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June 5, 2017
Youngsters Got Hang Ups?
One of the many problems I had in my daughter's youth?Hang ups!Necklaces, rings, other objects easy to hang and easy to lose!One of the many loves my daughter had in her youth?Horses!My decorative solution?My new Hangup Corral functional folk art collection made from up-cycled wood and material! This collection will be available soon at our local Craft Gallery, but you can special order yours through my upcoming Kickstarter Campaign very soon!If you don't want to special order your own handmade colorful collection, but you think this is a great idea and you would love to support my creative solution to endless lost necklaces, rings or keys, subscribe for news on my new Patreon project!Aren't they cute?Subscribe below to receive news on these little cuties for youngsters with hang ups!
January 2, 2017
Happy New Year!
What are You Reading?
Do you have a resolution to build your child's or your personal reading skills? Reading is important to our everyday lives, including school and careers. This Huffington Post article indicates there is a strong correlation between reading and career success.
What books are you planning to read to fulfill your New Year's resolutions for 2017?
Try one of ours! Visit our Book Page to learn more!
Do you have a resolution to build your child's or your personal reading skills? Reading is important to our everyday lives, including school and careers. This Huffington Post article indicates there is a strong correlation between reading and career success.
What books are you planning to read to fulfill your New Year's resolutions for 2017?
Try one of ours! Visit our Book Page to learn more!
What Are You Reading?
The new year is upon us!
Do you have a resolution to build your child's or your personal reading skills? Reading is important to our everyday lives, including school and careers. This Huffington Post article indicates there is a strong correlation between reading and career success.
What books are you planning to read to fulfill your New Year's resolutions for 2017?
Try one of ours! Visit our Book Page to learn more!
Do you have a resolution to build your child's or your personal reading skills? Reading is important to our everyday lives, including school and careers. This Huffington Post article indicates there is a strong correlation between reading and career success.
What books are you planning to read to fulfill your New Year's resolutions for 2017?
Try one of ours! Visit our Book Page to learn more!
December 7, 2016
December Blues
The cold seeps through every crack in the house. The scent of chili awakens the taste buds bringing a rush of saliva to the tongue.
Yup, winter is here. Unfortunately, it won't bring much snow to the area, just wet cold. Time to rein in the writing and crafting projects running wild through my imagination.
In order to improve upon my craft(s), I'm going to attempt to write, and/or post a craft video, at least once a week. Several novels await completion and revision. Perhaps my readers would like to choose which one I share with them? My holiday gift to you; read it while I write it or watch it while I make it.
Also considering a change in blog platforms...
Suggestions?
Below are the openings to three novels I am writing. Which one would you like to read as I write during this cold winter?
Novel Option 1I saw the old, witch woman in the woods. It was too cliche. Really it was. How many scary movies begin with some old witch in the woods?Her long, salt and pepper hair hung past her butt, jutting out over her shoulders, an unkempt mess of dull wire. Planted on her crown was a tattered fishing hat hosting not lures and hooks, but some strange objects I couldn't identify from a distance. She was reaching up, her gnarly, crooked, arthritic fingers bent every which way. I wondered how she could even complete her task with hands like that. A worn, black coat hung on her thin frame and covered her ankles. She hadn't noticed me, or at least hadn't acted as though she'd noticed me, until I was within her personal space--I was bad about that, getting into people’s personal space and ignoring my intuition. After one glance toward me with her rheumy eyes, she continued her work, unbothered by the fact that I watched her so closely. I should have known when my stomach did that flip. I should have left her to work and returned home, ignoring my pressing curiosity.
