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Randy Lindsay asked me recently about my launch party last month for Marriage is Ordained of God, but Who Came Up with Dating?, and I realized I hadn’t blogged about it. I make the excuse that it was in the middle of one of my nonblogging months, but that doesn’t really hold water, so I’ll just say I’m a little slow and mention it now. It was a blast! We didn’t have enough people to unbalance the earth’s magnetic pole, but I was so glad people came, and some even bought books. We had it at the Fairview museum and had balloons (in the color theme of the book), cake (see above), cookies (also color themed like the book), games, tables, chairs, books, pens, giveaways, music download cards, a woolly mammoth, and tons of Doritos, I wish I’d gotten more pictures, because it really was a cool setup, and I think those who came had a great time. Thanks to all of you who made it, and especially all you who bought books! You keep me writing! You can’t... Read the rest of this entry »

Here we go. I’m going to give you a random story beginning, and a random story end. Your job is to fill in the middle to make it into one story. Gordy Hartfoot sat in the rickety old bench, overlooking the grain fields across his 14 acres of golden farmlands, wondering where the years had gone, when he saw a movement in a bush just a few feet from the porch. “What in tarnation?” he said, standing up with shaky hands against his chair. He rubbed his eyes as something large burst from the bush. He rubbed at his cataract-filled eyes and looked again. There, standing at the foot of his porch, was the largest rodent Gordy had ever seen…   YOUR MIDDLE HERE   …Deedra opened the satchel and pulled out the glowing blue vial, holding it out for the monster to see. “It’s too late, Corandar!” she shouted, “The Guild Wars are OVER!” Then the cast the vial at the feet of the massive beast. With an explosion of blue smoke billowing... Read the rest of this entry »

Every time my extended family starts getting into something, I start taking interest in it, too. For example, a couple years ago my brother started a blog, and before long, we all jumped on the bandwagon. Singing was the same way. My dad started taking singing lessons years ago, and we all started singing around the house. Soon we were all singing in talent shows and anywhere we could. Now it’s exercise. Everyone’s got a different kind, but we’re all exercising. But I’m not sure most people understand mine. Of course, if I wasn’t doing it, I’m sure I wouldn’t take it seriously either. Come to think of it, I don’t take it very serious now – one things for sure, it’s a good work out. So what’s my exercise? Line dancing! That’s right – the Boot Scootin’ Boogie, Electric Slide, Macarena – you name it! Remember the good old days when it was actually kind of cool, say in jr. high, for example, to know all... Read the rest of this entry »

Preste muita atenção nesse Baterista ! é quase impossivel de acompanhar.  Read More →

Just a heads up. If I don’t respond to email, Facebook, etc. it’s because I’m writing my head off. November is National Novel Writing Month, so I’ll be typing nonstop for a month. 50,000 words in 4 weeks. Actually, I’m kind of cheating. I have a story that I’m about 10,000 words into that’s been sitting on the shelf for a couple years, and I’m going to finish it. But I’m going to re-write what I have so far to put it in first person. Plus I’ve made myself a deal that those first 10,000 words don’t count for Nanowrimo, and I’ll only track the rest, so that by the end of November, the novel has to be at least 65,000. The extra 5,000 is “interest” for having something of a head-start. Fair enough? I hope so, because that’s what I’m doing. I’ve been wracking my brain to decide which story to write. I have two that have been calling me for years, and all that time, the plots of both stories... Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note: It’s summertime for many of us, so over the course of the next few months, we’ll be sharing a few of our summer activities. Please feel free to share yours, whether it’s currently summer for you or not! ~by Heidi A couple of years ago, my husband and I took our children to spend a week in a castle–in California! It had real turrets . . . and medieval style carvings . . . An actual dungeon . . . weathered stone steps, slippery with moss that led down to  . . . the moat! We had picnics on the beach along the river . . . played in the water that made such beautiful music, night and day . . . played games  . . . and enjoyed being out in nature as much as possible. The castle was a wonderful place to stay because it was so close to the beach. We also went for a ride on a real train . . . spent some time at our favorite amusement park. . . (they don’t look very amused–I think they might be nervous) and had the chance to... Read the rest of this entry »

I use Facebook for a number of reasons, not all of which please the founder of the social network I am sure. But I do, on occasion use it for its original purpose: To connect with family and friends and have fun. So tonight a little chain post started going around and I decided it might be interesting to participate. And it was…and touching. My sister and another friend posted this: Let’s see how forthcoming my Facebook friends are. Leave a one word comment that you think best describes me. It can only be 1 word. No more than one word. Then copy and paste this post on your wall so I can leave a word about you. So I did. And here’s what other people posted about me: Kimberly: Overachiever Robert: Patriot Sara: Passionate Wendy: Fun AD: American Karen: Determined Tammy: Tenacious Mary: Believer Sheila: Intelligent Danyelle: Go-getter Paula: Feisty Janette: Determined Melanie: Progressive Dan: Steadfast Tristi: Dedicated Jeannie: Blessed Dodie: Patriotic Victoria: Awesome Anne:... Read the rest of this entry »

Last Saturday I met a really nice guy. He has an excellent sense of humor, he’s real easy to talk to and he had no problem expressing to me up front that he’s always been chaste and temple worthy. I met him for lunch at Chilis and we had fun. I was a little thrown at how normal he was after my recent dramas with other guys. So after lunch we agreed to meet again. A day later, he texted me asking when he could see me again, and he had an idea in mind of what we should do already. Ooooh that’s so nice! We went to a star show at The Gateway Mall downtown, got dinner, then wondered around, shopping for a while. He has a lot of energy and I can tell he’s very intelligent. He was very good company and as the night went on, I became completely comfortable around him. Even before we’d met again for the second date he’d invited me to some see the temple lights with a few of his friends the following Friday. I was excited to see what he was like around people he... Read the rest of this entry »

Bird Center Weeeeeeeee!!!  Read More →

On November 1, Jenni I were about to get ready for bed when she mentioned to me that she had a friend who was going to write a novel in a month. When I asked why he was doing it, she told me about National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and how it was a group that challenged people to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. I laughed, wondering what kind of goof would make such a ridiculous commitment. I love writing, but that would be way too much. Still… Then gears started turning in my head. “No,” I told myself, “I’m a nonfiction writer.” Of course, I knew that wasn’t completely true. Anyone who’s been following the Synergetic Novel knows I’ve at least dabbled in the juvenile fiction genre. Then my fingers started to itch. “Argh…” I told myself, “but I’ve got a Christmas CD to be working on. I’ve got two other books in the works right now. Taking on another project would just back up their publication.” But... Read the rest of this entry »

Back in the day, I posted a video by a wacky group of harmonizing nurse anesthetists going by the name of the Laryngospasms.  Here is another of their fabulous repertoir, lamenting the pain of coming out of anesthesia.  Enjoy, as they report to patients everywhere, that waking up is hard to do. Tagged: anesthesia, anesthesiology, fun, humor, laryngospasms, music, nurse anesthetists, singing  Read More →