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Welcome to my life! I'm a Inspirational Fiction Author obsessed with writing, DIY-ing, hobbies, rabbit holes, and some serious stuff. I've lived more than a half decade, gathering nuggets of wisdom, honing what's really important on this speeding carousel called life. Fueled by Code Red Mountain Dew and chips, I dash toward simplifying, ever craving to live more gently, more appreciatively, more like Christ.
Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-48715483788374195022023-08-28T12:04:00.001-07:002023-08-28T12:04:44.320-07:00Christian Fiction Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt!<h3 style="text-align: center;">Summer's coming to a close, but that doesn't mean there isn't an awesome, ginormous Christian Fiction Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt with a massive ECards and Book Giveaways going on! I'm so glad you're getting to know so many authors on this scavenger hunt, because let's face it, reading is the BoMb! Be on the lookout for my "key phrase" to help you solve the scavenger hunt sentence puzzle. HINT: It's my favorite color.</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b> My Fav and Not-so-Fav School Supplies</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY9JhAbpiSZjkqLhjsjRFWuw4Oio5F0AdiPUQcKvkZU-umAjvifWa_G8fjff-OsqhC07ZVGxBWhNgFrHV7mD-GPlyYzrDtnWHNWT_NrA2Vp98W6cypHGjL-43UbkmrVfrBcyB3B487DM3mm7dFFF55YlC5Bpcrm09vlCL-ZEdMqmS9B-Ug41Yf2dZaRE/s843/Pencil.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="843" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY9JhAbpiSZjkqLhjsjRFWuw4Oio5F0AdiPUQcKvkZU-umAjvifWa_G8fjff-OsqhC07ZVGxBWhNgFrHV7mD-GPlyYzrDtnWHNWT_NrA2Vp98W6cypHGjL-43UbkmrVfrBcyB3B487DM3mm7dFFF55YlC5Bpcrm09vlCL-ZEdMqmS9B-Ug41Yf2dZaRE/w114-h80/Pencil.png" width="114" /></a></div>My favorite back-to-school item? Ticonderoga pencils, especially the black ones. As a former teacher, I highly recommend these pencils for less waste in the pencil sharpener. And, they always sharpen to a<br /> fine point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEYikbs4Offu5-FOh7vezMRUEWphegMinAlvJXA1ZYMivhDtQqYRRYPuxKgNbnmFKy5YF93eYN7NCZGiAoF0EZLHTHsWcklhjOTr_K1KLEy4bYgcPG_tjj6kSUIWxhoFcSObqaDEbrCj3CM5koWFXH6EYRqI651OyQWyydtOre7kg52AOoOB1BX4wmv4/s940/school%20box.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEYikbs4Offu5-FOh7vezMRUEWphegMinAlvJXA1ZYMivhDtQqYRRYPuxKgNbnmFKy5YF93eYN7NCZGiAoF0EZLHTHsWcklhjOTr_K1KLEy4bYgcPG_tjj6kSUIWxhoFcSObqaDEbrCj3CM5koWFXH6EYRqI651OyQWyydtOre7kg52AOoOB1BX4wmv4/w124-h104/school%20box.png" width="124" /></a></div>Worst back-to-school item? Fancy school boxes. You know the ones, (maybe you have even given in to kid pressure and bought one already???) They have metal corners, they're fuzzy, or leather, or dimpled, are covered in unicorns, hearts, kittens, etc, and maybe even have a lock with a key. Yikes. That is an attention stealer, way too high on maintenance, and won't even fit in a child's desk. A simple plastic box with a good latch is much more practical. Boring, yes, but practical. (And your child might not be playing with it while long division is being explained. So yay.) Maybe jazz up that plain box with some stickers?<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iDvdQROoN63BDlvFM4--00-BlCVLU3pZvfOUfZWpniGBbFtFayT6sHBjvB7KnEqv1Kz6ItYCRcaBOmjhVibYWngcBpWO1ouegnMhpANyS1tXSMoOfVdi4iSbIdufK3ACwDG1ekEYM-sLaIXwJ40iC03T9bSyAeQyw9Gbg_nqpQAf0jp2JSXd7UWQn5k/s940/school%20box.