I have known for quite some time that I would eventually out myself publicly on this (and a few other forums). I have decided that today is the day since my blog on the Grit Magazine site has gone live in the past hour or so. I have also reached a couple of other milestones in that my first novel became available through Amazon.com today and I just finished the first edit of the second novel late last night (or maybe it was actually early this morning?). At any rate, I hope that you all enjoy my first blog post for Grit and look forward to some of you following my urban farming endeavors!
http://www.grit.com/...ty-biddies.aspx
Coming out of the closet...
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 02:33 PM
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 02:40 PM
That's a nice article and a wonderful photo!!!! What's the title of your book on amazon? Glad you are out now!!!!!!
John 14:27 ...Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Henry David Thoreau
Job 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him...
Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?!
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Henry David Thoreau
Job 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him...
Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?!
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 02:46 PM
Martian, that's you in the pic? You are so beautiful and a real lady. No-one would suspect a full blown survivalette looking at you. You know, camouflage, stealth, dirty fingernails 
Here's to your blog and book. Well done you!
Sounds like you really put a lot of work and time in both.
Here's to your blog and book. Well done you! Sounds like you really put a lot of work and time in both.
She looked at the wolf with a sweet smile . The wolf asked what was in her basket. `Food for Grandmother`she said..
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 02:47 PM
How cool Martian Chick. I enjoyed the article and it's nice to now have a face to go with you name. Good work!!!
Like Miki, I'm wondering about your book. If you don't want to say the title and author, at least tell us what it's about.
Like Miki, I'm wondering about your book. If you don't want to say the title and author, at least tell us what it's about.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:00 PM
I go along with the others and especially Christy. You are so pretty, she just beat me to posting. I knew you could write. I want to congratulate you on your success. That is a great article and I'm hoping there will be more.
We will go find your book if you don't want to brag. But would sure love to have you tell us about it.
We will go find your book if you don't want to brag.
But would sure love to have you tell us about it.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:17 PM
COOL!!!!
I used to love Grit magazine... I sold it to neighbors as a kid. I didn't realize it was still around, and *online*????
I love ya even more, if that's possible. It's brave of you to "step out" (although I was kinda ummm... WONDERING what closet you were leaving... 
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(just kiddin'...!)
I used to love Grit magazine... I sold it to neighbors as a kid. I didn't realize it was still around, and *online*????
I love ya even more, if that's possible.
It's brave of you to "step out" (although I was kinda ummm... WONDERING what closet you were leaving... )(just kiddin'...!)
Where words and actions disagree, the heart is revealed.
Look how often the unexpected happens... and we still don't expect it.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:47 PM
My goodness! I didn't expect anyone to post so quickly! Thank you for the compliments. As I've said before... I really am a girly-girl at heart! Here is a link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Bystander-Tale-End-World-Knew/dp/1453760482/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324409119&sr=8-1
It is sort of a light apocalyptic tale that reads like a romance novel. The story is told from the perspective of a woman who moves out to the country after the death of her husband. She envisions herself as a sort of Martha Stewart for Homesteaders, except she really has no experience with rolling up her sleeves and actually "doing" the work. She just used to write articles for magazines.When an actual
scenario occurs, she and her new neighbors have to figure out a new way to survive. For the most part, I kept the storyline at a PG-13 level.
http://www.amazon.com/Bystander-Tale-End-World-Knew/dp/1453760482/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324409119&sr=8-1
It is sort of a light apocalyptic tale that reads like a romance novel. The story is told from the perspective of a woman who moves out to the country after the death of her husband. She envisions herself as a sort of Martha Stewart for Homesteaders, except she really has no experience with rolling up her sleeves and actually "doing" the work. She just used to write articles for magazines.When an actual
scenario occurs, she and her new neighbors have to figure out a new way to survive. For the most part, I kept the storyline at a PG-13 level.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:56 PM
Hey girls, later on we can say we knew her before she was famous!
She looked at the wolf with a sweet smile . The wolf asked what was in her basket. `Food for Grandmother`she said..
