Official Mom-Tested, Kimber-Approved Pawsome Book Award!
So my book is being featured on a blog tour. That's where I send a copy of the book to people around the country and they write reviews for their followers and readers to enjoy. Or maybe they hate my book and the review will send me into a downward spiral. So far, it's been great. They also post blogs that I wrote about my book, my dog, and kind of my life in general. But the very first day I got this. Now I know it's not a Pulitzer or other prestigious award. But I was stoked beyond belief! I felt like Sally Field accepting her Oscar for Norma Ray. "You like me! You really, really like me!" Putting our words out into the world is scary. A huge part of me wonders why I do it and how could anyone like what I write. And then I think [...]
Blog Tour Starts Today!
Okay, in all fairness to the fact that I am still doing taxes, isn't it better to be doing all I can this month to raise money and awareness about Second Chance North and 2nd Chance Shelter? I think so, too. I might have bitten off a little more than I should have, but there we are. Today kicks off my blog tour which I am hoping will lead to Amazon sales since 50% of all books sold on Amazon will be donated to 2nd Chance Shelter. A blog tour is similar to a book tour where authors would go to different book or coffee shops and speak about their books in order to promote them. The difference is that it’s a completely online “tour” taking place on book promoter’s blogs. I'd love you to pop in to these blogs each day and see what they are saying. Some are [...]
Happy Gardening Day!
Spring has sprung and we finally have a few tulips brightening our yard. Things are slow here in Oshkosh, at least in my yard, but with all of the snow I am hoping it will be a great year. We moved here in March of 2017. When the snow melted and the mud dried we discovered that we had bought a yard full of weeds, and I later learned most were the fun ones like burdock and dames rocket and other invasive hard to get rid of weeds. And I found out about creeping Charlie. I also found out about a grant from our local Rotary to start a rain garden which changed everything. I made a ton of mistakes, and I wish I had known about cardboard before we started, but little by little our yard is looking pretty good. We have invested in native plants and other perennials. [...]
A Visual Explosion of Color
We attended a small church in Kailua and have never loved any Lent or Easter as much as I did with this community. I've never been to a church before or after that had more [...]
Morning Blend Milwaukee
The Spring Puppy Pawty continues. Next stop? Milwaukee! I'll be the next guest on the sofa for their pet segment to talk about my book and also about rescuing dogs. I'll hopefully have time to [...]
National Mom and Pop Business Owner Day
Today is National Mom and Pop Business Owner Day. I just accepted a position this year and I'll be an adjunct professor at Fox Valley Technical College here in Appleton and Oshkosh. I'll be teaching [...]