I can’t tell you how cool it was to finally see my book show up on Amazon.
It was a really good feeling!
But then I got word that people were starting to receive my book from earlier orders and were also finding a few mistakes in the book.
Continue reading Some days you just feel deflated
My novel is now available on Amazon! WOot! Just in time for Christmas ordering.
For those of you who haven’t ordered your copy of the book yet (or want to order 5 copies for your mother), I’ve got a little pointer on how to get free shipping with Amazon.
Continue reading St. Peter’s Brewery now on Amazon
As part of our foster care certification process, we’ve been asked to read three books and write book reports on them. I know! Book reports?!
It’s not really that bad. They basically want to find out what we’ve learned from said books. As simple as it may be, or as complex as it may be.
In the book I’m trying to finish up now, “Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew,” the author shares some of the special needs adopted children may have.
As I read this list, I thought — how true to life this is for everyone else as well.
Imagine if we each understood and realized these needs as our needs as well.
What would that do to your psyche?
How would it change you today if you realized that your life narrative began before you were born and that your life is not a mistake?
What would that do to your spirit and soul to realize that YOU have intrinsic, immutable value as a human being?
I hope it excites you like it excites me!
And then take it one step further….
How would it change your attitude today if you believed that about everyone else around you?
Over the years my favorite Christmas songs have changed from year to year.
I remember singing a number of songs growing up, including Come on Ring those Bells, Silent Night, Rudolph, etc. etc. But over the last few years, I think I’ve settled in on my all time favorite.
O Holy Night.
Continue reading Songs of Christmas
For one of my clients, they’ve requested author level permissions for all the members in their organization. This could become a huge headache — very quickly — or if managed correctly, a highly effective communication tool.
With every member writing and commenting, it can become hard to know who’s writing what, or what context they’re coming from, so I wanted to add a brief author’s bio to the end of each post.
I wanted something that was easy for everyone to use and update without having to hard code the information somewhere. And after a quick Google search I realized you can pull a user’s/author’s information straight off of their User Profile page in WordPress.
Continue reading Add an author’s bio to WordPress posts
A fun meme has been floating around the interwebs as of late — Summarize the Bible in Five Statements.
I haven’t tracked down the originator yet, but I picked up on it from Michael Morrell’s post and it’s been fun following along as it’s spread from there.
And now I’ve been tagged too by the legendary podcaster himself, Chad Crawford.
Continue reading The Bible in Five Statements