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:18 PM
She was always famous here (maybe out 'there' too). Looked at your book, found your 'web site' and am very impressed. Now tell us, was it very painful coming out of that closet? I might want to do it myself some day! 
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:34 PM
COOL!!!!
I used to love Grit magazine... I sold it to neighbors as a kid. I didn't realize it was still around, and *online*????
I love ya even more, if that's possible.
(just kiddin'...!)
Ahh, well... I needed a ruse to get you to open the thread! My house is a big old Victorian and apparently those Victorian folks didn't have much use for them. Our closets aren't big enough to hide any (real) secrets in!
Edited to add: Grit is part of the Mother Earth News family of magazines now and is still going strong.
Edited by themartianchick, 20 December 2011 - 04:39 PM.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:38 PM
She was always famous here (maybe out 'there' too). Looked at your book, found your 'web site' and am very impressed. Now tell us, was it very painful coming out of that closet? I might want to do it myself some day!
This is a really nice place to out yourself on. It felt almost momentous when my mouse was hovering over the Add Reply button! I guess that I have to finish the website tonight to make it functional...
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:38 PM
Big closets make great pantries, Just saying
Mother, I am literally waiting for you to publish your works. I'd be the first buyer.
Mother, I am literally waiting for you to publish your works. I'd be the first buyer.
She looked at the wolf with a sweet smile . The wolf asked what was in her basket. `Food for Grandmother`she said..
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
She then opened her basket and took out a sawn off shotgun.
A few days later she walked through the woods in her new wolfskin furcoat...
Lesson learned, so not mess with girls who are brave enough to go into the woods on their own.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:50 PM
I am sooooo proud of you! You said you were a girly-girl and you sure are. I see you are as beautiful on the outside as you are on inside. My heart is just bursting with joy for you right now! Thank for coming out. I put your book in my wish list for right now and will actually go 'shopping' when I get finished here. I like to get enough in my wish list bin to get a deal on shipping. I'll make it happen tonight.
I'm so excited for you!!!!
I'm so excited for you!!!!
You can't always get what you want, babe
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get what you need.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 12:17 AM
You are lovely,TMC, congratulations on the book being published ! I put it on my wish list so I would not lose track of it! I look forward to reading it as soon as I can put my hands on it.
I like your blog too. Very nicely done!
I like your blog too. Very nicely done!
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
John 1:5
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:04 AM
Thank you, ladies! It feels good to be finished with it. I noticed that it isn't yet available as a download, so maybe that will happen in the next few days. One of my relatives is getting a Kindle for Christmas so I wanted to be able to contribute a downloadable version of the book to her gift.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:36 AM
This is just fantastic tMC!!! Loved the article ... you really are a beauty ... the book cover looks great ... the storyline sounds interesting ... I know it's gonna be a good read!!! Well done!!! I'm so proud of you and for you!!!
Like a bad tooth or a lame foot
is reliance on the unfaithful
in times of trouble. Proverbs 25:19 (NIV)
is reliance on the unfaithful
in times of trouble. Proverbs 25:19 (NIV)
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 01:55 PM
I got you ordered. Can't wait til it gets here.
Hope I don't have company when it arrives.
Hope I don't have company when it arrives.
You can't always get what you want, babe
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get what you need.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:55 PM
Well, of course Ihad to go to Amazon and look. I love the cover! I enjoyed the Grit article too. congratulations TMC!!
Thank you, Daylily! There is a backstory to the cover design...When I was a little girl, my school bus used to go past that house. I always loved the architecture of it but it was a bit too near the turkey farm. Every spring, they'd spray turkey manure all over the fields that surrounded it, so we mostly plugged our noses as the bus went by.
At any rate, in writing the story, I always kept that house in mind and never doubted that it should be the main character's home. I still pass that house from time to time. When I received my first publishing proof, I showed it to my dad. He asked if that was a drawing of the such and such mansion. I didn't know it by that name but I described where the house sits and he said that it was fairly well-known to have been a part of the underground railroad. That was news to me!
However it does fit with some of the followup stories that I have already outlined for development and the lead character in the novel is black, though the lead characters in the follow up stories are not.
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