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Lassoed in Texas Trilogy
Montana Marriages Trilogy
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
Childhood Christmas Memories
Sorry the picture is all blotchy. I have no computer snazzy skillz to clean it up.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
A MATCH MADE IN TEXAS IS SHIPPING EARLY!
I just got word that A MATCH MADE IN TEXAS is shipping from Amazon
A Match Made in Texas
four novellas from
Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Carol Cox and Mary Connealy
There's a secret matchmaker at work in frontier Texas!
In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she's also giving each couple a little nudge toward love?
A Cowboy Unmatched
Neill isn't sure who hired him to repair Clara's roof--he only knows Clara desperately needs his help. Can he convince this stubborn widow to let down her guard and take another chance on love?
An Unforeseen Match
Hoping to earn an honest wage on his way to the land rush, Clayton ends up on Grace's doorstep, lured by a classified ad. He may have signed on for more than he expected though--and he may have found the one woman who can keep him from moving on.
No Match for Love
Andrew can't fathom how refined Lucy ended up as the caretaker to his dotty aunt, and somehow her arrival has prompted even more bizarre occurrences around the ranch. When they join forces to unearth the truth, will the attraction between Andrew and Lucy develop into more?
Meeting Her Match<<<(this one's mine!)
When the tables are turned and a tenderhearted meddler becomes the beneficiary of a matchmaking scheme, her world is turned upside down. As her entire life changes, will she finally be able to tell the banker's son how much she cares for him?
In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she's also giving each couple a little nudge toward love?
A Cowboy Unmatched
Neill isn't sure who hired him to repair Clara's roof--he only knows Clara desperately needs his help. Can he convince this stubborn widow to let down her guard and take another chance on love?
An Unforeseen Match
Hoping to earn an honest wage on his way to the land rush, Clayton ends up on Grace's doorstep, lured by a classified ad. He may have signed on for more than he expected though--and he may have found the one woman who can keep him from moving on.
No Match for Love
Andrew can't fathom how refined Lucy ended up as the caretaker to his dotty aunt, and somehow her arrival has prompted even more bizarre occurrences around the ranch. When they join forces to unearth the truth, will the attraction between Andrew and Lucy develop into more?
Meeting Her Match<<<(this one's mine!)
When the tables are turned and a tenderhearted meddler becomes the beneficiary of a matchmaking scheme, her world is turned upside down. As her entire life changes, will she finally be able to tell the banker's son how much she cares for him?
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
BOOKSIGNING THIS SUNDAY-COUNCIL BLUFFS LIBRARY
COUNCIL BLUFFS AUTHORS FAIR
I'll be there signing books
with many area authors including my friends
from
1 to 3:30 PM
on
November 24, 2013
at the
Council Bluffs Library
Council Bluffs Library
400 Willow Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The Pioneer Woman Book Signing
BOOKSIGNING
IN OMAHA
Me, in line. when I left after I got my book signed, it was 7:30, full dark and there was still a LONG LONG LINE outside. Amazing turnout.
Just to give you an idea of the crowd that was there for the book signing for The Pioneer Woman
I got in line at 3:30 for a 5 pm signing
I felt like I was pretty close to the front of the line but what I didn't realize was there was one of those windy lines inside, with the back and forth, roped off area. I ended up waiting...from my 'pretty close to the front' position...2 1/2 hours to get my book signed...that's 2 1/2 hours after 5 pm. 4 hours in all.
The line stretched the full length past me to the end of this huge Bakers grocery store.
And then, look at this picture below, these folks facing forward...the line, twisted back...all the way BACK the length of the Bakers Grocery store.
The guy with the cowboy hat is Marlboro Man. Ree Drummond's husband. Famous from her blog.
I'm standing inside the grocery store now, finally and he was in there, he signed some books.
Here, below, in the next picture are her two sons. She's got four kids, her older two are girls and they weren't at the signing. I heard Ree say she and her husband and the boys drove up to Omaha from Oklahoma where they live.
I asked the boys if they'd pose for a picture and they were so polite and smiled so nicely.
Then, later, seriously a LOT later, I asked Marlboro Man and the boys to pose again and they could not have been nicer. I suppose they're trying to keep everyone who is waiting happy, bless their hearts.
Finally I'm inside and you can see that Ree is taking time to get her picture taken with anyone who asks. She was so generous with her time.
