Archive for February, 2012
Posted on February 29, 2012 - by Linda Fulkerson
Magical Ending Day
Wow – I get to choose my very own writer’s holiday! Of course, others can share in this day of celebration as well, because I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who has wished many times for International Magical Ending Day! To give you an idea of how this holiday would work, here’s a peek into a world that already has this special day:
Long, long ago, in a land far, far away, lived a would-be novelist. This would-be novelist had unending story ideas, and she LOVED to plot and outline. She would create complicated character charts, weave intricate plot lines, and take copious notes from the hours of research she conducted. Research was actually her favorite part of the process and often included trips to settings she planned to include.
This novelist didn’t have a favorite genre. She loved to develop tales in ALL of them! Mysteries, Historicals, Fantasy – even the now defunct Chick Lit category. Writing for such a vast array of story types, of course, required even MORE research, so she bought books of all sorts on the topic of writing and loved attending annual writers’ conferences because hanging out with novelists is the bomb – even though she herself hadn’t “yet” been published in fiction.
The entire research-plot-and-outline process exhausted her, though, and she soon found her hard drive littered with dozens of unfinished stories. Each one plotted down to the last “And they lived happily ever after.” She would browse through her collection of craft books to ensure she’d followed all the rules and had everything ready to begin the actual writing part. Her husband once commented that she didn’t like to write, but rather she liked only to read about writing! What did he know?!
One day, she set out the notes, charts, and outline from one of her stories and vowed that early the next morning, after a good night’s rest, she’d sit down and actually WRITE a novel. (Of course, it took several days to determine which novel should be completed first – What was selling at the time? Which story had that agent-whose-name-slipped-her-mind invited her to submit once the manuscript was finished? And, the most important question – Which of her stories-to-be could she FIND amid her mess?)
What happened next, was magical!
Early the morning after, as promised, the novelist-to-be poured a cup of steaming coffee and trudged to her desk. Instead of her pile of notes, she found a complete novel! Each of the 90,000 words had been carefully selected and strung together in perfect order, right down to the final “The End.” She was amazed and called to her husband, “It’s done! My novel is WRITTEN!”
He, too, was amazed. What was even more amazing was when she emailed the already-polished query to the agent (she found the tattered card in between some wadded Wal-Mart receipts in her wallet), the agent responded within 10 minutes, requesting the full ms!
Wondering what could have happened, she decided to set out another of her unfinished novels on her desk before retiring that evening. She and her husband hid behind the piano, hoping to find out exactly who or what had pecked out those pages on the keyboard the night before.
Sure enough, a little after midnight two elves hopped up on her desk and cranked up the computer. They scanned the screen, then shut the thing down and turned away, looking disgusted. The would-be writer couldn’t help herself and burst into the room. “Why did you turn off the computer? Aren’t you going to finish the next novel”
One of the elves (the fat one) looked up at her and said, “Look, lady – couldn’t you even finish writing ONE project? Say, perhaps a thank-you note? You only get to pick one writer holiday, and you picked Magical Ending Day. That’s DAY – not DAYS! If you want another novel to be finished, you’re going to have to put your behind in the chair and start typing.”
As she stood there, mouth gaping wide enough to park a semi-truck, she thought she heard the little elf mutter, “At least the shoemaker made us these clothes!” He lowered his voice and elbowed the fat elf. “Your shirt’s getting pretty snug lately, though. Maybe we’d better back head over to the cobbler and see how he’s doing?”
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How does this story end? For me, like the hoards of outlined & plotted novels I’ve started, it’s not finished.
Yet.
Posted on February 28, 2012 - by Shannon Vannatter
National Whatever You Want to Write, We Want to Publish Day
This would be the holiday when anyone could get published. All they’d have to do is have a completed manuscript.
* The author has never been to a writers’ meeting or conference—who cares.
* It’s the first book the author has ever written—who cares.
* The author’s craft isn’t up to par—who cares.
* This genre isn’t selling well—who cares.
* It’s not Amish—who cares.
* It’s not Historical Romance—who cares.
* It’s not vampires—who cares.
