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Introducing the All-Polar-Bear Christmas tree:
I took several shots, and this was the clearest. It also makes my living room look like a jar of mustard exploded, but I digress. I have bears on the tree, under the tree, and on the mantle:
Any cards I send will invariably have a polar bear on them somewhere. I don't get to indulge my sickness often, and I'm certain that it will terrify the Morris-Jenkins guy coming tomorrow for the routine furnace maintenance. In my defense, it did take me several years to reach this stage, and I do own other ornaments, mostly from my childhood. It's just so...CUTE! I beg the indulgence of the court for the duration of the holiday season :)
Happy Thanksgiving! I finished the manuscript--took one more chapter than I'd planned, but it's in the can, so to speak. I love how the ending worked out, and I'm looking foward to going back for the edit after it sits for a few weeks. Moving on to a *very* little shopping today, and hopefully, putting up the all-polar-bear Christmas tree.
So...what did I miss? Did everyone celebrate well? Who found some great deals on Black Friday?
On May 10, 2006, I made a vow not to blog again until I'd completed my manuscript, plus a synopsis and query, and sent them to my targeted publishers. I'm making that vow again. I have two (pehaps three, I'm wordy) chapters to go on my current vintage story. I have a pact with 2 CPs to finish our WIPs by Thanksgiving. I wrote two chapters over the weekend. This is do-able.
So...here's all the things I think I'll want to say in the next one- to two-weeks:
-WAAAA! Lost is gone for 13 weeks?
-Go BUCKS, beat Michigan! (followed by, hopefully...)
-WE'RE #1 (sans foam finger)
-I don't GIVE grades, you EARN them.
-I'm hooked on Grey's Anatomy (there's a weekend marathon coming)
-Guess where found my requisite polar bear holiday cards?
-I've taken to stirring my coffee with a candy cane and you should try it too!
-Jeff Shaara's book is GENIUS!
-I'm making plans to go to DC for a vacation next year - any tips?
-Can you believe what they did on Prison Break?
That should cover me for the foreseeable future. I'm not posting again until I can say I've typed "The End" to Under the Willow Tree. Thank you, and good night.
For my birthday, my friends at work got me the latest release of my very very favorite historical ficition author, The Rising Tide, by Jeff Shaara:
His father wrote The Killer Angels, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1975, and the novel upon which the movie Gettysburg was based. Picking up his father's penchant for getting into the minds of historical figures, Jeff wrote the prequel and sequel to Killer Angels. Then he proceeded to write about the Mexican War (my favorite). And the Revolutionary War. And World War I. The Rising Tide is the first of three novels about World War II. Though his research is hardcore, his writing is very readable...I couldn't recommend him more if I were his mother. Yes, even if you *think* you don't like history.
I have all his books, all the hardcover editions, and I've been to his booksignings twice...and YES! He's coming to town on December 4! I'm NOT a stalker. Just a history geek and a fan.
If you're sick of Halloween candy, dreading the Thanksgiving feast, and wondering what in the world to get Aunt Thelma for Christmas, this short story will help you remember what the holidays are all about...
Hometown sweethearts Eddie Colvert and Sarah Monroe face an uncertain future following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. When Eddie joins the Army, Sarah reluctantly agrees to postpone their spring wedding and prepares to face the holidays without her steady. Unbeknownst to her, he’s arranged the surprise of a lifetime with friends and family before he leaves for the war effort.
Some of the best reading is at The Wild Rose Press.