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><br /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Fun Back-to-School Story</span></b></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo8XduKBRa3nCL7HAEEfm-yYD84ihSnyD7yiKPN-HK2Xl0l50lBmeJJmmPh8cn8Z0ZTipnO7jxIhzgXn0u3swwCc8Z2-ETC4IigRxFOsbsCzWPRWrKM-5zG0ZpXFg1Wiqa0WfjWB03RBG1u-BbKw4GPfJYO4p0Ct8GSXYGN2iDutwRwGeliIMI8tHOLc/s521/curly%20hair.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="477" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo8XduKBRa3nCL7HAEEfm-yYD84ihSnyD7yiKPN-HK2Xl0l50lBmeJJmmPh8cn8Z0ZTipnO7jxIhzgXn0u3swwCc8Z2-ETC4IigRxFOsbsCzWPRWrKM-5zG0ZpXFg1Wiqa0WfjWB03RBG1u-BbKw4GPfJYO4p0Ct8GSXYGN2iDutwRwGeliIMI8tHOLc/w293-h320/curly%20hair.png" width="293" /></a></div>As a teacher I'd gone to extra lengths on this particular first day of my second grade class. I loved my students and wanted to put my best foot forward, or in this case my best hair. I have wavy hair, (though I often force it to be straight, hence the profile pic) and I'd squirted tons of gel and sprayed massive amounts of hair spray to make it exceptionally full and curly. I thought it looked amazing. I patted it in satisfaction as I stood by my door to greet my new students.<p></p><p>"Good morning," I smiled at one of my super cute girls with sparkling brown eyes and a spunky ponytail.</p><p>She gave me the once over as if she smelled something sour. "What's wrong with your hair?"</p><p>Needless to say, her mother was appalled. But I laughed. You can always trust an eight-year-old to be fully honest!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;">Want to know more about my book? Well, here's the pretty cover:</h1><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77Qiq89j4fn5JiTNL53G-BPQfXAaoowpPqS8I2h6ANhyYzCN_xGDX9IKHRWwoX3nzQBzb099nLgSOv7Ot9azoyfFoTAVeKc1Vi-rh6jXA3E2wbldc9ie-HfyhACTcg-dK5T2iBJh2DEZgNvXUp5BjJHE6tMdSXLdo0_ZpUp-TZNPP_VREcv_JEYdzPo4/s2620/Tattered%20Blossoms%20Rise%20by%20Peggy%20Trotter%20Ebook%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="1693" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77Qiq89j4fn5JiTNL53G-BPQfXAaoowpPqS8I2h6ANhyYzCN_xGDX9IKHRWwoX3nzQBzb099nLgSOv7Ot9azoyfFoTAVeKc1Vi-rh6jXA3E2wbldc9ie-HfyhACTcg-dK5T2iBJh2DEZgNvXUp5BjJHE6tMdSXLdo0_ZpUp-TZNPP_VREcv_JEYdzPo4/w414-h640/Tattered%20Blossoms%20Rise%20by%20Peggy%20Trotter%20Ebook%20Cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tattered-Blossoms-Rise-Miry-Clay-ebook/dp/B0BLM91D28/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X86FORI7FAG9&keywords=tattered+blossoms+rise&qid=1693244023&sprefix=tattered+blossoms+ris%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Click for the buy link</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><h1 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And the catchy blurb:</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></div><h4 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pansy Jo Sutcliff’s reformed and she’s not going
back. That’s right. No rendezvousing under the name “Miss Ruby” ever again.
With her rusted shotgun, she’s willing to discourage any man who comes
knocking. Until Wylen Jenks stutters out a wedding proposal. Never in her
fondest dreams had she ever imagined she might be a bride. The man may be
desperate with half a dozen kids, yet it’s the best offer she’s ever received.</i></span></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><h4 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Wylen Jenks knows he ain’t worthy to wed such a rare
beauty. And as far as sordid backgrounds go, well, he had his own to wrangle.