* It’s not werewolves—who cares.
* It’s not zombies—who cares.
* Book sales overall are down—who cares.
Yes, just one day, where anyone can get just one book published. Let’s not think about how badly written the books might be. Or how much the author has to learn. Or about platform. Or about web presence. Or about sales. Let’s just dream big.
Posted on February 26, 2012 - by Lorna Seilstad
National Muddle Through the Middle Day?
In this day and age, special holidays pop up all the time. Some you may have heard of and some you may not. Let’s take a look at what’s coming up this March.
The second week of March is National Bubble Week and also National Crochet Week.
March has special days as well. Will you be celebrating any of these?
7 National Crown Roast of Pork Day
8 Popcorn Lover’s Day
9 Panic Day
11 Worship of Tools Day – guys, you can relate
13 Ear Muff Day
14 Learn about Butterflies Day
14 National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
15 Everything You Think is Wrong Day
16 Everything You Do is Right Day
17 Submarine Day - the hero sandwich or the boat??
20 Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
20 Proposal Day
24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
25 Waffle Day
26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
30 Take a Walk in the Park Day
I’m pretty sure most of us can celebrate Panic Day on the 9th and National Goof Off Day on the 11th. I doubt if Chip and Dip Day and Popcorn Day have a lot of trouble finding supporters, either. But Extraterrestrial Abduction Day? If Pets Had Thumbs Day? Multiple Personality Day? Really?
Now, look back to the 26th. Did you miss that one? It’s very important. Because the Inkspirational Messagers are celebrating “Make Up Your Own Holiday Day” for the next two weeks. We figure if pigs, raisins, potato chips, and Bunsen burners can have a day, why shouldn’t we? We might even make up a few week or month long celebrations. Tell me, why couldn’t every Monday be Don’t Mess with the Writer Day?
So, for the next two weeks join us as we share the holidays we’d make to celebrate books and those who write them. Our hope is that you’ll not only get a glimpse into some of the special and some if the annoying parts of being a writer.
I get to go first, and the day I’d like to ordain is “National Muddle Through the Middle Day.” On this holiday, all writers facing the middle or near middle of their book would get a 24 hour reprieve at the spa of their choice and a case of Haagen Daz ice cream.
Writing the middle of the book is hard for a lot of writers for different reasons. Sometimes, the middle sags, often because the writer lacks direction at that point. Other times, the middle seems to drag because it’s time for something big to happen to shake things up a bit. But for me, it’s the speed of my writing that slows. It’s the point I have to make sure all the pieces are in place, so I think and rethink things and that slows down my writing progress.
But why did I pick a spa day and ice cream to celebrate National Muddle Through the Middle Day? Stepping away from your work in progress at this point is often the best way to get moving again. It’s hard not to worry about if the story is going to come together or you’re going to meet your deadline. A day at the spa would help the writer relax and the Haagen Daz? Well, I think that we should celebrate all our special writer’s days with decadent ice cream. Don’t you agree?
So, let’s talk. Which March holiday will you be celebrating? Do you have a holiday you’d like to make up?
As a book reader, do you find some books sag in the middle? As a writer, do you ever feel like you’re muddling through the middle?
Posted on February 24, 2012 - by Kav
Doggone Good Movies
Simba B. DeMille here – your canine Hollywood reporter filling in for Kav. Poor thing’s fighting some nasty bug that I can’t herd
away for her so she’s gone to bed. I thought she’d sleep right through the night but she keeps tossing and turning and moaning about this blog so I figured the only way to give her rest…and guarantee my beauty sleep…is to just go ahead and do it for her. So here I am – Arrroooooooo!
No offence to any of you two-leggers who have already posted, but I noticed a definite flaw in all of the blogs over the past two weeks.
No dogs.
Seriously – you think anyone wants to sit through a movie without a canine hero in the starring role? I think not! Consider these epic flicks and then tell me you don’t agree (if you dare…grrrrrrrr.)
Lady and the Tramp
Tail feathers and toenails but I LOVE that spaghetti scene. You know the one I’m talking about! It’s a classic. Just look at that picture. Doesn’t it set you to drooling? Hmmmmmhmmmmmm…I do love a good spaghetti dinner!
