August Happenings

Jackie E. Smith was awarded for Literary Excellence Award, for her novel Backstage. šŸ™‚ Congrats, Jackie! An outstanding and amazing achievement! šŸ™‚

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Hi, friends! Ā Happy Thursday!

This week has been super busy and I can’t help but think it’s only going to get busier as September approaches.

I was thrilled yesterday to learn that Backstage, the second book in theĀ Boy BandĀ series, won an award! Ā Go Indie Now awarded me the Literary Excellence Award for July! Ā I was so excited!

Because of my busy schedule, I haven’t been focusing on new projects as much as I’d like. Ā I’m hoping that will change soon. Ā I have four – count ’em… one, two, three, FOUR – projects that I’m currently working on and all of which I’m really excited about. Ā I think I already mentioned all this in a previous blog post, but my biggest challenge in having four current works in progress is, of course, figuring out how to divide up my time and attention and deciding which book I want…

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August 10, 2016

Now I changed my mind into loving Carrie Underwood’s music. My favorite song of hers is Before He Cheats. I have some other favorite songs that I love from her, but don’t remember their names.

Today is a day where I get to relax. Tomorrow though I have to lift weights. It is important to do exercise and especially lift weights, because if you carelessly don’t, then your muscles are going to turn soft, rather than strong. At least in my viewpoint. So you still have to do it.

I am almost finished with Splintered by A.G. Howard, and then I’ll be reading Star Wars: Afetrmath by Chuck Wendig. I love Stars Wars. I can’t wait to see the TV series. In the 80’s I’ve always wanted for a local TV station to bring a real life series in a TV channel, and it didn’t happen. Well, it almost did.

There was this Star Wars TV spin-off series in the late 80’sĀ that aired on a local channel, but it went bust. Most of us never got to see a Star Wars TV series from then on. So sad! 😦

But, finally this TV series of Star Wars will air with real life actors. I just hope that it is cool and awesome. So, in that way I will wait for each episode to appear. I have been waiting for this since the 80’s. Finally, they are getting it done. šŸ˜€

Well, I am writing-off, and signing-off! Till the next post adventure, my friends! Remember, be safe, be kind to people of all races, respect people and their interests, and most importantly behave! Love and Peace to you all! šŸ™‚ ā¤

Famous Celebrity Quotes #9

“A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.”

-Kevin Hart (Comedian actor)

“Being humble matters.”

-Kevin Hart (Comedian actor)

I love these quotes from Kevin Hart. I will enjoy watching his entertaining funnyĀ movies this year and in the future. He is funny and hilarious. His movies will make me happy. šŸ™‚

August 6, 2016

I am a happy, calm, and relaxed person. These days I have been doing exercise and lifting weights. IĀ know that I am a prolific writer, but sometimes IĀ make mistakes on its craft. I am still learning. You can see in some of my posts that I have misspelled some words. A half hour later, I correct it. I still need to practice writing.

Writing is the hardest task anyone can do and make. One thing that I do is when I feel pressure I tame it, and let it cool down. I check where the mistakes are. One thing for now on I will be doing is to check mistakes on the screen, which I sometimes don’t do.

It is very easy to think that you’ve got no mistakes and then, in the post some mistakes are shown in the internet. You can’t make mistakes once you’ve finished writing your book, and publish it at that instant. It takes time. For most writers it takes a year, or years to finish one. This is why in anything you post, or publish there can’t be any mistakes when your audience is reading it.

This is one reason I am studying grammar, because it is difficult. What I am doingĀ is to learn the difficult and not the easyĀ work. I am learning it slowly. Most of the stuff is very difficult for me. I am notĀ talking about the basics, what I am talking aboutĀ is the big stuff grammar. Most people don’t know grammar, andĀ is one of the most hardest to learn.

I am lucky enough to realize that I know where my mind is at. My mind is with words. I mean the kinds of words such as verbs, adjective, complement, consonants, definite and indefinite articles, and so forth. Sometimes I remember them, but then I easily forget. I understand the basics of grammar, but want to know and understandĀ its whole picture.

I was watching the summer Olympics today, and loved it when the U.S. women’sĀ national soccer won against France.Ā I loved the opening ceremonies.

I have decided to take two more grammar classes to learn it, and through these months notĀ in those classesĀ I will study grammar at home. I will make a full effort to study writing and grammar.

So, far I am at the right place.

Well, I am writing-off, and signing-off! Till the next post adventure, my friends! Remember, be kind, don’t be jealous of anyone, respect people and their interests, be nice, be caring, and most importantly, behave! ā¤ šŸ™‚

My Advice Quotes #47

“Learn to love certain nice people, hear their stories, and understand what they came through for a good humanitarian change. If some of you still keep hating them, then you’re letting the evil people win in this world, which is wrong to do.”

-Raul Conde (Writer)