Category: Writing
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A GREAT Big Thank you
Writing this has been healing. Sometimes we look at our past and think that certain experiences are complete failures because they don’t match our expectations. Though I was so proud of the work we did, I mainly saw Waldron Publishing as a disappointment. As I wrote this list however, I was amazed at what we…
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Reading at the Elementary School and The Trailer
My daughter’s 4th grade class is reading my book, Jake Bowers vs The Firebird every day at lunch. Today, her teachers invited me to come and read the chapter. It was adorable! Those kids were great. No guile! One said to me, “Are you working on the next one?” “Yes, I am,” I said. “Well,…
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Heavy and Light
Heavy and Light Laryssa Waldron 4/17/15 I wake the household comes to order backpacks lunches drop-off kisses I work like a machine, the chaos is displaced dishes laundry endless errands I write she whines ‘till she’s on my lap scribbling grabbing slamming the keyboard she sleeps I drown in others’ creations YouTube Pinterest Facebook catch-up…
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Book Release – Quote from Hard Things
I am honored that Covenant Communications chose a quote from my chapter to display. This has been quite a journey and my husband and I are so thankful for the show of support from those who have already read. He chose to let me write about our struggles, thus branding himself with the disease that…
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Release of the Book – I Can Do Hard Things with God
I’ve been working on a book with a dear friend for a few years now. It’s called, “I Can Do Hard Things with God” and it is a compilation of essays from Mormon Women that discusses all sorts of personal issues and struggles – it begins with suicide and then covers chronic illness, problems with…
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Novels – Helping with International Connections
Today my family and I were eating lunch at a restaurant. Seated next to us (in very close proximity) was a table full of Japanese people who were all speaking in their native tongue. I asked my nine-year-old to scoot over next to them to make more room for her Dad. She looked at me…
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Of races, religions, and cultures
On Saturday, I went to the Zoo with my family and my niece. While we were there, we met a family from Northern Africa. I couldn’t take my eyes off of them, not because they were Muslim, (though I have been fascinated by Muslims for a while now) but because of the dress of their…
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Jake Bowers Versus The Firebird is Available as an eBook
Thank you for reading the last few days. If you missed it, you can go back and read all six of the sample chapters here (that’s two more than you can usually find at the eBook retailers’ samples). Chapter One: The Ziggurat Chapter Two: Monterey Historic Raceway Chapter Three: The Gullwing Chapter Four: Farid’s Gift Chapter Five: An Unexpected…
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JBvFb: 6. Commander Bowers
Follow the posts over the next few days and read the sample chapters (the first six) of Jake Bowers Versus the Firebird. Just then, a scorpion the size of a fist fell onto Bowers’ head. He flipped onto his back, swatting his head as another scorpion dropped from the carpet onto his neck. He batted at…
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JBvFb: 5. An Unexpected Phone Call
Follow the posts over the next few days and read the sample chapters (the first six) of Jake Bowers Versus the Firebird. “I need you to stay away from him. It’s classified so I can’t say much. I know that this isn’t making any sense, just trust me,” Mark said in a low voice. 5. An…
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