Garden of faith and hope

 

 

 When we are born, we  begin to nurture our garden of faith and hope with seeds planted, maturing slowly and making their way to the sun- resilient to the extreme weather, as we walk our daily sojourn with our Creator.

The ashes of sorrow

 

 The ashes of sorrow spread throughout our lives will in time lead to healing if we allow ourselves to forgive others, but ultimately forgive ourselves; thereby allowing us to  finally move forward.

 

Fireworks of the Spirit

 Fireworks of the Spirit, exploding, flashing, booming through  our lives.

 

Faith, grace and hope combine to help give us serenity that battles the explosions from the fireworks rattling our stability- our inner core.

 

This  ever-present  Peace and Serenity  quiets and  soothes the boom within , while  simultaneously  nourishing and healing us.

Free online tool- for creating how-to guide

 This is about a free online tool – Scribe – that can export to PDF.

You can created elegant how-to guides in 1/10 the time it would otherwise take.

How to Create Step-by-Step Guides Users will LOVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdxze71nTU – 9 min.

Scribe – create and share processes fast
https://get.scribehow.com/lp-1/ about
https://scribehow.com/signup sign-up

Note: It wants to read and record everything you do while using it, which makes sense. But you wouldn’t want to use this for online banking instructions nor include confidential information.

The ember months

 

When  we progress into our later years, like the last four months  of the year known as the ember months , these years becomes our ember  months --glowing and burning ever brightly with character, grace, and faith.

 In 2021, in our daily lives, let us craft a pearl necklace that is  a string of hope with each orb a beacon of light, faith and love

Living touchstones

  During these difficult times, in our writing, we can be living touchstones of faith, grace and loving kindness.

Free Word Plug In

For those who are auditory learners/ editors, or process  info. better through auditory means... here is something below that may be of help. 

http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/home/  ---   reads Microsoft Word aloud. but Windows only.

To honour International Women's Day

Sisters of the heart

Where ever you are

 You are with us

 No matter the race, religion, or creed.

 We  are  all one in spirit in womanhood

 Let us  not forget how truly fragile we are

 Without the bond of Sisters of the Heart.

Some recommended books for effective writing

Here are some  English text books someone recommended to me that may prove useful in your daily writing endeavours.  

 

McGraw-Hill Handbook of English-- Canadian Edition:
Mind the Stop: a Brief Guide to Punctuation

To honour International Women's Day

Don’t walk ahead of me and be above me. Don’t walk behind me and be below me. Instead,walk beside me and be my equal in heart, mind and spirit.

We bear our own autograph.....

We bear our own autograph in every word we write.. so it is imperative that we examine each word to ensure it represents the essence of who we are and we stand for.

Maintaining a professional online presence

As we observe every day in the news,the power of social media can never be underestimated. Therefore, maintaining a professional online presence is a critical part of a successful career path , whether you be a writer, a teacher, or whatever profession you are in. 1- You never know what is on the Internet these days with your name on it... One way to maintain some scrutiny in this is to set up Google alerts using your name.. You will then get notified anytime your name appears on Google. However, if you have a common name, your alerts will be including these people. 2- Set your privacy settings on Facebook so that no one can tag you without your permission. Review your privacy settings on a regular basis... Do this with other sites that you may be registered with as well. Remember to only post items that provide a good image of yourself. Think before you post! Once it is on the Net, it is there forever. 3- Set up blogs or websites with your name to establish and maintain a professional persona. Remember to keep them up –to-date.

The New Year of 2013

To inspire and motivate ourselves in our writing, particularly in writers' block moments, we can try approaching this New Year by doing something different each day and getting out of our comfort zone. Complacency is indeed the death of creativity.... So try a new approach to New Year's resolutions and check out this site... www.365thingsin365days.com. This is one way of breaking out of the norm of being mediocre. Wishing everyone all the best for 2013. Happy New Year !

self-publishing resource

One certain way of creating career success is to publish a book , ebook or even a manual... Here below is a book to check out for wonderful ideas and resources. Good luck. Book_-Indie Publishing-How to Design &Produce Your Own Book "by Ellen Lapton. 2008.

Start off the New Year with your memoirs

Writing your memoirs - no matter what your age may be- is one way to motivate & inspire yourself and others. You get to see how much you have accomplished & how much you have survived.

It will also help identify writing accomplishments that can be put in your professional profiles for LinkedIN, Twitter, VisualCV, YouTube video and other professional sites.

What a wonderful way to start off a New Year.

Creativity

In the ever- rushed world of the 21st century, we never take the time to nurture something is inherent and organic within all of us ... and that is Creativity.


I believe that Creativity is a spontaneous process erupting from the soul within...

If you take the time out of each day for such nurturing , then it will be reflected in your writing endeavours.

Canadian Discovery Portal-- for your research

www.canadiana.org is a great new search engine that searches 60 million pages of info from library, museum, and archives collections from Canada.

Use it to do your research for your writing.

Focus—An Acronym for Success-- something to motivate you in your writing

F-Forge on despite the obstacles you are facing. Believe that you are the power within yourself and keep on going. Do not give up.

O-Opportunize—look for opportunities in all situations you encounter.

C- Apply courage and go for your targeted, well -researched goals.

U Use your talent to the utmost best of your ability in well- researched targeted areas . Similarly, as in the movie Flash Dance—take your passion and make it happen.

S—Strategize with your mentors, mastermind group and network with a well- formulated plan. Realistically, go through your SWOT s- Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats with your mentors and mastermind group to develop this plan.

Online branding and you

Branding is about identifying your rainbow of talent and applying it with a plethora of passion in your well -researched target areas.

Your online brand should have the WOW factor but this needs to be accompanied by authenticity.

Your brand—your tag line for your online portfolio—has to be a ladle dropper. Like listening to Ted Koppul s great new stories, this tag line—makes you drop your ladle asyou are cooking in the kitchen and run to the TV set.