Now look at this picture below. Look at the stack of books this lady is buying. This happened over and over and over. People buying four, five, eight books. I suppose maybe buying them for Christmas gifts? Signed books make nice gifts. But there were hundreds of people in line and almost all of them were buying multiple books, in many cases, more then two. I can't imagine how many books she sold.
And now, f inally it's my turn!
She took a minute or even a bit more with everyone. The line was close enough I could see her do it. Bless her heart. I can't imagine how exhausted she must have been. But you couldn't tell it. She just had a great smile and energy and she was more than just polite. She seemed genuine and interested and really lovely. In the red bag, I brought her some books and candy and a few other things.
We've talked just a couple of times through email and she seemed to remember me. If she didn't, she faked it brilliantly, God bless her. LOL Poor lady. I gave her really upscale chocolate from Stam Chocolatier and also, from the same place, a little bag of tiny 'ears of corn' pralines with Cornhusker logos on them and the bag. Trying to give her a little taste of the Cornhusker state.
And that's my brush with fame. The Pioneer Woman. What an experience. I felt like I was standing in line for Rolling Stones Tickets. Of course I WOULDN'T stand in line for Rolling Stones tickets, but for the Pioneer Woman, SURE!
Monday, November 18, 2013
The Pioneer Woman and Me!
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| I got my picture taken with Marlboro Man, the husband of The Pioneer Woman and her two sons. Just really nice, genuine people who don't know how to be anything but polite and friendly. Great time. |
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
A Chance to Win Alaska Brides Collection
We create characters for our books and we try so hard to make them fresh. Make them fun and interesting. Make them jump off the page. Sometimes we maybe go too far, make them too outrageous. Or maybe we hold back. Maybe we feel like, because we write fiction, our stories have to make sense. READ MORE HERE INCLUDING HOW TO GET YOUR NAME IN THE DRAWING
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Letter from Great-grandpa to fiance 1887
Sent July 28, 1887. John Snider Attorney at Law trying to persuade his fiance Adda Latta that it will be fine to live in three rooms, shared with a family with two children who will live in two rooms rather than spend $15 a month for an entire house. The savings of $5 a month is well worth it.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Letter from my great grandpa to my soon to be great grandma 1887
He wrote this from Dodge City, Kansas on his way to Hastings, Nebraska where they would live. The second and third line are blurred due to a fold in the paper. The words in the first sentence are: I arrived here safely at a quarter before one o'clock this morning.
I have a whole stack of these and may post them as I find time to scan them. We'll see. I've been meaning to do it for a long time.
Not that interesting except for the glimpse it gives you into the daily lives of the time. I mainly just want to preserve them online for myself and my family.
If you click on each page, they get big enough to read.
Monday, November 04, 2013
Creating Characters One Layer at a Time-Layer One-The Physical Must Reflect the Character
I am told I create
great characters.
So, I thought it
would be a great idea to write a great blog post about how to create great
characters.
Except I have no
idea how I create my characters.
Except that’s just
stupid read more here including how to win a $24 Amazon gift ecard.
Saturday, November 02, 2013
WE ARE OFFERING NIGHTCLASSES ON SEEKERVILLE
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Seekerville Online Classes are wholly managed by the individual instructor. No part of your tuition goes to Seekerville. Classes are paid for via PayPal only, and go directly to the instructor. There are no refunds for classes. Class e-vites are issued at least one week before class begins. Enrollment will continue until classes are filled or 48 hours before class begins.
THEY START AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. FIND OUT DETAILS BY CLICKING
Monday, October 14, 2013
PRINTABLE BOOK LIST
Someone emailed me and asked if I had a printable list of all my books.
Uh.........no.
So I created one.
It's a tab at the top of this blog post.
It's not exactly printable ... not in any hi-tech sense. You'll have to run your cursor down it to select it, then copy and paste it into a word document to print it.
THEN it's printable.
But anyway, it's a list of all my books, collected into series in order.
For if you should ever want them.
This link also works.
http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/p/printable-book-list.html
Uh.........no.
So I created one.
It's a tab at the top of this blog post.
It's not exactly printable ... not in any hi-tech sense. You'll have to run your cursor down it to select it, then copy and paste it into a word document to print it.
THEN it's printable.
But anyway, it's a list of all my books, collected into series in order.
For if you should ever want them.
This link also works.
http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/p/printable-book-list.html
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
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