Guess What? Tonight at 6:30 PM Eastern Time I’ll be signing copies of “Tall Tales and Short Stories From South Jersey” at Audubon Library, 239 Oakland Avenue, Audubon, NJ. Stop on by if you are in the area!
Wow! Today I’m just full of surprises! I’m actually posting here today, with some great memories of my own family Christmases growing up…. as well as other wonderful places you can visit! — And a book signing!
Yes, I’ve taken up my marketing manager’s offer to clone me! (Mgr for Tall Tales and Short Stories from South Jersey) The process was a little scary, but yes! For the next twenty-four hours there are two of me!
(Yes, some of you can run. I’d be scared, too.)
First of all, Kaiden’s Seduction is reviewing “Make Believe” today. I hope they liked it! (Let me know in the comments below. I’m still afraid to read reviews without someone filtering them for me)
Also… you can find me at two great places on-line today! If you want to learn about training your dog to do amazing feats of bravery, check out my guest post about me and my pepped up poodle, Chloe on Brinda Berry’s blog.
And… Tis the season for holiday fun! This is part of the Still Moments Publishing Christmas Blog hop!
We’ve got great giveaways! By commenting below, you are automatically entered to win some great jewelry pieces. (Hello… awesome present ideas!)
Hop on over to the Still Moments Publishing website for a list of contributing blogs for more chances to win!
Oh! Don’t forget to click on “Enter to Win” for a chance to win my Christmas Anthology “For the Love of Christmas”
Whew! That’s a lot of promo-stuff… And I gotta post too! Oh! The pressure!
Sooooo… Christmas. I have so many Christmas Memories, and I treasure all of them fondly. One of my favorites is making a gingerbread house.
This was a Dad activity. I’m not sure why Mom didn’t get involved, but my dad was TOTALLY into it.
One year, we decided to make REAL gingerbread. It didn’t work out too well. We baked it in the oven and everything… but the walls cracked. Our house was not buildable… so Dad glued it together with epoxy. (So funny)
This tradition actually carried on. (I’m not sure which came first) But Dad would always “build” the house for us out of graham crackers. Yep… just pop them out of a box. And yes, he glued it together with epoxy (which is like crazy glue). We all KNEW not to eat the house part.
Then, of course, came the frosting glue, and more candy than any house could possibly hold. Our tradition was to try and make the house more hideous than it was the year before… but it still had to look like a house.
Yeah… that’s where I got my strange sense of humor from. People would look at our “masterpiece” and pretend it was beautiful. It wasn’t. That’s the point.
Today, when I build our gingerbread house with my kids, I don’t mind when the snowman falls over, or when Kid #2 leaves a trail of candy “poop” behind the reindeer. It’s all good fun.
Oh, yeah, and that big gob of brown icing? It’s a dirt pile. Me and my boys will swear to it. (With incredibly large smiles on our faces) — Don’t tell their daddy what it really is.
What odd but incredibly fun Christmas memory do you have?
Why all the hullabaloo? Well, it’s to promote my two new releases “Make Believe” and “For the Love of Christmas”
That’s why!
And don’t forget to click on “Enter to Win” for a chance to win your choice of the two titles! Yay!
Oh, I almost forgot… A few random commentors along the tour path will win their choice of anthologies, too. So be sure to hop on over and say “Hi”
Hop on over and send me some love!
Brinda Berry’s blog – Writing a novel is like training your dog.
Still Moments Publishing – Christmas Blog Hop
Kaiden’s Seduction Review of Make Believe!
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