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Tuesdays with Taryn

Missy Frye

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

I've loved reading for so long that it's difficult to narrow this one down. The Large and Growly Bear by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by J.P. Miller, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn.

What book do you read over and over again?

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent and more recently Divergent by Veronica Roth. I admit to re-reading the Harry Potter series as well.

Tuesday Trio-

1)      Movie-  I can't choose just one! Apollo 13, The Princess and the Warrior, Penelope, Harvey, Rio Bravo and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

2)      Music-  Dean Martin, Sammy Hagar, KT Tunstall

3)      Decadent Dessert-  Chocolate Silk Pie

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel? Interesting: there's a difference between being in a Coma and being in a Vegetative State. Bizarre: there is a Van Halen Encyclopedia online. I know, there are more bizarre things out there, but this really blew me away.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

Book One of The Toadhouse Trilogy by Jess Lourey

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie?

Paz - Kayla Clary

Miltonia Butterflies Blurb: The garden young Paz passes on her way home from the library is a temptation she cannot resist. Within it's borders a beautiful flower awaits. 

Once discovered, Paz longs to share its beauty with her mother. To do so, she must overcome a few obstacles and reveal something about herself no one knows.

Miltonia Butterflies will be released October 21, 2012 and the first week's proceeds will be donated to the 

USO's Indie Writers for the Troops. 

If any other writers would like to join the fundraising, you can donate proceeds from one day, one week or simply make a one time donation. 

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After Labor Day Ramblings- Friendship, Illness & Bargain Shopping

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Today is a quiet Tuesday with Taryn, as I opted not to schedule anyone so close to the holiday, knowing that the traffic to the site might be down due to families spending time together for Labor Day weekend.

We had a quiet one ourselves. One of my best friends, her husband and their two little girls came down on Saturday to visit. The hubbies watched TV, the girls played dress-up and Barbies and spent a lot of time outside. My friend and I sat at the kitchen table, talked, played Scrabble and just really enjoyed ourselves and she really enjoyed the chocolate cream cheese drop cookies I made. I made round steak supreme with mushrooms, cheesy bacon potatoes and peas for lunch and that went over very well. By the time they left, my friend and I were in tears. We'll see each other in a month if my plans go well for a visit during fall break for my kids, but sometimes even a month feels like forever.

Of course, since our oldest went to the doctor last week, first thinking he might have strep, but then it turned out to be sinus and allergy related symptoms, I've not felt well myself. Maybe just because it coincided with the weather, I don't know. I've spent the better part of a week nursing myself with my own home remedies to try to knock it out. I've heated vinegar and slowly inhaled the steam (careful there if you attempt that to clear your sinuses and stuffy nose...it does burn eyes, nose and throat if you inhale too much at a time.) I've taken sinus medicine for the headache and pressure, allergy medicine for the 1/2 runny-1/2 stuffy nose. (not all at once) Used vapor rub on my feet- yes, my feet- wearing socks over them to bed does help clear chest congestion and helps you breath a little easier to get some rest, and it softens your feet because of the petroleum jelly in it.

When it all boiled down to it, what worked best for me this time? Alka-Seltzer Cold. Yes...plop plop, fizz fizz. Who would have thought. {rolling my eyes} It was, of course, the last thing I tried and it seems to be the one thing that helped more than anything to clear my head, my congestion, etc. I've also had the itchy watery eyes that burn like fire, too, so I had my husband pick up some Visine-Allergy for that.

After my friend and her family left Saturday, we went to Goodwill to look for Girly-Girl some new tops. I went through her clothes the other day only to discover the majority of what she had was nearly 2 sizes too small. Kids, I tell you! They grow like weeds. We came out of there with 13 tops, 12 of which did actually fit her and one I sized wrong by looking at it- it was too snug and it also had a long button down V-neck collar that, when buttoned, wouldn't stay closed. All in all though it was for just over $20, so I'm not going to complain. You can't shake a stick at that!

Sunday we lay around watching television most the day and I made homemade chicken noodle soup. That probably helped clear me up, as well. Yesterday my husband had to work but I had Girly home with me all day, her brother didn't get home from his mom's till later in the afternoon, shortly before supper.

So, here I am on a quiet Tuesday morning, getting back into a somewhat normal routine. Got laundry going in the kitchen, the window open in here and enjoying the fall-like atmosphere outside. There are birds and bugs chittering away on this gloomy morning. I'm definitely feeling Autumn in the air more as the days pass. The humidity is starting to build though, so the window will go down before too long and I'll have to crank the fan back up to circulate the muggy air in here, but for now, I'll enjoy it.

Hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday on this "shortened" week. Would love to hear how you're doing as well if you would like to leave your thoughts. Did you do anything cool for Labor Day weekend? Have you recently found any great bargains, too?

I'm off to finish up read-through edits on Love by Design while my vision isn't impaired by itchy watery eyes. Have a great day!

@RobynLeatherman visits, answers #Author Q&A & has an #Autographed Copy of Summer Rain for 1 Lucky Person!

 Author Q&A and Autographed Print Copy Giveaway

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Robyn Leatherman

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

My mother came home with a college textbook when I was young - Cultural Anthropology. That book made me interested in groups of people and what made them tick. In my teens, my cousin lent me a copy of Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge. It's the historical novel that pushed me over the edge and made me want to write about things that had happened and shouldn't be forgotten.

What book do you read over and over again?

The Grapes of Wrath

Tuesday Trio-

1)      Movie- The Man in the Iron Mask

2)      Music- School Boy Humor

3)      Decadent Dessert- Pecan Pie with vanilla ice cream

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

This is going to sound odd, but when I researched to origin of barbed wire, I discovered it had been in use even before 1863, but because nobody had patented the concept, it didn't catch on at that time. In 1873, a type of "barbed" fencing caught the eye of a man by the name of Glidden; I wonder if his family developed the line of paint? (Maybe an idea for a future historical story there …) I have no idea why this has stuck in my mind, but here is the website for anyone else who wants to learn about it!

Barbed Wire Museum

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

I'm almost finished with Jenny Wingfield's advance reader's copy of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake; it's one of the best books I've read in a long time!

Whom would you cast as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?

Tijer Lily Company is a Native American arts and entertainment film company that deals with not only the cast calls and media, but with props as well. She has access to a list of Native actors and actresses who would be perfect for the movie version of my book.

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About the Book
Welcome to the life of a young Cherokee girl named Rain, as she grows into maturity just as the Trail of Tears begins. Summer Rain: Getsikahvda Anitsalagi (The Removal of the People) is an unforgettable story that taps into a sad part of American history.

This journey begins in Georgia in a typical Cherokee village in the early 1800s, where a young girl and her best friend realize there are strangers poised to take their land and home away from the Cherokee and from neighboring tribes.

The girls witness the birth of the new written language of Tsalagi in the year 1821 and the printing press in the year 1827. The Cherokee Nation’s growth is also financial, and would mark the first newspaper to ever be printed and circulated by a Native American tribe.

Rain falls in love with a white boy and is forced to follow her heart and save her own life, or to remain loyal to her family, knowing that in doing so, she could lose not only her true love, but her very life as well.

The first 2 chapters of Summer Rain may be read on my website: Preface and First Two Chapters

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