Van Jones, Truths and Trump and CNN


Van Jones is a great reporter and a sensible person he points out things that make sense and those that don’t. He speaks of subjects others don’t, he speaks of threats to democracy, threats to the world environment and so much more.  Trump is selling America to Putin and the Russians one step at a time, if we pull out of Syria, Al Qaeda will be back in. Now he is putting Military on our southern border, to keep mexicans and others out. Sadly, America is losing from his tariffs, and he is hurting american farmers and  more by doing them. The stock markets plummet daily and weekly hundreds of points at a time and people are losing their hard fought and earned money they invested in for their future. I admire Van Jones for all he does on tv as a commentator and host of his own show. I admire David Axelrod too, as well as John King, Jake Tapper, and all of CNN’s reporters who try to make sense of the Trump era bullshit.

Van Jones also is racially blind, he doesn’t care what color you are, he is worrying more and more about what happens to all of us, more than anything else.  David Axelrod is the same way , color blind and only wanting to improve the world, the reporters of CNN do their reporting no matter what color you are, what party you belong to and they don’t stop because your democrat or republican, black, white, yellow or red. They report facts and then let even foolish Trump supporters speak out on the air on their station and news shows.  They give equal time to both political parties, and all issues and yet they get labeled by Trump as fake news. Folks the false news is Fox News not CNN, and they push their bullshit daily, at all of America and get away with it.  Sadly, too many Americans stand still, supporting Trump as he is president when they don’t understand what he is doing to the greatest country on the planet, he is killing us. They are blinded because they were angry with Hillary Rodham Clinton and didn’t want her in office as President, but they made the wrong choice folks, you all really did, the ones who elected this man in. Not only are you now, suffering like the rest of us, more so now though because of Trump’s tariff threats, those who voted for him in the center of the country will lose jobs, and money next. China is not stupid, they aimed right at the Trump States that got him elected. You suffer now as the rest of us are, and in the end if you have a brain you will push to Impeach Trump.

I write not as a Pro but for Therapy For PTSD, for Myself!


I am not an editor, nor am I a English major, I write it’s what I do. If i were an Editor of or a Publisher with an Editing team I could clean up my books and put beautiful covers on them and sell them for a lot more than I do, and I only sell a few.

I have written stories of my childhood days, my problems days, my days as a black sheep of my family, of feelings of being unwanted, of physical abuse and punishments I recieved, of being locked away behind a black iron fence for two year and more. I have written Mysteries of murder and even love stories. I even did poetry and Advice Books on Writing styles.  All of it is therapeutic for me, since I suffer from PTSD from my childhood and from my military life. My Brother and sister both believe I am full of shit when I tell my stories of my childhood, for they lived in the same family and home. My Older brother knows some of it, for he lived it, but used sports to escape it all and was protected by our mother. I got the brunt of all the anger from both parents who raised me and  yet I survived, things, like being pulled from bed in the middle of the night and beaten, thrown down stairs, beaten with boards and pips and being told I could be buried in the backyard and forgotten. All Occurred in my childhood and unlike my elder brother I had no escape, I was a sports hero or loved by an adoring public and fan base, I was a kid who was a hyperactive, attention deficit suffer, trying to survive. I have told the tale to many and written on it many times, yet, it doesn’t sell because of editorial mistakes and subject matter, people don’t want to read or hear. They frown on it all and go, it can’t be real, no way, but it was and is.

Now, I write stories of love, mysteries and poems still but not as often, and when I do, I try to slow down and make them longer for people say what I write is good, but needs editing and to be longer to sell as books and my pricing is wrong. I sell most of what I write on Amazon KIndle E-Books on their web sites, maybe one every few months if I am lucky, I am no Stephen King, Dan Brown, or Agatha Christie or any other famous Author, I was never an english major, grammer type and my punctuation stinks I am told. I write only to get out that which I need to deal with to survive, as a process of relieving pain, hurt, suffering, experiences that all affect who I am today. Or every once in a while I will make upa story entirely as I got along, and just write it quickly and not edit it much and release it for e-book only.

