05 Thursday Feb 2015
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Authors, Couples, Disappointment, Divorce, Family, Love, Relationships
Why do I miss you?
I miss our late night talks.
I miss how you used to tell me I was beautiful.
I miss how you would look at me with a smile in your eyes.
I miss my best friend.
I miss holding your hand.
I miss your soft kisses.
But I don’t miss your mean spirit.
Love is about how you feel about yourself while you are with that special person, if you are broken then you can not love.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
19 Thursday Jun 2014
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Agents, Authors, Children, Hope, Literary, Love, Publishers, Salem Witch Hunt, Writers
“A Walk to Gallow Hill”
Abigail could not remember a time when she had felt more alone. She tried not to think about it, the betrayal, but it was a reality and it was happening to her. Her life had been perfect. She wondered how her husband was doing?
A single tear slowly slide down her flushed cheek. She hadn’t been feeling well lately, but this was expected. Her face felt flushed as she slowly brushed a strand of her hair from across her face.
The footsteps startled her from her gentle thoughts of a better time. She tried not to remember where she was, but it was hard as she heard the keys rattle in the lock. Quietly, she said a prayer as she felt the stirring inside of her belly.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
07 Friday Jun 2013
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Why do writers write?
We write to express ourselves.
We write to tell our personal stories.
We write because we are bored.
We write to teach others.
We write to help others.
We write because we want to be the next Stephanie Meyers.
We write because we don’t know what else to do.
We write because we are writers and that’s what writers do.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
19 Sunday May 2013
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Authors, Gossip, Hysteria, Literary Agents, Peace, Publishers, Writers
A Walk up Barrow Hill…
The date is 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. The horror of the Salem Witch Hunt. So many innocent women and men were hung, burned to death, and crushed to death….until they finally took their last breath. It was a mass hysteria, brought on by a few young girls.
This event in history shows how an innocent accusation can cause such harm and to so many. Gossip and rumors can be related to such hysteria. Don’t gossip and don’t spread rumors…what is the old story? If you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. Let’s keep the peace.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
19 Monday Nov 2012
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The End. What does this simple sentence mean to a writer? It can mean many things, opportunity, a successful completion, sorrow, or new beginnings.
The End, the completion of Julia’s Voice. I’m proud and happy, but it is kind of like the same sort of feeling when you finish reading a really good novel. The characters that have come to be a part of your life have left, it’s the ending of a story. You ask yourself, “Now what do I do?” You were connected to something and now you feel a sense of “sorrow?”
Until I start and finish my next novel…….The End
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
16 Thursday Aug 2012
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Breaking into the writer’s world is not as simple as it sounds. You have written your manuscript and now you need an agent. You may think that the hard part is over, but it is only just beginning. Now you need to find an agent and it is not as simple as it may seem.
Children can be so wise, but yet so naïve. Anything is possible when you are a child. You have the world in your hands. It’s not just about youth but it’s also about attitude. Today, I was helping-out in a fifth grade classroom, when a ten-year old boy approached me. The teacher had announced to the class that I was a writer. This ten-year old boy came up to me and asked me how many books I have written. I told him two. He was impressed. He then blurted out that he would buy my book. Just like that.
A child’s mind still believes that anything is possible. As we grow up into adulthood, that innocence slowly disappears with time. You write a book and you will get it published. You want to be a doctor and you will be a doctor. It is magical.
Breaking into the writer’s world, finding an agent, and struggling to pay the bills, are all a journey of life. Believing in ourselves is magical. Do not accept rejection when you send out a query to an agent. Keep your head up and keep trying. A New York agent told me once and I quote: “You will succeed in getting your work published as long as you keep trying, but if you give up then you will miss out on the next opportunity and that opportunity may be an agent that is interested in your manuscript.”
Any comments or thoughts?
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