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| I tell you; this document formatting thing is driving me batty! On top of that I’ve been scouring the net or an online job with that I can use with my degree. It will come. Seek and ye shall find. I barely have time to write. I want a job where I can submit stories for pay - perhaps in a magazine. I am really interested in writing content for that Christian magazine Charisma. I hope I get a job online soon. I need money. I wanted to do some online tasks through Amazon Turk. I’ll get paid next to squat. But it’s good for a resume. But in order to create my own Turk account I needed my own my own G-mail account. So I made one up. Next I sign up. But all of the jobs I looked at require thorough knowledge of PowerPoint, excel, and fast typing pace to name a few. God will guide me to the perfect online job. On one particular site, it said to do research. I should do that. In Most Excellent Way we prayed for a job what caters to my degree, but more importantly, to work for a Christian organization. That would be the dream. I love writing Christian Fantasy. All I’m texting Rickey now. Well, it’s more like I’m waiting for a reply. Today has been good otherwise. Jim gets off work at 8:30 P.M. He went in at about 3:20 P.M. I’d say. The poor guy’s been internal side pains. He has Monday off and he’ll see a doc that day. He wants to request an MRI. It’s just getting older. I hit the PS4 today for an hour. I’m getting better. Ricky will be taking me to Lone Maintain. He’ll pick me up at about 8:30 A.M. I love the second service. It gives me a jumpstart on the day. Well, that’s it for now. Goodbye. |
| Happy Thanksgiving to all! The day started well when I got up at 10:30 A.M. roughly. Normally, I’d wake up at like 9 A.M. and then just lay in bed until around 11:30 A.M. This time I actually woke up at 10:30 A.M. I had my quiet time and then I hit the PS4 for an hour. Then I fished the novel I was reading. Tomorrow I will start The Oath by Frank Peretti. It is a really meaty book. lol. But the cover summary looks enticing. It is basically about a string of odd deaths in a small town lake. Something sinister lurks there - a mysterious evil. I shortened and condensed the summery. It sounds spooky and ominous, something I dig quite well in this case. I reviewed a compelling article about where to start with breaking into writing. One highlighted thing was submitting to newspapers with content writing. The author outlined how to expand from there into your own niche. It went a few other concepts. It was very informative. I gave him five stars. I did some writing. Then I had to go get the food from the store for our own little Thanksgiving meal. lol. I picked up a whole cooked turkey breast for about $24. Then I got the other usual stuff. I’m waiting for the banana cream pie to thaw now that I’ve eaten. I’ll probably get a small piece. I don’t want to stuff myself. lol. It is pretty nice outside – no need for the sweater I wore to the store. I loved the clouds. The supermarket was not busy at all. Just like I prayed. There is still a lot of turkey breast left. It will last a few days. It had a really crusty skin. So I imagine I’ll get my reply from Electio Publishing tomorrow or Monday. I hope they do. So I’m still trying to combine my chapter files into a single file. There are a few steps though. On top of that I need to submit to more Christian publishers – and I need to find an online job. Uhg. I texted a happy Thanksgiving to Ted, Ricky and Jordan today as well as Michael and Chad. They all got back to me. Jordan seemed especially happy to hear from me. Ricky seemed annoyed. Maybe it is just me – who knows? – don’t want to overthink things. I would have texted Matt but I’m sure he’s blocked me. Well, I have writing to do. Goodbye. |
| I’m a little drained. I tried to submit to a different publisher but when I hit upload, I can only do one period. My story is formatted so each file is a chapter. And all of those are in a folder. I tried highlighting all chapter files to upload simultaneously but only one chapter uploaded. lol. I have found a YouTube vid of how to combine all my chapters into one file. It’ simple, there are just several steps to do. I made a copy of my folder to work with though. I had only two hours of sleep last night. I feel otherwise fine. My mom canceled her back procedure. I need to see the nurse practitioner for more of my anxiety meds - the one that is a controlled substance. Hopefully I’ll sleep tonight. Sleep deprivation is bad. I may take some melatonin if I’m too awake at bedtime. I got a whole chicken and potato wedges for dinner. It isn’t too cold out now. Chad was on the phone gabbing away while I was doing a review. lol. He couldn’t tell the difference. He