The Gift of Motivation...

 Writers, like anyone else, sometimes lose motivation to do their job. We have to solve problems in marketing, public relations, communications, business relationships, balancing work-family, and creating new projects. There are times you need a little pick-me-up. Enter someone who says the right thing, or does something, that gives you that boost.

 

This was a gift from my Aunt Dolores and my Uncle Ed (love you guys!). They've been big supporters of me, my Evolution Revolution series, and my other books. I've been toying with an idea to write a fourth book about Jack, the exceptionally smart squirrel who learned to use simple machines- and is sharing that knowledge with other animals to fight back against humans taking over their habitat. I have a great twist in mind, so the timing of this gift is very... karmic? 

I'm working on a project currently that I need to finish (a trilogy- one book is done and subbed to agents, the next is about one third written, and the basis for the third has been scrapped and a new idea in place). I'm thinking I can use NaNoWriMo to write the next story in Jack's saga. 

But even if I don't get to Jack's next chapter for a few months, just looking at this little guy gives me motivation to not only finish my current project but to plan the details in Jack's story. 

Wishing you motivation and good people who give it to you-

Char

The Tale of Two Roads....

 "The road goes ever on." (JRR Tolkien)

"...and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference." (Robert Frost)

Wishing you happy trails and discoveries in this journey we call life...

Char

The Laws of Property

 I took Labor Day Monday off, and this post is a day late. With this pandemic, the days run into sameness- I can't appear at book festivals, go to music practice, attend church, meet up with friends at a restaurant- one day blends into the next. Plus, I tend to be a little inconsistent with my blogs. (My readers should really call me out on this so I know that someone's reading out there.... hello?)

Anyway, years ago I came across this poem and thought it highly appropriate. I'll tell you why at the end.

A Child's Property Laws

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1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my hand, it's mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
6. If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
7.  If it looks just like mine, it is mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours!

The credit listed is "Developed by James O'Quinn" so thank you, James.

Here's why I think this poem is timely: It sounds like the adults in governments, businesses, all around us. I don't think we've learned to share. 

From children we expect this behavior, they are following a survival instinct. As adults, we should have learned that the more we share, the better, happier, safer, and nicer our trible becomes.

Go share something today.

Char

I'm Dying to Know...

 We all have questions that can't be answered during our lifetime: what would have happened if I didn't do X? If I could go back in time, can I meet up with my younger self without destroying the world? If I disappeared, how would that affect the world?

Now I'm a Christian woman so I believe in an afterlife. When my time comes, and I can face God, I've got questions I want answers to. Here are my top 5 questions:

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1. Did the Warren Report get it right- was there a 'magic bullet' from Lee Harvey Oswald that killed John F. Kennedy?

2.  Have aliens visited the Earth? 

3. Was it the Big Bang or Intelligent Design- or did You do it both ways?

4. Are ghosts/demons/evil spirits real?

5. Can Ouija boards summon evil?

Of course I have many more questions but for now, these are my top five. A few others I'd like the answer to are:

6. Ordained fate or predestination?

7. Has an angel ever interfered in my life to 'help' me?

8. When will life on Earth end?

9. Has there ever been an honest politician?

10. Can I meet up with Will Shakespeare?

What answers to YOU want? 

Char