• Want to Laugh?


    I know, it’s not Friday Funnies time . . . but I just couldn’t wait.

    I saw comedian, Tim Hawkins last night at my church. He is hysterical. My cheekbones hurt before the night was through.

    Here’s a little snippet.

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    What’d you think? Have you ever seen him before? If not. DO!

  • GOOD NEWS PT 2


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    So, I woke up in Beautiful Sedona, AZ Saturday morning ready to write.

    BUT, I didn’t have an idea.

    Yeah, so I thought my writer’s weekend would be spent editing existing manuscripts (I have six to chose from☺.) And we know there is always room for improvement, right?

    I decided to go for a run in the Red Rocks, on Bell Rock Path. It’s a beautiful route, I’ve done it several times. Lots of hills and fantastic views.

    I’d prayed on Friday during the day, and then again Saturday morning: “God, if there’s something you want me to write, let me know.”

    And boy, did HE ANSWER!

    I was jogging, actually, sucking dust up this killer hill, and an idea hit me like a 2 x 4 over the head.

    So, I finished up my six-mile run, showered, and grabbed something to eat. THEN, I sat at my computer and started pounding out some words.

    I stopped to eat dinner, to sleep a few hours, then started up the next morning and wrote straight until Sunday afternoon.

    25,000 words later . . .

    Oh man, if you can ever take a writers retreat, DO IT. NO TV to distract, no nothing. Just a fellow writer or two to keep you motivated and work through little bumps you hit while you’re writing…man, doesn’t get much better than that.

    So, the writer’s weekend started out with a bang learning Light of Truth finaled in a contest and ended on a fantastic note of getting 25,000 words done on a new WIP (Work in Progress)

  • GOOD NEWS PT 1


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    I got a call that rocked my world on Friday the 17th…. Light of Truth Finaled in a writing contest.

    The call caught me off guard. I was at the grocery store standing in the check out line. I’m like, “715 area code? Who could that be?”

    I don’t know what possessed me to answer, I mean, I was next in line to check out. I guess I figured I could because the guy in front of me was taking forever and the call was probably a solicitor.” (And yes, I put my cell number on the no call list, I still get them.)

    Anyway, I picked it up and God bless her soul, the woman on the end of the line repeated it, like, six times. I couldn’t believe I was hearing her right.

    So, I stepped out of line, letting the person behind me check out while I got the details. I was so excited you’d think I had won!! Heck, even if I don’t win, I’m stoked I finaled.

    AND, to make things even BETTER, I was leaving later that night to Sedona, AZ with my dear friend KM for a writer’s retreat.

    A weekend of nothing but writing. NO TV, no nothing.

    We’d arrived up to Sedona later that night and I was so wired from the final, I did a little work, but the REAL fun started Saturday . . . but you’ll have to stay tuned for that until tomorrow. ☺

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    Have you ever won something? Do tell.

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  • FRIDAY FUNNIES–Sheby Daniels Week


    tgifShelby here. I’m sad this is my last post on the Light of Truth blog.

    Maybe I can convince Lynn to let me do the Saturday post too?? It’s supposed to be part II of her dad’s 3,100 mile bike ride…so we’ll see.

    If not, maybe I’ll be back someday to host…

    But, back to Friday Funnies.

    So, Lynn tells me it’s all about funny stories on Fridays. Sounds cool, I like laughing. Heck, in Light of Truth, Lynn even talks about a time where I fell off my couch while I was sleeping.

    Poor Gabe. He was hangin’ out at my house in the kitchen (you’ll have to read the book to get more details….), and I guess he toally freaked when he heard the thud. He thought someone came in and snatched me away or something.

    I mean, how embarrassing is that? We’d only known each other for, like, a couple days.

    But that’s not my funny story.

    When I was six, and no, this isn’t in the book, I was in a wedding. The cute little ringer bearer-type. Pink dress, all the frills.

    Yeah, that was before the whole, “I hate God and the world” attitude shift and black clothes after my dad died.

    Anyway, back to the story.

    I don’t remember it much because I was so little. Mom used to tell the story all the time, though, and had to whip out the pictures once in a while.

    Evidently, I was doing the little-girl-potty-dance, so mom took me to the bathroom.

    Yep, you guessed it.

    My little dress was tucked in the back of my white tights as I started walking down the aisle.

    Jeez, can we say, “embarrassing.” And of course, they had to get it on film.

    Parents and their cameras….

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    So, don’t let me be the only one sharing today. Tell me a funny story…

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  • THEN & NOW THURSDAYS–Shelby Daniels Week


    Shelby here, again. Getting sick of me yet? Only a couple more days if you are. And I’m havin’ fun with this so hopefully you are too.

    So, Lynn tells me that Thursdays is something called, “Then and Now Thursdays.” Ok, I’m only nineteen years old, so the Then part would put me at, like, birth, so I’ll just try and do something interesting…

    I know it’s not Monday, but I have to talk about music here. I’m really into it.

    THEN:

    cd-picture2CDs came out before I was even born, right? Like, 1982 or something. They were sleek and looked way cool. You just slid them into your portable CD carrier and you were set!

    Loved it.

    8tracks18-tracks, my mom told me about those. They were, like, from the 60s or something. They were clunky-lookin’, huh?
    Can we say, “Archaeic?” Ok, CDs are still used a little but….
    NOW:
    ipodIt’s I-Pod, all the way.

    These first came out when I was, like, eleven or so.

    This is about the only way to go these days. I remember the first song I put on my I-Pod. It was, Get the Party Started, by Pink. Yeah, my mom wasn’t so happy.

    But now, it’s mostly Christian Rock. I’ve got a few songs in mind that I’d play on a soundtrack for the Light of Truth movies that’ll surely come.

    Lynn laughed until she cried when I told her about movies and soundtracks for the book. She’s, like, “Hey, God’s plan, not ours. The book may never even hit the shelves. You just never know what’s up God’s sleeve.”

    Typical thing she’d say.

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    What’d you grow up with? 8-track? CD? I-pod? Radio only?

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