tends to do that. He is off tomorrow so he may call around 8 P.M. like yesterday morning. My appointment to the doc’s office is at 11 A.M. My mom and I leave at 10:30 A.M. I only have about a week of my anxiety meds. I have not written yet. I’ve too busy with reviewing, listening to Chad and figuring out how to do the document file thing. I’m getting tired. I wrote up such a good entry questionnaire like how I plan to market my novel if it is published, what my novel is about and what makes it unique from other books in the genre. And then there is a short bio. I favorited that site with the submission info. I found it under the listing that said “11 Top Christian Publishers.” I still have not looked at all of them. Some of them were strictly nonfiction devotionals or memoirs or things like that. I saw like three that were for fiction. I’ll submit to them too. Last night we prayed that God would give me a good job with a Christian company. I thought I told everyone I have a degree in creative writing. I just emailed Electio Publishing about my issue about sending them multiple files. They said to wait for at least three business days. I hope they respond. Well that is it for now, Goodnight to all.   |
| Unfortunately I did not go to morning service. I texted Dan at like P.M. last night and he got back to me at about 8 A.M. today. Then I looked at my phone and saw his replay two-and a-a-half hours later. By then he was at church already. Oh well. I hit the PS4 for for like two hours. When will I learn? On another note, my story, The Search for the Wizard King, was in the fantasy newsletter this time. Two people reviewed it. I did not get very good star ratings. But they both basically reiterated that I could do better. One person said it could be a movie. Michael said the same thing about my novel The Gate of Vessels. One of them said it was short and that it could have been better as far as character development goes. That is my main issue with writing. One reviewer said to add more description. That might have been a personal thing though. I am still scouring the net for an online job with my degree. I’ve been down many avenues with the wrong area. I have to keep looking. God will help me. I’ll be so happy when that time comes. I did two anniversary reviews today. One was of a story that had five or size lines that were short. It was very emotional and it made me think. The other piece was a short article of how pencils and people are alike. Does it sound a little absurd? I thought the same thing. But what he said made sense and made me think. I was looking for online magazines that accept fiction. I found a site highlighting twenty-five sites. I went through like five of them. That would be part of the dream – getting a short story published in an E-zine. lol. I have to start my story that I outlined. I’ll begin tomorrow morning when I get home from the gym. My mom ordered pizza. Two slices was enough. Normally I’d stuff myself. I have a triglyceride problem so I must watch how much I eat. Jim had an early shift today. He may get home at 7:30 P.M. That is when he got off last night. Well I’m off to scour the get for online jobs. Goodbye. |
| Under the discretion of my mom, I will not be publishing with Westbow Press. The deal sounded great but my mom said there would inevitably be more specials to come. I was excited but oh well. I asked the publishing consultant about editing. He said only people who have purchased packages can take advantage of any type of editing. That’s bad business if you ask me. I hit the PS4 for too long again. Uhg. At least I did two anniversary reviews. Chad called me on his last break. He got off at three and said he would call me back when he got off but he hasn’t. I’ll probably hear from him later on. lol. Yesterday was a buzzkill. Both Dan and Ricky were unavailable to take me to the Bible study. Dan had a race to prepare for and Ricky was out of town. Hopefully he’ll be able to give me a ride to the early service tomorrow. lol. Chad said there were no games that came with the arcade stick he got. He must download them first. It was advertised to have 1,300 games pre-installed. Sucks for him. My mom and I were watching Tron: Uprising last night. It was a series on Disney that had only one season of eighteen episodes. We already watched them but we’re re-watching them. This morning she was enjoying the very first Tron from the 80’s. Chad sent me a pick of his Native American check. It’s a considerably large sum. I won’t say how much though. That lucky dog. I am still looking for an online job. It’s hard. But seek and ye shall find. Chad is texting me. He is mad over there being no games in the arcade stick. He wants a refund from his bank. He says he has the ad that says there are 1,300 games. He thinks that will work. Well that is it for me Goodbye. |
