David H. Troyer

15 January 2012 - My first 4-day weekend

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Today is a good day. I finished the first chapter in the book that my wife and I are writing together. I am still in Army AIT (Advanced Individual Training) far away from her, but at least we can talk on the phone, email, and skype. In Basic Training, we had none of those luxuries.

I hope to continue to work on this book in between classes, communicating with family and friends, and spending time with my friends here at AIT.

I'll keep you informed to the progress of this book as well as the poetry book which I plan on publishing soon. It will have some of my favorite poems in it.

Please check out my website whenever you get a chance www.davidhtroyer.com
and please remember to like my author page on Facebook.

David H. Troyer

December 28, 2011 - Christmas Exodus

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Graduation from Army Basic Training was on December 1st. I graduated as the Soldier of the Cycle which is a great honor. I am now enjoying time with my family while on Christmas Exodus but I will be going back to Advanced Individual Training soon. Throughout my training I have been writing and I look forward to publishing another book again soon. I hope that you had a Merry Christmas and that you will have a Happy New Year as well!

July20, 2011 - 2 months until Basic Training

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I will be leaving for boot camp in September. I will be going active duty in the Army. My plans are to continue writing and to publish some more books after basic training.

I'll try to post another update or two before I go, but if not, I plan on giving updates once I am done with basic training.

January 22, 2011 - Update

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I will be takign part in an event on Tuesday, January 25th, at the Pinellas Park Library. Unfortunately, I will not be reading my children's book, I'd Choose a Fish, or anyone else's book. I will be playing the part of the Chick-fil-A cow. The librarian did tell me to send her an email and that they should be able to let me take part in one of their upcomming programs. To me, that is really exciting news.

In my last blog, I mentioned that I had just taken part in the Turkey Trot, which takes place in Clearwater, FL, on Thanksgiving Day every year. It took all of my efforts to run that 5k (3.1 miles). Now, I run an average of two miles per day. I do not know if I will be participating in any more 5k runs again soon, but I look forward to improving my time when I do.

My wife is having a lot of fun making Kool-Aid items. This is a great way for us to encourage recycling. She started a website (www.supergreenlabel.com) and sells purses, wallets, keychains, backpacks, and many more items made entirely out of Kool-Aid and Capri Sun packages.

Our daughter is a year and a half old now. She is a lot of fun.

Thank you for checking my blog. Please continue to check back for updates. Also, please "like" my facebook page in order to receive the latest information.

Sincerely,

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

November 30, 2010 - Christmas Pictures

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Today my family went to the beach to take our Christmas pictures. Our little one loved it. We hope that everyone likes our pictures this year... they certainly took a lot of preparation... but it was worth it.

I have lost some weight recently. I now weigh about what I did when my wife and I were married. It feels good. I have been eating plenty of fruits and vegetables and I have been jogging. That seems to help a lot. On Thanksgiving, I participated in my first 5k run. The Turkey Trot in Clearwater, FL. I am hoping to participate in other events like that in the future. By next year, I want to be able to run the 10k.

I am still going to donate 50% of any royalty check which I receive in 2010 to Ronald McDonald House Charities in Tampa, and I have about one month to decide which charity to donate to for 2011. Please remind your local library, school, or church that they can purchase my books on Amazon.com and www.lulu.com.

Thank you for following my blog.

Sincerely,

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

September 19, 2010 - Books in the Library

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Here is a list of books I currently have in libraries...

Pinellas County Library System:
I'd Choose a Fish
All Roads Lead to Rhyme
Tracts and Evangelism

Metropolis, IL Library:
All roads Lead to Rhyme

Clearwater Christian College Library:
All Roads Lead to Rhyme

Thanks for checking back. I hope to have some events scheduled at local libraries in Pinellas County soon.

June 8, 2010 - Life In General

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Baby is almost a year old now. She is so much fun.

Chick-fil-A just launched the Spicy Chicken Sandwich. If you like spicy food, you should probably give it a try.

