Music. The voice that has the ability to speak across generations. Isn't is strange to think ... a man who rose to fame half a century ago still touches so many through his music, and even movies, today. I never got to personally watch Elvis on TV, in concert, or even hear him live on the radio. My parents did. They were fans and still are. As a matter of fact, Dad would always let me pick out an Elvis movie to watch with my friends when I hosted slumber parties as a little girl. Without fail, I would pick Tickle Me. Some of my earliest memories of The King are the aforementioned movie, a handful of his songs, and mostly other singers singing about him. Tricia Yearwood (Wrong Side of Memphis), ZZ Top (Viva Las Vegas), and Alannah Myles (Black Velvet), just to name a few.
Some Elvis memories are more tender than others. Take my husband, for example. He served in Afghanistan with a guy who was quite possibly The King's biggest fan in the Army. This soldier's name: SGT Michael K. Ingram.
We came to the unit late having arrived in August, with a new baby in tow. Two weeks after he in processed, my husband received expedited orders to Afghanistan. You see, the unit, which had deployed in June, and had already sustained heavy losses. So off my husband went to the desert. He and SGT Ingram wasted no time in becoming, what they call in the Army, Battle Buddies. Two peas in a camouflaged pod.
Michael LOVED Elvis and because of this love, everyone within hearing distance was fortunate enough to listen to any given Elvis hit before a mission. After a mission. Before bunking down for the night. And oh boy, did he sing along!
Check out the link above and you'll see that my husband's sweet friend was killed in action over there in the sands of the Middle East. I remember how Ingram would save the webcam for my husband once he finished talking to his loved ones so that my husband could have some face time with me. In this family, at least between my husband and myself, Elvis memories and Ingram memories are interwoven ... thus making them even more special. I wish I had gotten to meet him in person. It would have been an absolute honor.
Care to share some of your Elvis memories? We'd love to hear 'em!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
The newness of it all ... so simple it's complicated
Okay guys, I am in the process of expanding this blog, so bear with me as I make every newbie mistake in the e-book.
Wanna check out my western novella I'm publishing here in installments? Part one is already up, just click on the READ A WESTERN HERE tab at the top!
Wanna ride along with me as my family and I endure this last Drill Sergeant cycle? Click on over to the Drill Sergeant tab! First day of Basic is Wednesday, so get ready! :-)
Wanna check out my western novella I'm publishing here in installments? Part one is already up, just click on the READ A WESTERN HERE tab at the top!
Wanna ride along with me as my family and I endure this last Drill Sergeant cycle? Click on over to the Drill Sergeant tab! First day of Basic is Wednesday, so get ready! :-)
A Heart Broken (An Everlasting Heart #2)
Coming January 11th, 2013 from 5 Prince Publishing! Check out my goodreads.com giveaway for book 1 in this series, A HEART ON HOLD!
The war is over, Sanderson is home, and life is good ... until the Army comes knocking. They've charged Sanderson with murder and in order to clear his name, he's been ordered to, with the help of Jerry Thomas, track down the notorious outlaw William "Bloody Bill" Quantrill -- or face the hangman's noose. Meanwhile, Charlotte is left in Minerva's hands to endure a complicated pregnancy and battle a rash of hydrophobee that threatens not only the Arkansas countryside, but Cotton and Sanderson, too.
The war is over, Sanderson is home, and life is good ... until the Army comes knocking. They've charged Sanderson with murder and in order to clear his name, he's been ordered to, with the help of Jerry Thomas, track down the notorious outlaw William "Bloody Bill" Quantrill -- or face the hangman's noose. Meanwhile, Charlotte is left in Minerva's hands to endure a complicated pregnancy and battle a rash of hydrophobee that threatens not only the Arkansas countryside, but Cotton and Sanderson, too.
Debut Children's Book Released!
Have any of you mommies out there wondered what would happen if you did in fact get ALL of your chunky little baby's sugars?