But when an old customer shows up, roughhousing and itching to relive the past
with his new wife, Wylen must not only reach deep to defend not only what is
his, but to battle off the lifelong condemnation and shame of the community.<br /></i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>With a bold prayer on each of their lips, Wylen and
Pansy Jo charge forth into a new life of marriage.<br /></i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>But will their old lives let them go?</i></span></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>~~~</i></span></span></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Look at all the books that are up for grabs for this giveaway! <span style="text-align: left;">And you could be the big winner, </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: left;">someone even who </span><span style="text-align: left;">has never won a giveaway! (and don't forget to collect your "phrase" to complete the puzzle :)</span></h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikigG6a4iomj40fPco9j5on_t3p4M-UFRThBhjUtuc9AtpB_ZPOGhvKXUiEeyr8e7j3ypTZluYh26brOTZr0HNQ5hOl56TxYlOwU9rYI5baIy4Vk7D8uIdUgNdHairp5Jq4ZJecF2N177AzId3bj3y0fS4CfoukDYVtQV36FFY5NJvYQe8RTB4GeAZ6rk/s1290/Back%20to%20School%20CF%20Hunt%20Blog%20(1).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikigG6a4iomj40fPco9j5on_t3p4M-UFRThBhjUtuc9AtpB_ZPOGhvKXUiEeyr8e7j3ypTZluYh26brOTZr0HNQ5hOl56TxYlOwU9rYI5baIy4Vk7D8uIdUgNdHairp5Jq4ZJecF2N177AzId3bj3y0fS4CfoukDYVtQV36FFY5NJvYQe8RTB4GeAZ6rk/w536-h640/Back%20to%20School%20CF%20Hunt%20Blog%20(1).png" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For more info click <a href="https://bit.ly/3YDRF7W" target="_blank">here</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">So many amazing books! To complete the next part of the Christian Fiction Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt phrase go here:</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://jenniferchastain.com/2023/08/29/welcome-to-the-inaugural-back-to-school-christian-fiction-scavenger-hunt/">https://jenniferchastain.com/2023/08/29/welcome-to-the-inaugural-back-to-school-christian-fiction-scavenger-hunt/</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't forget to enter my Rafflecopter giveaway for a $25 Amazon Card!</span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #666666;">BookBub</span><span style="color: blue;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peggy-trotter"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peggy-trotter</span></a></span></p></div><div><br /></div>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-23737927785836159022022-12-08T14:04:00.000-08:002022-12-08T14:04:07.268-08:00New Christian Historical Series!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Release Tattered Blossoms Rise</div><br /> My newest book has hit the shelves and is available just in time for Christmas! Tattered Blossoms Rise is the first book in the Up From the Miry Clay series. Please sign up for my newsletter now as I always have some giveaway or sale going on. Sign up on <a href="http://peggytrotter.com">peggytrotter.com</a>.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tattered-Blossoms-Rise-Miry-Clay-ebook/dp/B0BLM91D28/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7GIINA1EYX50&keywords=peggy+trotter&qid=1670536845&s=digital-text&sprefix=peggy+trotter%2Cdigital-text%2C197&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aQprqiAqFuGe9RstBrXTLN0ohNX5UDTF-zO6jV3KbE04tDjtrXM2TzSu_9x4dF_GSaBFs93UAur4XwhXC3bL9LwaVILYPiNUJ9GTe6IXMnCKCSf0yThqfhsP7JOcP1vNdAgTjIuexxe9SfZvmxuNU53b6pueY4UU0pHXazeNrycEq7JVyEg6CKl-/w640-h536/TBR%20new%20release.png" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tattered-Blossoms-Rise-Miry-Clay-ebook/dp/B0BLM91D28/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7GIINA1EYX50&keywords=peggy+trotter&qid=1670536845&s=digital-text&sprefix=peggy+trotter%2Cdigital-text%2C197&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Click pic for Amazon link.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-13605995124820372712022-06-02T10:09:00.000-07:002022-06-02T10:09:53.602-07:00The Spellbound Schoolmarm is Released!