BLOGGING

Blogging can be fun. When you are a writer, blogging is one of part of the regular things you are expected to do. Although you can think of something to write about for your blog, it can be hard to find the time.

            I know some writers that write their blogs every day or three times a week. They also write a newsletter. Newsletters tell their fans what they are doing and keep them basically involved in what they are writing and can look forward to when its published.

            A lot of times writers put on their blog recipes they have tried and want your opinion after you try it yourself. Others write about the book they are reading in their spare time. Hoping you will also buy the book and then tell the blogger what did they think of the book.

            Having a reader join a book club, is where they all read the same book and learn more about the author. Some will tell they like the author or not. Learning about an author is one of the great things about being a fan. If they like you they will buy every one of the authors books. They will also tell others about how they liked the author and which books they have read written by that author.

            Yes, blogging can be fun and can be very instrumental in making the authors fan base larger than if they don’t do blogging. Yes blogging can be fun, instrumental and informative to an author.

            Like myself, I try to write my blog every Sunday before anyone gets up at my house. The house is quiet, and leaves plenty of time for me to think about what I’m going to write about. Although sometimes its hard to think of what I want to write about. Some of my writer friends it only takes a second for them to decide what they are going to write about and do it with ease.

            I hope if you read my blog you will send me a message to let me know you did take a look and if you read, make a comment about it.

            Well, that’s all for today. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog.

MAY GOD BLESS!

Fathers' Day

Fathers Day, How do you celebrate your Father?

Maybe a BBQ? Maybe you take him out for Dinner, or Lunch.

However you celebrate the day remember the good times you have had with your father. Share some of your memories with him. Leave out the bad times like when he took the belt to your bottom. I’m sure he remembers those times as much as you do.

            What you don’t know is it hurt him as much as it did you. You may think that isn’t true but trust me, every lick of the strap and he felt it also.

            So whatever you do remember your father with love, tenderness and the knowledge he is smarter than you.

            This blog is a short one, I remember my father and miss him terribly. He’s passed on, but will never be forgotten. I hold him deep in my heart where he’ll always be.

MAY GOD BLESS!

OH BOY ANOTHER WEEK!

Oh boy! Writing a blog every week is fun, but it’s also hard to think of things that people want to read. Blogging about family, cooking, reading, holidays, and just general things even the weather.

            It’s super hard to be creative all the time. Writing a novel is fun and it takes a lot of imagination to comply a full size book. When working on a blog, well, you are writing something interesting, or you hope it’s interesting to others.

            I’m a breast cancer survivor and just finished going through treatments for preventive reasons to make sure it doesn’t come back. Am I glad I went through the growling treatments? Yes, but I must say it took a lot to continue those treatments and the expense. From weight lose, to the side effects of radiation are all the things I really don’t wish on anyone.

            Although I kept a smile on my face, a spring to my step, and a full size great attitude, to everyone that saw me, they all thought it was great I took thinks so well. And I suppose I did. The real hard thing about all the treatments, was the burning of my skin, not bad, kind of like a sunburn. Then near the end every day around eleven or twelve I would start to lose my voice. Have you ever tried to talk on the telephone and can’t get anything out above a whisper? Well, it sure isn’t fun.

            I found the more I talked in the morning, and I’m on the telephone a lot for work, by afternoon, forget it, there wasn’t anything left. As long as I didn’t have to talk in the mornings, I would be able to speak all afternoon. Or most of the afternoon.

            They say it should clear up now that I’m off treatments and go back to normal. I guess we’ll see. I wonder how many husbands out there wish their wives would lose their voice?

            Anyway, that’s the blog for this week. I hope to have more exciting news next week. Keep cool in the heat and dry in the rain.

MAY GOD BLESS!

Writing a Book?

Writing a book? Thinking of writing a book is what I hear a lot of times from people. They have good ideas but don’t know where or how to start. When they ask me how do you start I tell them for me it’s easy.

            I take an idea and think about it and then I start to write. I let the characters tell there story through me. Now you’re wondering how do they tell me what to say? That’s the fun part. Once you have a couple of characters, give them names they begin to tell what they want you to say.

            The story line also tells you where they live, and the time period of is what shapes your story.  The first paragraph is the beginning of a book. Once you start your story it will fill in the rest.

            Take your time and don’t worry about whether it makes sense or not. When you go back after the first chapter you can change it to make it better or leave it if you like what you have written. But, don’t scrap it. Let someone else read what you wrote see what they think.

            Remember sometimes it change to make it go slower or it can be like a flash of light and take off at super speed. The point is writing can be fun and relaxing. Don’t think of it as a challenge but a way of expressing yourself.

            If you think you’ll never get done or if you think you have writers block? Stop thinking that way. Write one word, and others will come. If you write one page a day, just think of how many pages your manuscript will have in a year.

MAY GOD BLESS!