Now what, I am doing is reducing many books or items I wrote to .99 cents a copy on Amazon Kindle E-Books, here is my Author Page Link if anyone is interested in looking at some:https://www.amazon.com/William-McCurrach/e/B00CQMGTSM/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Feel Free to copy and paste and look For yourself Please

Which ones do people seem to like the best well here is all I can tell you,

 

 

 

 

Some facts no one sees. or talks about!


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A little fact for all to realize and see if they look close enough,and which should come to light is this: The Trump Organization has built and rebuilt many buildings and properties, in their life time, and The president is the one who owns it and runs it, and 90 percent of his buildings have been built with steel, from China!.  Now, he is pushing American Steel and slapping tariffs on China and Canada over it all and destroying the American Economy. Sadly, he made his fortune off of building and refinishing buildings with steel from other countries, and he now turns around and put tariffs on these countries and has the gall and balls to ask China for help with North Korea.  Something sound strange here folks, I think so, just my opinion.

Donald J. Trump inherited his fortune from his dad and mom. Period, all he did is take what daddy gave him and expand it making billions by cheating contractors he paid 3 cents on the dollar for the work they did, or refusing to pay them at all. Trump is aphoney and con man really, double talking contractors to build is empire, just as he has double talked the American People who voted for him to be President. he breaks promises to his wives, and the country daily and cheats and gets away with it all.

He would never have been elected President, without the help of Putin and Russian money and their propaganda help. The real question to be answered is this, the blue belt of the democrats in the 2016 election was stolen from the Democrats in 2016, by ads aimed at those areas paid for by the russians and Putin, so how did the russians know what areas, towns, cities, counties, to aim those ads at on twitter, facebook and Instagram? Easy the Trump Campaign told them,!

As Paul Manafort, Gates, Papadopulos, Flynn and more get ready to go to jail for their parts in this, a new target is now being aimed at by the Special Prosecutor, Roger Stone. What part did he and his connection to the Wikileaks Founder have in all of this russia collusion, we shall know soon I’m sure. Better question for all to answer as we go forward, no administration in white house history has ever fired over 100 people, so why is it happening under Trump now? Second question who did Donald J. Trump President of the United States tell about himself inviting Putin to the White House for a meeting, and why did he not tell Congress or anyone else about it. I am not conspiracy type person, but things look mighty suspicious right now, and why doesn’t Trump condemn  Russia and Putin for their actions? He never says one word against Putin or Russia why?

Richard Nixon, William J. Clinton both were impeached over actions they did while President of The United States, combine what they both did and compare it to all Trump has done and is doing and tell me why no one is filing any Articles of Impeachment yet?  Trump is guilty of Obstruction of justice, Collusion, Lying to the American Public about affairs with more than one woman. Taking money from other nations as President of The United States and no one moves to Impeach him, why? He is profiting off of  the job of President of The United States and no one reacts, please explain COngress, Senate, House of representatives, hurry!

 

 

 

The Americans, The Real Ones!


Uncommon things occur in life and we learn to accept them as we go, in America we have had many of these occurrences, whether it was back before the Pilgrims hit Plymouth, Mass. or before. The American Indians were here before any white man, thought of coming here, they cared for their people and respected the land and resources they had. It was the invading White men who took America away from the Indians, by making and breaking deals with them, they were called treaties.  History wants to and does paint the American Indians as evil and the old cowboy and indian shows and movies portray it all that way, they are actually colored by the white man’s perceptions, and views. The American Indians, knew their land, they knew it’s resources and how to preserve and protect them too, they only killed animals to eat, and never more than they could eat or feed their families with. They don’t pollute the waters, tear the trees down, or damage the air and sea, they, kept them pristine and clean. Sadly, the white men from Europe came here and all changed, now the world, suffers for not listening or learning from these Indians, who were here first.

Instead of listening and living with and understanding the American Indian the white men, took their lands, and warred with them and pushed them to Reservations. The American Indians never gave up or surrendered really, they preserved themselves out of no choice of their own on the reservations they were limited to, not because they wanted to, but because they had no choice to save their ways of live and their bloodlines and heritage. In American History the American Indians are always painted the bad side of the coin, because with the victors go the spoils and with the losers go the condemnations, so to say. Many different Tribes ran across the North American land, before the white man did that is for sure.

