This weeks topic: Best of Ten
This weeks Post to Boast is me asking a favor. I will be attending the Big E this fall in the Connecticut building with CAPA. I have ten books to date but I can only bring one or two to sell, so what I am asking is can you vote for your favorite to make it easier for me to decide? I would really appreciate it. Here is the list with links to see more about the books:
Welcome Baby
There's a Bear in my Bathing Suit
Fallen Star
The Magic Eraser
The Last Leaf
I Do It
It's Time For Bed, My Parents Said
It's Time To Come In, My Parents Said
It's Time For School, My Parents Said
The Holiday Christmas Tree
Just post a comment with your pick and thanks.
Friday, May 21, 2010
[Fiction] Friday - May 21, 2010
[Fiction] Friday: A boy and his father awaken early to watch the sunrise from their mountain campsite, but they begin to panic when the sky remains dark long into the afternoon.
“Hey buddy. Rise and shine.” My father whispered to me as he shook my shoulder.
“What time is it?” I asked him in a groggy voice.
“Shhh. You’ll wake your mother. It’s um…it’s 5:15.”
“Doesn’t she want to see the sunrise too?” I asked.
“She said not to wake her. She’ll see the next one…c’mon.”
We slowly unzipped the tent and crept outside. To our surprise my mother was sitting at the picnic table. Her forehead was leaning on the palms of her hands and her legs were bouncing slightly on her toes.
“Mom? I thought you were…”
“Oh thank God you’re up! Something is not right here.” She said as she got up and grabbed a hold of my father. “You two…I couldn’t wake you! I tried to but it’s like you were in a comma or something.”
“What are talkin’ about? You’re not making any sense…slow down and tell me again.” My father asked, trying to calm her.
“I couldn’t wake you. I decided to watch the sunrise with you guys…but…I kept trying and shaking you both and making noise but you just wouldn’t wake up.”
“Well, I feel fine, he’s fine…I guess we were just really tired. Besides, you couldn’t have been trying too long, the sun hasn’t even come up yet.”
She looked at my father with scared eyes and said, “That’s why I’ve been freakin’ out. It should’ve come up by now!”
“It’s not even 5:30 yet.” I said grabbing at my fathers watch to show her.
“PM! It’s 5:30 pm! You two have been out all day!”
“What!” My father asked as it sank in.
“I tried calling 911 but the cell phones don’t work. I yelled for help but no one answered.” She continued.
She was right, I went to the tent and got my dads cell phone, nothing.
“But that’s impossible…how can that be?” My father said looking at his watch and then to the sky. “Why didn’t you drive to get some help?”
“I would’ve but…” She started.
“The car’s not working either?” I asked.
“No…the car runs but the GPS doesn’t work and I don’t know how to get out of here…the nearest ranger station is probably an hour or two away…even if I did know where I was goin’.”
“What are we goin’ do?” I asked in a very concerned voice.
“Wait! You hear that?” My mother asked.
“Hear what?”
“Shhh. That. Listen…don’t move.” She said and held up her hand.
“I don’t hear anything…can you dad?”
“Ahh! You don’t hear that?!? It’s horrible!” She yelled as she closed her eyes tight and blocked her ears with the palms of her hands.
My father tried to grab her and calm her but she was too tense.
“Make it stop! K-cha! K-cha! K-cha! K-cha! Can’t you hear it?” She screamed, repeating the sound that only she could hear louder like a train approaching.
“Dad! What’s wrong with her? Can you hear any noise?” I yelled to my father over the wailing from my mother.
“K-cha! Gt-cha, Gt-cha, Got-cha, Got-cha, Got ya!” She hollered laughing.
“Got ya? What?”
It took up a minute until we realized by the way she was looking at us that she set this all up. She changed my fathers watch, took the cell phone batteries out and we never bothered to check the GPS in the car.
“You should’ve seen your faces. I couldn’t do it anymore…I had to spill the beans.” She said, still laughing.
“Hey buddy. Rise and shine.” My father whispered to me as he shook my shoulder.
“What time is it?” I asked him in a groggy voice.
“Shhh. You’ll wake your mother. It’s um…it’s 5:15.”
“Doesn’t she want to see the sunrise too?” I asked.
“She said not to wake her. She’ll see the next one…c’mon.”
We slowly unzipped the tent and crept outside. To our surprise my mother was sitting at the picnic table. Her forehead was leaning on the palms of her hands and her legs were bouncing slightly on her toes.
