Mary Connealy~Real Life Petticoat Ranch

Trish Perry's blog today-and a chance to win

2010-01-04T09:08:00.003-06:00

I'm being interviewed by

Trish Perry

HERE

Leave a comment to get your name in a drawing for a signed copy of

The Husband Tree

POV-CPR-ASAP-WUCIWUG

2010-01-04T01:46:00.001-06:00

Drawing at SEEKERVILLE for a signed copy of

The Husband Tree

I'd been writing a long time before I got my first book published. I knew ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about writing when I started, except what I knew from reading.

I just had a story I wanted to tell.
I really think I learned every single bit of the craft

as slowly and painfully as possible.
So, when I entered my first contest, a lot of the contest comments were in a foreign language to me.

Read More HERE

Here we go again-Song Titles

2010-01-03T11:05:00.000-06:00

It Only Takes One Bar (To Make A Prison)
It Takes Me All Night Long To Do What I Used To Do All Night Long
It's Not The High Cost Of Living, It's The Cost Of Living High
I've Got $5 And It's Saturday Night
I've Got The Cob, If You've Got The Corn
Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
Lay Something On My Bed Besides A Blanket
Make Me Late For Work Today
Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Baby's Head)
Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy?
My Every Day Silver Is Plastic
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus
My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart
My Phone Ain't Been Ringing, So I Guess It Wasn't You
My Red Neck, My White Socks, And My Blue Ribbon Beer
My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
Nashville Rash
Occasional Wife
Our Love Is Illegal, Cause Our Names Ain't The Same
Overlonely And Underkissed
Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
Phantom Of The Opry
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Please Bypass This Heart.
Poultry Promenade
Queen Of My Doublewide Trailer
Redneck Martians Stole My Baby
Refried Dreams
She Feels Like A New Man Tonight
She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft
She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger
She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart
She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
She Walked Across My Heart Like It Was Texas
She's Actin' Single... I'm Drinkin' Doubles
She's Got Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty
She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)
Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone
Thanks To The Cathouse, I'm In The Doghouse With You
The Bridge Washed Out And I Can't Swim And My Baby's On The Other Side
The Last Word In 'Lonesome' Is 'Me'
The Man That Came Between Us (Was Me)
The Pint Of No Return
There Ain't Enough Room In My Fruit Of The Looms To Hold All My Lovin' For You
There's A Tear In My Beer

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

2009-12-31T23:59:00.001-06:00

2010

Dave Berry's Year in Review

2009-12-31T01:24:00.000-06:00

Some classic cuts from
Dave Berry's Year in Review

President Obama becomes embroiled in controversy when, commenting on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. by Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, he states that the police ``acted stupidly.'' This comment angers many in the law-enforcement community, as the president discovers the next day when his motorcade is cited for more than 3,000 moving violations. To resolve the situation, the president invites both Gates and Crowley to the White House for a ``beer summit,'' which is described later by White House spokesperson Gibbs as ``very amicable'' except for some ``minor tasering.''

In an alarming technological development, hackers shut down Twitter, leaving a desperate and suddenly vulnerable America with no way to find out what the Kardashian sisters are having for lunch. The Federal Emergency Management Agency urges the nation to ``remain calm'' and ``use Facebook if you can.'' Twitter service is eventually restored, but most of the estimated 875 million thoughts that went untweeted during the outage will never be recovered, making it the nation's worst social-networking disaster ever.

President Obama, speaking on health care before a joint session of Congress, is rudely interrupted by Kanye West, who grabs the microphone and declares that Beyoncé has a better health-care plan. No, wait, sorry: The president is rudely interrupted by Republican congressperson Joe Wilson, who shouts ``You lie!'' Wilson later apologizes for his breach of congressional etiquette, saying, ``I should have just mooned him.''

the International Olympic Committee meets in Copenhagen to choose whether Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo or Madrid will host the 2016 summer games. Chicago is considered a strong candidate, but despite personal appeals for the city from President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Mayor Richard Daley, Oprah Winfrey and the late Al Capone, the committee -- in an unexpected decision -- votes to hold the games in Pyongyang, North Korea. The head of the IOC insists that the decision was ``made freely and without coercion,'' adding, ``for the love of God please abort the launch.''
On a happier note for the White House, President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, narrowly edging out Beyoncé.

