Stephanie Burkhart's Blog, page 88
August 2, 2010
Excerpt Monday - The Giving Meadow
The Giving Meadow is my first children's book and my first book with 4RV Publishing. It's beautifully illustrated by Stephen Macquignon.
The Blurb:
The Giving Meadow is about a caterpillar who hatches from his egg in the middle of a meadow. As he travels through the meadow, he meets new friends who learn the value of sharing.
EXCERPT:
One sunny day in the meadow, a small little egg blew in on a gentle breeze. It wiggled on the grass. It rocked. The eggshell cracked and out popped a small, flul...
July 22, 2010
Destination: Berlin Blog Tour - Character Interview w/Jr. Sgt. Dimitri Nagory
Actor Jacob Young, inspiration for
Jr. Sgt. Dimitri Nagory
Stephanie Burkhart (writing as SG Cardin) was born and raised in Manchester, NH. I joined the US Army fresh out of high school in 1986 and became an MP. I spent 7 years total in Germany. My first trip to Berlin was in 1988, a year before the wall fell. I have a BS in Political Science from California Baptist University. Now I work as a 911 Dispatcher for LAPD. Destination: Berlin was my first book and was inspired by my trip to Berlin ...
Jr. Sgt. Dimitri Nagory
Stephanie Burkhart (writing as SG Cardin) was born and raised in Manchester, NH. I joined the US Army fresh out of high school in 1986 and became an MP. I spent 7 years total in Germany. My first trip to Berlin was in 1988, a year before the wall fell. I have a BS in Political Science from California Baptist University. Now I work as a 911 Dispatcher for LAPD. Destination: Berlin was my first book and was inspired by my trip to Berlin ...
July 19, 2010
JULY 2010 Contest - Running this week 19 JUL
MY CONTEST: If you sign in to follow me, tweet, Friend me on facebook or goodreads, sign up for my FREE author newsletter on my website, subscribe to my You Tube account, you'll be entered into a draw for a GC of your choice for Amazon, B&N or Desert Breeze. My contest will run through Thursday. I'll pick two people out of a hat for the GCs.
(You don't have to sign in for all. Just subscribe to one of the links. If you subscribe to more than one, than your name gets put in the hat the nu...
July 15, 2010
Surprisingly, I didn't take a lot of pictures this year a...
Surprisingly, I didn't take a lot of pictures this year at Catalina. The last picture was taken this year, us in our condo that we rented. Perhaps I was too busy, perhaps I forgot more often that naught. I can't say. I'm a little disappointed in myself for not taking more.
Anyway, I shared a couple of pictures that help give you the "flavor" of Catalina. The USC marching band opened up the golf cart parade and played the Casino on the evening of the 4th. I always enjoy seeing the marching ban...
July 14, 2010
Shout out to LK Hunsaker & Mercer Library
A Basket Full of Romance is up for grabs at the Mercer PA newly renovated library!Actually, 6 baskets with 6 different themes are up for raffle, donated by library patrons. The basket in the picture was one that fellow Classic Romance Revival authork, LK Hunsaker, put together. Loraine is a friend of the libarary and received a call for themed basket donations in the newsletter and decided to go for romance and reading!
She put out the call a few weeks before the basket was due and the Classi...
July 12, 2010
Excerpt - Destination: Berlin
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Stuck in a routine job in Cold War Germany guarding nuclear weapons. U.S. Army Corporal Sharon Cates thinks she is going to Berlin to attend an orientation tour. Unknown to her, the briefcase she carries contains top-secret information that the Stasi and KGB are willing to kill for.
Russian Junior Sergeant Dimitri Nagory is an assistant to a high-ranking Soviet officer in his country's embassy in England. Dimitri isn't expecting a great adventure as she boards the duty train f...