As the mother of four, I FINALLY succeeded in getting ALL those sugars and just had to write about it!
Come find out what happen in CHUNKY SUGARS, now available from 5 Prince Publishing! Written by Sara Barnard and illustrated by Joshua Stolte!
Click here to order your copy for you and your little chunky baby today! (Or enter the free giveaway I'm hosting for this book on goodreads.com ...)
As the mother of four, I FINALLY succeeded in getting ALL those sugars and just had to write about it!
Come find out what happen in CHUNKY SUGARS, now available from 5 Prince Publishing! Written by Sara Barnard and illustrated by Joshua Stolte!
Click here to order your copy for you and your little chunky baby today! (Or enter the free giveaway I'm hosting for this book on goodreads.com ...)
Good Reads Giveaways! Oh yeah, there's three!!!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
A Heart on Hold
by Sara Barnard
Giveaway ends January 31, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Chunky Sugars
by Sara Barnard
Giveaway ends January 31, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The ABC's of Oklahoma Plants
by Sara Barnard
Giveaway ends January 31, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
New Year's Greeting
Hey from Oklahoma! Here we are on the cusp of 2013 and the hubby is about to start his final cycle as a drill sergeant. In commemoration of this event, I am going to post daily updates here of the crazy goings on in Basic Training!
January has been an eventful month so far. I am deep in the development of book 3 in An Everlasting Heart series, A HEART AT HOME, and having a ball. That is the best thing about being a writer who loves history ... having a time machine right in front of you -- called pencil/paper or in my case, MS Word 10! Book 2, A HEART BROKEN, releases on the 11th from 5 Prince Publishing and my debut children's book, CHUNKY SUGARS (written for the chunkiest of my 'suns') released on New Year's Day! Check it out if you get the chance or enter the giveaway at Sara's Goodreads.com Page
So I have done a bad bad thing. I am under a tight deadline with the An Everlasting Heart series, yet I have written out a whole other project that I just HAD to get out to you. So just for fun and for fellow historical/western lovers, I am going to publish it here (and on my goodreads.com blog) a little at a time ON ONE CONDITION. You readers HAVE to comment and tell me what you think along the way :-)
The title is A BANKROBBER'S LAMENT ... let's get started!
January has been an eventful month so far. I am deep in the development of book 3 in An Everlasting Heart series, A HEART AT HOME, and having a ball. That is the best thing about being a writer who loves history ... having a time machine right in front of you -- called pencil/paper or in my case, MS Word 10! Book 2, A HEART BROKEN, releases on the 11th from 5 Prince Publishing and my debut children's book, CHUNKY SUGARS (written for the chunkiest of my 'suns') released on New Year's Day! Check it out if you get the chance or enter the giveaway at Sara's Goodreads.com Page
So I have done a bad bad thing. I am under a tight deadline with the An Everlasting Heart series, yet I have written out a whole other project that I just HAD to get out to you. So just for fun and for fellow historical/western lovers, I am going to publish it here (and on my goodreads.com blog) a little at a time ON ONE CONDITION. You readers HAVE to comment and tell me what you think along the way :-)
The title is A BANKROBBER'S LAMENT ... let's get started!
Friday, July 20, 2012
War. Devotion. Deceit. Death. How long can a heart hold on before it breaks?
The time has come!!! My debut novel, A Heart on Hold, is set to be released from 5 Prince Publishing on August 8th as an ebook and in PRINT August 22!
A Heart on Hold is the first book of An Everlasting Heart series. A historical romance by category, this series is set in circa-Civil War America, and appeals to men as much as to women. My husband, a hard-core Infantry soldier turned Drill Sergeant, read A Heart on Hold cover to cover and has been asking about book 2, A Heart Broken!
Are you around the west Texas area? Come out and celebrate books, including A Heart on Hold, at the first annual Books in the Basin festival Saturday, October 6th, Ellen Noel Plaza in Odessa, Texas!
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