They too had their customs, their traditions, their gods and their loves and dislikes and likes. Did they matter to the white man who they originally befriended, no they didn’t, the white men were greedy and took all they could, forcing the American Indians into corners and positions they had no choice in fighting from, including for their own survival, which they ultimately need save by surrendering and keeping to themselves on the provided reservations. Sadly, it is not where the American Indian belongs and all know it, for they have a majestic tradition and spirit like the eagle and hawks that fly above us that begs for freedom and they will persist, thank god for the American Indian had and still have many great leaders.

One such leader for the American Indians represented his own tribe in the Great State of Oregon, a vast area with great lands and resources at the time of the 1870’s and 1880’s and 90’s, his name was Chief Joseph, he led a tribe of Indians called the Nez Perce, When the white men began to take his valley where his people lived this Chief, resisted and tried to keep his lands, but the White man had the Calvary and the United States Cavalry  and outnumbered and outgunned the Nez Perce in all ways. Ultimately Chief Joseph and his people were forced from their valley and lands and tried to make a run for the Canadian Border to join with Sitting Bull and his tribe. As they moved and tried to escape the persecution of the white man’s Calvary, they would blaze a trail up across the north west and in to the midwest hills of Montana, and came within 64 miles of the Canadian Border, and getting to  Canada. Their fight and struggle along the way took many of their lives and one of them was taken in the final battle, was Chief Joseph’s brother who devised ways to avoid capture and fight the white man, and when he died in the final battle in Montana, Chief Joseph, broke and finally gave in to the white man and surrendered. Yet, even though he surrendered himself and his people, Chief Joseph tried hard to get back to his own valley in Oregon, but the white man broke the deals and treaties they made and force him far from Oregon to other reservations. The man kept fighting for the freedom of his people and tribe and was still their leader when he died, CHief Joseph the Younger is a story, told in Indian Lore and history, as well as portrayed in books and movies in America. The Point is this, the American Indian were here first, it is their native land not ours as whites blacks, hispanics or asians, it belongs to the American Indians, and sadly we have diminished and killed off too many Indians in our so called strive to prosperity, we forget the fact, that it was the American Indians, who showed the white man how to survive in America and what did we do in return, destroy them and their way of life. Americans of all nationalities who came here declaring this country the land of the free and the brave, and coming for religious freedom and a place to live and prosper, did so at the price of destroying what was native and who was native to the land they took, and never once did the white man look back and say thank you to the American Indians, we should. The American Indians deserve our respect, and we should give it to them at all times, for without their help the white man would have died off, in Plymouth, Mass. and never went anywhere or survived.

I hope someday, someway, a voice of reason will be heard once more in America, that will recognize the American Indians, and give them the honor they deserve as a race, nation and each tribe that still exists, should be honored. If the white man had not chased down and tried to remove the American Indians from their own land they loved so much, the American Nation would be so much better today.

Trump’s Presidency in Truth so far!


Each day we wake up to a bigger mess in American Politics, due to the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. The World as well as out country may never be the same that is for sure. Did those who voted for this man know what he was before they did, as some of his naysayers are saying these days on television, I say not. No one knew how much of a womanizer  he is, no one knew how many women he touched or kissed or went after and abused or harassed before he was elected. We sure are finding out now after he was voted in aren’t we?

He raised his hand and took the oath of Office folks, yet he is not fulfilling that oath in many ways. He is not protecting america, he is ruining America!. let’s start with simple stuff, like, isn’t Russia communist and our enemy? So why is he not speaking of Russia or Putin’s wrong doings in the world? Not one word does Donald Trump say about Putin or Russia, you know why, because Russia and putin, bought Trump his presidency is why!.

He has removed us from agreements all over the world, from economic to environmental and yet no one reacts or does a thing to stop him. The Isolation of America from the world markets and environmental pacts to save the planet should be enough to worry politicians and the people in general yet no one reacts in Congress why? Next he is taking us out of NAFTA and trying to get it rewritten on his own here, come on folks, is this allowed even and is it not crazy?

He promises to build a wall across the United States Southern Border to keep mexicans and drugs out, but will never get it built because Americans and Mexicans know we don’t need it or want it really. We have survived as a nation with open borders to the south and north of us for 242 years, so why build one now and make Mexico think we hate them? What’s next a border wall blocking Canada too?

