Compliments

 Every time that someone tells me that I should write more; that I have a talent for it. I become humbled, I am just a gal with stories to tell. But each time I hear it, it makes me feel so glad that I finally sat down and put words on paper and that I wrote Acres for people to enjoy. I heard last night from someone again that they thoroughly enjoyed my novel and what I chose to write about!!

Sunshine!

What a glorious week this has been!  The sun has been out each and every single day.  Makes for a productive week.  Getting back into the swing of writing will be tough after a long illness preventing me from working.  But starting right now, I am officially back to try and sell books online.  I have no idea what I'm doing or how, but have to keep trying.  Have a gajillion of them in print to get out there for everyone to read.  Right now though, I have other duties to perform.  Catch ya later!









Debra A. Patrow, Acres of Bitterness, Wisconsin, Riggins, Idaho, Rocky Mts. Bitteroot Mts. Native Americans, Historical Fiction, Nez Perce, Romance Novel, 1877, 1905,1930 love, lost, birth, death, intrigue, mystery, suspense, secrets

Spring yet?

Winter still, first day of spring come and gone.  Spring you say, hmmmm, not really.  Read a facebook post with a picture of Puxhautany Phil on a wanted poster.  For Fraud!! Gotta laugh!

Snow Days

Another snowy day in Northern Wisconsin. Groundhog missed his mark this year, but I guess more snow doesn't necessarily mean 6 weeks of winter. But in this case it does!!

Trying to work on Book No. 2 which will be titled 'Bittersweet Reunions.' It will be of the same genre as Acres of Bitterness which is a Native American Historical Fiction Romance Novel. I hope it turns out as well as everyone tells me that Acres did and that they can't wait for me to write another one.  Going slow this time around due to several factors, healther being the biggest one. 

I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in October, had surgery and have made a full recovery now.  Saving you the details, I was very lucky.  Girls, have your mammograms on time.  I was early stage one because I go on a regular basis and as a result escaped the horrors that some women go through.  I empathize with those who do for their suffering.

Winter in Wisconsin

Waiting once again for snow to hit WI.  What a perfect week to curl up with a good book.  If you ordered right now, you could get one before it's over.  I would love to share Acres of Bitterness with all of you and the riveting scenarios that I created.  It excited me to write it and I'm hoping all will feel the same.  I was at a show last weekend and a lady purchased a book from me.  I received a card in the mail from her and this is what it said:

Debra,
I finished your book this morning and I really enjoyed it.  Keep writing, you have a wonderful talent.  Will look forward to your next book. 

Mary

Now that is what an author loves to hear!

Hello, everyone out there.  This is my first post as a blogger.  Not sure what to write about, so I'll tell you a little bit about myself to begin with.  I am a wife, mother, and grandmother; lovin' that last one!  Grandkids are great, spoil 'em and send 'em home I always heard.  And that is so true, so true!  I have done many things over the years, stay at home Mom for most of them and that was the most rewarding, watching my kids grow up every day.  But I took a few part time gigs here and there, babysitting, store clerk, store room clerk, when the kids got into high school then I got a real job.  Ended up being a legal assistant and book keeper and I still am both of those.  But semi-retired to write a book that I always wanted to get around to.

And so it happened and it went a little like this.  People read my writings in greeting cards, especially the annual Christmas poem to the rhyming of  'Twas the Night Before Christmas.'  Each section had exactly the same amount of lines per person in my family, two sections per person.  So, it got to be a two page deal, but I just knew that someday one of my grandkids would count to see if anyone got priority.  And it happened, one year Ryan did it and excitedly told his mother, "Did you know that Grandma wrote exactly the same many lines for everyone?"  I have always been crazy like that, you know make sure the Christmas presents and birthday presents all add up to the same cost.  Heaven forbit, one should get $5.00 more than another.  From that I received many, many words of encouragement to write something; write a book maybe.

 More next time, have to go for today.