So I dropped the ball and didn’t get my Friday’s post done last night….sorry, but I did get Monday’s done. I spent today cleaning the house, doing laundry…still doing laundry in fact….cooking BBQ pulled pork and doing some costume adjustments because mine is a wee bit tight! I was going to take a quick break before packing and went in to look through my email and guess what I found???? No I didn’t win the BBC lotto that keeps showing up in my spam, I won another contest over on Elise Marion’s site and the announcement was in her newsletter. Here is the blurb:
‘Tell Your Love Story’ Contest Winner
Thanks to everyone who sent in entries for last month’s contest. I got alot of awesome stories, from comedies to tear jerkers, and it was hard to pick just one. But, there can only be one winner, and I chose the person who’s story touched me the most. The winner is….drum roll, please…ZINA LYNCH! I can’t wait to put my spin on your story and tell it to the world! Congratulations.
If you want to go over and see her newsletter here is the link.
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=cb08b8a0038a61d2c03377a6b&id=446e613000&e=44eea5c20a
Ok, so I will let you see the email I sent in and I can’t wait to see how she spins Denny and mine’s story. I haven’t even told him yet! He’s very very busy at work.
I’m glad to see you would change the names. Here you go.
My husband Scott and I were living seperate, he was in the Navy and stationed down in San Diego and I was living with our 3 girls with my parents in Redding, Calif. He was coming up to visit and didn’t want to come by himself so he brought a friend off his submarine, Denny. I was determined to be on the bitchy side and to heartily dislike his friend. On the day they were to arrive I went out with my girlfriend and her boyfriend who was also my friend(infact I introduced them) to some local craft fairs. We had been driving around all day in the sun with the top down so that when we hot back to my parents I was hot, sweaty, a little burnt and my hair was all over the place from the wind. When I walked in to my parents there was my husbands’ friend sitting in my mom’s recliner and for me it was instant dislike. For Denny he’ll tell you he took one look at me and he fell in love instantly with an angel and started saying to himself in his head” Please don’t let that be her.” over and over. So all weekend I did everything I could to be mean and bitchy and he did everything he could to impress and get me to like him because he says he knew he was going to marry me. We tried to reconcile but I ended my marriage of 5 years when I found a letter hidden in my desk from a stripper written to my husband dated a month before I had our 3rd daughter. A year later Denny and I got married, we’ve been married 21 years this June and added 6 more children for a total of 9 ( well we’re still raising the younger 6).
Boy won’t that make an interesting story to base a book on. Of course she will change our names and put her own spin on it, but I can’t wait to read it when Elise is done.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Z Seawitch
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Oh Zina…Congrats!! Yours is a very special love story!
Congrats…..That is quite a story.
Thank you Mary.
It is hard to find a man willing to take on someone else’s children now a days. My da was like that. I love him so much for marrying my mom and her 4 demon children…yes I was demon #3 and I was the best out of the bunch!
Z
Thanks June, that was the short version.
Z
That’s wonderful, Zina! Congrats, I’m tickled for you.
Thank you Miss Ivy. I was tickled too.
Z
Congratulations Zina and I can’t wait to read your story when Elsie publishes.
Thank you…I hope she writes fast!
Z
Just wondering, was your ex trying to set you up with a new boyfriend? The important part is you got it right the second time around and got three lovely girls out of the first marriage.
Congratulations. Let us know when “your story” is finished and going to print. It will be interesting to see what she does with it.
No, from what Denny told me he didn’t want to have to come see his b****of a wife by himself so he wanted a friend along to help pass the torture time. He used worse language than that in describing me but Denny won’t tell me.
Yes it will be interesting to read.
Z
Wow, Zina! Your love story is beautiful, amazing, and wonderfully fun. Congratulations on winning!! (I am not surprised) This is so neat! (((HUGS)))
Thanks Sue-Ellen. I know I was so surprised when I saw my name, my mouth fell open then I squelled.
Z
Oh Zina that’s so wonderful. To have your story as an inspiration for a book. I am so happy for you.
I know how you feel about this sort-of. I won a Jackie Ivie contest for the 1st four Vampire Assassin’s League ebundle. The other half of the contest was me to be the name of the heroine in the next book in the series. I told her a little of my history and what I knew about my unusual real name. One email led to another and the next thing I knew she decided her heroine also needed to have diabetes. Then I ended up telling her all about living with diabetes and she did a ton of research on the web. I ended up giving her a critique of a chapter and that was a blast. We’ll see what the final reads like but I can tell you seeing your name in a book is just weird.
Enjoy Denver, I wish I was going with you. Have fun for me OK?!
P.S. Mother was better/stronger tonight. I think it’s the feeding tube. I hope it’s a permanent improvement and not just a blip…
Cool Lenna. You’ll have to make sure we know when your book comes out too. I know I have one of her books somewhere. I hope that’s not a blip for your mom, she your son’s not a girlfriend make a treat her? Maybe when she doesn’t have the tube which I hope will be soon she can have a treat.
Z
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CONGRATULATIONS!! How fantastic. Brave too, putting yourself out there!!
Oh yes, I didn’t even send her the real scandalous parts.
Z
Congratulations, Zina – for Denny and winning the contest!
Thanks Karen.
Z
WOW! I’m so excited for you, Zina! What a wonderful thing and I’m glad that you won it.
I can’t wait to read this when it’s published. Keep us informed please.
I will, I’ll be so excited, Elise said she hopes to have it done by the end of the year.
Z
Congratulations, Zina! Yours is a truly beautiful love story. You and Denny are both very special people. I would love to read your story when Elise gets finished with it.
She will be putting her own spin on it but it’s still so exciting. Thanks
Z
thank you for another drum rollllll…
Z