Brushes with Fame

Yesterday I was attending a kid's birthday party with my youngest. It was held by a group of people that I know and am friends with, but I don't know them all really well, if that makes any sense. The birthday mom was a friend's sister, with a lot of her family there. It was a very fun relaxed environment with the kids running around trying to save the universe Avengers style.

 Toward the end of the party I found myself hanging out in the living room, chatting with all the adults. People started talking about Chris Pratt and his Guardians of the Galaxy role. But, not in a way that most people talk about him. They were talking about recognizing his voice, and how funny it was to see him on the screen. My confusion must have shown on my face because a friend leaned over to explain that "they [waving her hand] all went to high school with him."

Huh. Very cool.

It reminded me of listening to Jane Porter speak once and she mentioned that one of her characters physically resembled Mariska Hargitay...because they know each other. They were bridesmaids in a the same wedding.

Can you imagine how awesome that wedding album must be?

So, I started wondering, do you have any "I knew them when" stories? Or brushes with fame?

Summertime Slump

I don't know about all of you, but I've been experiencing something of a Summer Slump when it comes to my routines.

The kids are still out of school, so my morning writing time is being invaded with small people wanting to watch movies or play Legos. We've taken a few trips here and there, which always throws everything in't chaos for awhile--not only while we're on the trip, but during the recovery time too.

One kid was in baseball, the other just started football. We've had people visiting.

Long story short (too late, I know) the summer schedule tends to be more of "hang on!" than my regular routine.  I'm craving my routine.

So, to take a tiny baby step back into the swing of things, let's talk about the summer reads we've all enjoyed this year. I've been diving into my TBR list and have found two that I'm really enjoying.

Kristen Proby & Cora Cade. And, since I've enjoyed them both so much, I'll award one lucky commenter the first of the series from one of these two authors just for sharing some of their summer time reads!

Winner will be chosen on Friday August 15th at noon PST. Feel free to share this post far and wide for more opportunities to win!

**UPDATE** Since Kristen's first book in the series is still free on Amazon, if the winner would like, I'll award the second book in the series instead.