Read all of it here

WE HAVE A WINNER

2009-12-30T21:04:00.001-06:00

The winner of a signed copy of
THE HUSBAND TREE
TODAY ON

Seekerville

is
Ann
And

Bookie

THE HUSBAND TREE GIVE AWAY-HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009-12-30T02:14:00.000-06:00

To ring in the New Year

Seekerville

I'm giving away a signed copy of

THE HUSBAND TREE

To anyone brave enough to leave a New Years Resolution

Or brave enough to admit they

LIKE THEMSELVES JUST THE WAY THEY ARE!

I CAN'T CHANGE! I FAIL AT EVERY RESOLUTION I MAKE! GET OFF MY BACK!

Okay, that last part...the last line...that might be about me...sorry. Move along, there's nothing to see here people.

Go to

SEEKERVILLE

to leave your comment

the comment has to be THERE. NOT HERE.

Another Review for The Husband Tree

2009-12-29T08:38:00.000-06:00

Keep in mind

The Husband Tree

Doesn't even release until January 1st.

I'm learning that pre-ordering on Amazon is a way to get a jump on new releases

Cherry Blossom MJ

Gives me 5 of 5 stars on

Creative Madness

Review for The Husband Tree

2009-12-28T11:40:00.000-06:00

Great review for

The Husband Tree

Thanks so much Michelle V

Read it HERE

Country Western Music....give 'em credit for originality

2009-12-28T11:03:00.000-06:00

80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper
Am I Double Parked By The Curbstone Of Your Heart?
At The Gas Station Of Love, I Got The Self Service Pump
Did I Shave My Legs For This? (By Deana Carter)
Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You
Don't Squeeze My Sharmon
Don't Strike A Match To The Book Of Love
Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life
Get The Hammer Mama, There's A Head On Papa's Fly
Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed
Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart
Her Only Bad Habit Is Me
Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
Hold On To Your Men, 'Cause She's Single Again
How Can I Get Over You If You Won't Get Out From Under Me?
How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me?
I Been Roped And Thrown By Jesus In The Holy Ghost Corral
I Can't Get Over You, So Why Don't You Get Under Me?
I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life
I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me
I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart.
I Gave Her My Heart And A Diamond And She Clubbed Me With A Spade
I Got In At 2 With A 10 And Woke Up At 10 With A 2
I Got Tears In My Ears From Lying On My Bed Crying On My Pillow Over You
I Got Through Everything But The Door
I Guess I Had Your Leavin' Coming
I Hate Every Bone In Your Body Except Mine.
I Just Bought A Car From A Guy That Stole My Girl, But The Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got An Even Deal.
I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well.
I May Be Used, But Baby I Ain't Used Up
I Sat Down On A Bear Trap (Just This Morning)
I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin Better
I Wanna Whip Your Cow
I Want A Beer As Cold As My Ex-Wife's Heart
I Wanted You To Leave Until You Left Me
I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back To See If I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me
I Went Back To My Fourth Wife For The Third Time And Gave Her A Second Chance To Make A First Class Fool Out Of Me
I Wish I Were A Woman (So I Could Go Out With A Guy Like Me)
I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!

THE HUSBAND TREE GIVE AWAY

2009-12-23T02:11:00.002-06:00

Today on
Petticoats & Pistols
I'm giving away a signed copy of
The Husband Tree
Click on the words Petticoats & Pistols above to be taken there.

Leave a comment about

Christmas songs

and get your name in the drawing.

