Friday Finds: What Happened to My Sister

I've been waiting for this novel for YEARS. After I read ME AND EMMA, also written by Elizabeth Flock, I wrote to her expressing my love of her writing and the character, Carrie Parker. Ms. Flock wrote back and said she was working on a follow-up to ME AND EMMA. Today, it arrived at my doorstep and I couldn't be happier.

From Amazon:

Nine-year-old Carrie Parker and her mother, Libby, are making a fresh start in the small town of Hartsville, North Carolina, ready to put their turbulent past behind them. Violence has shattered their family and left Libby nearly unable to cope. And while Carrie once took comfort in her beloved sister, Emma, her mother has now forbidden even the mention of her name.

When Carrie meets Ruth, Honor, and Cricket Chaplin, these three generations of warmhearted women seem to have the loving home Carrie has always dreamed of. But as Carrie and Cricket become fast friends, neither can escape the pull of their families’ secrets—and uncovering the truth will transform the Chaplins and the Parkers forever.

Read an excerpt at Elizabeth Flock's website.

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FRIDAY FINDS is hosted by MizB from Should Be Reading.

Stephen King Interview on Late Night TV!

Did you see Stephen King on the Craig Ferguson show last night? In case you missed it..

Wordless Wednesday: For your amusement...park

More fun photos from our trip to Galveston's new Pleasure Pier amusement park. View more of them here and here.

Nighttime view from the pier.

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Wordless Tuesday: Ferris Wheel

The brand new Ferris Wheel positioned on Galveston Texas's new Pleasure Pier.

View from the Ferris Wheel

Another view from the Ferris Wheel

You might be a lazy blogger if

1/ you post photos each day of the week.
2/ you just got back from vacation and your laundry basket is eye-balling you.
3/ you can't tear yourself away from the Olympics.
4/ for each day you don't blog, you delve deeper into your work-in-progress.

Color me all of the above!

I'm posting vacation photos all week.

Stewart Beach in Galveston

Pleasure Pier 

My kids are on this ride. Honest.

Saturday Snapshot: Sky Drama

Tuesday night sunset over Galveston, Texas.

There is much to admire about the Lone Star state. Dramatic skies are high on my list of features to love.


Snapshot Saturday is sponsored by Alyce of At Home With Books.

Wordless Wednesday: Double Rainbow

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. - Lord Byron

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Also, check out my Editing Fail pic here.

Grocery Store Editing Fail

Wordless Wednesday: Cake Decorating

When you are nine and can't find a cake decoration that suits your tastes, you ask your mom to get a simple cake and use your own characters to design it.

No word yet on why Minnie is turned around, but my money is on keeping watch over Mittens the cat. Also, Goofy looks suspicious.

Monday Morning Inspiration: Inner Thoughts

Can you relate to this sentiment? I can. I think this speaks one thousand truths, and not just for writers. 

Hope you have a wonderful and INSPIRING Monday. It's raining here and I'm collecting the remnants of my daughter's dragon and Disney-themed birthday party that are still strewn around the house. A candy wrapper here. A piece of streamer there. I almost want to leave the decorations up a little longer and let her new nine-ness sink in. I feel like I just brought her home in a Snoopy blanket, blinked and POOF she's nine and a boy classmate has given her a necklace with her name on it that she's refused to take off. 

Me: You still have your necklace on. Don't you think you should take it off now that it's bedtime?

Her: I'm going to keep it on in case I get amnesia. Then I'll know my name. 

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Life inside her head must be VERY interesting.