Now Canada, why does Trump lie and make things up while talking to the Canadian Prime Minister and mislead the Canadians? Why would an American President do such a thing to loyal friends and allies? You tell me if I am wrong here, but, did the Canadians ever do something to damage Americans or our country? No! So, what does Trump do, he hits the world with Tariffs, that affect our biggest allies and supporters, Canada and China and then asks for help from China with North Korea, wake up folks this is not a stable or smart President here!

As a citizen of America I know we all have rights, including the right to bear arm under the second amendment, but, should people who are mentally ill be allowed to have weapons and should Ar-15s and Military weapons be allowed on the streets of america, and children get killed in school because we are afraid to stand up to the NRA? Stopping Bump Stocks is not enough folks, we need all military type weapons off the streets of America and we need a President with balls enough to stand up to the NRA and get it done. I bet ya all you may have in the bank, if a member of the NRA or their families were shot and killed by Ar-15s or military type weapons, they would change it fast!.

Some historian or specialist in American History please tell me when and under whom, so many members of an Administration were either fired or force to resign under them? Never has the White House or Administration ever seen such a turnover rate in 242 years of this country existence.  So why is it happening now, are they all so inexperienced they can’t handle the positions Trump put them in?  Now he is saying he is going to pull our troops out of Syria and let other take over the fight there. Does anyone realize what will happen if he does that? Al Qaeda They are not killed off and done trump, nor have they surrendered and been captured so what the hell do you think will happen if we leave there? and others will move right back in and start right back over again! Sad and bad decision!

This is the saddest Presidency seen in American History, economically, politically, foreign affairs  wise and so much more. We are being isolated from the world and we have to listen to scandals between Trump and women he had affairs with, and watch as they roll toward court dates. Sad indeed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boilerman’s Lament- My poem of the Navy Life I lived!


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Gun Control, Am I Liberal or just honest?


The Debate continues in America over gun laws, requirements, and who can and can not own a gun of some sort. As it rages, I want Congress, both Houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives to go back and read the Second Amendment fully, read the words of those who wrote it clearly and the purpose it was really intended for. The Right to Bear Arms, was written for a reason that no longer exists in America as it sits today. We are beyond  by many of centuries now, the need for Militias in America, we are being invaded by anyone and nor do we need Militias on our streets or in our land, no one is broaching our borders and trying to take over our land, our homes, or our country now, and the law is now outdated as should the amendment be. Too many people in America, believe the Second Amendments is a God Given Right,it is not, it was put in place for a reason and it can be revoked for a good reason also.

As our children die from gunshot wounds and violence in America, I get told by some I am a liberal and I should stop screaming, crying and complaining about the Second Amendment and the ownership of guns. Well, I have a response for those who think I am a liberal for speaking up on the gun laws in America and guns on the streets in general, listen closely. If I am a liberal for wanting guns off they streets then so be it, but, I am not really a liberal at all, I am a man, who believes no military type weapons should be on America streets or in the hands of mentally ill individuals in America. is that Liberal to feel that way, I think not, I think those of us who feel the way I do, feel that way for damn good reasons. Look I don’t want to see more child coffins carried to graves in out cemeteries, I don’t want to see those I love shot down by someone carrying a gun who has no reason  or business carrying one for no reason, other than they want one.

Raise the laws, and requirements now, make them qualify for owning a gun of any sort and take lessons, and get licences.Make the gun of all type harder to buy and get, stop the gun shows and sales of guns in that way. You want a gun, earn it as well as pay for it, know everything about the gun, the use of the gun, the maintenance of one and the proper handling and storage of one too. Learn to fire a gun of any sort you should only do so on a range made for guns and with targets that are not human beings.  Take the Military type weapons off our streets, AR-15’s are military type weapons made to destroy the human body or anybody they hit, and tea rit to shreds. They are not needed on the streets of America, and it is already illegal to use them for hunting.  Sadly, owning a gun for sport is even a danger these days, because the ones who own them don’t lock them away, but display them, and that give access to the children and mentally ill to take them and use them as toys, killing others for no reason other then, I say Daddy fire it and I want to too!. Trigger Locks should be on all weapons, unless they are in use on a range or hunting area, all clips and rounds should be out of the weapon before storage and not available for just anyone to grab and load into the weapon they fit. Children kill ,accidentally with handguns or shotguns also, stop it now by stopping selling them and regulating them better.

