Photo of the book cover of Terror In The North Tower
Happy Bookaversary to me!
The number eight
Today marks eight years since I had my first book hit the market. When my book first came out I write a blog post titled I Wrote A Book.
Since then its first publication, over twenty books have been sold. Don’t be sad. I am just happy that I had book sales.
Self Publishing
After having gone through the self-publishing experience, I can honestly tell you I’d never do it again!! Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher.
Marketing Plan
Maybe it’s because I didn’t take making a Marketing plan as seriously as I should have. I didn’t have a “marketing plan” in place. My plan consisted of zero advertising, word of mouth, social media posts, book giveaways, and writing blog articles. Next time a publishing company can do it all. I’d be happy to attend book signings.
Writing The Sequel
Writing the sequel has been a challenge over the last few years. Life has gotten in the way of actually sitting down, and pushing forward to get it done.
My goal is to finish things up by the end of this year. Stay tuned.
#happybookaversay to me
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I don’t know about you, but I am so over the Coronavirus. I was sitting here thinking about some of the words I’m tired of hearing and never want to hear them again, if at all possible.
Unprecedented – without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
No one was expecting a pandemic to hit the whole entire earth. This word is overused! After this is over it’s the first word I don’t want to hear any time soon.
Do Your Part – If you do your part, you do something that, to a small or limited extent, helps to achieve something.
Yes, it is getting to be too much. Stop telling me what I need to do you be healthy. I have always washed my hands, covered my nose and mouth when sneezing, cleaned and disinfected my house among other things.
I posted this to my Facebook page quite some time ago.
Seriously, I meant all of it. I see so many people go into a public lavatory, use the facilities, and not wash their hands. It’s just gross!
Wash Your Hands 🙌 Washing your hands is easy, and it’s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs.
Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.
Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.
Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.
Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.
Please, for the sake of humanity Wah Your Hands!
COVID – 19 is a respiratory condition caused by a coronavirus. Some people are infected but don’t notice any symptoms. Most people will have mild symptoms and get better on their own.
If you want to know more information then click the COVID-19 link above.
Do The Right Thing – To act or behave correctly, appropriately, or with the best intentions.
Anymore one must wonder what’s the right thing to do? There’s so much conflicting information out in the news, on social media, in the newspapers and magazines and yes, they still publish newspapers!
I couldn’t find any articles which intrigued my interests so I’ll leave that up to you.
Lastly, Mask Mandates or WearYourMask!
There’s so much controversy about masks and whether to wear one or not to.
As for me, I have a different view than that of most people. Keeping the elderly safe and protected should be of the utmost importance!
Next, those who work in the health care field need protection, and people with immunosuppressive diseases need a mask.
A study on the effectiveness of masks points out that a one size fits all approach is not the most reasonable attitude to have.
Not to mention the fact that with children it hides their faces with more of a chance for kidnappings to happen.
A child abduction is more likely to happen with a face covering over their nose and mouth.
Human Trafficking has become a much larger topic on social media, due to others having more conversations and bringing awareness to the forefront.
All I know is that I’m so over all this and can’t wait for a normal life.
Today I read an article from the website Love What Matters Most.com. As I read it, I actually had tears streaming down my face.
Today I cried is not just another hyped up article made to make you feel panic or fear of the COVID19 – Coronavirus. It is the story of a 92-year-old man and his struggle to find? If you guessed toilet paper you’re right.
Our Senior Citizens have lived through the worst of times. The #coronaviruis is not the worst thing they’ve lived through. We have a duty as a society to care for, appreciate and listen to their lives stories.
Did you get caught up in the great toilet paper hoarding? How much do you really need for your family for one month?
Listen, I’m not trying to make light of this new obstacle in our daily lives at this time. The point I’m trying to get across is to stop and think about how we as individuals and what we affect all of us!
Show #kindness, #understanding, #patients and most of all
Our lives are the product of the choices we have made. Together explore with me how to live a more fullfilled life. Afterall it’s your life, live it well.
#hashtag this and #hasgtag that. They’re in almost every social media post we see today. However the famous symbol # was once referred to as the “pound” symbol.
Where did it originate from?
According to lexico.com in North Anerica it’s used in context such as go to question #2. In music the symbol is known as a sharp note.
The name octothorpe is said to have been invented by a Bell Laboratories employee in the 1960’s to honor the American athlete and Olympic gold medallist Jim Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe
Surprisingly the first hashtag was first brought to Twitter on August 23, 2007 by Chris Messina. Chris wrote an blog post expressing his interest in using hashtags when posting on social media.
Tagging when posting on social media also allows you to express words with an #throat punch in your sentance.
#hashtag, #writing, #blogging basically any word can become a hashtag.
