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Name or Pseudonym:: Melisa

About Me:: When we lost our beloved family beagle to cancer at the age of 13 in 2003, I wrote a children's book as part of the grieving process. Remembering Ruby: For Families Living Beyond the Loss of a Pet was a labor of love for my entire family, including my sister Julie, who designed the cover and interior, and generally kept me from going insane during the publishing process (and continues that caring spirit to this day!). My husband and kids have been great sports on this wild ride, and have given maximum support every step of the way (thanks, guys!).

I created my other blog to document the publishing process, the excitement of having this lasting memorial to our dog actually available to help others, and the trials and tribulations of marketing this book from my own neighborhood to places on the other side of the world. I just figured out how to make a "blidget" at Widgetbox, so anyone reading this page at NaBloPoMo can also see my other blog! It's right there...look for the blue part. See it?

After I created "my other blog", I created ANOTHER blog, because I couldn't say all I wanted to say on the book blog. Are you following me? So...try to keep up with me this month; I'll be updating this page daily and, if I don't do a specific post for this NaBloPoMo page, I will tell you which one (might be both!) of my other blogs you can find your daily fix!

Blog:: rememberruby.blogspot.com

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I TOTALLY agree with Jonathan! I am always checking the stats and I DO try those searches myself! LOL I find myself sad when I have only had a visitor or two in the previous hour. It's a sickness,... Read More »

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Yay for us! We made it! I'm not sure what I learned from this, but I know that I am very happy about the creative outlet that resulted from being "forced" to blog everyday. Look for an update on my Suburban Scrawl blog later today, after work!

Posted by Remembering Ruby on November 30th, 2007 at 7:02am — No Comments (Add)

Two New Blog Updates Today!

Hey! Hit my other two blogs for fresh stuff today! Have a good one!

Posted by Remembering Ruby on November 29th, 2007 at 12:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Three More Days!

I am amazed that, with all I have to do in my life, I have made NaBloPoMo a priority. Why is that? Is it for the prizes? Is it because it only takes a few minutes? Is it to get a feeling that I accomplished something? I need to apply this attitude, wherever it came from, to certain things after November 30. Seems like it works, whatever it is!

Posted by Remembering Ruby on November 28th, 2007 at 10:33am — No Comments (Add)

I'm Curious To Know...

...how many people joined this crazy ride for the month of November and have given up. And out of those, how many gave up because they had circumstances which truly prevented them from posting and how many just threw in the towel because they felt uninspired?

And of those who quit early, for whatever reason, how many have forgotten about it all by now and how many are beating themselves up for stopping?

Just wondering. I know that the posts I've put on this specific page aren't…

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Posted by Remembering Ruby on November 27th, 2007 at 12:01pm — No Comments (Add)

Walking the Dog in Autumn Can Be Risky...

...if your dog is a foodhound, like mine. I hate walking her through leaves, because she's constantly finding "goodies" to snack on. Lord knows what they are, and by the time I get her mouth open, it's down the hatch.

Posted by Remembering Ruby on November 26th, 2007 at 2:23pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 12:05pm on November 5th, 2007, flowers said…: Hey, I tried your blog link today and it wasn't working.

At 1:53pm on November 1st, 2007, flowers said…: Hey, I vistied your blog for the first time today. It looks great!!

At 8:37pm on October 31st, 2007, Amy said…: Thank you for the compliment! My beagle's name is Roxy!!! She says thank you to!! AROO!!!

At 1:54pm on October 31st, 2007, Jen G. said…: Nope, I don't work for that publisher. In fact, I've never heard of them. I work for a book packager (slightly different than a publisher) that I'm sure you've never heard of. But our sister company is a big book publisher. I feel weird talking about this online, though... I'll e-mail you!

At 12:31pm on October 31st, 2007, Jen G. said…: Thanks for adding me to your list of friends here on NaBloPoMo. That's great that you wrote a book about your experience with grief. I'm curious - who is the publisher? I ask because I work in book publishing, and it's a pretty small world!

Anyway, here is a link to a picture of MY beagle Sierra: http://www.flickr.com/photos/onenjenifer/1188097380/

At 12:29pm on October 31st, 2007, L-Squared said…: Thanks for stopping by my page! I'm glad you made a group for pet bloggers. That's not all I blog about, but I do have two big yellow Labs who like to take over my blog from time to time. :-)

At 9:55am on October 31st, 2007, Manic Mommy said…: How do I friend you? I am so old school! hee hee!

At 1:18pm on October 29th, 2007, Remembering Ruby said…: No problem! :)
I'm getting myself psyched up to blog here everyday...hope I can do it; I just started a second blog, one that's not about my book. Maintaining 3 of them in November may make me go blind. :)

At 12:59pm on October 29th, 2007, Kri said…: I am so glad you started a group for animal lovers! Thank you.

I look forward to reading more of your blogging. :)

At 7:06pm on October 27th, 2007, Soosh said…: Thanks for stopping by my blog! Looking forward to reading yours...and congrats on the book! Ruby was a beautiful pup.