“Mom? I thought you were…”
“Oh thank God you’re up! Something is not right here.” She said as she got up and grabbed a hold of my father. “You two…I couldn’t wake you! I tried to but it’s like you were in a comma or something.”
“What are talkin’ about? You’re not making any sense…slow down and tell me again.” My father asked, trying to calm her.
“I couldn’t wake you. I decided to watch the sunrise with you guys…but…I kept trying and shaking you both and making noise but you just wouldn’t wake up.”
“Well, I feel fine, he’s fine…I guess we were just really tired. Besides, you couldn’t have been trying too long, the sun hasn’t even come up yet.”
She looked at my father with scared eyes and said, “That’s why I’ve been freakin’ out. It should’ve come up by now!”
“It’s not even 5:30 yet.” I said grabbing at my fathers watch to show her.
“PM! It’s 5:30 pm! You two have been out all day!”
“What!” My father asked as it sank in.
“I tried calling 911 but the cell phones don’t work. I yelled for help but no one answered.” She continued.
She was right, I went to the tent and got my dads cell phone, nothing.
“But that’s impossible…how can that be?” My father said looking at his watch and then to the sky. “Why didn’t you drive to get some help?”
“I would’ve but…” She started.
“The car’s not working either?” I asked.
“No…the car runs but the GPS doesn’t work and I don’t know how to get out of here…the nearest ranger station is probably an hour or two away…even if I did know where I was goin’.”
“What are we goin’ do?” I asked in a very concerned voice.
“Wait! You hear that?” My mother asked.
“Hear what?”
“Shhh. That. Listen…don’t move.” She said and held up her hand.
“I don’t hear anything…can you dad?”
“Ahh! You don’t hear that?!? It’s horrible!” She yelled as she closed her eyes tight and blocked her ears with the palms of her hands.
My father tried to grab her and calm her but she was too tense.
“Make it stop! K-cha! K-cha! K-cha! K-cha! Can’t you hear it?” She screamed, repeating the sound that only she could hear louder like a train approaching.
“Dad! What’s wrong with her? Can you hear any noise?” I yelled to my father over the wailing from my mother.
“K-cha! Gt-cha, Gt-cha, Got-cha, Got-cha, Got ya!” She hollered laughing.
“Got ya? What?”
It took up a minute until we realized by the way she was looking at us that she set this all up. She changed my fathers watch, took the cell phone batteries out and we never bothered to check the GPS in the car.
“You should’ve seen your faces. I couldn’t do it anymore…I had to spill the beans.” She said, still laughing.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Books Featured at Bank Square Books
A few of my books are now available at Bank Square Books in Mystic Connecticut, that's right across the street from the famous Mystic Pizza (as in the one from the movie with Julia Roberts).
You can see all of my books and more here.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Post to Boast - Volume 6
This weeks topic: Paper or Plastic
This weeks Post to Boast is a tricky one.
Would you prefer to read to children with an iPad or an actual book with paper pages?
It's an interesting multi-sided question.
On one side you've got a less expensive, environmentally friendly, bright full color children's book (thousands of them at your finger tips) glowing on a screen...a rather expensive one.
And on the other hand you have a touchy feely, not environmentally friendly book that you can turn the pages and feel the weight of the book and it's your very own, but it costs more.
So which would you prefer now and even in the future. Will our grand kids and great grand kids ever see a book?
Also, I've posted a new [Fiction] Friday, you can read it here.
Finally I am extending the discount until May 23, 2010. I hope you will take advantage of it.
As a reminder I am offering to you a 41% discount on any of my books.
That's less than $6.50 a book. Just enter this code on my site at checkout... R6CBGQ3B
A hope this was helpful and fun for all.
Thanks for your time
This weeks Post to Boast is a tricky one.
Would you prefer to read to children with an iPad or an actual book with paper pages?
It's an interesting multi-sided question.
On one side you've got a less expensive, environmentally friendly, bright full color children's book (thousands of them at your finger tips) glowing on a screen...a rather expensive one.
And on the other hand you have a touchy feely, not environmentally friendly book that you can turn the pages and feel the weight of the book and it's your very own, but it costs more.
So which would you prefer now and even in the future. Will our grand kids and great grand kids ever see a book?
Also, I've posted a new [Fiction] Friday, you can read it here.
Finally I am extending the discount until May 23, 2010. I hope you will take advantage of it.
As a reminder I am offering to you a 41% discount on any of my books.
That's less than $6.50 a book. Just enter this code on my site at checkout... R6CBGQ3B
A hope this was helpful and fun for all.
