Doing a search on your name at the Library of Congress and seeing yourself THREE times! Fan-freakin'-tastic!
and...because there is NO number following the "-" after the date 1962...I'm pretty sure I'm not dead yet! Good news all around!
If you can stand to scroll down, you can see the contents of "Life's Alphabet Soup: A Crock of Wit from A to Z".....well, from A to Z.
What a lovely day it is today :-)
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Ferran, Terri, 1962-
Finding faith / Terri Ferran.
2007
ACCESS:Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms
CALL NUMBER:PS3606.E734 F56 2007
[ 2 ]
Ferran, Terri, 1962-
Having hope / Terri Ferran.
2009
[ 3 ]
Ferran, Terri, 1962-
Life's alphabet soup : a crock of wit from A to Z / Terri Ferran.
2009
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DATABASE: Library of Congress Online Catalog
YOU SEARCHED: Author/Creator Browse = Ferran, Terri, 1962-
SEARCH RESULTS: Displaying 3 of 3.
Life's alphabet soup : a crock of wit from A to Z / Terri Ferran.
LC Control No.:
2009009058
LCCN Permalink:
http://lccn.loc.gov/2009009058
Type of Material:
Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Contents:
Allowance
Bathtubs
Chores
Dishes
Exercise
Food
Garbage
Ham and hay
Ice cream
Jaguar
Karate
Lake powell
Meals
Noses
Overreacting
Pets
Quilts
Rats
Singing
Truth
Underwear
Vacuum cleaner salesman
Weeds
X-ray
Yoyo dinners
Zoomph.
Subjects:
Motherhood --Humor.
Mothers --Humor.
Family life --Humor.
LC Classification:
PN6231.M68
Library of Congress Holdings Information Not Available.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Things you DON'T usually hear in church!
Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t read Finding Faith, you may not want to read on, unless you like to have your reading experiences ruined.
Things you don’t usually hear at church:
While I was walking down the hallway in church, a neighbor and friend (?) yelled out to me, “Murderer!”
He is not a quiet, timid guy. Let’s call him “John”. When John speaks, neighborhood children jump. Dogs crawl whimpering under the nearest porch. Sometimes it’s vice versa.
I sidled up to the library counter. (Evil, knowing grin) “What did you hear?”
“You killed [name of beloved character in my first novel]!”
I shrugged, “Yeah, I did.”
I’m not even sorry.
His wife told me later, that he was even more surprised that I didn’t even flinch when he yelled out “Murderer!”
A couple of days later I received a lovely email from a reader in Iowa. She confessed to her daughter finding her in the bathtub, sobbing, when she read the part where [name of beloved character in my first novel] died.
Very gratifying.
Even more gratifying is picturing my neighbor, sitting in his tub (clothed, of course—what did YOU think?), sobbing his heart out, reading about the untimely demise of [name of beloved character in my first novel].
Not that crying over something like that is unmanly. I just think that crying about it, sitting in your bathtub, is an “in touch with your feminine side” kind of thing to do, especially for someone as big and manly as “John”!
It almost makes me want to knock off another fictional character.
Things you don’t usually hear at church:
While I was walking down the hallway in church, a neighbor and friend (?) yelled out to me, “Murderer!”
He is not a quiet, timid guy. Let’s call him “John”. When John speaks, neighborhood children jump. Dogs crawl whimpering under the nearest porch. Sometimes it’s vice versa.
I sidled up to the library counter. (Evil, knowing grin) “What did you hear?”
“You killed [name of beloved character in my first novel]!”
I shrugged, “Yeah, I did.”
I’m not even sorry.
His wife told me later, that he was even more surprised that I didn’t even flinch when he yelled out “Murderer!”
A couple of days later I received a lovely email from a reader in Iowa. She confessed to her daughter finding her in the bathtub, sobbing, when she read the part where [name of beloved character in my first novel] died.
Very gratifying.
Even more gratifying is picturing my neighbor, sitting in his tub (clothed, of course—what did YOU think?), sobbing his heart out, reading about the untimely demise of [name of beloved character in my first novel].
Not that crying over something like that is unmanly. I just think that crying about it, sitting in your bathtub, is an “in touch with your feminine side” kind of thing to do, especially for someone as big and manly as “John”!
It almost makes me want to knock off another fictional character.
Monday, April 20, 2009
What's wrong with this picture?
It happened on one of those zippity-doo-dah-days...
Wait, it happened at a chamber of commerce luncheon honoring some of our excellent educators (and I am not being facetious)
Wait, it happened at a chamber of commerce luncheon honoring some of our excellent educators (and I am not being facetious)
In case you cannot read the quote "TEACHER APPRECIATION"
"THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO IN ARE CHILDREN LIFES"
Anything wrong with this picture? What happened to spell check? Wait, frosting doesn't come with spell check, and you can't text it either.
