Weekend Celebration!

Here is my son, Dr. Bahlmann, with his beautiful wife, Heidi, who helped him in his journey for his PhD in English!

And here are his father and me, because we're proud of his tenacity in achieving his goal.

These type of events are truly inspiring, and make me want to strive for something bigger and better.

What's YOUR next goal?

WRITE FASTER! Fr*ee for a limited time!

WOW! PhD Dene Low is offering her book for FR*EE for a few days! (CLICK HERE)

Here's what she says about it:

 It is the system I used to write 32,000 words in just 6 days a few months ago. My writing system is a compilation of my studies of writing and neuroscience over the last thirty years. It can help you be more creative, productive, effective, and efficient. It can break writers block and facilitate revision. I'm using it to teach my university class right now. I did the research and testing so you can just use it and enjoy. Right now the book is free (right here!) for Prime members to borrow and starting Thursday, it should be free for download for a few days. After that it will be $3.99.

GET IT HERE NOW!

Yummy erasers

Yes, it's true, the items pictured here are not real food. They're erasers.

And people wonder why the population's waistlines keep getting bigger.
(This post remains short...but sweet!) 

A Book Loving Fan Showed Up On My Doorstep!

Meet the amazing Jeff Rasmussen, who showed up at my front door asking to buy an out-of-print "Manti Tornado Stories" book. Luckily for both of us, I had a few on hand. Then he pulled out his electronic pad, checked his list of books to get, found more of my titles there, and bought those, too.

Now when I meet with agent Michael Bourret later today, I can tell him that fans are beating down my door to buy my books.

Well, they're beating on my door with their fists, anyway!

I'll let you know what happens with the agent meeting, but maybe it will have to be after I teach my class on ghostwriting.

BOO!

  

Love the Osmonds? Come meet Merrill!

Merrill Osmond is broadcasting from EBORN BOOKS in SALT LAKE CITY on Friday, May 17 at 9:30 AM.

AT 10:00 AM he'll be signing copies of his book, "FAITH, HOPE, and GRAVITY," which reached #2 on Amazon UK's MOVERS AND SHAKERS list last fall.

So come to 254 South Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah at 10:00 AM on Friday to meet Merrill! You'll be glad you did! (And I'll be there, too, and happy to see you!)

There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block!

Writer's Block is a myth. Really! I'll explain it all to you here on this podcast, which is my current 12 minute claim to fame, thanks to AUTHORS THINK TANK:

CLICK TO FIND THE SECRET WHY THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS WRITER'S BLOCK!

It's worth your time! 

Grammy's Cushion at the Hut in the Foothills

When my 7-year-old grandson wanted to hike into the foothills to hang out at his hut, I wasn't going to let him have all the fun, so I tagged along. I found a nice bush casting shade on a patch of ground that was half stickers and half dirt. Carefully lowering myself onto the dirt part of the shade, I watched my grandson, his little brother, and their two friends work on their cool hut. Can you see it? It's fairly well camouflaged. Look above my thumb. Squint a little. Look for straight lines. There! You've got it.

After flirting with prickly stickers for about half an hour, I was surprised and charmed to see the boys holding an un-upholstered square of cushion out toward me. "Here, Grammy," my grandson said. "How would you like to sit on this?" I told him I would like to very much!

When we left the hut, I couldn't help but take a picture of the rough-hewn little gentlemen. (You can see the cushion beneath the feet of the boy on the far left. As many times as you tell them to keep their feet off the couch, I doubt they'll ever really listen until they have to buy a couch of their own.)

What kindness has someone done for you lately? What have you done that was nice for someone else?