Laurie L.C. Lewis's Blog: Bloggin' It Up Here, page 56

BLOGGERS HELPING DAVIS COX

Dear Readers,

I was approached about helping spread the word about a fundraising campaign to benefit a Utah Boy who has severe aplastic anemia. This is one of those times when blogging can exceed entertainment. I hope some of you can attend a few of these events, or make a donation. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support!

Laurie
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Media Advisory
July 16, 2010


Davis County Community Hosts Fundraiser for Local Teen with Aplastic Anemia.

"Distance for Davis Cox"...

SCORE ONE FOR THE LAWYER

To those of you who visited earlier, and came back to find this post down, my apologies. Some Blogger-glitch erased the post. Here it is again.

For those of you who are reading this for the first time, this is supposedly a true story. Thanks to Kay Curtis for sharing it with me. This guy's my hero!
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A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collatera...

WHAT MADE THE "GREATEST GENERATION" GREAT?

We were on a trip when the call came in telling us that one of my husband's uncles had died. Yesterday was the funeral, and as I sat in the chapel, then in the mausoleum, and on to the reception following the service, I observed his friends and remaining siblings, members of his generation, the generation some call "The Greatest Generation That Ever Lived," and it was a privilege.

That honor is a tough call. Were they greater than the generation of the Founding Fathers--those who risked their ...

SCORE ONE FOR THE LAWYER!!!

[image error] For a history lover, this is nerd heaven as far as humor goes! I'm told this is a true story. If it is, I need to find this attorney because he is now my idol. If it's not, three cheers for the creative genius who came up with this! Thanks to Kay Curtis for sharing it with me!

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A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated...

"LIGHTS! CAMERAS! ACTION????"

Filming a book trailer is much more difficult than it would seem. For months I had been kicking around the idea of heading to the ocean to film an author "pitch" for "Awakening Avery," my spring release set against Florida's Gulf Coast.

We traveled to Maryland's lovely Ocean City and found a great spot outside our hotel. There was an enormous and splendidly beautiful pot of flowers on the corner of the boardwalk, so I situated myself in front and asked my husband to stand on the nearby step so...

WHAT WE LEARN BY LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CANVAS

My editor and I were struggling with the release date for "Oh Say Can You See?" We both knew I wasn't happy with the book yet, but the publisher and distributor wanted it to hit the shelves in August. I know when a manuscript is "right." I feel contentment. It excites me. I feel peace. I wasn't feeling any of those things yet.

So my editor and I talked about it, and I prayed for help to find the missing pieces I knew were missing from the manuscript. That's how important I felt the story was, ...

The Big Debate

Sorry for being the lamest blogger on the block.

We're still trying to decide whether to end Free Men and Dreamers with volume four or carry on to volume five. Book four will end the war and tie up all the loose ends, and volume five was supposed to carry us into the next generation to see how all these events impacted the nation and its people. We're debating, and I'm still finishing book four and trying to sneak in some family time in between. We've also got a new grand baby on the way, so b...

Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance

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THAT WE MAY BE FREE

I received a beautiful letter from a reader of Free Men and Dreamers who shared a remarkably tender story with me. Her name is Diane Wilson, and the story, shared only once, came from her father-in-law. Here it is, in her own words. She gave me permission to share it. Thank you, Diane.

My father-in-law was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was on the Philippians when McArthur surrendered the islands after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; he wasn't released until the war's e...

GETTING INSIDE KEY'S MIND

It's been very sweet investigating the circumstances surrounding the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, especially since it's so near to the fourth of July when flags are popping up everywhere.

There's so many beautiful, stirring details forgotten or never learned that surround Key's story. Most of us know he was on board a ship in the harbor overlooking Fort McHenry during the bombardment when the inspiration hit him. Fewer people recall that he was on a mission to save his Scottish friend,...