<h3 style="text-align: left;"> The third book in a series (don't worry, you can read one without having read the others!) <b><i>The Spellbound Schoolmarm</i></b> is NOW available! It is also on KU! Follow this link to learn more about getting your copy:https:<a href="//www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B145J8S6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 " target="_blank">//www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B145J8S6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 </a></h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg460GKdBTzOpAJ07O9QNPYND7utgYIs4IMERFzIgpj2zaYMgdsTmkFgurGC5fxVQad5f3O1WPcnPI_XqZs-zzkAO7gjZcDwouFXXOleLp0lDXBGwt_9N52QkfwThBHTXcGczIhQq1-6oGHCKLp3HZicVUgRr_lNAo69Br1l5dtLlWtfxSRI4RxBY5X/s2617/The%20Spellbound%20Schoolmarm%20Ebook%20Cover%20FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="1665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg460GKdBTzOpAJ07O9QNPYND7utgYIs4IMERFzIgpj2zaYMgdsTmkFgurGC5fxVQad5f3O1WPcnPI_XqZs-zzkAO7gjZcDwouFXXOleLp0lDXBGwt_9N52QkfwThBHTXcGczIhQq1-6oGHCKLp3HZicVUgRr_lNAo69Br1l5dtLlWtfxSRI4RxBY5X/w408-h640/The%20Spellbound%20Schoolmarm%20Ebook%20Cover%20FINAL.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Don't you just love the expression on her face??!!)</td></tr></tbody></table> <div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rigidity, rules, and reason. Simple
concepts that strict schoolmarm Sissy P. Eberlin utilizes to maintain classroom
stability and whip her pupils into shape. Yet, internally she quivers in fear,
dreading someone will uncover her scandalous past. Or even worse? Sissy’s even
more malevolent present. No one, absolutely no one, must break beyond her
carefully constructed boundaries. Ever. Better to be lonely than hated. So, why
does the widowed blacksmith, Heaker Thomas tug at her heart?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Careworn and exhausted, Heaker rustles
every bush to find a mother for his five daughters. But with his youngest at
death’s door, no woman seems willing. Instead he’s become the laughing stock of
the community. To still the rumors, he swears off his search and vows to remain
single. Yet, when his elderly nursemaid abruptly departs, leaving him in a
desperate situation, he turns to the prickly new schoolmarm for help. After
all, how can he resist a woman whose eyes betray a need for love as deep as his
own?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-53426771715262555122021-12-06T08:20:00.006-08:002021-12-07T05:51:20.647-08:00The Lowborn Lady Share-a-Thon! Share to Enter Giveaways!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Share my book to enter to win the prizes below!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMU_rh9X9PeS4Et_vQ3ZAlIFOS_AuZfnQnZRoPlHo9f-7xFkl-OedeHPGNxgwLkJYrR196PM1tR5MrF7VsrlDHVf3framHIl97Whlm0lC1Eg7ggqTKswd8lFCG-pM0jkUwuMXAxB60x8/s940/TLL+Ad+Christmas+Share+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMU_rh9X9PeS4Et_vQ3ZAlIFOS_AuZfnQnZRoPlHo9f-7xFkl-OedeHPGNxgwLkJYrR196PM1tR5MrF7VsrlDHVf3framHIl97Whlm0lC1Eg7ggqTKswd8lFCG-pM0jkUwuMXAxB60x8/w640-h536/TLL+Ad+Christmas+Share+2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Simply share The Lowborn Lady on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., to enter to win the prizes below! More shares means more chances to
win!</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> <br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lowborn-Lady-Society-Outcasts-ebook/dp/B09LRF3PS9?fbclid=IwAR1VpkMg704I6K8q11yf-YiE6RSPe1yxw8VeA9hKIOS8CmkQxigmCjQPXRE" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Lowborn-Lady-Society.../dp/B09LRF3PS9</a></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lowborn-Lady-Society-Outcasts-ebook/dp/B09LRF3PS9?fbclid=IwAR1VpkMg704I6K8q11yf-YiE6RSPe1yxw8VeA9hKIOS8CmkQxigmCjQPXRE" target="_blank"><br /></a>Winners announced 12/20/21!</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vas8bCKXE_Ke3z-DFbAQi23Y4kfIpL_R2jZ_UBfuc4BSO39Tl6ognBHGZo5WBJX-z4x6z-6USShzeIvdFIE_CYUxsWnvi1HZKQ5hTjYMFsly5HDvD2rRkk6j-anbVhBfUf3NhOOaY4o/s940/The+Lowborn+Lady%2527s+Share-a-Thon+Giveaway%2521%2521%2521.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vas8bCKXE_Ke3z-DFbAQi23Y4kfIpL_R2jZ_UBfuc4BSO39Tl6ognBHGZo5WBJX-z4x6z-6USShzeIvdFIE_CYUxsWnvi1HZKQ5hTjYMFsly5HDvD2rRkk6j-anbVhBfUf3NhOOaY4o/w640-h536/The+Lowborn+Lady%2527s+Share-a-Thon+Giveaway%2521%2521%2521.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-12693408081588704622021-11-08T07:55:00.007-08:002021-11-08T08:08:06.435-08:00Great Multi-Book Giveaway!<p><br /> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Don't miss this great multi-author book giveaway! Just click the link and enter to win. The grand prize is $500! Can you believe that? Enter to win today!