Because of Winn-Dixie
Take a look at that smile. Who could resist that furry face? There’s humour in those eyes and intelligence in those sharp pointy ears – puts me in mind of our ancestors. Nothing wrong with a little lupus lovin’ worshipping, you know what I mean? And this movie never ceases to choke me up. I mean how one dog can singularly change the lonely, desperate lives of an entire town – well, that’s masterful storytelling, isn’t it? I dare you to name a c-a-t with that kind of empathy!
Lassie Come Home
She’s my kissing cousin you know. Notice the family resemblance? (the dog, not the girl) Rippled ruff, long, lean nose and those ears with the cute floppy tips – scroll up and take a look at my picture again and you’ll see what I mean. And Lassie and I have the same high standard of loyalty. Kav’s always asking me, “Simba, if I fell down a well would you come and rescue me?” And I’m like “Woooooof! You betcha! Rescue is my middle name. Just show me that well and I’ll take it apart with my incisors. I’ll sharpen my toenails on it; I’ll grab it by the scruff of the neck and shake it into kingdom come. Arooooo….uh, what’s a well?”
Scooby-Doo
This one’s kind of scary, but you can always snuggle up with your human for moral support. And it’s howling funny as well! Arroooooo! In fact, I do a pretty mean Scooby Doo impression and I’ve noticed that when I Scooby Doo a squirrel the two leggers think it’s funny and I don’t get into trouble. See? Watching movies is educational too.
Simba is a Shetland Sheepdog entering his senior years. He enjoys lazy days snoozing on the sofa and catching the latest canine flicks with his human of choice. He loves a warm lap and a good massage and believes that the only good squirrel is a dead one.
Make Simba’s day (it can get boring home alone) and let him know your favourite canine movie.
Posted on February 23, 2012 - by Regina
NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
On Monday, Kim wrote about a very important aspect of the movies, and that is the MUSIC. Today, I want to take it one step further, into what I consider one of my favorite genres of movies – the movie musical.
Yep, just lost some of you . . . .
But seriously, did you know that in the last 73 years, 19 movie musicals were nominated for “Best Picture, and 8 of them won in that category?
Movie musicals run the gamut of comedy and drama, modern and historical, animated and a mixture of animation and live-action.
Who can forget the sweeping fight scene in “West Side Story,” or Eliza Doolittles transformation in “My Fair Lady?” Or that “Beauty and the Beast” was the first fully-animated feature nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
Then there were the classics that won Oscars for such things as the musical score (Oklahoma, 1955), acting, costumes (The King and I, 1956).
Probably the most popular movie musical of all time is “The Sound of Music,” which was nominated for a whopping TEN Oscars, and won FIVE (Directing, Film Editing, Music score, Best Picture, and Sound).
In my research, I did find an interesting tidbit on the movie musical. In the 1950s and 1960s, they were a staple of Hollywood, and garnered Best Picture nominations nearly every year. By the time the 1970s arrived, they were waning. 1971 saw the nomination of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and 1972, “Caberet,” and after that? Nothing until the 1991 nomination of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” and then not another until 2001’s “Moulin Rouge” and 2002’s “Chicago.” I’m not sure what this tells me about society in general and the musical – that’s a treatise for another time, I’m sure, but I thought it was quite interesting!
In the last few years, musicals have made somewhat of a comeback with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera,” Steven Sondheim’s “Sweeny Todd,” and others. These huge Broadway hits have helped to bring the musical back into the public eye. After all, put Johnny Depp in a show, and it’s bound to be a hit!
I have a personal affinity for the movie musical. When I was very young, “Oklahoma!” was shown on television on a regular basis, and as I got older, “The Sound of Music” took its place as a standard. I’ve since had the opportunity to not only watch many more musicals through their availability on DVD and Netflix, but have been able to see the productions on the stage, which is an experience that can’t compare to watching a movie. Oh, I’m not saying it’s better or worse – just completely different!
