Another Wish

This is another lovely wish I am sending out to the universe....A John Newberry Medal. If wishes come true, then why not wish big?! I can already see my book published with this lovely symbol attached to the front cover. Yes, it's only a sticker, but it means my book is accepted and honored for making a difference, and this is my goal.

All My Wishes Come True!

Just recently I tested the Law Of Attraction with a little wish. I asked for a 1961 penny to come to me. Now if you think about this, a penny in the 70's is quite rare, and even rarer to find a penny from the 60's, so asking for this specific date was a sure sign for me.
After a couple of days, I started to wonder if my wish was too impossible since I rarely use cash (I'm always trying to get air miles on a credit card), but I let it alone and left my wish out in the universe and hoped. Days passed and even a week and still no sign of my 1961 penny until one day when I was cleaning up the family room where my son and his college buds hang out, when I noticed a penny sitting on the couch cushions next to the remnants of lottery scratchers. I asked one of the kids (Ryan)sitting in the room, what the date was on the penny, not expecting it to be one even close to the date of my wish since it didn't have that extra worn look of a 47 year old penny.
You guessed, it was a 1961 penny! In all my excitement I explained my wish and was validated that all my wishes come true.
Ryan of course, suggested next time I ask for a nickle and by the way, he was sure Grace left the penny with her scratcher mess.
It was a sign to me to know that what I ask for may not come in the expected way, but to know it will come.

Writing and Exercise

Writing is like exercise. It feels sooooo good when you do it, but it takes the "get up and go" attitude to do it. I only bring this up because I have found myself doing everything but writing the past few days. Yes, I know it's spring and it triggers spring cleaning, but a writer must write, just as a human must exercise to keep the body moving. Oh, this photo is my goal. I want to feel like my daughter did for this shot. So thankfully, I have this blog to write a bit, so I can leap into the air and feel the high.
By the way, today I declared it a day I was ready for positive change....wait, SO ready for positive change.
Off to change, yet again!

5 Random Things About Myself

The idea of writing 5 random things about myself was proposed to me by a dear friend in her blog. She shares it all and exposes all the aspects of herself freely. It got me to thinking about how so many of us, especially myself, only expose the safe parts of our beings. Why is this and why not? Being a great writer is to expose oneself and reveal the ever amazing heart connection. So here goes off the top of my head.:
I adore the smell of spring.
I long for more touch.
I am filled with joy when the sun touches my skin.
Water is a glorious element that makes me feel new.
I believe in fairies.

Writing a query

I have written the same query many times now. Condensing and twisting the few sentences and adding, rewriting, rewriting, and rewriting, I still am searching for the best words to explain my finished middle grade novel on sexual abuse. Stating facts and a bit of detail from the book, just doesn't do it justice. Movie trailers do it so well......off to read the back of video and DVD boxes. Wish me luck and good vibes.

What Fear??

Fear is the interesting thought of the day. It's not that I am experiencing fear or I am filled with fear, it it the very fact that we create fear. I am pondering why, how, when, you get the idea. Without the answers, the only solution is to release any and all fears that may creep, sink, or appear in our lives, bodies, environment. What lucky fools we are to be able to simply release and we can dissolve a feeling into a new one. If this is the case, then why do so many of of walk this earth in a state of some kind of fear?
I don't have the answers, only some solutions......affirmations:
I am free.
I stand in my own power.
I am secure on all levels.
I TRUST in the process of life.
I deserve my good, and so it is!
All I need is always taken care of.
I am safe.
I am loved.
I love who I am.

Chilly Weather....Need motivation

Since it's looking rather gray or is it grey? Anyway back to my thought.....I thought (a lot of thought here) that I would write in the color grey. I'm stickin' with the "e" spelling since it looks more like a wolf word. I don't know why it does for me, but it does and wolves are grey with an "e" in my world. That leads me to my purpose for writing here today...NEED MOTIVATION in chilly grey weather. It's not just motivation for writing, but for so many things in my life. I want to feel more motivated to clean something, create something (this blog counts today), and make some changes. So, to pin point some changes on my mind, they are the usual: lose some weight (I'm getting sick of that one!), write more, be happier, clean, exercise more, take the dog for a walk, be way happier, breathe deeper more often, create something BIG.
Hummm......there is all sorts of big things I could create. I gotta get to creating something.

Everyone is blogging and I'm just figuring out this network. The best method of attack is to run as fast as I can and try and jump on. You know like a merry go round at the park. They used to have those dangerous contraptions at just about every park when I was a kid. Now we are all so politically correct and safe that kids had to go and create half pipes and do unbelievable stunts. It makes me chuckle when I think of our silly world and what we think is "right."
As for my rambling, I'm expecting this place to be home for sparks to ignite and burn brightly thus warming our souls.
Here's to soul warming!!!

I write, therefore I edit

Ahhh......this is a sigh and also relief. It is time for me to edit my book and tie up any loose ends and make it all pretty like. I took a book that I originally wrote for a picture book and grew it into a Middle Grade Novel. This means I added another 80 pages (so far), because when I begin the edit, I always find where I need to transition and add more to bring the story to life.
This is my Don't Tell, It's A Secret book. It is time to launch it and send it out into the world to live a life of its own. Like a baby bird, it's time to let it fly.
Gotta go and get to editing, so I can let it fly!

Oh, This Journey

Sailing along through life is full of challenges! Calm waters, dead calms, rough seas, wind, rain, sleet, sun, and violent storms all are part of the sea we travel. As much fun as hanging over the side to keep the boat afloat in high winds, I seek calm and peaceful waters. But then again, I guess I would never get anywhere and just float along ever so slowly.
I'm remembering this thought as I adjust my sails and tighten the ropes for a more efficient journey. Hey.....I get sea sick!