What the flagnar?

It's Monday.

I can't stay long. I have 'real' work to do today and tomorrow. The kind that pays 'money'. I'm way behind.

Here's something to ponder...

I read an article about blogging. There was a list of things to do and not to do on your blog.

I think it's funny that someone would even create this list. Blogging is personal and not to be dictated by anyone. But, I digress.

On the list it said, don't write about what others have already written.

Huh?

How the hell would I know if someone else had already written about something I wanted to write about?

I'm supposed to Google my topics and thoughts before I write about them? 

How exhausting.

And even if someone had written a blog about something I wanted to blog about, my opinion will be completely different than their opinion.

I thought that was kind of the point.

Anyway, ponder away at that while I talk about football!

The seven year old is about to start his second year of football. Three day Football Camp is this week followed by Strength and Conditioning training for July followed by the Regular Football Season in August.

This is great news. We had a great time last year and DJ really enjoyed it.

Last season I was editing the hell out of Maguire's Corner while sitting on the sidelines. I would print out pages to bring with me and work on them at practice.

Some of the parents thought I was a teacher correcting papers.

Little did I know that I would be 'published' and working on book two this year.

What is it that Ferris Bueller says?

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Mini-Golf Fail.

Hope you all had an enjoyable Father's Day! We took the husband to a fire department pancake breakfast then for a round of mini-golf. Made burgers on the grill for dinner and brownies w/ vanilla bean ice cream for dessert.

What did you do?

Blogfest reminder & close-ups of the putty-tats!

Thrill us!!!

On June 24th, share a big thrill with us to be entered into The Thrill of it All blogfest contest! We will judge the biggest thrills and give out some thrilling prizes. Entries may be real or fiction. All we ask is that you keep them to a paragraph or so.

...and...

We've got PRIZES!!!!

1) A copy of MAGUIRE'S CORNER, ebook
2) An ARC copy of POP TRAVEL
3) A $20 Amazon GC
4) A banner or caricature by Tara Tyler (or substitute if the winner has another need)

This is a Blog Hop!

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1. Angela Brown in the Pursuit of Publishness	2. Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh	3. Heather M. Gardner
4. Stephen Tremp	5. Father Dragon Writes	6. Queendsheena
7. Elizabeth Seckman	8. Christine Rains	9. The Beveled Edge
10. Thoughts and Ideas from Deanie Humphrys-Dunne	11. Michelle @ Writer~In~Transit	12. Sydney Aaliyah Michelle
13. Carrie-Anne's Magick Theatre	14. For Science!	15. Livia Peterson
16. Writing Off the Edge	17. Tyrean's Writing Spot	18. Mary Pax
19. Donna Hole	20. C. M. Brown	21. Huntress
22. Suzi's Ice Box Art

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The cats.

Ted

Mulder

Squishy

Scully

You've reached the blog of Heather M. Gardner....

Heather can't come to the blog right now, she's in the writing cave and afraid to come out.

Please feel free to leave Heather a message.

She will get back to you as soon as possible.

While you wait, please enjoy these photos of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.

Thank you, and have a lovely day. 

:)

 

Wings, Weddings and Falls.

I'm only here for a minute.

I'm supposed to be packing for a quick trip to Buffalo, NY.

I'm supposed to be writing.

I'm supposed....

You know.

We have a wedding to attend and then we plan on checking out Niagara Falls, which every time I think about, I suddenly have to pee.

The wings? Well, we will be in the Buffalo area. Would be crazy not to find some good wings.

So, I leave you now to get started on that packing thing.

Make sure to check out Maguire's Corner ... now on Barnes & Noble!

Amazon  

Barnes & Noble

Front Porch Romance 

All Romance Ebooks

Smashwords  

Goodreads

It's received some great reviews!

Have a great weekend!

IWSG - Not a people person, I am.

Have I ever mentioned how much I don't like people?

Well, I like you guys.

I guess I should rephrase, slightly.

I don't like people in person.

I mean, it's kind of why I'm a writer.

But, Heather, WTF are you talking about?

Marketing and Promotion.

In order to get and keep my book out there the more I must promote myself the more I must speak to people.

Palpitations.

As I explained to my husband, the thought of going out and talking to people about my book or having a book signing, when paper books would be available, sends waves of anxiety all through me.

I'm so much cooler behind this computer screen.

IRL, I'm just an old mom who wears jeans and sneakers to everything she can get away with and forgets sometimes to check her appearance in the bathroom mirror before she gets in her truck.

Ugh.

And, it's not like I've never stood behind a table to sell things before. Put some raffle tickets in my hand and I'll blow your ear drums out.

But, that's different. I'm not sure why.

Sooner or later, it's going to happen. I'll have to put on my big girl pants and get it done.

Until then...I'll be on my couch.

Thank you, Alex J. Cavanaugh for this great outlet. Check out more insecurities or inspirations HERE.

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So, what's going on this month?

Write Club is back! Go hang with DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0 to get all the deets!

Author Stephen Tremp has Maguire's Corner up on his blog post today! Thanks Stephen!

June 24th share your biggest thrill with Tara Tyler and me for The Thrill of it All Blogfest!

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This week: Dragon movies!

 

How to Train Your Dragon

Hiccup: [about the dragons] Everything we know about you guys is wrong.