And now? This weekend I finish up a run playing in the orchestra pit for a local production of “Oklahoma,” in which my teenaged daughter is playing the part of the feisty “Aunt Eller,” and my older daughter is stage manager. Oh, by the way, my older daughter was “Sister Margaretta” in “The Sound of Music” last fall.
I guess you can say musicals, in any way, shape, or form, are in my blood . . . Popcorn, anyone?
Posted on February 22, 2012 - by Brenda Anderson
2012 Movie Anticipation
I love going to movies with my family, and we have movie going down to a science. First, we locate which theater is offering the best price at the time we want to go. Rarely do we pay more than $5.00 per person. To make it easier to share popcorn, we bring along our own bowls. (Note: we always purchase the free-refill popcorn size which will get refilled at least twice. Yes, our family does enjoy popcorn, buttered popcorn of course.)
The movies we like to watch generally won’t be up for Oscars, unless you count special effects, but we go to movies to escape for two or so hours, to have fun. This year, we have our sights set on four must-see movies, ones our family of five will likely view together. As you can see by our list below, we tend to enjoy adventures and journeys. We like to watch movies with valiant heroes who battle evil villains.
The Avengers releases in theaters on May 4th. I guarantee we’ll be there as a family. Likely, at the midnight showing. Now, initially, I had no intention of becoming a Marvel movies’ fan. I went to Iron Man just because the rest of the family wanted to go. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Then, last year my husband won four pre-screen passes for Thor, so of course I went, rolling my eyes at the thought. But, I loved it so much that when my daughter returned from college, the evening before Thor opened nationwide, the two of us hurried to the midnight showing. (Ladies, if you haven’t watched Thor yet, I encourage you to do so. As you can see in the picture above, Chris Hemsworth looks mighty fine in his Viking duds.)
Speaking of Chris Hemsworth, you’ll also find him starring in Snow White and the Huntsman, a dark retelling of the Snow White fairy tale. This movie releases on June 1st. Chances are we’ll be at the midnight showing for that movie as well.
Later that month, on June 22, Pixar is releasing its newest movie, Brave. If Pixar’s involved, I know I’ll love the movie. I marvel at everything they come out with, from Toy Story to my personal favorite, The Incredibles. (How can you not love that mom from The Incredibles?) While the tone of Brave sounds a bit darker than other Pixar efforts, I’ve no doubt this one will be a winner. Hmm, I think we might have to catch a midnight showing of this movie too.
And finally, a movie I know my fellow Inkspers can’t wait for is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. If director Peter Jackson’s efforts equal that of The Lord of the Rings movies, this will be a movie to experience, not merely entertain. The Hobbit is coming out just in time for Christmas on December 14. Guess what, we’ll be watching this one at midnight as well.
Oh, I know, there are many more Movies Releasing in 2012 that sound interesting– Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, Men in Black 3, The Dark Knight Rises, well you get the idea–but the four listed above are can’t miss movies for our family. The best part is, we’ll all go together.
What movies are you looking forward to seeing this year? Do you have a routine you follow? Any money-saving tips?
Posted on February 21, 2012 - by JerriLynn
Confessions of a Movie Junkie
I have to admit, I’m not much on watching TV. It’s not that I have any thing against it, I just don’t have much time for it, and when I do I would usually rather read. But TV and movies (to me) are not synonymous. Movies – and especially movie theaters – hold a special power over me. An addiction, if you will.
I think it started when I was a military brat stationed on overseas installations like Reykjavik, Iceland and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Television was pretty limited there, so every weekend, my friends and I headed out to the movies. I saw Star Wars in a plus movie theater – the largest I’d ever seen – in 1980 at a theater in Iceland. For weeks after, my friends and I would pretend to be characters from the movie as we played on the playground behind our house.
In Cuba, movies were an outdoor experience. As long as there was no rain, there would be movies on weekend nights and unless it was an R-rated movie, my friends and I would be there.
That translated into my adult life as a love of the movie theater atmosphere. I adore sitting in a theater, with a screen the size of my house playing a movie. I love the smell of popcorn and the strange-yet-familiar camaraderie of sharing laughs, tears, and terrors with strangers and friends and people who love the things I love in a movie.