This is the week of the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL. This is the second year which I will not be attending. (Last year because baby was born and this year because I am going to my sister's graduation... both events very worthwhile.)Hopefully I will be able to go back next year.

My jumpdrive crashed, but I think I was able to salvage most of the information... I guess only time will tell if I was able to salvage everything.

I should have another book of poetry out soon through www.lulu.com
Also, I'd Choose A Fish is now available through Amazon.com

Please keep checking back and remember that 50% of my royalty checks for 2010 will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa.

Sincerely,

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

April 25, 2010 - Book Sale

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This Weekend ONLY, $4.99 for my book through Publish America. http://www.publishamerica.net/product14274.html If you've wanted to buy a copy, now is the time!

April 13, 2010 - Geneology Research

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My wife and I have been doing some geneology research lately. This is something which we both enjoy doing.

Baby is almost 10 months old now. She is crawling now.

I am taking another class right now. I'm enjoyng it a lot.

I now have a fanpage on Facebook with over 90 fans. Please look me up and become a fan when you get a chance.

Thanks for checking back.

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

March 30, 2010 - Vacation

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We had a great trip to Pennsylvania. We did not get to visit as many historic places as we wanted to on our visit, but we did get to visit with a lot of family. On the last day of our trip, we got to go to Washington, D.C. The history there made up for not being able to visit historic landmarks in Pennsylvania like we wanted to.

We got there around noon and found out that all of the tickets to see the Washington Monument were gone sometime between nine o'clock and eleven o'clock in the morning. Perhaps we will be able to see it next time we visit.

All of the monuments are beautiful, as are the buildings surrounding the National Mall.

Since we've been back, life has been busy. I have been taking another class and working over fourty hours per week whenever possible. Also, Baby is a little over nine months old and is now crawling.

Also, You can now become a fan on Facebook. Just search for David H. Troyer and my fanpage should be on the list.

Please continue to check back for updates.

Sincerely,

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com
P.S. Please spread the word that 50% of my 2010 author royalties will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House!

March 6, 2010 - Chick-fil-A Event

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Today, I ran the safety event at Chick-fil-A. Things went really well and we had a great turn out. The police department and the fire department were both there. The Police department had a segway, a smart car, and an ATV on display. The fire department brought a truck out for us. Thank you to everyone who helped to make the event a success!

Baby is almost 9 months old now. She is a lot of fun. She wore a cow costume to the event.

Please keep checking back for updates.

David
www.davidhtroyer.com

February 19, 2010 - General News

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I am in the fifth week of my class at Liberty. I have a book entitled Tracts and Evangelism which is available on www.lulu.com. When I finish in a couple of weeks,we will be going on vacation to Pennsylvania.

Baby is a little over eight months old. Also, I have been a manager at Chick-Fil-A for a little over a year now.

Please check out www.davidhtroyer.com and let me know what you think about my website's new look.

- David H. Troyer

January 22, 2010 - My fourth class through Liberty University

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I have just started my fourth class through Liberty University. The History of Christianity II. I have the same instructor as I had in part I, so I am really looking forward to a great class.

I am still waiting to hear some news about that news article. I will let you know if or when it is published.

For those of you who don't know yet, I am donating 50% of my author royalties to the Ronald McDonald House in 2010.

Also, Baby is a little more than seven months old now. She is adorable.

I am working on another poetry book, but it may be a little while before I get it published because between school, work, family, and church, there is hardly any time left for recreation or for writing.

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

January 07, 2010 - Possible Newspaper Article to come.

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I will be speaking with the people at the local Family newspaper about a potential article... I'll let you know when I find out for sure.

David H. Troyer
www.davidhtroyer.com

January 1, 2010 - Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year to everyone!

Today we celebrated with a nice dinner, my wife prepared, of ham and blackeye peas, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. I have grown up in Tampa Bay where it is tradition to eat ham and blackeye peas on New Years Day for good luck the rest of the year. My wife, grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country where it is tradition to eat pork and sauerkraut on New Years Day. Combining the two traditions makes for a very tasty meal.

