First Page-Facelift by Author Leanna Ellis

First page of Facelift by Author Leanna Ellis:

"Once upon a time implies a fairy tale is about to unfold, something lush and grand and mythical, something with a happy ending. But the brothers Grimm had a twisted sense of humor and, as it turns out, “once upon a time” is actually literary gobbledygook for “impending doom.”

They weren’t called Grimm for nothing.

In tale after tale, “once upon a time” invariably precedes certain disaster. Just ask Snow White, Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty. They’ll back me up on this. Those innocuous few words are the harbinger of cursing fairies, parental fatalities, and death marches into dark forests for the near perfect princesses. Not that I consider myself a fairy princess by any stretch of the warped imagination, or even remotely close to perfect, but like those fair, aforementioned ladies, my own story begins with “once upon a time.”

If I’d only been given a five-minute warning.



Blessings,

Leanna
Leanna Ellis
http://www.leannaellis.com
FACELIFT October 2010

Book Monday-Author Leanna Ellis & Facelift!

FACELIFT
ISBN: 0805449892
B&H Publishing

A ‘can do’ kind of woman runs her own business, raises her teenage daughter, and takes care of her ex-mother-in-law after a botched facelift. But Kaye learns a facelift is more than skin deep. Joy is more than tacking on a happy face. It's relying on her sovereign God who has a plan for her life."

I've never been tempted to even think of a facelift in the distant future! However, I do like to take care of what God gave me. Do any of you have any beauty advice? Want to hear mine????--Lyn

About the author:
Winner of the National Readers Choice Award, Leanna Ellis writes women’s fiction and is known for her quirky characters and wacky plots as in her current novel, FACELIFT. But don’t let the quirkiness fool you, Ellis probes the heart and plucks at the heartstrings.

In 2011 FORSAKEN, the first of an Amish/vampire series, will debut. Now that is wacky!

Amazon Purchase Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Facelift-Novel-Leanna-Ellis/dp/0805449892/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287421547&sr=8-4

Excerpt Link:
http://leannaellis.com/facelift.html

Author website and blog:

www.leannaellis.com
www.leannaellis.com/news/

Book Monday-Author Leanna Ellis & Once in a Blue Moon

The book for Book Monday is
Once in a Blue Moon
(ISBN: 978-0-8054-4988-4
B&H Publishing)

Faith is the first step to soaring.

The day Armstrong stepped on the moon has special memories for most Americans, but not for Bryn Seymour. It’s the day her mother died. Despite death defying feats, guilt has always pulled Bryn down time and again. But a perfect love shows her taking a leap of faith is the first step to soaring. But it only happens … once in a blue moon.


About the author:

‘Leanna Ellis takes a back seat to no one,’ says Debbie Macomber. But Leanna hopes she allows God in the driver’s seat as she taxies her two children to and from all their activities, lets her menagerie of pets in and out … in and out ..., figures out what to cook for dinner (or where to order takeout), and at the same time keeps those quirky characters in her head from bothering others. Winner of the National Readers Choice Award, Leanna writes quirky women’s fiction with a splash of romance. From a long line of southerners and patriots, she lives with her family in Texas.

Amazon Purchase Link: Click

Excerpt Link:
http://leannaellis.com/onceinabluemoon.html

Author website and blog:

www.leannaellis.com
www.leannaellis.com/news/

This sounds like an interesting book and I do have special memories of the day man first walked on the moon. To me, the most unbelievable part was that the world was able to watch on TV! WOW! Do any of you have memories of that day?--Lyn

Author Leanna Ellis & Her "Tea Bag" Aunts

My guest today is Author Leanna Ellis. I had the pleasure of having breakfast with her in Dallas in March. And it was fun! Here's Leanna:

"Since I write for women, I like to contemplate the unique pressures, stresses, obstacles and joys women face. One of my favorite quotes that I’ve had for many, many years is by Nancy Reagan who said, “A woman is like a tea bag, you never know her strength till you drop her in hot water.” As a writer, I like to put my characters in hot water and see what they’re made of. Do you ever feel like you’re in hot water? That you’re being steeped? I certainly have.

Many years ago, I was sitting at my parents’ home visiting with two of my aunts. They were both suffering from cancer and the effects of their treatments. Aunt Dot had fought breast and liver cancer for 12 years. Aunt Ora Lou had fought pancreatic cancer for six months. They had different battles and difficulties but they were still able to smile and laugh. But there was an intimate moment that I was privileged to witness that day. Aunt Ora Lou said to Aunt Dot (they were sister-in-laws), “I admire how you’ve fought the good fight all these years.” “Oh, no,” Aunt Dot said, “I admire you and how you’ve dealt with what you’re going through.” Tears glimmered in their eyes.

Watching those women gave me a life lesson in dealing with the harsh winds that toss our lives in the air. Life gave them both a turn they’d never anticipated on their journey. But they handled the pain and suffering with grace and humor. They’ve both gone onto heaven now, and I miss them, their quiet humor, their strength, their love.

Sometimes we are handed difficult situations as my heroine, Dottie in Ruby’s Slippers, loses her mother and her home. But she learns that at the end of that storm cloud is a rainbow of possibilities.--"Leanna

Thanks for a wonderful story, Leanna. Visit Leanna's website for more about her and her lively books!--Lyn