Watching a movie on the television isn’t the same. The screen is too small, and while there may be the smell of popcorn in the air, there isn’t that heart-stopping moment in the movie, punctuated by the soundtrack that literally jars your insides.
My taste in movies run to the loud side most of the time. Jurassic Park (the original, though the other two are ok) is one of my all-time favorites. I love the heart-shaking, earth-quaking moments in the movie that make you sit on the edge of your seat, even when you’ve seen it five dozen times and know exactly how it’s going to turn out.
When I’m not in the mood for something loud and explosive, then I want a story that will make me cry. Or laugh and cry. But rarely just laugh. Comedy that I appreciate is hard to find, and I’m just not into most of what is considered comedy these days. But if a movie can pull tears from me, then it’s usually something I’ll remember.
Fireproof left me in a puddle in a theater packed with people who were also mere puddles when it was over. We sat through the movie, then sat through the credits, and few people left before the screen went black.
Movies just don’t have the same effect on me at home. And for the few that I watch that can draw some emotion from me sitting in my living room, no one shares that sentiment.
So, give me a theater full of strangers, sticky floors, and popcorn kernels. Give me loud, emotionally charged, or once in a while downright scary. And I’ll be happy. Until the next movie comes out.
Posted on February 20, 2012 - by Kim
Music, Music, Music!
It’s a scientific fact that movies aren’t movies without the soundtrack. Scenes lack intensity and depth when there is no swell of strings in the background. And we’ve all seen flicks where the background tune just doesn’t fit. That can turn a deeply dramatic moment into a farce. But when the music is just right, you often have an Oscar-worthy moment.
Perhaps that is why the Oscars have had a Best Original Score category since 1934. After all, would Harry Potter and Star Wars be Harry Potter and Star Wars without John Williams’ memorable score? And would The Pink Panther be as pink without Henry Mancini? I think not!
While we might not know that the familiar tune that opens up the Indiana Jones movies has a name (The Raiders March), we certainly leave the theater humming it. More than that, we identify the tune each time we hear it or each time the movie’s title is mentioned. In that way, the score is as important as the catchy dialogue or the actor’s body language.
And while we might forget the names of the composers who spend hours trying to create the perfect theme for the hundreds of feet of film, we never forget what they make us feel. The tears they urge and the laughter they create with eight bars of notes and a couple of codas.
So here’s to John and Henry and Richard and Robert and all the rest! May the next generation of talent live up to the high standards you’ve created!
Now, for a bit of fun…Can you match the score’s composer with the movie? (Hint: The movie and/or the score was nominated for an Academy Award
1. ____ Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
2. ____ Breakfast At Tiffany’s
3. ____ Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
4. ____ To Kill A Mockingbird
5. ____ The Bridge Over The River Kwai
6. ____ Rocky
7. ____ Chariots of Fire
8. ____ The Way We Were
9. ____ Gone With The Wind
10. ____ Dr. Zhivago
a. Vangelis b. Max Steiner c. Elmer Bernstein d. Maurice Jarre e. Marvin Hamlisch f. Malcolm Arnold
g. John Williams h. Henry Mancini i. Bill Conti j. Alfred Newman
Tune in this evening for the right answers!
Posted on February 17, 2012 - by Dawn Ford
Oh, The Horror
Horror films have a long history with the Oscars going back to the 1932 when Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde won for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Ahead of its time for visual effects, it has set the bar for movies of all kinds ever since.
Although not all of the below represent my actual favorite scary movies, I dug through the lists of Oscar nominations and come up with what I feel are the top ten scary movies, some that won and some that were only nominated. Can you identify them by their loglines? (all courtesy of IMDb, the Internet Movie Database)
- A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in a Paris Opera house,
terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégé whom he trains and loves. - A boy can communicate with spirits that don’t know they’re dead (and) seeks the help of a disheartened child psychiatrist.
- A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (Hello, Clarice.)
- Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
- An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidently awakens a mummy.
- A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
- A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young hotel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
- Three teens discover that their neighbor’s house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.
- A team of Commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle, find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.
