Herding words – or cattle – in South Eastern Montana
Mr. Peabody and Sonny were sharing a story. He has told us his last but I’ll write one about him soon. I hope to honor Mr. P by living my life as he lived his – making everyone he encountered happy. The only character that I took from reality in my book Magpie Summer is the dog – he has a different name but his character is all Peabody’s. Thank you, my buddy, for sharing your life with us.
Busy season on the ranch as we’ve been preconditioning calves around rain, harvesting alfalfa seed and hauling cattle cake. No complaints on delays due to rain!
Still writing, too. After first edit of Magpie Fall, I decided I needed a few more chapters and am almost done with that – with another full review to follow. Have made contact with two self publishing companies with discussions to follow.
Printed Magpie Fall for the first time and busy editing – adding chapters, revising, deleting… Around editing, I’ve finished two baby quilts and started another quilt for Sonny’s upcoming birthday.
Sorry no quilt photos. We’re really challenged these days by internet problems. Grrrr. I’ll post photos when I get to town and have reliable internet service.
Been researching self publishing possibilities for the novels. Have to decide between digitally published, paper published or both. I like to hold a book in my hands when I buy one but love checking digital novels out of Montana Library 2Go. Decisions, decisions…but such is life! I’d love to have an agent hold my hand through the process, but know that’s unlikely until I have an audience or reputation. How about some feedback on this major issue? Love to have your input.
Check it out!
I just put the first chapter of my novel Magpie Summer on my web site. Find it in Books (Unpublished), then select Magpie Summer Excerpt on the drop down menu.
After you read the chapter, please leave a comment on my website Contact page or on my Facebook page. Can’t wait to hear your comments! Remember, since I haven’t published yet I could still incorporate suggestions…
Sandy Snider Stahl 