| This will be short as I have thirty minutes to write. So I am thinking my story is not worth publishing yet. I especially feel the ending chapters are rushed. I’m thinking of asking Westbow press for a content editor. I think I will forego the publishing package. I feel most of it is okay though. I’ll have to tell Eric, the publishing consultant, I have declined his suggestion to publish. My mom looked on Google and the average amount for content editing is $7.50 per page. My story is about 56K words. My story, the Search for the Wizard King, was in the Fantasy NL. Two people reviewed it. One said I need to develop characters and give them background. The other reviewer more or less said the same thing. He also said it was rushed which is the same thing I noticed myself doing. lol. I did not hit the PS4 as I said I would not. I read the second to the last chapter of the book I’m reading writing. It took over an hour. The book by Frank E. Peretti, the Oath, will take some time to read. It is pretty thick. I walked for over an hour today. It went by fast strangely. I did not bring my phone with me. But I recalled I left the house at about 11:10 A.M. and got back at about 12:30. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. Against such there is no law.” I think I may have it down. lol. Well, goodnight. |
| I’m a little excited. I just spoke with a publishing consultant on the phone who works with West Bow, a division of Thomas Nelson-Zondervan. I recall it is a self-publishing company. The consultants name is Eric Schroeder. Among other things I will get into later, he basically gave me the rundown on the different packages. He really emphasized and explained all the perks of what is called the Online Platform. It’s more or less the whole shebang. It includes marketing, distribution, a website, and more specific things. The whole thing will cost $3,299.25. Now this price is a sale price. Originally it is $4,399. The sale runs through November. It all sounds great. But I am erring in the side of caution. Eric said he would talk to me again on the phone on Saturday and 1 PM. I have more questions to ask – specifically other unmentioned fees if there are any. I feel like God is telling me to wait. Hopefully for not too long. Chad called me when I was on with the consultant. I called back. He was cleaning his mom’s house to prepare for Thanksgiving. My mom heated up a bird she got at Albertson’s. She was supposed to make a chicken pot pie. Oh, well. I had my roast beef to eat. I saw Chrystal and Jeff at the gym today. I waved to her and smiled. She seemed to respond to me but Jeff wasn’t too happy it appeared. I have to work on my back tomorrow at the gym. I left for the gym at about 8:30 A.M. today. Tomorrow I want to leave at like 6:30 A.M. or a little later. I have to get back to writing every day again. I missed the last two days I think. I will not play any games tomorrow. I will have a nice quiet time then I will read then write. It was warn when I was walking to the gym. I had to take of my sweater. lol. Jim gets off work at 7:30 P.M. after this I will watch stuff with my mom. I love when God’s Spirit speaks through the Word. That’s when I feel Him. My bro and his family of two will be here on the 27th I think. I dread the noise from the kids. It will be crowded. Uhg. Well goodbye for now. |
| I only have an hour. My ride for church may be calling me soon. I spent an hour editing my story for the Thrice Prompted thing. I changed to a little. There was one place where I had “hose” where I should have put “horse.” lol. I realize it would be advantageous if I wrote outside my genre – fantasy. I need to do modern, real life fiction or speculative fiction. The last four books I’ve been reading were modern day Christian supernatural. I have a semi-idea for a modern day book about dreams and other realms. It will go much deeper than that of course. I want it to be a surprise. lol. My mom is at the store no picking up some things. I just looked at my phone and Dan, my ride, said he would pick me up. I have to verify the time so I texted him again. I’ve missed the last two Wednesday nights I think. I don’t now if I’ll stay afterwards though. So I am still looking for an online job. As usual I want submit fiction stories. I need to keep seeking. lol. That would be some of the dream. Like always I want there to be evident Christian undertones that gives allusions to the Bible, such as heaven, Jesus Christ the son of God and God Himself as well as angels, elements from the book of Revelation and other spiritual content. Our manual garage door opener panel was not working. Apparently, it had a battery that was close to dead. So we replaced it but not after getting stuck outside with no key inside and no way to open the garage door. We called my mom and she didn’t pick up. I got lucky and the panel worked for me. I thought we were stuck outside. Phew. Let’s see, what else? Fox is siding with CNN to sue the White House for firing Jim Acosta. In laymen’s terms he was being pushy with interviewing the president that is alleged to be doctored. In this accusation, he was asked to desist his inquires of the president when he shoved his mike into an intern’s face. Well, I have to go now. Goodbye. |