Also, today my baby surprised us with her first tooth! We didn't really suspect that any were that close to the surface although she has enjoyed chewing on things in the past months. Today, she started sucking on my finger and I felt the jagged little tooth on the bottom. My wife and I were very excited and baby grinned from ear to ear to see us so happy.

As many of you know, This year, I am donating 50% of my book royalties to charity.
I would love for as many people as possible to help me to make this happen.
Here's how...

Step 1: Buy my books. (Search by name or title at www.lulu.com, www.publishamerica.com, or Amazon.com.

The charity I will be donating to this year is the Ronald McDonald House.

I wish you a very Happy New Year!

December 1, 2009

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Baby is a little over five months old now. It is amazing how much she has changed in just a few short months.

I am currently taking Church History I through Liberty University.

I am also still working on a second poetry book and a couple of other projects.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

August 7, 2009

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Baby is almost two months old now. She is doing well.

My first class through Liberty University is almost over. I have the rest of this week and all of next week in order to get all of my assignments finished. I also have to take my final exam next week.

I am also working on a second poetry book and I'm still working on a couple of other projects, although I have not had much time to work on them.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

July 17, 2009

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Baby is a little over a month old.
I am taking classes through Liberty University.

I am also working on a second poetry book and I'm still working on a couple of other projects.

Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 17, 2009

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We are about to bring baby home. I am packing up the car and we are taking care of the last minute details.

Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 15, 2009

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Baby was born this morning!

It was a long, hard labor, but my wife said that it was all worth it when baby came.
Like her father, she was born in the Tampa Bay Area.

Thankfully, the cord for our laptop came so we could post on here and some other places online.

Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 9, 2009

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Baby was due due yesterday. We are still waiting for her arrival.
All I need is a call and I am ready to head to the hospital.
The cord for our laptop should be here soon.

We ordered it on Sunday and they told us that they were going to ship it right away.
Hopefullythe baby and the laptop cord will both be here soon.

We need the laptop cord so that we can use it to
post pictures of baby for family and friends when she is born.
Otherwise we'll have to wait several days until we leave the hospital.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 8, 2009

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Baby is due Today!
Please keep us in your prayers as we wait for our prescious little one to come into this world.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 7, 2009

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Baby is due Tomorrow!
The Baby's room is finished and our bags are packed. We've been ready for baby for about two weeks now.

Also, for those who don't know yet, I am now working for Chic-Fil-A. (I may go back to teaching someday, but for right now, I want to enjoy some time with my family.)
I've been having computer problems lately. The computer I am currently working on keeps giving me the infamous "Blue Screen of Death," and my laptop's cord just broke. When I get the new laptop cord, which I just ordered, I will try to record some of my poems and put them on Sample Poems page.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

June 2, 2009

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Baby is due one week from yesterday. From what the doctors have been telling us, she is pretty close to coming.

I am working on several projects right now. One of them is for Make It Clear. Another book I am working on is my second poetry book. The plan is that this book will have some of the poems which were going to be in All Roads Lead to Rhyme. I am also adding some other poems which I have been working on lately.
Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

May 16, 2009

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My wife and I were able to go to Disney for her birthay. MGM (The new Hollywood Studios) was great. Our baby is due on June 8th. This will be our first child and we are very excited.

We just finished painting the baby's room. The onlyh thing left to do is rearrange the furniture and put up the border. Her bedroom has a Winnie The Pooh Theme.
Also, after twelve years of working at Target part-time, I recently quit working there so that I would have more time to spend with my family.

Please continue to check back for more updates.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

March 29, 2009

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I just finished my CNA training class. I will be my clinical hours over the next few weeks.
I will try to update my site in the next few weeks.
Thank you for checking back.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

September 25, 2008

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Time sure flies!
It seems like just yesterday when I wrote on here.

Also, please excuse the missing pictures. I just switched servers and I lost them. I have to look through my old computer to find some of the files I am missing.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

August 18, 2008

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I had a wonderful summer. We just switched servers, so the website may not have pictures for a little while.