Novel Option 2Crouched deep in the closet corner, spandex clad knees shook with anticipation beneath his calloused hands. He couldn't believe he was hiding in a closet dressed in his Comic Con superhero costume. If one of his friends saw him dressed this way today... he shook his head at the thought.Only she could talk him into wearing this costume on a normal day. Of course, she was the only one who knew the truth about him.She thought he was a real superhero. Hmpf! What did she know? She was only seven years old.He could hear her soft footsteps approaching. He'd grown to love her so much this past six months. She was so innocent, so delicate, so in need of someone to protect her. She'd become the little sister he never knew.As he squatted there, waiting for her to pull the door open, listening to her last few approaching steps, her high-pitched scream startled him from his hiding place. He burst from the closet, panic creasing his masked face.No! No!Not now!His body shook with rage; his jaw muscles swelled as his teeth clenched. Every step became the longest sprint of his life, yet his stride seemed to slow down.Her scream muffled, grew distant, silenced.No! The word flourished deeply within and then rose in crescendo.He wasn't going to make it.Not this time.By the time he made it to the other room, she would be dead, just like all of the other times.He couldn't save her.She thought he was a superhero.Novel Option 3
The bicycle tire appeared before my hood in seconds, the silver spokes a sunlit blur as it spun into view of my side window briefly reminding me of the bikes Matt and I rode around campus when we were in college.A concerned frown fought back the smile forming as I thought of Matt. My foot stomped the brake pedal. Matt was the reason I was running late, driving a little too fast maybe.The screech of my tires brought neighbors to their front doors, out on their frosty lawns in their flannel robes, cups of coffee in hand, roiling steam distorting their shocked faces in the chilly morning air.Matt and I used to live in a neighborhood similar to this one, I thought as my rear tires fishtailed on the road before coming to a stop.
My own steaming cup of coffee rested in the holder behind the gear shift, dots of dark liquid escaped the small opening as the sudden stopped rocked the liquid forward, then back again. I glanced down at it, wishing it was in my hand, distorting my face as I stood out there on a lawn next to Matt, watching the accident unfold. My left temple plunked onto the top of my steering wheel as my car bounced, and I was afraid to look up, afraid to get out of the car, afraid to see the person lying in the road beyond the black hood of my car. Frozen in time and space, an icy crystal joining the others in the grass outside my window, I kept my thoughts on Matt as people hovered, gathered, peered inside at me through circled hands.
Yup, winter is here. Unfortunately, it won't bring much snow to the area, just wet cold. Time to rein in the writing and crafting projects running wild through my imagination.
In order to improve upon my craft(s), I'm going to attempt to write, and/or post a craft video, at least once a week. Several novels await completion and revision. Perhaps my readers would like to choose which one I share with them? My holiday gift to you; read it while I write it or watch it while I make it.
Also considering a change in blog platforms...
Suggestions?
Below are the openings to three novels I am writing. Which one would you like to read as I write during this cold winter?
Novel Option 1I saw the old, witch woman in the woods. It was too cliche. Really it was. How many scary movies begin with some old witch in the woods?Her long, salt and pepper hair hung past her butt, jutting out over her shoulders, an unkempt mess of dull wire. Planted on her crown was a tattered fishing hat hosting not lures and hooks, but some strange objects I couldn't identify from a distance. She was reaching up, her gnarly, crooked, arthritic fingers bent every which way. I wondered how she could even complete her task with hands like that. A worn, black coat hung on her thin frame and covered her ankles. She hadn't noticed me, or at least hadn't acted as though she'd noticed me, until I was within her personal space--I was bad about that, getting into people’s personal space and ignoring my intuition. After one glance toward me with her rheumy eyes, she continued her work, unbothered by the fact that I watched her so closely. I should have known when my stomach did that flip. I should have left her to work and returned home, ignoring my pressing curiosity.