Bump stocks should be eliminated period, they are like a toys for gun owners, and take normal weapons and turn them into semi-automatic weapons that fire numerous rounds a ta greater rate. Why should they be on America’s streets they shouldn’t. Am I a bleeding heart liberal because I want my loved ones and yours safe from weapons that kill like the Ar-15’s or want to regulate and control guns in such a way as to prevent them bought and used by the mentally ill? I think not, I think what I am is a father, husband, Disabled Veteran who served 16 years and has the four Discharges to prove it, who wants to keep his family and your family safe and to live long full lives. That doesn’t make me a liberal folks, that makes me and all who believe like I do, Fathers or mothers, sisters or brothers, of all colors, races and creed, who want protection from weapons incorporated into our laws and the weapons used to kill humans off of our streets.! I am not a liberal in all ways, and I am conservative in many ways, but there comes a time in all of our lives, when we have to think more about the protection of the ones we love most, then about our own silly selfish selves, wanting to have a gun for fun, or because it’s our right under our Constitution, stop and think about that husband, that wife, that father that mother, that grandparent or child of your own and that belong to others and all are loved too, do you want to see your family destroyed and taken down by a stray bullet, or killed by a mentally ill person who can’t control themselves? I think not folks, I am not a bleeding heart liberal what I am is a man who hates seeing people die by weapons made for war.

 

Growing, relationships and Cancers Deadly Intervention!


Facing facts in life is maybe the hardest thing a man or woman can ever do, and self acceptance is the first place it should start. We all start to learn this at a young age as we grow up, some of us know it at 5 years old, others figure it out by 10 years old, but in the end we all figure out most things by 16 years old. Are they lines drawn in concrete or stone, no, for each of us learns and grows at the rate we are exposed to live around us and experiences we go through. We all, understand what we are born by a certain age in our lives, we sense if our senses are better than other, or our minds, and we judge by experiences as we go and we tend to avoid what is not right by using those experiences.

When your 5 or 10 years old you know already is you are straight, gay, or bi, on your own, you can feel what and who you are attracted to and definitely by 16 all senses come alive and you know what trips your trigger so to say. So, sexually you come alive as a person by 16 for both sexes, now the question becomes what kind of a family did you grow up in, and did they let you develop naturally or did they interfere?

IT’s like most things in life and it is a natural process, the unnatural starts to take shape as we go along and feel and sense life. We accept certain things or we dont’ based on what we are taught by others who raise us. Some of us become violent and can rage at society and either one sex or another for being mistreated at a young age. Others accept what is done to them and go with the flow because it is easier to do, it depends on personal decisions we all make or are forced to accept due to circumstances we live through. I know it is hard for some to accept what I am saying or understand it, for you have never stopped and thought about it, but maybe you should.

As you get older and go past 16 years old you tend to develop your own needs, desires and wants, and try to match them with someone who can provide what you want, and learn that to get where you want to go, or what you want, you have to give as well as take and start to listen about the other sides desires, wants and needs too. We all do it, it’s really a gradual process we learn, like a learning curve in education of life itself. If you want pleasure for yourself, you have to give pleasure to someone else in return. The problem come sin when it is all one sided, thus a relationship ends. To make it work compromise must exist between those involved or like nations on opposite sides of a war, it ensures conflicts and destruction. If you can’t compromise, listen and adapt, you lose and end up alone in life. I have seen it more than once, sadly, and in the wake of destruction is a mess few can overcome emotionally, so they go through life damaged and never able to overcome, it is a struggle. So adapt, change, evolve, compromise and listen, be a little flexible and make it work, for no relationships can work unless both are willing to work at it. Always remember, there are very few relationships that are perfect i would say none, it is all about working at them, to make them right for both involved.

I can say this because at 62 years old I am on my second marriage. My first one worked until her problems from her childhood arose and destroyed it. It is the hidden things that destroy the current things and create hate and anger. So open communication is vital, and that goes when trying to connect with those you lost or left behind too. honesty is vital, you must make sure all understand what really happened before you can really move on, and tat goes for all involved, even if you have children, they must be included too.