I went to Pennsylvania to visit some family and to attend a wedding.

I also went to Metropolis. In Metropolis, we got to see Noel Neill again. We got to meet Allison Mack.

School started for me on August 6th. I am teaching English I, II, IV, Physical Science, Biology, and Physical Education this year.

So far, it has been a pretty good year.
I am also the Dean of Students this year as well.
Daivd H. Troyer :)

May 14, 2008

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School is at an end. We are reviewing this week and we will be taking our exams next week... Half Days!!! :)

Make It Clear Ministries now has a message board.
Please register and check it out when you get a chance.

We are also expecting to have our "Daily Pocket Prayer Reminders"
I am working on a book for Make It Clear as well. Unless someone publishes the children's book, this looks like it will be the next one I publish. I am planning on having it published by the end of the 08-09 school year.

April 16, 2008

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My Spring Break was really fun, but way too short. My Spring Break actually started with me working overnight at my weekend job. I got off in the early morning hours and then took a nap. I then had to get up and bring my wife to work; when she got off from work, I picked her up and we left from there.

We then drove the 7 hours or so to my grandparents house and spent until Monday spending time with them and scanning some family photo albums.

We were able to go to the beach on Thursday and I had to work at my weekend job again on Friday, but the other highlight was with the AWANA Bible Quizzing on Saturday. This is an event where the clubbers from our AWANA club can go and compete with the clubbers from other AWANA Clubs by answering questions about the Bible and their handbooks. The first place team in every book gets a metal and anyone who answers all of the individual questions correctly gets a ribbon as well.

After my Saturday morning nap... I went down the road to the church where it was being held and found out that I could have slept for another hour. :( Then I helped out as a Judge and got another really cool pin for helping out. This was my 6th year of helping with the Bible Quizzing.

March 31, 2008

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Happy Spring Break! The students are getting restless... They can't wait for spring break, and neither can I.

Sadly, my Busch Garden's Passes expire today. :( Hopefully I'll be able to renew them soon, but we're probably going to get some Disney passes first. (not year passes, although we would love those).

I was able to go to the Renaissance Festival yesterday. That was fun.

March 25, 2008

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I hope you had a Happy Easter! On Sunday My wife and I went to visit a church that my family attended probably ten years ago. They had a really nice service. My wife liked the stained glass windows. They are very pretty.

Next weekend, we will be going to the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. We usually attend this whichever weekend we can fit it into our schedules.

Also, it looks like we will be able to go both to Metropolis and to see Dianna's sister get married this summer. I am still trying to decide where to teach or work next year. If I get a good job over the sumer, hopefully I will still be able to go to both of them.

The SAT (Stanford Achievement Test)is being administered this week at the school I am teaching at this year. I'm sure you probably took something like it when you were in school... "I am now going to give you your test booklet... Do not open your test booklet until I tell you to...Continue working on the next few pages until you come to the word STOP at the bottom of the page."

Well, needless to say, it's the first day and the students are already restless... Oh well.
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I like Latin Phrases. I only know a few, but I hope to learn a few more as time goes on. Perhaps I'll put some of them on a page someday.

Also, I sent my children's book manuscripts out before Christmas and I still have not recieved a response from most of the companies which I sent them to. If you happen to know of an agent who is taking on new clients, or of a publishing house who is looking for some new books, please give me their contact information, or pass mine along to them.

March 15, 2008

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Last weekend I went to Megacon. I really enjoyed it. There were tons of booths to check out, plenty of artists, and a fair amount of people dressed up as their favorite characters as well.

Every time I go to an event like this, it makes me want to put up a page with some of the really cool pictures... perhaps I will someday.

Today I'm off to Busch Gardens with my wife Dianna and sometime in the next month we will be going to the Bay Area Reniassance Festival.

I did a lot of work on the Make It Clear Website over the last few days. We now have an online store. For the month of March, we are throwing in a bonus with every order we receive from our new store.

