Monday Morning Musings

I'm back from my two week vacation/book tour. My daughter went with me, and we got back late yesterday afternoon. We put over 3,000 miles on the car and packed a lot of visiting in those two weeks. Next week I will post some pictures and recap the trip, but for now I will just say that we had a great time visiting family and friends, and making some new friends along the way. We stopped in Hot Springs Saturday and spent some time at one of the spas. That might have been the best way to end such an arduous journey.

Today I will be on Blog Talk Radio on Sylvia Dickey-Smith's show, Writing Strong Women, which is aired each Monday afternoon, live, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Central time on the main channel of Blog Talk Radio. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/  

The show is then  replayed twelve hours later that same day. Each show will be archived for listening 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The archives are also available for MP3 downloads. 

Since I don't have an MP# player, I'm going to have to see if my daughter can download it on hers.

If you would like to listen to the show today, here is a direct link:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/writingstrongwomen  You are welcome to call  (1.347.843.4128) and join in the conversation with questions or comments. 

Later... got some laundry to do before I assume the role of "famous writer." 

Kreativ Blogger Award

Patricia Stolty honored me with the Kreativ Blogger Award and this came as such a nice surprise. Patricia has a wonderful blog where she talks about writing and things related to Colorado authors.

Thank you so much Patricia for this recognition. Coming from someone with such an awesome blog and blog site, I am humbled.

There are rules associated with this award.

*****Rule for Passing on the Kreativ Blogger Award

It functions as a meme---list 7 of your favorite things, 7 of your favorite activities, 7 things no one knows about you.

Seven of my favorite things: family, chocolate, puzzles, animals, hamburgers, spaghetti, cookies.

Seven of my favorite activities: writing, playing guitar, acting, gardening, riding horses, watching movies, quilting.

Seven things no one knows about me: This is hard since I am pretty much out there with what I think and how I act, but I'll try to come up with something. Hmmmm...... Some people don't know I used to work for a veterinarian. Other people may not know that I am a hospital chaplain.

Gotta give up on thinking of other things. It would be easier if the rule was seven things some people don't know about me, but there isn't much that no one knows.

Kreativ Blogger award. More rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

For the Kreativ Blog I nominate:

Helen Ginger's Straight From Hel
Beth Groundwater's Blog
Ginger Simpson's Dishin' It Out
Lou Ann Morgan's Reading Frenzy
Terry O'Dell's Terrys Place
The Book Muncher
Marilyn Meridith's Marilyn's Musings

These are all blogs I visit frequently, if not daily, and all have great content and are very well done.

Promotion

Sylvia Dickey Smith is a Texas author and also the hostess of an Internet radio show Murder She Writes where she interviews women who write mysteries. I'm going to be her guest this evening from 5-6 Central Time.

Previous guests have included Betty Webb, Elizabeth Gunn, Linda Faulkner and a whole list of ladies who make me proud to be in their company.

If you are interested and have time, come on by and give a listen. I've listened to other shows there and Sylvia is really good at keeping the show interesting and fun. I will be talking about all my books, as well as what is coming next for me. And maybe we'll even talk a little bit about music, theatre and acting.

This show will be archived on the blogtalkradio site for several months after today, so you can always catch it later if you are busy tonight. Here is a link to the show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/MurderSheWrites