Novel Option 2Crouched deep in the closet corner, spandex clad knees shook with anticipation beneath his calloused hands. He couldn't believe he was hiding in a closet dressed in his Comic Con superhero costume. If one of his friends saw him dressed this way today... he shook his head at the thought.Only she could talk him into wearing this costume on a normal day. Of course, she was the only one who knew the truth about him.She thought he was a real superhero. Hmpf! What did she know? She was only seven years old.He could hear her soft footsteps approaching. He'd grown to love her so much this past six months. She was so innocent, so delicate, so in need of someone to protect her. She'd become the little sister he never knew.As he squatted there, waiting for her to pull the door open, listening to her last few approaching steps, her high-pitched scream startled him from his hiding place. He burst from the closet, panic creasing his masked face.No! No!Not now!His body shook with rage; his jaw muscles swelled as his teeth clenched. Every step became the longest sprint of his life, yet his stride seemed to slow down.Her scream muffled, grew distant, silenced.No! The word flourished deeply within and then rose in crescendo.He wasn't going to make it.Not this time.By the time he made it to the other room, she would be dead, just like all of the other times.He couldn't save her.She thought he was a superhero.Novel Option 3
The bicycle tire appeared before my hood in seconds, the silver spokes a sunlit blur as it spun into view of my side window briefly reminding me of the bikes Matt and I rode around campus when we were in college.A concerned frown fought back the smile forming as I thought of Matt. My foot stomped the brake pedal. Matt was the reason I was running late, driving a little too fast maybe.The screech of my tires brought neighbors to their front doors, out on their frosty lawns in their flannel robes, cups of coffee in hand, roiling steam distorting their shocked faces in the chilly morning air.Matt and I used to live in a neighborhood similar to this one, I thought as my rear tires fishtailed on the road before coming to a stop.
My own steaming cup of coffee rested in the holder behind the gear shift, dots of dark liquid escaped the small opening as the sudden stopped rocked the liquid forward, then back again. I glanced down at it, wishing it was in my hand, distorting my face as I stood out there on a lawn next to Matt, watching the accident unfold. My left temple plunked onto the top of my steering wheel as my car bounced, and I was afraid to look up, afraid to get out of the car, afraid to see the person lying in the road beyond the black hood of my car. Frozen in time and space, an icy crystal joining the others in the grass outside my window, I kept my thoughts on Matt as people hovered, gathered, peered inside at me through circled hands.
October 31, 2016
NaNoWriMo Readers' Blitz! 2016
Happy November!
Yes, much writing will take place in November for National Novel Writing Month.
While this major writing event takes place, what are readers to do?
http://cliparts.co/cliparts/pTo/5k8/p... not earn some 50% off coupons?
Read a few books and donate while you wait!
The Gifted Ones The Spiral rough draft will be completed during NaNoWriMo.
The Superhero Trilogy will finally come to an end, and soon the comic book stage will begin.
In honor of NaNoWriMo 2016--and those twelve teenagers who've fought so bravely to right the corrupt world in which they've lived in this author's imagination--I'm holding a special scholarship fundraising event. Beginning November 1, 2016 for two weeks, readers can get the first two Gifted Ones eBooks for 50% off, as well as one for my paranormal romance novel.
$1 from each sale (wherever you purchase it) from any of the books on this page goes into the Young Scholars Read program for scholarships to first semester college students.
Here's how to receive your 50% off coupons for these three books while you wait for your favorite authors to complete their next great novel:Visit this Smashwords page nowSubscribe to Author AlertsFavorite the Page (just to show your support)
Follow @AuthorPGShriver on twitter and post this tweet:
Get a 50% off coupon and raise scholarship funds! Read post at http://www.geanpenny.com #ReaderBlitz @AuthorPGShriverLike YSR Books on Facebook
Click Subscribe above and subscribe to this site
Coupons expire 11/30/16Coupons are only good for my books on Smashwords Only 100 coupons will be available for each book listed on this pageThanks for reading my books and for donating to YSR!
Yes, much writing will take place in November for National Novel Writing Month.
While this major writing event takes place, what are readers to do?
http://cliparts.co/cliparts/pTo/5k8/p... not earn some 50% off coupons?Read a few books and donate while you wait!
The Gifted Ones The Spiral rough draft will be completed during NaNoWriMo.
The Superhero Trilogy will finally come to an end, and soon the comic book stage will begin.
In honor of NaNoWriMo 2016--and those twelve teenagers who've fought so bravely to right the corrupt world in which they've lived in this author's imagination--I'm holding a special scholarship fundraising event. Beginning November 1, 2016 for two weeks, readers can get the first two Gifted Ones eBooks for 50% off, as well as one for my paranormal romance novel.
$1 from each sale (wherever you purchase it) from any of the books on this page goes into the Young Scholars Read program for scholarships to first semester college students.
