Helping The Homeless - Amazing Video 2013! Please share

Please share this video. It is sad and happy. Have a great weekend. :)

One simple secret for success as a writer

The title sounds awesome doesn't it? It drew me in, as I am thinking it did you. :)

Rachelle Gardner has amazing posts, with professional guest bloggers who give so much to writers, as Rachelle does. It's true though. As a writer I have focused too much on my audience, and with me it's the marketing side of writing, which involves so much time for a writer.

I have to concentrate more on the process of writing that novel. Which will be my intention as from today. lol... Yes....Oh okay then, I'll check facebook during the week, and be around from time to time, but I'm going to lose myself in my story. I have done so in the past. So to lose myself I need to stay there and walk in my characters shoes, think how my characters think, feel how they feel, picture what they can see.

I can do that.

Have a good day everyone. :)

Don't forget check out the link below. Bye. :)

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2013/08/one-simple-secret-for-success-as-a-writer/

Pitching and how to make the most of a Conference

Are you ready to pitch? Have you done your homework? Most agents and publishing houses only want work that is finished and polished.

Read up on the publisher to make sure they accept what you are pitching.

Give them that one line sentence, or tag that will captivate their attention. A hook which will draw them into the story.

Be confident and professional, and I wish you all the very best with your upcoming pitches. :)

I also thought I'd mention Rachelle Gardner's blog who has a Guest Blogger, Dabney Hedegard. She's talking about conferences. 

In a nutshell most publishing houses are looking for writing that stands out, for voices that shine, and a strong plot/story line that they can sell, that is marketable. Don't forget to check out Rachelle's site. 

I've been spending most of this week editing and writing, it's been a full on week and I'm exhausted today. lol...

I'm heading away for the weekend tomorrow. I hope you enjoy yours. It comes around so quickly doesn't it? Have a good one and enjoy. :)

For the love of eagles.

This is the closest I'll get to having my own eagle. I love the creatures. I watch most documentaries about eagles. I'd love to have one, but caging them, no siree, they are best left in the wild to enjoy their time on this beautiful planet of ours.

There are two sea eagles that are always at the beach close by. I've tried taking a photograph of them but most of the time they are either too far away, gone before I know it, or I forgot my camera.

So here is my eagle, taken the other afternoon on a south westerly breeze, and two more taken moments ago.  Most people have roosters, some have Harley's, aeroplanes, witches, dogs, and horses. Do you have a Weather Vane and if so is it unusual?

I think eagles are in line with my love of lighthouses, unusual mail boxes and sunrises and sunsets. :)

Off to enjoy the rest of a lovely weekend. :) Have a good one. :)