Pens: Barnes & Noble has invited me to be a part of a book signing featuring local authors in their S. Glenstone store here in Springfield on Saturday, February 6th from 11:00-1:00. Looking forward to it! Come out to see me - I promise a free bookmark and some chocolate. Mmmm chocolate.
Petitions: In the meantime, please contact me if you are a registered Missouri voter. I'd love to have you sign a petition to get proposed legislation on the November ballot which would regulate large puppy mills. More info at http://www.missourifordogs.com/ .
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Festivities
I had my second book signing yesterday. This time at Mediacom Ice Park during a MSU Ice Bears v. KU Jayhawks game. We won - oh, yeah! What a gratifying experience, though, to be able to talk about No Penalty for Love with team members and staff and fans. I hope everyone who bought a copy enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was a challenge for me to get the technical aspects of the game on the page and let the thrill of it come through in the writing. I never would have been able to pull off some of the scenes if not for the Ice Bears. So, thanks again, Guys!
I'm feeling partied out this weekend - festivities abound. Though, I did manage a Saturday morning at home yesterday to make some Christmas candies and cookies. I found a recipe (another good one) in Grandma's recipe box - 4 Chips Good Fudge, it was called. Rich! Oh, my! Made that and also some Maple Nut Brittle which didn't "brittle" so became a new and oh, so wonderful Christmas delight - Maple Nut Clusters. Also some plain, but simply wonderful sugar cookies - not the frosted kind - icky - but just a touch of colored sugars to give them a little sparkle. I wore my Snoopy Christmas apron and played Christmas music on the radio in the kitchen, sang to Natalie (she's the only one I sing to besides God because neither of them are critical of my tunes), and had a jolly good time.
Speaking of festivities, here are some romantic suggestions for December in case you need a little Christmas right this very minute:
1. Find a movie house showing one of the classics and go - It's a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, or Miracle on 34th Street (which Bruce took me to see at the Gillioz last night). Barring that, dvr one and make a point of watching it.
2. Gotta watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Other specials to revive your childlike enthusiasm for the season are Rudolph the Red Nosed Reineer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and, if you can find it (which I haven't) Mr. Kreuger's Christmas - apparently I remember a 1/2 hour long made-for-TV special from the '70's with amazing clarity. It stared James Stewart.
3. Burn a pine scented candle, light the fire and watch the tree blink lazily.
4. Make a fireside supper - that's what I plan to do next Saturday night before the actual holiday week is upon us. One of the great things about vegetarian cooking at Christmas is that there is an abundance of red and green food to choose from. Makes for festive and lively plating!
5. Sing - even if it's just to your dog.
6. Get quiet and remember Jesus - if that doesn't make you happy and grateful, you're a lost cause.
7. DON'T make any resolutions or bemoan the year past - just make sure you remind yourself that every moment of every day is a new beginning and nothing stays the same - good or bad - and plan to make the changes you want to see sooner rather than later.
8. Make a Christmas treat for the birds - airpopped popcorn tossed out by the handfuls, or something more adventurous like backyard tree decorations made with peanut butter and bedecked with seeds.
9. Read a great Christmas book: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; anything Christmassy by Debbie Macomber.
10. Count your blessings - as Bing sings - it's better than counting sheep by far.
Blessings to you and yours this holiday season -
Shellie
I'm feeling partied out this weekend - festivities abound. Though, I did manage a Saturday morning at home yesterday to make some Christmas candies and cookies. I found a recipe (another good one) in Grandma's recipe box - 4 Chips Good Fudge, it was called. Rich! Oh, my! Made that and also some Maple Nut Brittle which didn't "brittle" so became a new and oh, so wonderful Christmas delight - Maple Nut Clusters. Also some plain, but simply wonderful sugar cookies - not the frosted kind - icky - but just a touch of colored sugars to give them a little sparkle. I wore my Snoopy Christmas apron and played Christmas music on the radio in the kitchen, sang to Natalie (she's the only one I sing to besides God because neither of them are critical of my tunes), and had a jolly good time.
Speaking of festivities, here are some romantic suggestions for December in case you need a little Christmas right this very minute:
1. Find a movie house showing one of the classics and go - It's a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, or Miracle on 34th Street (which Bruce took me to see at the Gillioz last night). Barring that, dvr one and make a point of watching it.
2. Gotta watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Other specials to revive your childlike enthusiasm for the season are Rudolph the Red Nosed Reineer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and, if you can find it (which I haven't) Mr. Kreuger's Christmas - apparently I remember a 1/2 hour long made-for-TV special from the '70's with amazing clarity. It stared James Stewart.