10. When a child is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
Other nominees respectfully include Jaws, Fatal Attraction, The Fly, and Se7en. Notice none of Stephen King’s movies made the list.
Most of these flicks will make the hair stand up on your arm and your skin crawl. Others will make you smile. All have left their marks on our psyche. Mwahahahahaha.
Okay, how well did you do? Here’s the answers:
- Phantom of the Opera 6. The Birds
- The Sixth Sense 7. Psycho
- The Silence of the Lambs 8. Monster House
- Ghostbusters 9. Predator
- The Mummy 10. Exorcist
Posted on February 16, 2012 - by Shari Barr
Funny, funny
I’ve got a warped sense of humor, I know. The things that make me laugh make others cringe and roll their eyes.
The same goes for my favorite comedies. The dumber the script and less brain waves required to follow the plot, the more I like it. This probably says little for my mental capabilities, but “I yam what I yam.”
High on my list of meaningless flicks is Mel Brook’s masterpiece “Spaceballs,” a spoof of “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.” You can’t possibly go wrong with Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, the clueless pilot of his flying Winnebago on a rescue mission to free Princess Vespa from the evil forces of Dark Helmet. In one of his most notable roles, John Candy gives us a stunning performance as Barf, the half man/half dog sidekick. (I’ve got you intrigued, now. Admit it.)
Now that you’ve hurried over to Netflix, check out “Coneheads,” the classic movie version of the Saturday Night Live skit, starring Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin. Click here for one of my favorite parts of the movie—Connie’s tattoo.
Everybody needs to watch a good disaster spoof once in a while. If you haven’t seen “Airplane,” check out a copy. You’ll never look at your flight crew the same again.
As a kid, one of my all-time favorite TV shows was “The Brady Bunch,” so it’s only natural that when “The Brady Bunch Movie” came out in the 90’s, I was in Brady heaven. (I wasn’t a kid anymore, either. I know—I’m giving away my age.) I didn’t think the scene with Marcia getting smacked in the nose with a football could get any funnier, but it does—each time I watch it. And, of course, I can’t forget Jan’s incessant whine, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” (I told you I was warped, so you can’t say you weren’t warned.) 
For all you writers out there, if you haven’t seen “Funny Farm” with Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith, this is a must-see. When Andy Farmer gives up his Manhattan sports writing job to live on a farm and write his novel, his life becomes every city slicker’s worst nightmare. For the small town/rural dweller, this show’s humor hits pretty close to home at times.
Many of my favorite movies have no doubt made the “Rotten Tomatoes” list, but for me they’re down right funny, and we all need a good laugh once in awhile. Many of them, however, just bring back memories. What are your favorite comedies? Who or what makes you laugh?
White Pearls by Shannon Taylor Vannatter
Shell doesn't have a good reputation...But no matter what everyone in Rose Bud, Arkansas, thinks of her, she's back in town with a job to do. She'll stick it out and make the best of things. But why does Ryler have to be the landscaper on this project? She was just getting her heart under control. Ryler has his own reasons for being in Rose Bud, and they don't include Shell. Spying on his birth family was going to be hard enough. He doesn't have time to worry about a woman who dumped him...even if his heart says otherwise. McKenzie’s Branson Brainteaser by Shari Barr
McKenzie and Sydney meet in Branson, Missouri, where McKenzie has been recruited to help at the Dixie Stampede. While the girls take in the sights and sounds of Silver Dollar City, they become involved in a search to find a teen girl’s long lost uncle–who is rumored to have settled near the Branson area. With no clue other than a whittled necklace with an “SS” on the back, how will they ever reunite Shara with her uncle? The Camp Club girls are on the case, and they’re not about to give up until they close the gap and reconnect Shara’s family.
The Prodigal Daughter by Linda Fulkerson
Ruled by despair, remorse, and anger, the author’s life had become a classic rendition of the cliché “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” Desperate. Overwhelmed. Isolated. Trapped. She hit bottom.
On the elevator of life, those descending will all exit on different levels–some much lower than others. You don’t have to go all the way to the bottom. Stop now and push the “up” button. This book will show you how!
