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Query Ramblings

Recently I began querying the manuscripts for two novels I’ve written. At first I hated this process. You pour out your heart into your writing, then submit it to a select group of literary agents in hopes that one of them will snatch it up and say, “YES! I must have this!” Well, it doesn’t…

C.H. Armstrong

April 1, 2015

Writing and Querying

books, literary agents, manuscripts, query, writers
It’s Pitch Madness Day! #PitMad

It’s Pitch Madness Day, and I’m so excited! What is Pitch Madness, you ask? It’s this incredibly fun game on Twitter, sponsored by a woman named Brenda Drake. Authors all over Twitter will pitch their novels to literary agents (and publishers?) in only the 140 characters allowed by Twitter. Holy buckets! YOU try explaining the…

C.H. Armstrong

March 11, 2015

Writing and Querying
The Waiting is Painful

So I’ve finally done it: I’ve written a book! It’s not something I ever expected I’d really do; and – more than that – I never in a million years thought I’d write a book of fiction! But I’ve done it! The premise? It’s loosely based upon my father’s family during the 1930s Oklahoma Dust…

C.H. Armstrong

February 16, 2015

Writing and Querying

authors, books, family saga, historical fiction
What’s that you said?

I think I’m getting to an age where I need to consider stronger glasses and <gasp> hearing aids! Never was the latter more pronounced than earlier this week as I was driving my 10-year old home from swim practice. During his endless monologue from the back seat – and my tuning in and out with…

C.H. Armstrong

December 19, 2014

Family, Humor

Family, humor, kids
Santa is watching you! Really…he is! I promise!

As parents, we’ve all done it. Most of us, anyway. We’ve all told that little white lie, with the intention of protecting the imaginations and/or innocence of our children. You know the ones I’m talking about: those itty-bitty, tinnnnny white lies about Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny…or even about Goldie the Goldfish who…

C.H. Armstrong

September 14, 2012

Family, Humor

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Will the Real Superman Please Fly Forward?

I love little kids and the unique way they have of taking everything quite literally. If you say “the sky is falling,” you can be sure that some child will duck for cover. If you say “it’s raining cats and dogs,” some child somewhere will start to cry. Their whole world is very literal. This…

C.H. Armstrong

September 11, 2012

Humor

chatty cathie, children, funny, funny comments, humor, kids, kids say the craziest things, quips and quotes
The Wit and Wisdom of Braden (3rd Edition)

Some days I wish I could step back in time by about 35 years…back to when I was only 7 or 8 and the world made perfect sense. Or, I assume the world made perfect sense. It seems to make perfect sense to my almost 8 year old son. Just this morning Braden informed me…

C.H. Armstrong

August 10, 2012

Family, Humor

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Just Taking a Bit of a Globbing Break

Dear Friends: It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. I’ve not died or become MIA; I’ve just been super busy with way too much on my plate and not enough time to sit down and think about what I want to write. Things will get easier once school begins and I send…

C.H. Armstrong

August 6, 2012

Family

chatty cathie, elderly parents, Family, funny, funny comments, funny family stories, quips and quotes
To My Future Daughter-in-Law: Please Don’t Hate Me!

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: There are days when I wish I could crawl inside my son’s brain just to see where and how he comes up with some of the things that come out of his mouth. At 7, his brain is always working. Getting him to bed at…

C.H. Armstrong

July 13, 2012

Family, Humor

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Happy 4th of July!

C.H. Armstrong

July 4, 2012

Family