3. Burn a pine scented candle, light the fire and watch the tree blink lazily.
4. Make a fireside supper - that's what I plan to do next Saturday night before the actual holiday week is upon us. One of the great things about vegetarian cooking at Christmas is that there is an abundance of red and green food to choose from. Makes for festive and lively plating!
5. Sing - even if it's just to your dog.
6. Get quiet and remember Jesus - if that doesn't make you happy and grateful, you're a lost cause.
7. DON'T make any resolutions or bemoan the year past - just make sure you remind yourself that every moment of every day is a new beginning and nothing stays the same - good or bad - and plan to make the changes you want to see sooner rather than later.
8. Make a Christmas treat for the birds - airpopped popcorn tossed out by the handfuls, or something more adventurous like backyard tree decorations made with peanut butter and bedecked with seeds.
9. Read a great Christmas book: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; anything Christmassy by Debbie Macomber.
10. Count your blessings - as Bing sings - it's better than counting sheep by far.
Blessings to you and yours this holiday season -
Shellie
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Sarah, Can You Read Me?
Sarah Palin: I left a copy of my book, No Penalty for Love, for you when you had your signing at Borders in Springfield, Missouri on December 2. The organizers told me you'd receive your gifts. Since you're a hockey fan I thought you might enjoy it for a bit of a lighthearted read on a long Going Rogue bus ride. Thanks for the autograph and the handshake - come again!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
What's My Line?
Today is my book signing at Borders. After much kerfuffle! However, all this book promotion has provided for my education in some things I'd never imagined I'd need to know. Things like business licenses, tax certificates, self-employment taxes (oh, my! 15 3/10 % of the NET!) and the invaluable advise of a tax preparer. Thank you, Jean! This is not the fun part of having a book published. I think what I'm worried about most is what to write in the books I sign. If it's someone I have a relationship with, then that's fine - it's personal. But, I need a signature line of my own for people I don't know or don't know well and I'm drawing a blank. I guess there's the ever-popular Red Green sign-off: "Keep your stick on the ice." I am looking forward to this afternoon, though - 1:00-3:00. And then tonight . . . more hockey!
Last night's game against Lindenwood U was intense. The Ice Bears prevailed in overtime, though, and it was pretty! Tonight's game is the last home game until mid-December. Bummer! When they're back on home ice, though, I've been honored with an invitation to do a book signing at the December 12th game against KU. The people involved with the games and the team there at the Ice Park have been so terrific to promote No Penalty for Love during the games these two weekends. I nearly laugh every time they announce it. I'm really a shy person, so this kind of thing, while very welcome - and I am so grateful for their interest and kind attention - is hard for me. I'm just a fan cheering the home team. Go Bears!
Perhaps the upcoming holidays will spark some inspiration for writing. I've been suffering through too many false starts ever since I submitted my last manuscript. I need a new interest. It seems all of my manuscripts, novel and play, grow out of a passion for something. Usually it's something new I've become intersted in. Welcome to Joe's came out of spending so much time at Mudhouse (it's one of my favorite places to be). Related Spaces from a fascination with historic architecture. No Penalty for Love, obviously, hockey. My newest out of my infatuation with Dr. Who and branching off into reading sci-fi (although it is NOT a sci-fi book). I think I need a new fad.
If you're in the Springfield area, be sure to swing by Borders this afternoon and pay me a visit. I promise by then I'll have something pithy to write in your book! In the meantime, keep your stick on the ice!
Last night's game against Lindenwood U was intense. The Ice Bears prevailed in overtime, though, and it was pretty! Tonight's game is the last home game until mid-December. Bummer! When they're back on home ice, though, I've been honored with an invitation to do a book signing at the December 12th game against KU. The people involved with the games and the team there at the Ice Park have been so terrific to promote No Penalty for Love during the games these two weekends. I nearly laugh every time they announce it. I'm really a shy person, so this kind of thing, while very welcome - and I am so grateful for their interest and kind attention - is hard for me. I'm just a fan cheering the home team. Go Bears!
Perhaps the upcoming holidays will spark some inspiration for writing. I've been suffering through too many false starts ever since I submitted my last manuscript. I need a new interest. It seems all of my manuscripts, novel and play, grow out of a passion for something. Usually it's something new I've become intersted in. Welcome to Joe's came out of spending so much time at Mudhouse (it's one of my favorite places to be). Related Spaces from a fascination with historic architecture. No Penalty for Love, obviously, hockey. My newest out of my infatuation with Dr. Who and branching off into reading sci-fi (although it is NOT a sci-fi book). I think I need a new fad.
If you're in the Springfield area, be sure to swing by Borders this afternoon and pay me a visit. I promise by then I'll have something pithy to write in your book! In the meantime, keep your stick on the ice!
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