A Flyover Blog

Too Many Choices

You have probably noticed that I have been messing with this blog's theme lately. A lot. I thought the pretty bird looked a little tired, so I decided I switched to that blue template with the little stars; it was pretty, but made me feel like Dale Evans. I don't know why. Last month I went pink and beige. Got tired of that really fast so I just went to the current black & white theme - which I hate. Looks like a cheap magazine.

I don't know how long it will take me to settle on a new theme. As you now know, I am not decisive and I don't enjoy template shopping. I know, it's weird! FYI: I don't enjoy shoe shopping either, so it kinda fits. Bear with me while I try to find a new template.

Update: I think I've settled on Morgan Blue... at least for the next day or so! lmk if you like this one.

Happy Blogoversary To Me....

Has it been three years already? The embarrassing thing is, I didn't realize I was rolling up on a bloggy milestone until Argentum stopped by with good wishes. Yep, it's today. I've been so focused on posting daily writing inspiration and on the next phase of HealthCare PSI's development, that it completely slipped my mind. So, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go and have a cookie or something... then I'll get back to work on Year Four. Thanks for reading!

eBook News

 

 I am pleased to announce that Mitch's book, Your Path To A Job, is now available as an eBook and it has a brand new home on the web! Mitch has written a truly valuable resource for anyone looking for work, and he's received tons of great feedback on it. Thanks to everyone who has read the book, written reviews, or contacted him. We really appreciate your support.

I invite you to stop by his new site, take a look around and if you know anyone looking for a job, send them the link!

It's My Bloggy Birthday

Two years down... on to the next!  Today marks the start of A Flyover Blog's 3rd year! In the past two years, I've had a blast! I've learned a lot, met some fantastic people and made great friends. I can't wait to see what Year #3 has in store!

One Year Ago Today...

... I wrote my first post for this blog. I haven't posted as consistently as I would have liked in A Flyover Blog's first year, but all things considered, I think I did pretty good. Let's see, since last August 12th, Mitch and I have published our company's first book, Your Path To A Job. We lost my father-in-law suddenly just days after Christmas. We've moved my MIL here and got her settled. I had an emergency hysterectomy and Mitch broke his arm. Did I mention we both have full-time jobs, too? "Life" has kept us from devoting as much time to our young publishing company as we would have liked. You know what they say about the best-laid plans of mice and men...

In the coming months, we'll get back to marketing Mitch's book and begin design and layout for the first book of a fiction series I'm writing. I'm looking forward to both of these projects. I'll keep you posted on our progress. I also think it's probably time to contact Susie at Bluebird Blogs and have her spruce up my blog a bit.

I have met so many wonderful new friends through this blog. Thank you for checking in to see how Mitch and I are doing, for reading my posts, for laughing on my good days, and for encouraging me on the ones that weren't so good. You have truly been a blessing.

Now, on to Year Two! 

Three Months Ago Today...

On the evening of August 12th I opened a Typepad account, and made my very first post on this blog. I was really nervous, but I figured, Hey, blogging is like sending a message in a bottle... without the water.  Nobody's ever going to find your blog, so don't worry about it.  You can imagine how shocked I was to learn someone did find A Flyover Blog the very next day.  I had a reader!

Just two weeks before, I wasn't even familiar with blogging. Blogs were those teen cyberspace diaries that dirty old men scoured looking for unwitting victims. I had no idea there was a vibrant community of normal, well-adjusted people online!  Okay, normal may be pushing it.  A big thank you to Mike Justice for saying, You really need to be blogging, Deb.

Anyway, thanks to everybody who has dropped by to say hi, read my posts, and welcome me to the blogosphere!  According to Sitemeter, I've already had nearly 2400 visits in the past 12 weeks.  I thought I was setting my sites high when I hoped for 500 visits.  I still have tons to learn, so bear with me while I continue this work in progress.  Only yesterday, I figured out how to center a picture in a post.

I look forward to meeting many more people and making new friends in the coming months!  Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Why Did I Name It "A Flyover Blog?"

I've written movie scripts for a living for nearly four years. I love my job; it goes from fun to hectic, to totally frustrating, then back to fun again. It is never dull. The people I work with are the best! They are totally committed to the idea of bringing family-friendly entertainment to the big screen and into your living rooms. It is not an easy task, given the current cultural climate.

I have encountered many people in the movie business who haven't a clue about Midwesterners. They call us "flyover people" - the boring masses who live in the broad green expanse between New York and L.A. They are used to viewing us from several thousand feet in the air as they fly from coast to coast and they would prefer to keep it that way, thank you very much!  In their eyes we are prudish and culturally irrelevant. We lack imagination and creative vision. We have absolutely nothing interesting to say!

Those of us who live in the Great American Heartland, and the Great Lakes Region, the Pacific Northwest, the Deep South, Appalachia, New England, and the great Western States know this is simply not true.  Hense the name of this blog. New York and L.A. might not be interested in us, but I certainly am!

I look forward to meeting you - no matter where you live - and reading about your life. Where do film producers think all the great movie stories come from anyway?

My First Post

Welcome!

I'm glad you found my blog. There's nothing like staring at a blank screen and a blinking cursor to drain all the words from one's brain. How embarrassing... and I write for a living!

Moving on. My hubby and I live in a quirky little tourist town in the heart of the Midwest. Mitch (my hubby) is an administrator for a chain of retail stores. And, like I said before, I write. Fiction is my forte; I write screenplays and develop projects for a New York company that produces family-friendly entertainment. In my spare time I write novels. Mitch writes too. Non-fiction. Do you see a pattern here?

FYI: Our two dogs don't write.

We have a fun disfunctional family, a handfull of very close friends, and a big church family; they all provide me with tons of story fodder. Our lives are hectic but we're always up for a new adventure. So, a few months ago, we decided to start a publishing company. Seemed a logical idea since we write all the time anyway. I thought our journey might be fun to blog about, so here I am stumbling through my first post.

I hope you'll join us. Along the way I'll tell you some stories (all true) and introduce you to some very colorful characters. If you're ready, let's go!