Marilyn Bunderson's Blog, page 5

Ya Gotta Love Soccer

I'm sitting at the computer with wet feet. My daughter had a soccer game tonight. She missed the first one because my older daughter had a concert. The second one she was only able to play for the first half because she had a piano competition. (She did very well)

So tonight she was very excited about her first full game. After the hail this afternoon I kept checking my email to see if her game was cancelled. Nope. Soccer goes on through anything. Rain, snow, mud, cold...

So we brought our umbr...

Deleted Scenes from The Mark

I just sent off some deleted scenes for my awsome nephew to add to my website. He'll probably get them up soon though he is in the midst of finals for the next week or so. Here's a short sample so you know what's coming:

Chapter 2
This was deleted because it was unnecessary to the storyline and I needed to make the book shorter.

We found Shae and Jon climbing the rock wall.

"I thought you two were going to play laser tag," Eric yelled up to them.

"The place is pretty busy. We're on for 9:00. We si...

Contest at Fire and Ice

Hey guys, Heather at Fire and Ice is hosting a giveaway of my book. If you want to enter head on over to her site: http://www.fireandicephoto.blogspot.com and GOOD LUCK, I hope you win.

Bad Review

I saw my first bad review the other day. I was checking out goodreads reviews and one of them was pretty negative.

Ok, she hated it.

I had been dreading the moment but you know what--it really wasn't that bad. My first thought was, "Oh no, maybe everyone feels the same way and my friends are just being nice." I was worried that people would buy my book and then hate it and feel like they'd wasted their money.

Then I thought, "Nah, you can't please everyone." So my disappointment didn't really...

News and Upcoming Events

I have a few more book signings scheduled. Here they are:
Barnes and Noble, Gateway, May 1, 1-3pm (just me)
Barnes and Noble, Gateway Crossing in Bountiful, May 15, 1-3pm (just me again)

Kings English in July
Barnes and Noble at Jordan Landing in July

Also COMING SOON I will be posting deleted sections from my book on my website. Because this is a first book and I didn't really know what I was doing, there were a significant number of deleted sections. I'll let you know when that is up and ready.

Tristi's April Challenge

Tristi Pinkston, author of many books including Agent in Old Lace, has issued a challenge for April. In participating I have publicly stated that during the month of April I will complete 10,000 words on my WIP (Work In Progress) and 5,000 on my second WIP. (I have 3 in progress but will set one aside for now.)

If you want to check out what she and others have committed to, you can check it out here: http://tristischallenges.blogspot.com/2010/03/aprils-amazing.html

This is a great motivator, th...

Editing Issues

Well, we tried but obviously not hard enough. My daughter pointed out a couple of editing issues in The Mark. So here's the deal, help me out. When you find typos or things wrong in my book, please leave a comment here letting me know what the problem is and what page it's on. That way, just in case it needs to go to a second printing, we'll be ready with some changes.

Go ahead, hit me, I can take it!

My First Book Signing

I had my first book signing today at Barnes and Noble in Orem! So much fun. I sat between Diana Webb, author of Forgotten Women of God, and Craig Manning, author of The Fearless Mind. Also there were Lorae Bowder, Centsible Meals,  and Wendy Paul, 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes. I was a bit nervous that I would feel awkward but so many of my friends and family showed up it really fun. Thanks guys.

I got some great pictures!


Tina, Diane, Me and Stephanie. (My daughter in the background.)


Kale...

Book Status

Hello all. So, I was just checking the different online sellers where you can pick up my book and found that Barnes and Noble online is now out of stock, Borders is out of stock, but Amazon still has it in stock. In fact, their price is really good. So you can still order it at Amazon or at Cedar Fort.

I'll leave the links to Borders and Barnes and Noble just because they have some other links up where you can pick it up.

No More Secrets

  I just found out about the No More Secrets walk to prevent child abuse. It's on April 17th at Sugar House Park. Find out more at: http://paperandparchment.blogspot.com/2010/03/family-walkrun.html