Having the Courage to Be Myself “My Gutsy Story®”-Lee Lomas Playing it safe landed me a single woman and living alone for the first time at the boomer age of forty-nine. I lived with my family until I was sixteen. Pregnancy took me by surprise, and after knowing the guy for four months, we married. Four daughters and six abusive Continue Reading
Archives for 2014
“My Gutsy Story®” Writing Contest Winner-September 2014
This September we had FIVE OUTSTANDING “My Gutsy Story®” authors. Some of these stories will be included in our 3rd “My Gutsy Story®” Anthology, published in 2015. Thank you to all five authors. Your stories are all WINNERS. 1st Place, with 39% of the votes, goes to Savannah Grace, with her beautiful "My Gutsy Story Love Continue Reading
My Journey From Suburbanite to Farm Girl
My Journey From Suburbanite to Farm Girl “My Gutsy Story®” Sherri Martin-Hutchins I grew up in a cute planned neighborhood where each home sat on about a 1/4 acre. My first home was in a desert subdivision where my living room windows looked directly into my neighbor's living room barely more than an arm's length away. My current home is Continue Reading
What Should Your Author Photo Tell Your Audience?
I had such a fun day today with the beautiful and talented young photographer, Kira Robles, and her makeup artist Rosa Menendez. They are both from Los Angeles, and are involved in the movie industry and I asked them to make me look natural. I want my audience to know that I'm 57, and that turquoise is my favorite color. I believe Continue Reading
“Wait. Don’t shoot!” How My Family Came Close to Extinction
The Killer Prawns “My Gutsy Story®” Don Darkes Every June 6th, often commemorated as D-Day elsewhere, we celebrate Pisces Day; our family’s survival day. On that day, we were shipwrecked, lost everything we owned and were left stranded and bleeding on a lonely quicksand beach. My wife, two young children and I named this Continue Reading