It happened here in our valley. I'm sure the teachers were so proud.
But don't worry, it isn't our tax dollars hard at work; it's our local Sam's Club's dollars.
At least the cake tasted good, even if it wasn't in good taste.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Ladies' Night Book signing
Join Us For Ladies Night!
Join us for Ladies Night at Provident Book!Saturday, April 4, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Meet and mingle with LDS authors:
Stacy Anderson
Michele Ashman Bell
Julie Bellon
Janet Burningham
Terri Ferran
Kristen Landon
Tristi Pinkston
and more!
Door prizes given away every 15 minutes, all night long!
661 W State, Ste APleasant Grove, UT
Join us for Ladies Night at Provident Book!Saturday, April 4, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Meet and mingle with LDS authors:
Stacy Anderson
Michele Ashman Bell
Julie Bellon
Janet Burningham
Terri Ferran
Kristen Landon
Tristi Pinkston
and more!
Door prizes given away every 15 minutes, all night long!
661 W State, Ste APleasant Grove, UT
Monday, March 30, 2009
Comments and actions that mean a LOT!
I had a great time at Seagull Book last Saturday--made some new friends and sold some books. The staff at the West Jordan Seagull are Wonderful! Thanks so much to "M", my sista-from-another-mista who always supports me, even when she's just run a race (in which she beat her personal best--Go Melissa!) My M-I-L also shows up faithfully, even when I forget to invite her for steak & guacamole.
I want to share two reader comments I received last week:
"Sister Ferran, Thank you for writing such awesome books! I LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS I LOVE TWILIGHT..." (okay--I added the screaming caps!) Thanks, Kiana. It's one of the best compliments I've ever received because it came from an avid teen reader who loves the Twilight series. (I personally like Ms. Meyer's The Host better).
and
"Terri, I loved your book, Having Hope. But when you write the next book, can you be in a happier place?" Candice, I'm just saying--That IS my happier place!I loved her comment because it was from a lady near my own age, and, let's face it--the books are designed to make you cry (a little), and laugh (a little more), and leave you feeling just a little bit better than when you started.
It's all this bean-counting that's sucking my creative juices out into the charred remains of Accounting b-b-q.
Ciao!
I want to share two reader comments I received last week:
"Sister Ferran, Thank you for writing such awesome books! I LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS I LOVE TWILIGHT..." (okay--I added the screaming caps!) Thanks, Kiana. It's one of the best compliments I've ever received because it came from an avid teen reader who loves the Twilight series. (I personally like Ms. Meyer's The Host better).
and
"Terri, I loved your book, Having Hope. But when you write the next book, can you be in a happier place?" Candice, I'm just saying--That IS my happier place!I loved her comment because it was from a lady near my own age, and, let's face it--the books are designed to make you cry (a little), and laugh (a little more), and leave you feeling just a little bit better than when you started.
It's all this bean-counting that's sucking my creative juices out into the charred remains of Accounting b-b-q.
Ciao!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Upcoming Booksigning
I'll be at Seagull Bookstore in West Jordan (1625 W 90th So) on Saturday, March 28th from noon - 2:00 pm for a signing. Please stop in to say "Hi" and pick up Having Hope, the sequel to Finding Faith.
There will be other authors signing as well that day (although I don't have a list of which ones, specifically)--but take it from me:
Authors are fun people to talk to! We are so fun, we often talk to ourselves. Sometimes we make up people to talk to, which works extremely well when you're writing a book (as long as it's fiction), but not so great when you are sitting at a table, in a bookstore, by yourself...
So treat yourself to a browse in the bookstore this Saturday. I'm sure there is a book there that is just calling out to you "Read me, read me!" And, you just might see a not-quite-right author talking to herself!
P.S. There will be chocolate :-)
There will be other authors signing as well that day (although I don't have a list of which ones, specifically)--but take it from me:
Authors are fun people to talk to! We are so fun, we often talk to ourselves. Sometimes we make up people to talk to, which works extremely well when you're writing a book (as long as it's fiction), but not so great when you are sitting at a table, in a bookstore, by yourself...
So treat yourself to a browse in the bookstore this Saturday. I'm sure there is a book there that is just calling out to you "Read me, read me!" And, you just might see a not-quite-right author talking to herself!
P.S. There will be chocolate :-)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Viva la vida!
84 degrees, golden rays of sun permeating your skin, turquoise Mer Caribe rolling in warm sparkling waves over your feet, long, cold pull of Coca-cola Light, wafting coconut aroma of Australian Gold sunscreen.....
OR
28 degrees, snowing, 100+ fender-benders in one day, scraping windshields, slaving over a hot computer......
You be the judge!
Hasta luego, mis amigos y amigas!
OR
28 degrees, snowing, 100+ fender-benders in one day, scraping windshields, slaving over a hot computer......
You be the judge!
Hasta luego, mis amigos y amigas!
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