8 days until Christmas
Tristi Pinkston is the mother of four, the author of eight, the wife of one, and the taker of really long naps. She works as a freelance editor and virtual book tour coordinator, and she is a popular presenter at writers conferences all over the Intermountain West. She has a number of new books coming out in 2012, from fiction to nonfiction to self-help, and she’s excited about all of them.
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LDSWBR: What Christmas-related activity would you like to do this year that you have never done before?
TRISTI: I want to go reindeer wrangling. I’ve heard it’s tricky because they run really fast and they fly, but I bet I could do it. You never know until you try.
LDSWBR: If you could find one book under the tree this year, what would it be?
TRISTI: Hmmm … you know, that’s a hard one. There are so many authors that I love, and I’d be delighted by any of them. Let’s say something new by Dee Henderson, Elizabeth Peters, Jessica Day George, or Shannon Hale. Yep, any of those would be awesome. And if any of them happen to be reading this and want to make a donation to a very good cause, Merry Christmas to me!
LDSWBR: What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?
TRISTI: The best Christmas I ever had was the year my mom found a refurbished manual typewriter at the thrift store and got it for me. I was ten years old, and I was so excited. I started learning how to type right away, and because the machine was manual, my pinkie fingers got really sore, really fast. I wonder if my mom knew what she was starting with that gift – from there, I’ve graduated to more … sophisticated … forms of word processing, but since I was ten, I’ve spent quite a lot of time every day on a keyboard of some kind.
LDSWBR: Reindeer wrangling – lol – I would SO pay to see that! Thanks, Tristi. Merry Christmas!
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Buy Hang ’em High by Tristi Pinkston
AMAZON | SECRET SISTERS (Bk 1) | DEARLY DEPARTED (Bk 2)
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Have you ever typed up a document on a manual typewriter? If so, did it have a white-out ribbon or did you have to make corrections by hand?
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Book prizes donated by their authors:
- Winners choice of Divinely Designed, Luck of the Draw, or Minor Adjustments by Rachael Renee Anderson (new addition to the prize list!)
- Winner’s choice of Secret Sisters, Dearly Departed, or Hang ’em High by Tristi Pinkston (new addition to the prize list!)
- Montana Summer by Jeanette Miller
- Ribbon of Darkness by Julie Coulter Bellon
- Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson
- Cinder & Ella by Melissa Lemon (ebook)
- Pride & Popularity by Jenni James
- The Kissing Tree by Prudence Bice
- Rearview Mirror by Stephanie Black (paperback or Kindle)
- The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry
- Winner’s choice of one of the books in the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery Series by Josi S. Kilpack (including Banana Split which will be released in February 2012)
- Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden
- Obsession by Traci Hunter Abramson
- Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little
- Indelible by Lani Woodland and a swag bag!
- Identity by Betsy Love
- The Hainan Incident by D.M. Coffman (autographed copy)
- Count Down to Love by Julie N. Ford
- Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett
- The Breakup Artist by Shannen Crane Camp
- Seers by Heather Frost
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19 Responses to “Hang ’em High by Tristi Pinkston – Countdown to Christmas 2011”
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I’d love to see Tristi wrangle Reindeer too… (Post the video to youtube when you do, Tristi). I know that this will age me, but I’ve typed with a manual typewriter that didn’t have the corrector ribbon attached. I was taking office ed. in Jr. High and was so excited when the school got electric typewriters!!
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My parents had manual typewriters that I used, mostly for fun. I think my mom might have re-typed a school assignment that I tried to type on one. In typing classes I used an electric typewriter or a computer.
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I remember my parents had one when I was little and I used to type on it all the time. And they had a bottle of whiteout when I typed something wrong. Ah. The good old days. lol ;)
I took a typing class in high school and had to type on a manual typewriter, although I think it had correction ribbon in it. When I was a kid, we had a manual typewriter that I used to love to set up on the piano bench and then I’d sit on a little stool and play “office.”
I LOVE Tristi’s books. Everyone I’ve read is awesome! In fact I’d love to be one of your “editors” (Hint. Hint.) Let me also say that I am a fan of LDS fiction in general. How wonderful it is to read refreshing wholesome books without all the language/situations. (Not saying they aren’t found anywhere else, it’s just nice. :D)
I love the story about you gettting a typewriter when you turned 10. I can tell you really love to write and laugh, and it is so fun to get to know you better. Thanks LDSWBR for sharing!!!
My parents had a typewriter growing up and I took a class in high school. My kids would not even know what it was.
I love that Tristi likes long naps. Wish I could take one every day!!!!
Reindeer wrangling–it’s the latest event in Reindeer Games! My first typewriter was a manual, with no corrector. I remember trying to make corrections carefully so that the paper would stay on the same line when I rolled it back. I was always off by half a line. I also remember trying to type with carbon paper and correct all of the copies. Word processors are such a blessing (once I learned how not to delete what I wrote or accidentally move paragraphs). I am a loyal follower of all of your blogs and facebook.
Oh! That totally brought back memories! My Mom had a really nice electric typewriter, but then somehow I found an old, old manual one that I loved. It had a white out ribbon and I typed up descriptions about “My Dream Man” on it. I was so sad when they got rid of it.
I now follow Tristi’s blog and am quite excited about it. :)
leave it to Tristi to think of something like reindeer wrangling as something she would want to tackle. lol
The only manual typewriter experience I have is playing with my grandparent’s when I was a kid. We didn’t have one at our house, but it was fun to go to their house and…well don’t tell them, but push down all the keys at one time. I better not tell my kids that either, or they will get more ideas about what to do to their grandpa’s! :)
I love that you wish you would find a new Dee Henderson book. I love her books too and look forward to reading and loving yours just as much. Oh and that reindeer wrangling thing sounds like a blast, set me know if you need a ropin’ partner :-)
My Mom had a typewriter that we used to fill in applications and documents before computers got better with PDF files and downloading applications and all that. She wanted these to look nice ans so she tried to teach us how to type them, but she was so fast at the typewriter and we were so slow that she would end up doing everything.
Reindeer wrangling sounds a lot more fun than wrangling a semi truck! Personally, I’d rather wrangle an old typewriter (though I’m really glad I don’t have to do that, anymore, either).
I think all of us would like to see you wrangle a reindeer. And of course, we would all be routing for you Tristi!! I also love manual typewriters……even though they wear your fingers out!!! “HAPPY HOLIDAYS” everyone!!
I took typing in high school in the mid-1980s using an electric typewriter. It had correction tape. It home we had an Apple IIe computer for papers. When I was in elementary school I would play with our manual typewriter with did not have correction tape, and I would use x’s or dashes to mark out the mistakes. I’m grateful for both computers and spell check. I wish my web browser had spell check.