My second marriage didn’t produce children, but it is one that had gone on now for 25 years and is still in place. Why, because of compromise, acceptance, beliefs and honesty. Accepting each other for who you are and what you are is vital folks and it works both ways for people in partnerships. Always remember the person you are with choose to be with you out or love, respect and caring and maybe a sexual or physical attraction too, it all adds in. Be smart and give as much back as you can or more than they are and make it work, it can be worth it, if you want it to be.

I am now 25 years into mine with my wife. We have been through the good times, the bad times, the ups and the downs, and we have stuck it out together. We believed in one another, we love one another, and now we face the biggest hurdle in all relationships together one is sick and the other healthy, I take care of her, I married a woman 16 years my senior, her health is failing due to cancer. She has  breast cancer, since 2006, which we fought through chemo and radiation and beat back in 2006. Then it went into remission and showed up again in 2016 ten years later and is now in her bones. Recently we have learned it has now gone from bone to tissue again and is growing despite all medications and fighting we have done.

The fight begins once more in earnest now and I know as she does too, we are losing it slowly. I wish to God I could change it and keep her with me furever, that is what life, love and caring is about folks. Being there and praying, hoping and watching, waiting and hoping against hope you can prevent what you know, if your a realist you can’t change. We fight, I take her to Doctors, Hospitals, Scans and tests and I see the pain when she can’t lift an arm, when she can’t sleep in a bed anymore, I see her slowly fading but I pray for her and against what is happening, but I can not stop it folks. Cancer is a killer and we both know it, we have seen it before and both have had it it, we watched other die from it so we know what is coming. But we still carry on as close to normal as I can folks, so she can have her full life and enjoy what’s left.

 

 

 

Some Writing Advice for Writers!


Let’s talk writing, folks! I want to talk about the moment when you suddenly have a thought appear in your mind and it grows as you go along, but it remains in your head, and perculates some, but never comes out.  Perk it folks, brew it get it out on paper, or computer, make it real folks. I say this, because I have been there and done it myself and then realized I didn’t write it down or type it out when it was fresh in my mind and the idea went poof on me! Why? Because I didn’t take action and write it down, to have it for use later, I didn’t outline the idea or I just didn’t take the time to think it through and get it out on computer or paper and should have. Don’t make that mistake folks, if you write anything, a blog, poetry, books or anything else make sure when an idea hits you you write it down so you can go back and think on it, expand it, and outline it and then write it, into something all will want to read.

Subjects to write on can be almost anything, they can be drama, romance, suspense, mystery, historical, fiction, non fiction it doesn’t matter, what does matter if you write is that your mind is active and aware when you get an idea. We all watch television, movies, listen to music, or live our lives and run into unusual circumstances or position or relationships, don’t we. I know I do. Well, what to do when an idea pops into your head, record it on your cell phone, write it down on paper and carry it with you, or write it down as soon as you can on paper or computer. Ideas and thoughts flow through us daily, it is how you express them and what you make them into that counts. be creative, it makes life a lot more fun and interesting.

I have done some real life stories, some Naval Stories and some Army stories. I have done a few romances and written poems and blogs too on politics and more, use what you do best and get it out there. I have learned now though some lessons I think I need to pass on for all.

1) Write it down or type it out or record it as soon as it gets in your head.

2) Worry about the editing after your done, the biggest step is getting it out.

3) Revise it, once is out and then reread it again and again, till it sounds good                             to you.

4) Edit it using an editor or program on a computer use a spell check and                                    grammar check also.

5) When writing make sure you have a private space to do so in comfort.

6) Let it flow, feel it, so it feels good to you and right and says what you want.

7) When you finish and think you have it, give it to someone you trust, let                                  them read it over, get their opinion, advice incorporate it in it.

8)  Make the changes carefully and check and recheck your work, at this                                     stage if you wish to add or subtract now is the time and check it.

9) Now that you have a manuscript, put it in chapters, that make sense, add a                           Prologue, or Epilogue  and any Dedications in the end.

