Me, in Concert
- At March 29, 2022
- By Roxanne Snopek
- In Life, Roxanne Writes On
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Me, in Concert
Being a beginner at 37, was I strong enough to fail?
This is from an essay I wrote on parenting for the July 2002 issue of Reader’s Digest. What a crazy time of life… three homeschooled daughters, part-time admin/vet tech work at our veterinary hospital plus getting my writing career going. Also, an average of 2.5 pets per capita in our house. Five people. Do that math.
I’d forgotten how hard it was to keep at something while having more failures than successes.
It was a marvellous time of life. Part of me misses being a young mother. A bigger part of me is so grateful for the memories, and that I’m in another stage of life I love just as much.
The main message? Don’t be afraid to fail. There’s more to be learned from failures, and continued trials, from practice, practice, practice, followed by that one magical success… than there is from easy success. (At least, that’s what I hear. Easy success hasn’t been my journey.)
So have a great day, my friends. Try something new. Tell me about your wonderful, spectacular, life-affirming fails. Repeat. And when that glorious, elusive success arrives, shout it to the mountaintops!
Original essay: copyright © Roxanne Snopek 2002
Photo credit: copyright © Chick Rice 2002
All Rights Reserved
Hallmark Book Club Pick!
A Dog Called Valentine a Hallmark Book Club Featured Title!
A Hallmark Book Club Featured Title
Larissa Wohl, host of numerous Hallmark Channel Specials and resident “Pet Rescue Expert,” also runs the Hallmark Book Club. This month, she’s chosen my book!
Larissa has been hosting the club for more than a year, and always picks stories focused on the human-animal bond.
Past Hallmark Book Club titles include:
Who Rescued Who by Victoria Schade
The Wonder of Lost Causes: A Novel by Nick Trout,
Atticus: A Woman’s Journey with the World’s Worst Behaved Dog by Sawyer Bennett
Join me and Larissa at the February meeting!
On Thursday, February 24/2022 at 5 pm PT I’ll be chatting with Larissa about A Dog Called Valentine via Zoom. Will you join us? I’d LOVE to see some familiar faces there.
If you’d like to pop in (you don’t need to join the club) email Larissa at [email protected] for the Zoom link and she’ll save you a spot. You can also email me at [email protected] and I’ll get you set up.
I can’t wait to see you! It’s going to be such fun!
Love Note from the Lake: May ’21
Our first time kayaking this season! It was chilly to start, but ended up being a perfect morning. See how placid the water is?
To our surprise, we weren’t even sore afterward. We’ll definitely be doing this more often!
Wild Sky Romance Box Set: Now available
Includes all four e-books in the Wild Sky Romance series:
Volume 1: Montana Dawn
Volume 2: Wild Sky Redemption
Volume 3: Wild Sky Treasure
Volume 4: Wild Sky Healing
Wild Sky Redemption: Just released in paperback from Amazon!
“…epic and endearing… pick up this one. You won’t regret it.” – Cary Morton, Amazon
“…a heart-wrenching but amazing feel-good read that’s hard to put down.” -The Romance Reviews
“Ranches + Romance = Montanan Approved! Loved it!” -RhiReading
Montana Dawn: Also available in paperback from Amazon!
“… a fresh voice that will appeal to fans of Mallery, Higgins and Gibson…” -BW, NetGalley
“Ms. Snopek’s style is wonderful and so easy to read…” -HarlequinJunkie
“…. thoroughly enjoyable… strong, warm characters who come to life on the page.”
-NYT & USA TODAY Bestselling Author RaeAnne Thayne
Today’s Love Note:
My Love Note for today goes out to Shari Drehs Bartholomew who I can only call a SUPER-READER. She’s one of my earliest fans, and while she has a long career as a Registered Nurse, her real passion is reading.
Shari knows as much or more about this genre as anyone and she’s earned that knowledge by not just how much she reads, but by how she connects with authors. Shari participates in on-line author events, she’s a thoughtful and consistent reviewer, and here’s the kicker: she spends her vacation time traveling to various author and reader events, collecting autographed copies, and even giving gifts to her favourite authors.
I was lucky enough to meet Shari in person at the 2018 Romance Writers of America conference in Denver, Colorado, where she surprised me with coasters laminated with two of my book covers! (I put these in a Safe Place for the move… and haven’t unearthed them yet, or I’d show you, <headdesk>)
And it wasn’t just me; she made gifts like this for all her favourite authors, carrying them around with her until she had a chance to present them personally.
Thank you, Shari, for being a sister book-lover. I’m so glad I got to share a hug with you in person and can’t wait to see you again!
The Covers Shari Chose:
These two books fit into my Montana Home series, as well as the Love at the Chocolate Shop series. You can see why she chose them, right? I think they’re the prettiest covers of all my books.
That’s it for me, my friend. Until the next Love Note from the Lake… stay well and happy reading!
-Roxanne