Announcing my short story, titled, HALO and HOLLY!
Here's the cover. This sweet canine Christmas short story will be available on Amazon Kindle by the end of the week.
I'll post more as soon as it's available.
Cover art by: Digital Donna.
I'm busting with pride and want to thank my family and friends for their support!
Good night. Headed to bed grinnin' like the Cheshire cat.
Cherri
More fun than a barrel of monkeys! That's what it's like when Nate (D. Nathan Hilliard) and I set up at Denny's with our laptops showing each other websites, interesting blogs, comments, and pics we've discovered during the week. Honestly, when we get together, we're like two kids let loose on the premesis!
It felt really, really good to laugh from the depths of my gut. Personally, I've had a start to a rough week last week, but it certainly ended well, and am looking forward to next. (that is, other than the stupid facebook hacking job bestowed on me, it ended on a good note :) )
Tomorrow is "buckle down" time and get back to a novel I've been working on with protagonist, Becky McAllen...she's going to come up against a teen-ager, and doesn't quite know what to do with the over-sized brat!
Lots of homework still looms for me on my personal Life's Learning Curves -- this time to challenge my patience at html for the upload to Kindle, which will be happening at the end of this week.
Still smilin', keeping my head up, and hoping all aspiring writers to complete what they've begun. Because that's the best place to start!
Happy Trails,
Cherri
Let me inform everyone on Facebook--I didn't do a "test" with ipad! I don't own an ipad, don't have a desire to own one, and have no use for one.
That said, my FB account was compromised and HACKED by someone tooting ipads. When I tried to type into my own wall to that effect, it wouldn't even allow me to put it up. Instead, it repeated the same dumb hack post previously.
I have deleted my FB account. Will I open a new FB account? Maybe, one day...just don't hold your breath, 'cause it won't be happening anytime soon.
On a far greater happy note-I've found Digital Donna to do my book cover--she's incredible! And if you believe in a Higher Power, then you'll understand why and how we found each other! Yes, our paths were meant to cross.
Happy Trails,
Cherri
My husband surprised me with a new printer! I'm really excited over this one. It scans, copies, and yes--prints! A Lexmark that is so fast, I'm still amazed -- it prints 32 pages in under one minute. That's pretty darn fast, folks!
The old printer wouldn't communicate with my system after we installed Win 7. No matter what we tried, I ended up sending the file to Steve's computer and printing out whatever I needed from his printer. Well, I print a lot. The running back and forth became tedious after a couple of months and my whining machine grew louder. (guess he heard me-heehee)
Susan's laid claim to the light green/dark sage afghan I'm working on and as soon as it's finished, I'll ship it on to her up in N.C. This one is a beauty!
After hours of frustration unsuccessfully pretending to be an artist, I've finally contacted someone for the book cover that became a flaming bush (a Christmas tree) gone wrong with two billy goats (Great Pyrenees) grazing over clumpy coals (a living room setting with presents under the tree). Now, I'll sleep better.
Last night a new idea came to me for a new novel. This one I actually wrote the basics down, so I won't forget, and have put the notes in a folder for future reference. Too much to complete before rallying with this one. Of course, there will be a dog and a protagonist put through the hoops of hell. I keep saying that one day I'm going to write something "darker" that isn't my norm. And this one might be the one that I let all my inhibitions go. Writing really is standing before the world naked for all the world to see inside our souls, our minds, our lives, our world--and the way we perceive it.
Time for me to file stacks of paperwork away and clear off my desk (again). The clutter is starting to bug me. After that I'll start tweaking on a couple of short stories, cause I want them to be my best. A sweet little canine Christmas short story I'll be putting up on Kindle in about a week.
Happy Trails,
Cherri
Finally uploaded the pics of the crochet and knitted pieces I'd completed to my website at: www.cherrigalbiati.com marked the FUN STUFF section. They're a bit off kelter, but at least you can get a peek at what I do for a hobby.
Now for the twist on the "learning curve". I've completed a sweet Christmas short story and am about ready to upload it to Kindle
. All I have to do now is let loose my artistic mind and wrap it around how to do a book cover! So far, I've managed to insert a flaming tree (it's supposed to be a Christmas tree), and two dogs that look like goats grazing on a pile of coals. Sheesh! Nate, a friend and fellow writer, tells me to just play with the program and it'll all come together. Now, in my mind, PLAY=FUN...so tonight I'm asking myself, "when do we start playing?" Because I'm sure as heck ain't havin' no fun! This is maddening! LOL.
Tomorrow starts a new week ahead and I'm looking forward to it, now that I've had my Sunday evening with the a/c turned down cold enough to hang meat (according to my husband) and curled up with a wonderful story by Debbie Macomber, A Good Yarn
. The cold, the new afghan, and the book put me on a much higher plain! Thank you, Honey for obliging me.
Enjoy your week, I know I'm going to. Today is "doggie bath" at our house and four fur-kids will be getting dunked!
Happy trails and tails,
Cherri