I have to go for now, Busch Gardens Awaits.

February 19, 2008

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I'm feeling a lot better today. I think my cold is almost gone.

I am praying and trying to decide if I should teach at the same school next year. I really like the school and the students... the only problem is the fact that it takes me an hour to get to school and an hour to get home every day (not to mention the $9.00 in gas per day to make that trip).

February 18, 2008

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Valentine's Day was a few days ago. My wife and I had a wonderful time at a church activity. We went to The Melting Pot with probably twenty other couples from our church. It fairly pricy, but a very nice restaurant.

I can tell it is the third nine weeks. Some of the students are getting restless. It always seems to happen this time of the year.

I still have nine manuscripts out for review. I have mentioned before that I try to keep ten out at all times. (This is for my Children's book entitled I'd Choose A Fish.

I will be attending Megacon this year in Orlando. I will put the date(s) on my calendar soon. Also, Jason Rawley of Fireblade Comics is planning on shooting another online comic for his website soon. I should be helping with this one as well. If you have not already seen my work, please check out his website at www.firebladecomics.com

I have been sick lately, but I will try to add to my blog more often. Also, I will try to finally get my picture page straightened out. I am really excited about this because I have some pictures of myself and my wife with some celebrities that I really want to put on my website.

January 11, 2008

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School is back in full swing. After the first week of classes, most of the students are ready to learn. In science, we are studying gemstones metals and in English, we are talking about verbs. The senior class just finished reading MacBeth and the Juniors are almost finished reading Silas Marner.

For Christmas this year, I got a new suit. This will be great for all of those book signings that are sure to come after my next book is published :)

I am still working on several ideas. Of course, I have about 3 children's books which are ready to be printed as soon as I find the right publisher (only one of them has color illustrations... the rest are just text).

I have been focusing my efforts on one of my action/adventure books. Granted, I have several other books started, and I have many more Ideas than I know what to do with sometimes, but this is the book I think I will have the most success with (given the current market).

December 20, 2007

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Tomorrow we will have our homeroom Christmas party. One of the grandparents was nice enough to volunteer to bring in a skillet and cook for our class.

December 10, 2007

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I am currently writing my exam review worksheets. I have six classes to write them for. The time has been passing fiarly quickly, but I still can't wait for the vacation to come.

I recieved a letter back from another publisher, which means I only have nine query letters out there. When one query letter comes back, I select another publisher to send my manuscript to. This is mostly due to the fact that I only have ten copies of the illustrated manuscript in color.

November 29, 2007

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My wife and I are still in Pennsylvania. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and we have already helped to put up the Christmas tree up here. We will be going to church tomorrow and then returning home on Monday.

November 24, 2007

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November 19, 2007

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I'll be leaving for Pennsylvania tomorrow morning and I may not be able to write for a week. If I don't write before then, have a Happy Thanksgiving.

November 16, 2007

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I'll be leaving for Pennsylvania tomorrow morning and I may not be able to write for a week. If I don't write before then, have a Happy Thanksgiving.

November 15, 2007

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Hi, and welcome to my blog. This is my first real entry. I will update this as often as I can. It may be to let you know news about what is happening, or to let you know what I've updated on my site, or perhaps just a few stray thoughts.

Since I put the message on the front page of my website about having professional illustrations for my manuscript, I have been sending out my manuscripts to different publishers in hopes of being published by a large, traditional publishing house.

I sent off 10 Manuscripts(mss) and I have already received four of them back. three said that my book was not for them, and the fourth mss was returned without being opened. (I think they went out of business)... what a waste of stamps.
Today, When I get home from school, I will be sending those four manuscripts back out to different companies. I figure that if I keep sending these mss out, I will eventually find the rigt publishing house.

In case you were wondering, the manuscripts I send out to the publishing houses are in a protective plastic sleeve and they are printed in full color.

September 19, 2007

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I now have professional illustrations for one of my children's books. I will be submitting it to publishers soon. Please check back for details.