Those of you, (I know there are only a few) may remember that I wanted to be a newspaper columnist. Erma Bombeck was my hero, but there were many others that wrote columns that I read and enjoyed. For whatever reason they stopped, but Erma Bombect was always there until her death.
This has been a dream of mine since I started reading the newspaper in elementary school. Over the years, technology became part of my life and it started in middle school, because I loved being an audio-visual tech. It was great to be called upon and asked to fix a problem that the teachers couldn’t fix. Now I want to combine the two, technology, writing and education. It was a great combination in my opinion.
In addition, to this blog, I am developing a Teacher Store where my products can be sold. I need a beta group to help me develop products that online/hybrid teachers need. My goal is to help teachers who are an online teacher or hybrid teachers and develop the materials and resource that the need to be good teachers Brick and Mortar, Hybrid and Online Teachers have require similar materials but they need to be tweaked for their delivery. Over the next few blogs, I will develop the specific kind of beta group that I need to help me make the products that they need.
Can you help me?
Please think about it and continue to read my blog. I really want this to be specific to online/hybrid teachers.
Five years ago I realized that I was not as young as I though I was, I was not. This is not where I thought I would be at this stage in my life. I thought my writing career would be further along, I did think I wold be working at home, but I thought I would be earning more than I am currently.
However, I’m not making it a woe is me type situation. Although, well, that’s for another time and another blog. :
“May we never despise small beginnings
Instead, we can embrace the place God has us. We can serve faithfully & joyfully without clamoring or demanding for more.
Because our early days of preparation aren’t small. They’re necessary. And God’s ways and timing are always best.”
There are several parts of this verse that apply to my current situation and place in life. I just never thought that I would at this low level. I fell like I am experiencing the theme of the movie “Groundhog Day.”
In addition, I would like to say to anyone who feels that this is not the place they thought they would be at this stage in there life. This is one of the reason I chose increase as my word this year. Increase in all areas, especially in confidence in myself and position in life.
This is my thought for this week. Have a great week!!
Main Character: Jill Gardner, Owner of “Coffee, Books, and More” Store, South Cove, California
A Scene for Tourist trap from the blogger.
Jill is a transplant from the big city. She was a lawyer, married and on the fast
track to success. Life happen and she
moved to South Cove, CA and opened a Coffee/Book Store. Thanks to an inheritance she receives in the
first book she brings her aunt on board to help manage the store. One thing leads to another and she becomes an
important part of South Cove. Read the books & novellas, help her solve the
mysteries and keep up with her life as it changes in South Cove.
2014: +Guidebook to Murder +Mission to Murder +If the Shoe Kills
Cat Latimer has returned to hometown after her ex-husband dies to wrap up his affairs and set up her career as a writer. She is finding several pieces of information that shed a new light on her break up with her ex husband and their relationship. Cat is starting over, sort of, she has hired a cook and handy man to help her run her writer’s retreat. Of course, since it is a mystery series, she has a case to solve. The area is located in Colorado where I live so I recognize some of the sites explored. This is a series that you to keep up with because there are some twists and turns.
Main
Character: Cat Latimer, former English professor, owner of bed and breakfast in
Colorado
Angie Turner has returned home with her best friend after
her grandmother had died. She and her
friend begin the process of opening a farm to fork restaurant and all of the
work that it entails. In addition, to
headaches of staffing, supplying and running a restaurant Angie becomes
embroiled in a relationship and three murders (one per book) that need to be
solved in order for their restaurant to return to “normal” operations.
Main Character: Angie Turner, owner of the farm to table County Seat restaurant, Idaho
2018: Who Moved My Goat Cheese? Killer Green tomatoes
Lynn Cahoon is an author that I discovered via Netgally. (Netgally is a website that influence the sale of book by offering advanced copies of ebooks to book reviewers.) This author, Lynn Cahoon, has written three series that are published by Kensington/Lyrical Underground. She also writes contemporary romances set in a small town under the pen name Lynn Collins. I have not read any of the romances that Ms. Cahoon has written at all. I really don’t like romances.
This post is about what I know and read about Lynn Cahoon. Based on the information i have received she is a breast cancer survivor and it sounds like she reorganized her life by writing. I was very impressed with her profile, her output in the last few years I have read all of her books in the following three series:
TOURIST TRAP
CAT LATMINER
FARM TO FORK
I have really enjoyed each and every of the books. Since I haven’t posted all of the reviews for the books in the series. In this post and the series to follow I will post the reviews and also the links to Amazon, Good reads, in addition to sending copies to her and her publisher, which is standard
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