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/11e3d/2021-we-are-thankful-for-our-readers">https://promosimple.com/ps/11e3d/2021-we-are-thankful-for-our-readers</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqOjYiUDHpFI_oaHmkXpDIQLaK9DTlfEvv1cR_APIEZIKVWD5KAaNefaBCponQyExRnF0PONnprjzsFrAOJ0kwrka2Eor4fQXb__wLRDqiaro-kOco1z-kO7Zrv47CyK7qm6lU2rc8rw/s806/Celebrate+lit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="806" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqOjYiUDHpFI_oaHmkXpDIQLaK9DTlfEvv1cR_APIEZIKVWD5KAaNefaBCponQyExRnF0PONnprjzsFrAOJ0kwrka2Eor4fQXb__wLRDqiaro-kOco1z-kO7Zrv47CyK7qm6lU2rc8rw/w640-h478/Celebrate+lit.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here's my book that will be included with the giveaway. Best of luck to win!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZn9BhSHZREDaKvG3OiLEUifL9m78MA26ACM9x1HNOaN-ls3nwv8gVqDdj8fHeVWxzvLzz9QEWnN9ivc-RtMXAM7AhkYgLoBA4p8hlcds7fTJbYchmXo554V1P_MgDVBbmiKavW6-LOw/s2048/The+Misfit+Bride+Front+Cover+Media.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1318" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZn9BhSHZREDaKvG3OiLEUifL9m78MA26ACM9x1HNOaN-ls3nwv8gVqDdj8fHeVWxzvLzz9QEWnN9ivc-RtMXAM7AhkYgLoBA4p8hlcds7fTJbYchmXo554V1P_MgDVBbmiKavW6-LOw/w412-h640/The+Misfit+Bride+Front+Cover+Media.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-59239474749675842982021-06-11T09:22:00.001-07:002021-06-11T09:24:36.755-07:00The Misfit Bride Hits the Shelves!<h1 style="text-align: left;">My Newest Release! </h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">(and don't miss the Book Bling Swag and $25 Amazon Card Giveaway!) click here: <a href="https://themommyisland.blogspot.com/2021/05/playing-favorites-with-christian-author.html" target="_blank">The Mommy Island</a></h4><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0954ZDT3D?" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1353" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8j_QdQ2qPn04Rp6BjVYvgf5tE_hyXj4-cONEbS1wyOFSYeeGC36gr88ZHGICSHST3mStjj9RnIXUcOi6friXoDzjbid4pJYu_XTtlTBpfOUAohfb7oz6ot9NhaO5AjCEBS93pT2cBxE/w422-h640/The+Misfit+Bride+ebook%257Emedia.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click Cover to Buy</div><p>Blurb: </p><p> Zero. That’s how many suitors Cora “Too Tall” Taggart’s entertained in her nineteen years. That is, until her father corrals a man nearly twice her age needing a mother for his children. However, Cora’s heart aches to find true love with a man who would embrace all of her misfit qualities.</p><p> When Trigg Gentry discovers Cora in a back alley, using his horse as her own personal writing desk, sparks fly between them. While he searches for his runaway sister, Trigg crosses paths once again with Cora on a steamer bound for St. Louis, and neither Trigg nor Cora can deny their blossoming relationship.</p><p> But Trigg’s unexpected exit from Cora’s debutante cotillion comes under suspicion. The guests’ jewelry is missing, and he’s linked to a murder case. Cora fears these accusations will make it impossible to avoid her father’s arranged marriage. And to make matters worse, her heart belongs to the man now pegged as a criminal. How can Cora convince her father that Trigg isn’t involved in either crime when all the proof points straight at him?</p><p>Want to chase me around a bit? You can The Misfit Bride on these websites:</p><p><a href="https://www.mywahmplan.com/2021/05/a-conversation-with-author-peggy.html" target="_blank">My Wahm Plan</a></p><p><a href="https://zombieparenting.com/a-few-of-peggy-trotters-favorite-things-plus-a-giveaway/" target="_blank">Zombie Parenting</a></p><p><a href="https://homeschoolontherange.blogspot.com/2021/05/author-shows-her-wacky-side-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Homeschool on the Range</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Come and join me!</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-mirror-indents: yes; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.peggytrotter.com/"><span style="color: blue; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">peggytrotter.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-mirror-indents: yes; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://peggytrotter.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">peggytrotter.blogspot.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-mirror-indents: yes; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://diamondsinfiction.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">diamondsinfiction.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Peggy_Trotter"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">https://twitter.com/Peggy_Trotter</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PeggyTrotterAuthor"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/PeggyTrotterAuthor</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background:; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goodreads: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13778873.Peggy_Trotter"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13778873.Peggy_Trotter</span></a><u><span style="background:; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="background: ; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Amazon Author’s Profile Page:
