Sharing Alert! Smorgasbord New Series – Life Changing Moments
Today I’m sharing Sally Cronin’s New Series at Smorgasbord Invitation, starting in September at the Smorgasbord Cafe. Submit your stories about a Life-Changing Moment to Sally’s series to be featured. Find out what’s entailed below:
Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Author Spotlight – Life Changing Moments
Welcome to the new series of the Cafe and Bookstore Author spotlight which begins in September.
In this new series I am inviting authors in the Cafe to share what they consider to be a defining moment in their lives that resulted in a major positive change.
Here are a few examples, and I am sure you will have plenty to add:
- Meeting a stranger with surprising consequences
- Accepting an invitation that took you out of your comfort zone
- Being fired from a job or resigning without another job lined up that turned out to be an opportunity.
- Taking a wrong turn on a journey and discovering something about yourself.
- Being in the wrong place at the right time when an opportunity presented itself.
- Overcoming a challenging situation such as a failed relationship and finding happiness.
- Taking part in a charity challenge such as a parachute jump and how it conquered a fear.
- Accidentally walking through the wrong door and finding an uplifting experience
- Moving to a new country and feeling immediately at home.
You can choose to stick to the facts or can write a fiction story that has ‘A Life Changing Moment’ as its theme.
Here is an example of how your post will look.
Here is something I wrote about how a number of factors came into play following my disastrous first marriage. It was a decision that took me hundreds of miles away from home, to meet someone who would change my views on love and romance, and subsequently my life all in the space of six weeks.
The Rocky Road to True Romance
Have you ever wondered why the classic fairy stories that involve a beautiful farmer’s daughter, scullery maid or even a princess, who are swept off their feet by a handsome and rich stranger on a white horse; end with the words ‘And they lived happily ever after’.
Because most were written by men at a time when a woman was a chattel who cooked, cleaned and bore children. The men however went about their business as usual; of course living happily ever after.
That may sound a bit cynical, but I can remember as a child being fed the propaganda. Most commonly via bedtime stories and the ‘Happy Ever After’ films that we were allowed to watch in our teen years. Disney had the whole thing down to a fine art.
By the time I was sixteen, I was convinced that at some point, a rich and handsome stranger was going to gallop into my life and sweep me off into a fairy tale future in a palace with a new generation of princes and princesses, and a life of love and contentment. . . continue reading
How to participate.
- Approximately 1000 words about a Life Changing Moment that ended positively
- Include two or three photographs
- Send to sally.cronin@moyhill.com
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28 Comments
sally cronin
Thanks very much Debby for sharing this post…some amazing moments being submitted and I am looking forward to sharing them…you are a star..♥♥
dgkaye
Sal, I can’t wait. This will be an interesting series for sure! <3 xx
Harmony Kent
I’m looking forward to this great new feature! Great share, Debby 🙂
dgkaye
Thanks Harmony. I hope to see you participate <3
Michael
Awaiting this series with a great pleasure, Debbie! Even your interview had also done a fantastic pre-work until now. Enjoy your day! Michael
dgkaye
Thanks so much Michael. No doubts this will be another smashing series by Sally 🙂 Happy Monday! 🙂
Stevie Turner
I cook and clean and have borne children. Ooh-er, does that make me a ‘chattel’?. It would have done if I’d let it, but I trained him to help with domestic duties! We’re a team of two chattels and not one.
dgkaye
As it should be Stevie. The way it is my home too. 🙂 And I hope to see you submit at Sal’s new series. <3
Jim Borden
this sounds like it will be a fun series to read – thanks for the heads-up!
dgkaye
PLeasure Jim. Maybe we’ll see something from you there? 🙂
Jacqui Murray
This sounds like a lot of fun. RT
dgkaye
Thanks Jacqui. 🙂
John Maberry
Wow! Sounds great. I imagine, since it says, “starts in September,” that it will continue on for a bit. For me, that means I’ll be a late arrival. I’ll just have to stay tuned. 🙂
dgkaye
Actually, I believe by September it will be booked up. If you want to participate, you can let Sally know you’re in, then she’ll give you a date, and that will enable you time to work on it. 🙂
John Maberry
Love to, but now into October is just too busy. I’ve missed lots of stuff this year already. This won’t be the last.
dgkaye
I hear you. Well, you can enjoy reading then. 🙂
Olga Núñez Miret
Another one of Sally’s great ideas. I’m looking forward to it already! Thanks for sharing it, Debby!
dgkaye
Maybe you should submit with us? 🙂 x
Norah Colvin
Sounds like a fun series. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of interesting stories to read.
dgkaye
NO doubts! 🙂
Jennie Fitzkee
Fabulous new series!
dgkaye
I expect it will be 😉 x
Robbie Cheadle
A lovely share, Debby. These posts will be interesting.
dgkaye
They sure will Robbie. I hope to see you there. 🙂 x
Miriam Hurdle
It definitely will be a great series, Sally. Thank you for sharing, Debby. I look forward to it.
dgkaye
Thanks Miriam. Hope to see you there! <3
Liesbet
Where do I start? 🙂 Another fascinating series Sally has put together. Thanks for sharing here, Debby! Hopping over to read her account now.
dgkaye
Great Liesbet. I hope you may join in with an entry! 🙂 x