It's Just One of Those Days!

Today I find myself pre-occupied with everything!  You try your best to remain happy, and upbeat, but then you walk in to work to find yourself confronted with the rudest people.

I often wish the good people from The Secret, would tell you also how to not allow the negative energy of others affect you.  I mean, it’s easy to say you are not going to allow them to affect you, but very hard to do! 

It may be me, but I find it difficult to just “shake off” the nastiness of others. 

So, I wouldn’t say that I have writer’s block today, I think today, I just have the “blahs,” and I’m trying to shake them off.

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if all of the nasty people, on days when they are going to be more hateful than usual, would just stay home?  I could be nasty back to them, but that is not in my nature.  I think that’s why I like to play the “villain” in some of my stories. As the villain, I can unleash all of the nastiness on my “victims” that I would love to do sometimes in real life.  J

Well, until next time, I’m wishing you a better day, surrounded by nice…and happier people, than I have had the pleasure of dealing with!  *smiles*

The House Upon the Rock

So today I had an epiphany:  now, as an “indie” writer and publisher, I am my own business entity.  How cool is that?  Not only that, but I realized I need a name for my company!  Sooooo, it got me thinking:  what would I call myself? What could I call myself?  And then it hit me….it is so amazing to me how I ask questions, and then I get answers in the weirdest of ways:  I caught myself singing…well, humming, because I can’t sing…a song from my childhood about the foolish man built his house upon the sand, and when the rains came down and the waters came up, and the house on the sand fell flat.  However, the wise man built his house upon the rock…and when the rains came down and the waters came up, the house on the rock stood firm. 

I mentioned this to someone else, who told me, this song was rooted in scripture.  So, like the good little detective I am, I googled the words I remembered to the song, and then, guess what?  As if I needed any more confirmation, the story comes from Matthew, the 7^th chapter, verses 24-27, where it reads:  

The Wise and Foolish Builders

²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶ But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

Why was this confirmation you may ask? Because my SON is named Matthew, and he has been the joy of my world—next to my husband, since we were blessed with his presence. 

So, I now have the name of my publishing company—The House Upon the Rock: Where we build foundations that LAST! 

So, I'm snowed in, and my days have consisted of completing edits on Eternal Bloom, chasing my two year old, and trying to scribble down ideas for additional books.  I have so many ideas.  People ask me where do I get my ideas...from life.  If you have never been through the fire, you certainly cannot write about it.  Meaning: writing comes from life experiences.  It also comes from being able to kinda be an em-path--meaning: when I write, I actually assume the identity of the protagonist in the story. 

     Becoming Aiyana was very difficult.  I have never been in a violent relationship...I only knew that others had been and were, and I wanted to help them.  I always felt frustrated, and helpless watching them go through their ordeals.  Eternal Bloom is my way of coping...my way of walking in the shoes of another in efforts to be able to help instead of judge.