If you’ve been
following Elizabeth Seckman lately (please stop! She’s getting a crick in her
neck…)
If, on the other
hand, you’ve been to Liz’s blog lately, you’ll already know she’s busy with a Blog Tour
for her new book, HEALING
SUMMER
Liz challenged
her Tour guides to come up with writing prompt and she would then flesh fiction
it out.
So, here’s my bold prompt and Liz’s response
officially begins with the italics.
“Serge
was a Swahili snow shovel salesman and…”
Hah!
I bet you thought this prompt would be like a noogie from a big brother, Mr.
Koopmans, but just like a bald man has nothing to fear from a noogie… brain
noogies don’t rub me the wrong way either.
Yes, I did just admit to being
brainless…enjoy!
And please…cue the Scarecrow Mr. Wizard!!
“I
could wile away the hoursConferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.”
Show
tunes aside, HEALING
SUMMER takes place in Montana and as an honorary member of the Montanans
FOR Global Warming, I know…Montana has plenty of snow. So, of course, Serge the
Swahili snow shovel salesman gladly headed to the often white plains of Blue
Sky Country.
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| Mark says, "I never knew I had a mountain named after me" :) |
And
Serge will be successful there. He’s a self-reliant go-getter. He’s a boot
strap pulling entrepreneur with a truck load of shovels and a dream. He’ll help
dig out the highest drift…clear the longest sidewalks. He might even have the
gumption to tackle Old Baldy.
A
man with a dream has no limits.
So
keep dreaming Serge and shovel hardest when it gets the deepest. Thanks for having me over…and trying to make me as loony as you…crazy man!
No, noooo, the
pleasure is all mines. I’m well impressed you got anything down for Serge, let
alone a poem… nice one, TwinnyJ
Here are the famous Liz’s
Links:
http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=elizabeth+seckman
THE BLURB:
Maybe Love, Not Time, Heals All Wounds
Ditched at the altar…biopsied for cancer…Mollie
Hinkle is having a bona fide bitch of a summer. When life sucks so hard it
takes your breath away, what's a girl to do? Pack a bag, grab a few friends,
and leave the past and the worry in the rear view mirror. What wounds can’t be
healed by a drive across the Heartland, where quarter flips at cross roads
determine the route and the future? All roads lead to Craig, the second son and
bad boy of the haughty Coulter line. Has fate brought her to the miniscule
Montana town to find happily ever after or will it just break her heart?
HEALING SUMMER is the second book in the Coulter
Men Series.
26 comments:
Nice shout out!
You guys are funny!
Montanans for Global Warming. Love that. (Cause I live in a state with6 month winters--or so it feels.)
So I must stop following her, I guess... but I can do with just reading her blog. :)
Wow, well done you two. Great prompt and great response!
I LOVE THE TIN MAN!!!
Yay for Elizabeth and her book. Nice to see her featured here.
A Daft Scots Lass, cool name. I would change mine to A Daft Hillbilly Gal, but it doesn't have the same poetry.
Alex- We're considering doing some shows in Vegas. If we can teach Mark to dance.
Suzi- in Montana they are selling tee shirts. I guess they miss the days of yore when they has swamps and dinosaurs!
Al- "I'm being stalked by dragon!" Yeah, the cops would think I was crazy so we best keep the following to the blog...hehe
Rachel- thanks. I'm sure yours will be excellent and at least half as untwisted!
Bonnee- the Tin Man scared me.I think it was his red lips.
Thanks Julie!
Ooo. Sounds like a winner.
(Not you, Mark. The book. :P)
Best of luck, Elizabeth. :)
Glad you took part in the tour Mark.
Hahaha! No one can compete with the twinnies! You guys are hilarious. Mark, off to "vote" for this fabulous prompt. :D
Okay, I totally laughed at the Montanans for global warming. I've lived in a couple of too cold for comfort states, and yeah... they were cold.
And that mountain picture looks like a beautiful collapsed caldera. Simply awesome.
Wow, you rose to the challenge there, Elizabeth! Looking forward to having you on my blog next week - I have to say, Mark, I think I gave her something too easy!
LOL!!!! Great prompt Mark and Awesome way to go with it, Elizabeth! Glad I stopped by because this was definitely entertaining! :)
can i see round two? that was a good boxing match!! love to sparky and the bald man...hmm...sounds like a dynamite duo
Great interview and Mark you always make me laugh!
I've travelled to Montana a few time and that's where God goes when he takes a vacation. What a great setting for a book. Best wishes to Elizabeth!
ha! You guys crack me up! Great work Liz!
Melissa- good thing you clarified...Mark would get a big head...which would reflect more sun and blind us all!
Sheena- I'm pretty sure he just wanted the hot chick on his blog for a while (but don't tell him I told!)
Morgan- surely super ballerina can keep up!
Rena- It snowed while we were there in July! And if collapsed caldera means groove made by a glacier, you're exactly right!
Linda- yours wasn't at all easy...okay, yes it was, but only because it's already one of my favorite things!
Tammy- I have to give the championship title to Mark! He wackier than me.
Johanna- And laughter is priceless!
Stephen- it is an amazingly beautiful place. A true breath taking wonder!
And thanks to the wonderful Unknown. :)
now I want to go to Montana. Sounds like an awesome place to set a story--and to write a book. :)
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
Congrats on the book and the fun interview!
Al always, this was fun. Elizabeth should totally love your post. I did.
You two should go on a comedy tour! The book sounds fun. Thanks for sharing!
Hola from the South Side of Chitown...Congrats Elizabeth and here's to huge successes. I love Serge and think he would fit in right here with Junior, the half Russian, half Japanese poleta man. ;)
That mountain picture looks like a beautiful collapsed caldera. Simply awesome.
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