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many pairs of glasses. Once those readers are parked on her nose, she‘s
immersed in a story scene of some sort, always pushing toward that miracle,
ransomed-ever-after, happy ending. On a dusty shelf lies a couple of writing
honors like the prestigious ACFW Genesis Award, Novella category, even though
she writes full-length historical and contemporary Christian Fiction.<o:p></o:p><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">She has two amazing grown children, two
terrific children-in-laws, and three unbelievably fantabulous grandchildren,
who deserve way more than the average amount of adjectives and adverbs. Her
Batman of 36 years, whose cape is much worn from rescuing his wife from one
scrap or another, is the delight of her life. She’s a smoldering pot of
determined discombobulation who, by the grace of God, occasionally pulls it
together to appear in public as a normal confident woman while privately
craving a few hermit hours to woo the printed word.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-mirror-indents: yes; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-48912158609175854392020-07-25T15:34:00.001-07:002020-07-25T15:34:45.222-07:00Looking Up to Find My Mellow<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Take time to be…mellow,
cease the mindless craze…”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Abide in silence,
maybe count to ten? </i><i>(To the tune of Take
Time to be Holy.)</i></div>
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Recently I actually Googled, how to be mellow. Because,
really, that’s where I want to be. Calm, peaceful, and mellow. I read a blog on
the subject where the writer observed that the only people who seemed to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>capture this elusive concept was men. I’m
inclined to agree, for the most part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
women, or at least me, tend to have the mindset that if I only work harder, I
can fix the whole world and accomplish my dreams. Despite the last fifty years’
constant spanks denying that warped little idea.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve made moves in that last few years to try to make my
life more mellow. More…simple. I quit my full time job, which at the time was
very stressful. My plan was to free up more time to write and therefore, blow a
raspberry at a half decade of nay-saying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now however, sometimes writing stresses me out. It is a job, after all,
a very fickle one with an undependable CEO, namely, me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This has led me to realize that stress for the most part
starts in my very own gray matter. I allow things to bug me, so they do. I push
harder, so I feel pushed. I cycle issues in my head and they grow and spin in
continual turmoil. I refuse to resolve issues and therefore they become a large
bucket of unresolved problems on which I stub my toe on multiple times a day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And, you know, they have such helpful suggestions to help
you attain a more relaxed life course. Like, take deep breaths. Exercise. Drink
water. Close your eyes. All good suggestions. Not always helpful when you’re sweating
bullets with a ball of frustration the size of a buffalo on your neck. Like I
have time to stand up and walk for fifteen minutes. Trust me, if I start walking,
I won’t be stopping until my feet reach a beach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I will continue to chip away at this concept of being
more mellow. Try to be calm and at the same time avoid being uncaring. (It’s a
lot easier to be mellow if you don’t even care.) Because after all, how many times
has my life not worked out? I’m still alive. I’m still striving. Sure, it didn’t
