Block:
https://ryanlanz.com/2017/03/16/6-ways-to-transition-out-of-writers-block/
God bless.
http://dippingintotheheart.com/nothing-to-offer/#sthash.8qAmx22r.dpbs
A Writer's Path offered 6 Ways to Transition Out of Writer's Block:
https://ryanlanz.com/2017/03/16/6-ways-to-transition-out-of-writers-block/
God bless.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Favorite Book Friday
"A Lesson in Love!" by Autumn Macarthur The Macleans series book 3 is contemporary Christian romance. I love Autumn's setting in Scotland; I feel like I'm there. The fourth book is coming out soon. I'm looking forward to it.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Musical Thursday
Another piece from The Piano Guys, also from Uncharted album. It made me smile. "Over the Rainbow/Simple Gifts."
https://youtu.be/QgaTQ5-XfMM
https://youtu.be/QgaTQ5-XfMM
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Monday, April 3, 2017
Creating a book cover...
...the short version, or in layman's terms, i.e., me looking in on my sister's process.
She asks me what I want for the book cover. I'm waffle and debate, indecisive. I know whatever she does will be awesome. She lets me natter, talk things through, until I come to a decision.
"Giving Thanks" is a my 2016 Thanksgiving story. Yes, I know I'm terribly behind. Life happened.
I decided on a Thanksgiving feast. The picture will not magically appear. It must be created. What did I want? Turkey was a given. Except, where does one find Turkey in February? Which was the least of my trouble. I didn't want to cook a turkey, more precisely, I didn't want copious amounts of turkey I'd be eating for weeks. What to do? Improvise.
Create a menu: Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, pie, and anything else I can think of and find available, in February. It also can't be too expensive. I'm operating on a budget.
My sister agrees to a photo shoot on my grocery shopping day. I'll buy everything in the morning, and she'll stop by after work and take pictures. I have one day to pull it all together.
Instead of turkey, I'll use a chicken and miniaturize everything.
Things I already had on hand: Pork and beans, stuffing, green beans, marshmallow, heavy cream for whipped cream, pistachio pudding mix, spaghetti squash (I disguised as yam with marshmallow).
Astonishing what I find on sale: Potato salad, grape tomatoes, and cornbread.
What's available for less than a dollar: Fried onions and crushed pineapple.
What was sold for the first time the previous week and is still available: Single-serving pies.
Brownies and rolls are available for a reasonable price and will add to the overall look.
The last thing on the list: Chicken. Imagine standing at the meat counter, looking at the rotisserie chickens, and trying to decide which of all the dozen chickens there is the most photogenic.
Head home and create a feast in one day.
My sister arrives. I help her set up a card table, outside for the light, throw on a table cloth, and hold up a blanket as a backdrop instead of the carport. She takes 75 pictures, rearranging the food and taking different angles.
This pictures shows everything I prepared:
Tomorrow, the cover reveal.
She asks me what I want for the book cover. I'm waffle and debate, indecisive. I know whatever she does will be awesome. She lets me natter, talk things through, until I come to a decision.
"Giving Thanks" is a my 2016 Thanksgiving story. Yes, I know I'm terribly behind. Life happened.
I decided on a Thanksgiving feast. The picture will not magically appear. It must be created. What did I want? Turkey was a given. Except, where does one find Turkey in February? Which was the least of my trouble. I didn't want to cook a turkey, more precisely, I didn't want copious amounts of turkey I'd be eating for weeks. What to do? Improvise.
Create a menu: Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, pie, and anything else I can think of and find available, in February. It also can't be too expensive. I'm operating on a budget.
My sister agrees to a photo shoot on my grocery shopping day. I'll buy everything in the morning, and she'll stop by after work and take pictures. I have one day to pull it all together.
Instead of turkey, I'll use a chicken and miniaturize everything.
Things I already had on hand: Pork and beans, stuffing, green beans, marshmallow, heavy cream for whipped cream, pistachio pudding mix, spaghetti squash (I disguised as yam with marshmallow).
Astonishing what I find on sale: Potato salad, grape tomatoes, and cornbread.
What's available for less than a dollar: Fried onions and crushed pineapple.
What was sold for the first time the previous week and is still available: Single-serving pies.
Brownies and rolls are available for a reasonable price and will add to the overall look.
The last thing on the list: Chicken. Imagine standing at the meat counter, looking at the rotisserie chickens, and trying to decide which of all the dozen chickens there is the most photogenic.
Head home and create a feast in one day.
My sister arrives. I help her set up a card table, outside for the light, throw on a table cloth, and hold up a blanket as a backdrop instead of the carport. She takes 75 pictures, rearranging the food and taking different angles.
This pictures shows everything I prepared:
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Sunday Scripture
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Saturday Links
Fae Rowen, over at Writers In The Storm, shared a fascinating comparison between glass blowing and writing:http://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/glass-blowing-and-writing-how-theyre-alike/
God bless.
God bless.
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