Breath of Heaven

2009-12-21T09:48:00.003-06:00

I have traveled
Many moonless night
Cold and Weary
With a babe inside
And I wonder
What I've done
Holy Father
You have come
Chosen me now
To carry your son

I am waiting
in a silent prayer
I am frightened
by the load i bear
In a world as cold as stone
Must I walk this path alone
Be with me now
Be with me now

Breath of Heaven
Hold me together
Be forever near me
Breath of Heaven

Breath of Heaven
Lighten my darkness
Pour over me, your holiness
For you are holy
Breath of Heaven

Do you wonder
As you watch my face
If a wiser one, should of had my place
But I offer-all I am
For the mercy-of your plan
Help me be strong
Help me be
Help me

Breath of Heaven
Hold me together
Be forever near me
Breath of Heaven

Breath of Heaven
Lighten my darkness
Pour over me, your holiness
For your holy Breath of Heaven

FIRST EVER REVIEW OF THE HUSBAND TREE

2009-12-20T13:47:00.002-06:00

Pepper Basham

found

The Husband Tree

in a bookstore.

EARLY!

Yay!

Read her review of

The Husband Tree

Don't you just hate when this happens?

2009-12-18T13:40:00.001-06:00

A Chilean Olympic weightlifter who was training at a gym in Brazil got the shock of her life when she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy.

Elizabeth Poblete had been working to “beef up” her body over the past few months and had no idea she was pregnant.

Great Review of Cowboy Christmas

2009-12-17T08:02:00.001-06:00

Examiner.com just posted a review of

COWBOY CHRISTMAS

Lil Duncan

It gets me in the holiday spirit.

Read It HERE

THE HUSBAND TREE IS HERE!

2009-12-16T00:11:00.003-06:00

Well, it's at my house anyway.

I got my author copies.

I can't believe it's finally time.

I've loved this book so much since I wrote it.

These two characters are just.....characters.

You can pre-order on Amazon

Or watch the bookstores. It should appear soon.

Faith & Fiction on Fire

2009-12-14T11:51:00.002-06:00

I'm on Pepper Basham's blog today.

STOP IN

Romance Junkies give Cowboy Christmas a Blue Ribbon

2009-12-13T15:39:00.002-06:00

Romance Junkies gave

Cowboy Christmas

Blue Ribbon

for December.

Read the review here.

Tamera Alexander Today on Seekerville-book give away

2009-12-11T09:44:00.002-06:00

Stop in to read some wisdom from Bestselling Author Tamera Alexander. Leave a comment

ON SEEKERVILLE NOT HERE

For a chance to win.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

2009-12-10T13:19:00.001-06:00

Elle learned to walk

Consider this my Christmas gift to the world

Airflight, Tuna and My Christmas Gift to You

2009-12-09T03:18:00.001-06:00

TODAY

Petticoats & Pistols

Research--In Grand Style

2009-12-07T03:20:00.001-06:00

Talking about my research for a book set in the bottom of the

Grand Canyon

Today

Seekerville

2009-12-02T11:28:00.002-06:00

I just finished this book.

The Bartered Bride

Erica Vetsch

Jonathan Kennebrae is furious when his grandfather informs him that his future has been decided. He will marry Melissa Brooke or lose his inheritance. Melissa, too, is devastated when her parents make their announcement. As little more than a bargaining chip in her father's business maneuvers, she feels her secure world slipping away. Can Jonathan and Melissa find a way out of this loveless marriage, or must they find a way forward together?

I absolutely loved it.

Read my review on Christian Book Distributors

and buy the book while you're there,

you're in for a STORMY RIDE. :)

And a lot of fun.

The first book from Erica Vetsch

a very talented new author who is going to have a fantastic career.

Featured Author for the Month

2009-11-30T14:10:00.000-06:00

Featured author of the month

for December

ACFW

CALICO CANYON IN HARDCOVER-LARGE PRINT

2009-11-29T14:20:00.006-06:00

This is the best image of the cover I could find. Copied it off of Amazon. It looks like...trees? Snowy trees? Well, there were definitely snowy trees in my book :)

I'm excited about it. I love having the books releasing in hardcover, large print.

THANK YOU THORNDIKE for deciding to handle my books.

These are intended mainly for libraries. They're expensive.

But just in case you'd like one, a Christmas gift for an elderly person perhaps, and when they said "This is all you got me? One measely book?" You can say, "Hey, this cost a lot of money, Grandma. I spent plenty on you, quit whining!"

(I just love sweet holiday moments like that, don't you?)

buy it

HERE.

When I get a better image of the cover I'll put it up.