Ultimate Dog Tease! Hilarious!

A Funny Story

Okay, this is a true story. It happen to none other than myself and it happened a few years ago.  (And it's just a little exaggerated) (Just a little)

My family was blessed by receiving a free three-wheeler. We owned four acres of land, but my grandpa owned all the woods and fields behind our house. It promised to be great fun, but ended in a stomach ache.

The first one to ride it was my brother. He zoomed around the house. Lesson number one: Three-wheelers are extremely hard to turn. You think you're gona make that turn and you don't. That's just the way it is. So my brother tries to turn it while he's on the edge of our backyard. Of course, he didn't yet know that it was hard to turn. Wham! My brother (related by blood as you'll soon see) smashed through fifteen rows of corn!

Ouch!

Yeah, it might sound like it hurt but that's nothing compared to the 'funny story' I am about to tell you. Nothing! (It may sound funny, even I think it's funny now, but at the time I would've slapped anybody that would've called it 'funny')

So, we'd had the machine for a few weeks. I was confident that I could drive it. I was even doing a few moderate tricks on the thing. I'm driving it in our backyard and we have this trampoline (some of you know where I'm going with this) and to the left of the trampoline was a swing set. There was probably ten feet in between them. Now, if I would have had an hour to think this out I would've just gone around them. But, no. I had about five seconds. So, I decided to try (yes try) to go in between them.

Lesson number two: If you aren't sure that you're going to make it on a running vehicle, bale off!

I saw that I wasn't going to make it. Again, if I would've had an hour to think it over I would've baled off. But, no. I had three seconds. I clenched my eyes shut tight waiting for the metal to meet my flesh. And boy did it.

WHAM!!!

Have you ever had a sibling punch or kick you in the stomach? Yeah, it hurts. Try multiplying it by five. That trampoline took me off the fast flying vehicle at the stomach. Oh, my body hurts just thinking about it. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes (other than a vision of heaven coming near) was the three-wheeler still running underneath the tramp. I jumped to my feet and...the pain. I doubled over and tried to suck in air. Suck, suck suck. But no exhale.

Two of my brothers ran over to me. "What's wrong?" "What do you need?"

If I could've spoke I would've said, "Air, you fouls. I need air!!!"

Well that's pretty much the just of it. I couldn't breathe for at least a minute. Afterwards I figured out lesson number three: Never, EVER, run into a trampoline on a three-wheeler! NEVER!!!

Vacation

Leaving for vacation in the morning!!! Hopefully, I'll be able to do some blogging then. (But doubtful.) Not sure if I will have much time to write. Hopefully, I will. Until next week,

CP

Grab a snack, turn on the music, and enter a fictional world. Ah, a writer's dream.

The First Hundred Words

Here are the first hundred words to my next attempt at a novel. At this point you might say "What? You already started again!" Well, to tell you the truth, I have been plotting this one out for weeks. So now it's time to get it on paper!!! Here you go:


Jon Douglas looked from the road to the small Golden Retriever pup in the passenger seat. Why had he succumbed to his feelings for it. Jon had stopped in a small town to eat his packed lunch. He didn’t like to spend his hard earned dollars on takeout.
After eating, he had taken a little stroll on main street. Jon had stopped in front of a pet store. Two Golden Retrievers played with each other. Chasing, tackling, biting. Then out of nowhere, a set of arms reached in and grabbed one. The last pup, stunned, looked at its sibling being ripped away from its life. A low pitiful whimper released from the pup’s throat. It turned, and looked out the window. The pup tilted its head and gave Jon its puppy eyes. Those hazel eyes.

Okay so it was 124. (If I counted right) I didn't want to stop mid-paragraph. What do you think? Did it make you want to keep reading or stop? It may be hard to judge a book by 124 words.

P.S. The book is a sub-genre from mystery. They call it a cozy mystery.

Christian Fiction Book Review

I just finished this book the other day. And wow! It was great! But before I go into details let me give you some backround on the author.

Ron Benrey has co-authored, with his wife Janet, seven Chrisian novels. (Little White Lies, The Second Mile, Humble Pie, Dead as a Scone, The Final Crumpet, Glory Be!, and Gone to Glory) He has also written one romance novella, a shorter than usual novel, named Once Upon a Shopping Cart. Benrey frequently teaches at leading writers' conferences and is a mentor at a Christian Writers' Guild. He also teaches adult courses in theology.

Now that we got background out of the way, this book was great! He didn't leave a single thing out. Benrey goes through four different parts. Part 1: Understanding Christian Fiction, Part 2: Writing a Publishable Christian Novel, Part 3: Sitting Down to Write Christian Fiction, and Part Four: Get Your Christian Novel Published.

He does an absolutely fantastic job of laying out everything.  Found it extremely helpful in many ways. Two thumbs up, five stars, and an A+! Loved it! You should defiantly buy this book!!!

Oh, Not Again!

Yup, it happened again. I stopped my current (unnamed) novel. I was almost done. My plot was running out.     And I wasn't even halfway to where I wanted to be! Grrrrrr, all that time for another unfinished novel. Well I guess it's time to try again. In the words of Babe Ruth, "Just keep swingin'."

P.S. Perhaps one day I'll fine tune the short novel and publish it on kindle for cheap. Watcha think? Is it a good idea?

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The Second Greatest Lie Ever Told

This is a booklet we used in NYC. I would highly recommend it for new and old Christians alike! It goes through the following religions: Sikh, Islam, Jehovah's Witness, Roman Catholicism, Buddhist, Mormonism, and Christianity. And it tells why Christianity is the only true religion. Buy it here:
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A Novel Idea Review

This is by far the best book on writing I have ever read. Basically, a bunch of christian writers got together to write this. Jerry B Jenkins, Francine Rivers, Angela Hunt, Donita K Paul, and many more! (Even though they say Francine Rivers took part in it, she only had two short interviews, which disappointed me.) It is jam packed with advice, exercises, and much more. I give it five out of five, two thumbs up. And I would recommend it for any writer at any level. Get it NOW!!!

Wow!

Just realized how much I missed on a one week trip.

My Brother and Sister-in-law bought a house
We got rid of our white car
My cousin got married
(I think there was something else but I cannot put my finger on it)

Yeah three pretty major events. (the car may not seem major but it really puts a chip in my plans) So all this to say I am never leaving home, for more than a few days, again........

(Until next summer)