Here's how to receive your 50% off coupons for these three books while you wait for your favorite authors to complete their next great novel:Visit this Smashwords page nowSubscribe to Author AlertsFavorite the Page (just to show your support)
Follow @AuthorPGShriver on twitter and post this tweet:
Get a 50% off coupon and raise scholarship funds! Read post at http://www.geanpenny.com #ReaderBlitz @AuthorPGShriverLike YSR Books on Facebook
Click Subscribe above and subscribe to this site
Coupons expire 11/30/16Coupons are only good for my books on Smashwords Only 100 coupons will be available for each book listed on this pageThanks for reading my books and for donating to YSR!October 22, 2016
Upcoming Events!
Oooh, there's a visitor... BOO!
Bwahaha!
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How about a little neeeeewws?
Once this spooky month of ghosts and goblins is over, authors will begin the challenge of NaNoWriMo.
"But," you say, "as a reader, what shall I do? I need my books, or I will just curl up under a bench and waste away in the cold of November!"
No, please! Be positive! You will be saved from life under the bench!
"How? Oh, please tell me how!"
Stay tuned to this site for a special event that will save you--yes, you dear reader-- some time and $$ on novels that help a great cause!
See, you will have something to read while you wait for your favorite authors to complete their next best seller!
Go ahead.
You know you want to know more.
Click that Subscribe tab and let me add you to the list of 100 people who will be first to receive the November news about some great novels for a great cause!
Bwahaha!
[image error] http://www.netanimations.net/ghost%20...
How about a little neeeeewws?
Once this spooky month of ghosts and goblins is over, authors will begin the challenge of NaNoWriMo.
"But," you say, "as a reader, what shall I do? I need my books, or I will just curl up under a bench and waste away in the cold of November!"No, please! Be positive! You will be saved from life under the bench!
"How? Oh, please tell me how!"
Stay tuned to this site for a special event that will save you--yes, you dear reader-- some time and $$ on novels that help a great cause!
See, you will have something to read while you wait for your favorite authors to complete their next best seller!
Go ahead.
You know you want to know more.
Click that Subscribe tab and let me add you to the list of 100 people who will be first to receive the November news about some great novels for a great cause!
October 8, 2016
October 1, 2016
The Proof is in the Pud... Uhm, Book!
Examination of the Original Proof
September 17, 2016
P. G. Shriver, Sally and Red on Parade
Sally, Red, and I went to McGregor for the renewed Founders' Day Parade! It's big news 'round these parts, as the parade fizzled out over the years.
Some McGregor go-getters decided to start up the parade again, which was excellent news for Sally's tour!
That meant more decorations and new Festival Adventure 2016 promo shirts created by this lovely lady, who happens to be my crafty first cousin.
Design by Debbie LowreyAnd... here's what I started with on this new adventure!
How could you find anything...
on such a messy table?
No worries! Finding this was easy!Would you like to see Red's look for the McGregor Founders' Day Parade? Well, stay tuned! After the big parade reveal, I'll post the results.Have a terrific weekend! Oh, wait! Here's a little video for you!
Oh Founders' Day... Outside the Box
Today Sally, Red, and I head off to McGregor for the renewed Founders' Day Parade! It's big news 'round these parts, as the parade fizzled out over the years.
Some McGregor go-getters decided to start up the parade again, which was excellent news for Sally's tour!
That meant more decorations and new Festival Adventure 2016 promo shirts created by this lovely lady, who happens to be my crafty first cousin.
Design by Debbie LowreyAnd... here's what I started with on this new adventure!
How could you find anything...
on such a messy table?
No worries! Finding this was easy!Would you like to see Red's look for the McGregor Founders' Day Parade? Well, stay tuned! After the big parade reveal, I'll post the results.
Have a terrific weekend! Oh, wait! Here's a little video for you!
Some McGregor go-getters decided to start up the parade again, which was excellent news for Sally's tour!
That meant more decorations and new Festival Adventure 2016 promo shirts created by this lovely lady, who happens to be my crafty first cousin.
Design by Debbie LowreyAnd... here's what I started with on this new adventure!
How could you find anything...
on such a messy table?
No worries! Finding this was easy!Would you like to see Red's look for the McGregor Founders' Day Parade? Well, stay tuned! After the big parade reveal, I'll post the results.Have a terrific weekend! Oh, wait! Here's a little video for you!
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