10) Choose a cover Image that represents the story and is interesting to draw                              attention. Make sure you do the whole cover front, back and seam.

11) Choose a publisher and either submit it to them, or submit it to the                                           program you are using online.

12) Once you have it submitted determine how much you wish to charge for a                             copy of it for sales purposes. Compare it to others of the same length and                                type.

13) Ensure you cover any publishing costs and delivery cost with the price                                  you use.

14) Advertising must be done online or in bookstores, articles interviews, or                               online. It costs to produce a book, so be prepared to spend to make.

15) Give free copies to friends and family.  If necessary do giveaways.

16) Track sales and drive marketing to those who like what you wrote.

Now the Above is not 100 Percent by all standards and there are no rules really to writing and producing books, Articles, Blogs or Poetry, but it is a basis to start from. Remember one more thing, an active mind is a creative mind and vice versa, read, interact with others, investigate and thing about things you love and use them. Words are a powerful device and weapon, so be careful and never copy or plagiarized, and have fun. If someone already wrote on your idea, you can still write on it in different words and style, no copying period. Life as a writer is an adventure folks, and it’s meant to make you feel when done that you told a story, many will want to hear and understand and enjoy. So, if you write remember you will have an audience and you will want them to read it all. We live and die with our thoughts, our ideas and our beliefs turned into creative things others will want to see.

 

 

 

 

Don’t, means what?


One word, I hear all the time is don’t. Ever wonder about it when you hear it I do, and sometimes the word Don’t will cause you to stop and go why not? For many in the world the word don’t is like a warning sign or word, that says stay away, be careful, or danger in and of itself, but is it really?

As we grow up in this world and get on with our lives don’t become a word of necessity by our parents and friends and teachers and politicians and more, why is that?  The reason is obvious to all of us right, it’s a warning shot across the crest f our life ship, telling us danger is in that direction. Yet in case you haven’t noticed, those who ignore these don’ts, sometimes make great strides and advances not only in society and technology, and life, and as writers and actors and more, yes even politicians too.  So, if don’t is a warning shot, and used by parents universally in the world by all parents, why do some when they hear don’t, do anyway? Some of us are dare devils in our own right and we care not if someone says don’t and we do it anyway, others stop when don’t is heard, think it over and still do, and others hear don’t and go why not? So what is don’t in life and history?

Don’t is a word formed and produced really as a warning, against things other know will hurt us or our children of course. Yet, I remember as a child in elementary school a teacher, her name was Miss Hilding, an elderly women who taught fourth grade at the time. MIss Hilding who was an woman in her late 50s or early sixties at the time, took me under her wing that year and guided me back to basics and learning again with a gentle manner, after all the other students and Principal told her don’t. She didn’t listen to don’t because she had a conviction to teach, guide and protect her students and she had an affinity for me as a child. She told me one day when we talked after a class one day, ” Son, I am not your mother, or father, nor am I related to you, but I do advise you as your teacher, don’t isn’t always right, it is precautionary only. I remember that every day I sit down to write a sentence, every time I dare to write a story or tell one, or try to create a poem or book or explain a thought. For don’t whilea precautionary word is always there, I also know if you stop and never do it, it will never get done and no one will hear your voice, your thoughts or ideas or see who you are or how you can help the world or someone you love to understand life and how we survive.

If Don’t was always listened to we would not have America, we would not have Democracy, we would never know freedom of speech, or have the abilities we have toward in the world. If Don’t was listened to all the time folks, we would have made no advances in the world and still be in the cave age, wouldn’t we? So, whatever you do, when someone cries don’t loudly, look first and make sure your ok and know what your doing, but never give up, or we shall never get anywhere in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or i science, or technology or love, will we? If we listened to the word don’t, would we have reached modern civilization of today, outer space, the moon or have been able to create telephones, cell phones, computers television, ovens, stoves, microwaves or anything else that has advanced mankind? No, we wouldn’t have, so as precautionary as the word don’t is, doesn’t mean it is a steadfast block does it? For those who dare to go past the word don’t are the heros and advancers of society, life, technology and science even stories and poems. So, whatever you do, be positive, and when you hear don’t look first, clear the way and obstacles and then do, for in the end avancements and life must go on, and mankind must advance and survive.