Thanks for your time
[Fiction] Friday - May 14, 2010
[Fiction] Friday: I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over
It was a long drive back from the fitness convention that I was working and I was anxious to see my wife and newborn son. I was getting uncomfortable and needed to pull over, stretch and grab a cup of joe. The next exit had a sign for Food so I decided to take it.
I pulled into the parking lot of this coffee shop that was just a half-mile or so off the exit in some small town that I never knew was here. I’ve past this exit a dozen times and never needed to stop before.
As I stood and stretched by the side of my car I noticed there was only one other car in the lot and the traffic going by, well, there wasn’t any. I swung the car door shut and made my way in through the tightly hinged glass door at the entrance.
Stopping just a few steps inside the establishment I studied the menu above the brightly lit front counter. Deciding that I’d just get a coffee and go I approached the counter. That’s when it started.
I was immediately attracted. My heart rate increased, the lust grew stronger with each second that passed. Those two firm beauties staring me right in the face. I couldn’t resist. I told her what I wanted and she told me how much it was going cost me to have them.
I paid her cash and then we turned and left swiftly and made our way to my car. I started the engine and pulled into a quiet secluded spot in the back of the lot. I tried to concentrate on what I was doing but I just couldn’t keep my eyes off the beautiful pair in the passenger seat.
“This looks like a good spot, don’t you think?” I said aloud.
I shut off the car and looked over to the passenger seat. I leaned over and was gentle and caring. I tried to stop myself but I just couldn’t. The temptation was too great. Her smell, her taste, her shape, I just couldn’t control my hunger.
When I was done the guilt washed over me and I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over. I could just picture my wife’s expression if she knew, the disappointment and shame.
I opened the car door, cleaned up the mess, walked over to the trashcan and disposed of the evidence. As I walked back I thought to myself, ‘That was definitely worth it. So I have to do a couple of extra cardio workouts, those were two of the best Boston cream pies I have ever had.’
It was a long drive back from the fitness convention that I was working and I was anxious to see my wife and newborn son. I was getting uncomfortable and needed to pull over, stretch and grab a cup of joe. The next exit had a sign for Food so I decided to take it.
I pulled into the parking lot of this coffee shop that was just a half-mile or so off the exit in some small town that I never knew was here. I’ve past this exit a dozen times and never needed to stop before.
As I stood and stretched by the side of my car I noticed there was only one other car in the lot and the traffic going by, well, there wasn’t any. I swung the car door shut and made my way in through the tightly hinged glass door at the entrance.
Stopping just a few steps inside the establishment I studied the menu above the brightly lit front counter. Deciding that I’d just get a coffee and go I approached the counter. That’s when it started.
I was immediately attracted. My heart rate increased, the lust grew stronger with each second that passed. Those two firm beauties staring me right in the face. I couldn’t resist. I told her what I wanted and she told me how much it was going cost me to have them.
I paid her cash and then we turned and left swiftly and made our way to my car. I started the engine and pulled into a quiet secluded spot in the back of the lot. I tried to concentrate on what I was doing but I just couldn’t keep my eyes off the beautiful pair in the passenger seat.
“This looks like a good spot, don’t you think?” I said aloud.
I shut off the car and looked over to the passenger seat. I leaned over and was gentle and caring. I tried to stop myself but I just couldn’t. The temptation was too great. Her smell, her taste, her shape, I just couldn’t control my hunger.
When I was done the guilt washed over me and I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over. I could just picture my wife’s expression if she knew, the disappointment and shame.
I opened the car door, cleaned up the mess, walked over to the trashcan and disposed of the evidence. As I walked back I thought to myself, ‘That was definitely worth it. So I have to do a couple of extra cardio workouts, those were two of the best Boston cream pies I have ever had.’
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Blog Jog Day - May 9, 2010
Thank you for stopping by my Blog.
Please explore all this Blog and/or my Website has to offer, then jog on over to http://www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/.
In honor of the event I am offering a 41% discount off (that's less than $6.50 a book) any of my children's books. Enter this code R6CBGQ3B at check out from my site.
If you would like to visit a different Blog in the jog, go to http://blogjogday.blogspot.com/
Please explore all this Blog and/or my Website has to offer, then jog on over to http://www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/.
In honor of the event I am offering a 41% discount off (that's less than $6.50 a book) any of my children's books. Enter this code R6CBGQ3B at check out from my site.
If you would like to visit a different Blog in the jog, go to http://blogjogday.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 7, 2010
Post to Boast - Volume 5
Come back and check it out.
In honor of the event I am offering a 41% discount off any of my children's books.
Enter this code R6CBGQ3B at check out from my site
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