Month: March 2016

Nat’l Everything You Do Is Right Day

47935713_sEver have one of those days where it feels like everything goes wrong? Too many to count, I’m sure.

Today is National Everything You Do is Right Day.

Isn’t that a wonderful concept? I’m going to embrace it.

Every sentence I write will be perfect. Each word is precise and strong. Emotion shall drip from every syllable.

Everything is going to be right.

Who wants to join me?

 

Tantalizing Triva: Disks

Yes, the SAVE icon on your computer looks like this.

disks

This photo is of a few 3.5″ floppy disks I saved when I purged my office a few years ago.

I also have a couple 5.25″ disks, which were common before the 3.5″ version came into being.

There are many technical reasons given for the shrinkage of disks (they started out 8″). The truth?

A 3.5″ floppy fits into a shirt pocket.

 

 

 

 

National Get Over It Day with Author Ryan Jo Summers

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  When you are handed a shocking diagnosis, with horrible and scary images and then left with more questions than answers, it’s a lot to be expected “to just get over”. The future is suddenly uncertain while worry and fear become your new best friends. Dealing with a chronic medical condition is not something one “just gets over”. It’s impossible to when all they can do is look forward to an unknown future.
                But what if you also suddenly fell in love? How does that piece fit into the puzzle your life has become? Now you are asking for someone new to join in this uncertain future with you. Isn’t that asking a lot? Family, sure, we expect to mold around our new life, but a romantic partner?
                My character, Kasey Griffin, in Glimpse Eternity is coping with Multiple Sclerosis. She’s doing so-so with it overall. Then hunky musician Ben Salem rolls into town and their chemistry is perfect. And undeniable.  Kasey has seen how her father loved her mother before the MS took her and wonders how Ben will react for the long haul.
                While Kasey can’t ‘get over’ her MS, she can work past her fears of its uncertainties if she wants to have a future with Ben.  The question is: will she? Or will she allow them to drive Ben away?

Glimpse Eternity is a sweet contemporary romance novella:

Kasey Griffin is determined to prove a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis isn’t going to ruin her life or define her expectations. She is dedicated to her pregnant sister, her pets and operating her bookstore, ‘The Next Chapter’. She has everything she needs to have a full and satisfying life–the daily challenges of her condition notwithstanding.
         Then hunky musician Ben Salem rolls into town. Ben’s subtle charm quickly reminds Kasey she is more than a woman with a disease, she is also a woman with a heart. And Ben wants it.
         Will Ben still desire her once he learns the terrible details of her condition?
Glimpse Eternity is available at Amazon and Smashwords.
Ryan Jo Summers is a North Carolina writer who likes to pen romances with a twist. Love stories blended as inspirational, with paranormal, suspense or time travel–or several at once. She also writes non-fiction for regional periodicals. Her dad is a songwriter and his aunt wrote poetry, so Ryan came by the writing gene honestly.
Her hobbies include poetry, bird watching, houseplants and gardening, gathering with friends, hiking in the forest, painting canvas and ceramics, and working wiggly word find puzzles, mah johngg or chess.  She lives in a 1920 cottage with a menagerie of pets. She often daydreams of the shore and frequently uses water as settings in her stories.
Follow Ryan Jo on her website, her blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Romance Reviews.

Silly Things

I used to do some really silly things as a child/teenager. One of the silliest things was trying to close the gap between my front teeth myself—by wearing rubber bands. No, it didn’t work, but then I didn’t do it regularly.

Rubber Band Ball courtesy X-Chromo

Rubber Band Ball courtesy X-Chromo

What silly thing did you do when you were younger?

National Read Across America Day

Today is National Read Across America Day. I believe in reading. I read like most people watch television—and then some. It’s also Dr. Seuss Day, which puts me in mind of children’s books. One of my favorite books as a child was Harriet, The Spy.

I related to Harriet. I kept a diary (journal). I observed things going on around me. I had a couple of good friends, and we weren’t the “in” group.  Most of that hasn’t changed.

I loved sharing the story with my children. My copy of the book is well loved.

Harriet the Spy

What was your favorite childhood book?