LML

Okay a couple of weeks ago I saw my nephew posting on Facebook saying something bad happened to him followed by FML. Now I think we all know what FML means (F#$% My Life). Well, I am a positive person so I decided to start a thing of my own.  I started posting LML (Love My Life).  What a positive, encouraging optimistic thing to do.  I thought I was going to start a thing.  Then I did a twitter search for #LML and it’s already a thing.  So I guess it wasn’t an original idea, but I still like it.

I think we get the things we focus on.  If we focus on the good things in our life that is what we get and the same thing goes for the bad things.  I learned that a few years ago when I watched The Secret, and really started putting it into practice this year.   By the way I recommend the movie to everyone.

 I have been focusing on the good things in life for a while now, and I have to say, LML.

Thank you for reading…

Publishing on the Kindle

I published my first book, Always Darkest, (a dark but funny fantasy romance,) on the Kindle a little over a month ago and I have to say it was and continues to be a great experience.

Here is a link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZMWN04

So, this has been a great month!  It is not a best seller (yet… J ) but it is selling which is awesome.  I am a brand spanking new author and I know this and for my book to sell as much as it has I am thrilled!  So if you are one of the people who bought my book, THANK YOU!  I sincerely hope that you enjoyed it.

I thought I would share what I learned about publishing on the Kindle so that if any of you are considering doing so I might be able to save you some hassle.

1. Do not use tab for paragraph indents when writing.  If you do it comes out looking really odd and you have to go back and change all you paragraph indents.  Instead use the top arrow on the slider bar on Word.  (You know the one.)
2. Just do it.  If you are thinking about publishing on the Kindle, go for it.  What have you got to lose?  I can tell you getting that first sale and knowing someone is reading what you wrote is an amazing feeling! 

That’s it those are my two biggest tips.  If you are a writer and decide to self-publish on the Kindle, I wish you the best of luck. I hope you have a great weekend!

Thank you for reading…

Building Blocks

I was just sitting here trying to think about what I wanted to blog about today and absolutely nothing was coming to mind.  Then I thought I just need to start writing and that got me thinking about how each little thing we do every day affects everything in our lives. 

Allow me to elaborate.  The finest novels ever written got started by the writing of a single word.  The largest buildings began with the laying of a single stone.  A one hundred pound weight loss starts with the first workout.  You know a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and so on.  You get the point. Everything in life is like that.  You just have to start with the first word, step, the first good decision and keep going from there and before you know it you have achieved your goal.

My goal is to be an excellent writer and I know I will get there one word at a time.

What are your goals and what are you doing to achieve them?

Thank you for reading…

Summer Movies

I plan to see every single movie that looks good this summer just for fun.

We started the summer of movies with Thor, and it was an awesome movie.  I had so much fun and it was a great way to kick off what should be a very entertaining summer.

Here are the rest of the movies I plan to see:

June 3                         X-Men: First Class

June 10                       Super 8

June 17                       Green Lantern

July 15                        Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

July 22                        Captain America: The First Avenger

Those are the movies I absolutely want to see in the theater this summer.  Did I miss any great ones?  What are you looking forward to watching this summer?

To everything there in a season…

Most of my favorite things are things I did not like when I was first introduced to them.  I’m not sure if that means that my tastes are maturing or what but it’s true.

My first example is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show.  When it first came out I had just read Anne Rice’s Vampire chronicles and was still in love with her beautiful vampires. I thought vampires with crinkled up foreheads were stupid and never even tried to watch the show.  Later on in college, I ended up watching all the shows in order and I was hooked.

The next example is Farscape.  When I first saw it I was completely uninterested.  Then I started with the first episode and watched it all the way through to the end of the season and I was in love.  The same thing happened with Firefly, another absolutely amazing sci-fi show.

Most recently this had happened with The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin.  I picked up A Game of Thrones years ago and I just could not get into it at all so it stayed on my bookshelf for a long time.  Then about a month ago I picked it up again and I was in love and I’m currently reading a Storm of Swords.  I’m hooked.  It is such an amazing story with such amazing story telling I really feel like I can’t say enough good things about the series. 

So I guess I’m like that and should always give things a second look because my tastes will surely change.  I wonder if everybody is like that…

Thanks for reading…

First Blog

I just published my first book Always Darkest on Amazon.com a few days ago and I am still on a major high!  Always Darkest is a dark but funny fantasy romance novella being sold for $0.99 and I really hope that everyone enjoys it.  I would like to say Thank You to the people who have already bought it.  I don’t know who you are but you really made my day!

A big thank you to my husband for all his support!  I truly couldn’t have done it without him.  Also, thanks to my sister, Kayla, for being my first test reader. 

I am plan to at least blog every Friday and maybe more often if I have something interesting to talk about.

Thanks for reading…

Here is the link for my book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZMWN04