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Showing posts with label Monday Madness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monday Madness. Show all posts

Monday, 19 April 2010

Morning Zest = Wife + Tohline + David

Posted on 08:22 by Unknown
I don't like to drink coffee. It's the taste. The bitterness of it makes my taste buds scream in pain. I'm more of a tea guy. Sweet tea only. When I wake up in the mornings I have a routine: bowl of cereal, sit down to write, and a tall glass of sweet tea in reach. However, this is all beside the point. Waking up I can be a pretty grumpy guy. I have to do something for my morning zest. I do this by going to my favorite blogs. These are blogs that are run by people I know, like, and consider friends.

I tell you about these blogs because I think it's a good way to get your day off on the right foot.


Keeping Up With The Westmorelands

This one is run by my smokin' hot wife, Dawn. Henceforth, we shall call her Sunny D. I don't call her that but she is a nice ray of sunshine. Her blog is summed up in the title; it's a chronicle of our life. She's also a guru of fashion. You can see her thoughts on clothing, make up, and the latest styles (Personally I skip those). Don't tell her that. Shhhh . . . I can guarantee you'll be won over by her ravishing personality within a few blogs. If not then you should probably check your pulse. 


The Great Lenore

Jordan and I met at a parking garage. We share a common bond in that we parked cars together. He introduced me to Hemingway. I introduced him to Robert Jordan. I have yet to read Hemingway. Jordan has yet to read Robert Jordan. But, hey, the door is always there. His blog focuses around the art of writing. He offers resources and advice on writing. Check out the preview of his novel The Great Lenore (<-------- CLICK ON THESE WORDS), and you'll see that his advice is worth heeding. On a side note, every time I read Jordan's blog I'm always inserting new words into my vocabulary toolbox. Like gregarious. What an astounding word.


John Stamos

Right now, you're scratching your head and you're wondering why the name of John Stamos is under a picture that's not even him. Well, when you click on John's name it's going to take you to a blog that this Heart Throb proclaims is the greatest site E.V.E.R. The blog is run my one of best friends Marc David. We share a first name - although he spells his different than mine - and we share a middle name. Some would say coincidence. But it's really not. It had to be fate. The first time I hung out with Marc David was Thanksgiving three years ago. We feasted and then saw a shitty movie. He watched while I slept. The movie you ask was Hitman. Marc summed it up perfectly when he said, "The best thing about the whole movie were the boobies, and they weren't even that nice." You're either going to love Marc David or be offended. Even if you do fall head over heels in love with him you may be offended, anyway. It's a right lovable quality. He's one of a kind and I'm proud to say he's one of my best friends.

***It would now behoove you to click on the name under each picture. It will take you to their blogs - places of Zest. 

**** The arrows pointing to The Great Lenore commanding that you, "CLICK ON THESE WORDS." Don't ignore those. They will take you to read a preview of Jordan's book. You didn't know this, but your life depends on this action. Well, maybe just your computer. You love your computer and you wouldn't want any harm to come to it, right? Well, click on the words and as Jordan would say, "fly."
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Monday, 12 April 2010

Monday Madness

Posted on 08:12 by Unknown
I apologize for being absent from the Madhouse all last week. Two weekends ago my wife and I moved to a new apartment. I swear, moving has to be the fifth portal of Hell. Or it's the closest thing that we'll experience to Hell on earth. *sigh*

Anyway, I'm back and have a quote for every one. It inspired me over the weekend. I had come to a point of frustration with my novel that I was one the verge of scrapping it. I've heard many writers say to never scrap any project you're working on, but finish it no matter how bad it seemed. However, this project seemed to have no remedy. I wanted to put a bullet in it like Old Yeller. To me, that was the ultimate cure. Thankfully I vented my frustrations on Twitter, and one of my followers tweeted back some wonderful advice. 'Twas this . . .
The first draft of anything is shit.
The quote comes via Hemingway. As praised and he was/is I can only assume that he must be write. Therefore, when I woke this morning I resumed my work on The Land of Nod, and walked away with some wonderful results. Thank. The. Lord. I'm looking forward to waking up in the morning, sitting to write, and seeing where my story takes me.

Somehow, someway, you can apply this to your day and find some inspiration in Heminway's words. If your writer, don't File 13 whatever your working on. Don't stop. Tough it out. For God's sake, keep writing. Someone may need those words your putting to paper. Someone will read that story.

Before I bid everyone ado. My wife and I went to see The Bounty Hunter two weeks ago. Obviously I haven't blogged about it. Why? I didn't find the movie to be worthy of a review, honestly. But I will rank it for my movies of 2010. Here we go . . .

1. How To Train Your Dragon

2. Shutter Island

3. The Crazies

4. Alice In Wonderland

5. Book of Eli

6. Remember Me

7. Valentine's Day

8. The Bounty Hunter

This weekend I plan to see . . .



Until next time,

Adios and via con dios
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Monday, 29 March 2010

Monday Madness

Posted on 08:09 by Unknown
Hope everyone's Monday is off to a great start. Mine is.

I wrote for the first time in four days. I do my best not to go extended periods of time without writing. It doesn't always work out that way, however. 

I'm halfway through my fourth chapter. 

I broke the 20k word mark. I don't really have a goal for total word count. This particular novel will probably work best in a YA market. Therefore, an overestimate is going to be 100k words. That way I can trim it down. A underestimate is going to be 80k words. The latter will be better. 

To kick start Monday Madness I have a quote that I discovered over the weekend. It comes from Albert Einstein. He happens to have some of my favorite quotations. If you scroll down to the bottom of the Madhouse you'll see my absolute favorite quote from him. Without further ado here's your jet fuel . . .

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein
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Monday, 22 March 2010

Monday Madness . . .

Posted on 07:24 by Unknown
Because of my lack of regular updates I've decided to do something new with my blog. I spent about an hour brainstorming yesterday, and came up with this idea. I've developed a schedule of topics for three days a week.

Monday Madness - Every monday I'll post something that I think is inspirational. Be it a quote, video, a few thoughts to ponder, etc. We all want to get our week started off right, and this will be the place to do it. 

Wednesdays - From here on out they shall be called Mid-Week Madness - On this day each week I'll be posting something creative. It may be something of my creation or someone else's. This week I have a nice short story for you. I think you'll find it quite pleasurable.

Friday - or Freaky Fridays - At the end of each week I've decided to post something funny. Probably videos that will tickle your funny bone just right. If we get our week off to a good start there's no reason we should end the work week on a bad one. I mean Fridays will be the beginning of our weekend, and no one wants it to suck right away.

(On a side note. I will continue to post regular movie review and my Top 5 for 2010. I didn't get to see The Bounty Hunter like I wanted to. For sure I'll be seeing How To Train Your Dragon at some point this weekend. In Imax 3D, yo!)

Now, for to get this Maddening Monday off on the right foot I have a quote from one of my favorite writers. She's probably the greatest female Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer, ever. She blazed a trail into this genre when it was dominated by men. Her stories are sharp and creative. Also, her prose is so good you'll want to lick the words off the page. Ursula Le Guin is a woman to be admired. This quote is one of my most favorites . . .

"Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new."

Before you leave here to go about your day. I would like to welcome a new member to the Madhouse. Griffin Wright, welcome. The Madhouse has grown by one. You can go and read his blog by clicking on these words *Thoughts of an Old Soul Living in the 21st Century* Do me a favor, don't cheat yourself out of the experience.

Until next time,

Adios and vaya con dios
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