always work out the way I wanted, but things mostly resolved one way or the
other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And that’s the rub. I want it my way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But God says, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And
those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not
forsaken those who seek you.</i> Psalm 9:10 NIV.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s so true. I’m not so full of my own plans to fail to
notice how hard is to apply the very words I believe with all my heart. In
short, I’m not in charge, so chill. Take those deep breaths, pace to the beat
of relaxing harp music and close my eyes and remember this verse. Lean into
that verse and trust.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perhaps I’ve just made a turn into a more mellow direction.
Kneeling with my eyes up.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946805962004011899.post-29772435833483905002019-06-27T08:12:00.004-07:002019-06-27T09:04:09.251-07:00Me, Being Political? Who Knew?<h2>
IMHO, and It's Free!</h2>
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I'm not political. At all. I know that's a shame. But, few things bore me. Politics do.<br />
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Yet, I still get me toes wet, occasionally. Like for example, I've noticed that most of the Presidential Candidates endorse free college debt relief. Now, I'm old school here, or at least my knees are telling me I am, but I can't help but remember my own college experience.<br />
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Both my husband and I put in a lot of hours on work-study throughout our college careers and ended up with paying off a minor college debt over the course of our first 10 years of marriage. Was is difficult? Durn, yes!<br />
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Recently I had the privilege of doing a last minute spring break blast. We had to stop at the realtors to get the condo's key. What we didn't plan on was the long line made up mostly of college kids on spring break. Chattin' it up and filling out their party agenda for the next seven days.<br />
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Now, I'm not begrudging a young adult a short break from heavy studies, but what the heck??? Taking that break from work cost us a good chunk of money just for 3 days. And here was a large collection of poor college students heading to their condos in vehicles one year newer than ours.<br />
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I'm thinking if my husband and I were told from get-go as a young adult. that we would not have to pay back any college costs, we would have taken a spring break, probably a summer break, and hey, why not, even a winter break. And I ponder, how motivated would I have been to receive good grades amongst the vacationing? Not very.<br />
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You see, I learned a lot in college and not just in the classroom. Eating cold bean soup from a can in the dorm on a Saturday because the cafeteria was closed and I had no money, wasn't the end of the world. I survived. And I learned a little about appreciation, hope, and trust that God would take care of everything. That my real life would start soon. And it would be wonderful because I had worked to obtain the tools to get there.<br />
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Living hard makes you strive and thirst to make things better. Don't we want America to be better??? Wow, I do. Do we really want entitled, enabled, and spoiled young adults buying a $1K phone just to see if it's waterproof to their brand of beer? Is that the mentality we want for our future?<br />
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Man, I sound like an old hardcore Political Idiot, and I'm really not. Or at least the hardcore political part. I'm just believe that people ought to take responsibility for their choices in life. If you choose the path of a college education, fabulous! Pay for it. You're the one who will enjoy the income, why not be the one who footed the bill? Besides, it would seem apparent that it would make a person more frugal and appreciate the outcome so much more.<br />
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You know, I leaned a lot more from a cold can of soup while sitting cross-legged on a hard bunk, than I did at the beach. Just saying.Peggy Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05935745749115191501noreply@blogger.com0