| I’ve been out of the house for some time with my mom. We left the house at about 1 P.M. to go to her doc’s appointment. That took a little bit. My mom and I were really hungry and we saw this place called Rubio Mexican Grill. I got a steak burrito for about $9.50. My mom got a vegie burrito. Both of us were really impressed with the food. After that went to Sprouts for some lunch meat and cheese. My mom ordered a big turkey for our Thanksgiving/ Christmas gathering. After that, we went back to the Mexican grill for two more vegie burritos – one for Jim and a whole one to split with my mom. She wants me to see how it tastes. On our way out my, mom thought he she lost her keys. We both panicked then she realized she put them in her pocket than her purse. lol. That spooked me. Jim had a full day off today. Good for him. He deserves it. He’s still out and about now. One of the things he did was get our dog groomed and washed. Jim also got a haircut. I wonder where he is now. On the way home, my mom talked about using marijuana to help with her pain. I’ll be honest and say it makes me a little uncomfortable. lol. I just don’t want it to dull her mind. I was surprised that three or four doc’s highly suggested she take it. Our neighbor took lots of morphine and she had to get off it quick and she tried it and it did miracles. Huh. Jim just got back with Nimue. It was too dark to see her but I’m sure she looks cute. My mom wanted her to retain her fluffiness. Chad just sent me vid form his phone. It’s called Queen, Freddie and the Devil – no idea what that could be about. Chad will probably call me soon. Well, I just watched that vid from Chad. It was about a singer from the rock group Queen. Apparently he claimed to have traded his soul dot the Devil for fame and money. He also was a pedophile. The whole rock/metal idea of being affiliated with Satan is nothing new of course i.e. Kiss, Ozy Osborne and many other such groups. I’m still looking online for a place to submit stories for pay. A good overall plan is to read the WdC newsletters. I have not read them in a while. I’ve found they have very good info. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Goodness goes after Kindness. lol. I almost got the whole verse from memory. God is so good. His love is unconditional. I really want to witness to my, loose fined Joel down the street. I’ve thought of asking him to go to eat at BJ’s. I hope that happens. Well, that’s it for now. Goodbye. |
| Today hasn’t been bad. I hit the PS4 for thirty minutes. It was enough. I edited my shot story The Wizard King. It took about an hour. It looks a lot better. I didn’t realize it had so many problems. I still need to go over it until I find nothing amiss. I need to do some reviews. It’s already the twelfth of November. lol. I watched the third Maze Runner with my mom last night. I also texted Ricky briefly. I told him about my online job I am going after which is being an online Juror. It’s one of seven listed jobs on that site I looked at. There may be more elsewhere. The jobs pay next to nothing but the experience and the resume material will be helpful in me eventually getting paid to write. I wish time would pass already so I can know if I am published or not. Lord willing, I will. But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy, peace, patience, goodness…” I missed that kindness go after patience. lol. Lets’ see, what else? Tonight is Most Excellent Way. I’m grateful for it. It’s helped me. One of the girls got a $14 an hour pay rate job at some store. I forget which one. Good for her. Chad may call soon. The guy has so many health issues, a lot of them self-inflicted. I pray for his salvation every night. It will happen someday. It’s cool outside. Very nice indeed. Jim is at work now. He’ll be home in less than two hours I think. My cousin gets out of jail in a week or so. I hope and pray he goes where he needs to be. He needs Jesus. I’m pretty sure I heard my mom say my bro and his family of three will be here on the 27th. That will be cool. I don’t know where they’ll be staying. Maybe they will go to a bed and breakfast place like last time they visited. Well, that’s it for now. Goodbye. |
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