GIVING AND SHARING!

Giving? Have you ever thought about that word? When was the last time you gave to someone? Including yourself, or someone you didn’t even know. Today in our busy lives we sometimes forget to give to others including ourselves. With this virus going on it’s hard to share but even a plate of home baked cookies to someone like a neighbor or an elderly couple is greatly appreciated. Thinking of others is hard with our busy lives, but we need to step back once in a while and think of the little old lady or man down the block that lives alone and has no family. When was the last time you just said hello to them, or asked if they needed anything? This is giving and sharing. I’m just as guilty for I never think of someone down the block or my neighbors. This I’m trying to change and think of others. I’m even thinking of myself and giving to others helps me feel good and makes me think I’m giving to myself as well. So next time you walk into the grocery store or any other store, even wearing your mask, smile under it and say hello. This makes you feel good and will make that person feel good that someone spoke to them even feel good. Too many people are grumpy and feel mad at the world. Someone speaking a soft word to them can change there their whole day. So the next time you are out and about think about it. Giving and Sharing. My God Bless. Stay safe and healthy.

Writing a Novel!

Writing a novel becomes like work, but enjoyable work when you love doing something which gives you pleasure doing. It involves a lot of patients too. Sometimes it’s hard doing the research for a pacific scene or making sure the characters in your novel are correctly dressed for the time period you are writing about. You say what does their clothing have to do with how they look? It’s very important. You won’t want a lady dressed as the queen of England in the fourteenth century dress when you are writing about the twenty first century. It would look pretty silly. Just like the scenes in you novel. You wouldn’t want the ocean rushing to the shore when you have your characters climbing a mountain in the Ozark mountains. There is no ocean in sight. The importance of making sure you have the scene set and the period appropriately dressed is very important for the mind of the reader so they can relate to your scene and your characters. Even the vehicles they drive if you have a car chase in your novel. So remember the readers are very smart and they catch these little things. Even the weather is sometimes very important. Was it snowing in the middle of summer? You laugh but without being careful this little slip in a very serious novel can make the reader wonder what the heck you are doing. So if you are reading a novel, check it out. See if the time frame fits the characters and the the surroundings are in the right era. Happy reading to all of you folks. MAY GOD BLESS!