In comparing apples on the ground under an apple tree and problems, you can clean up apples on the ground one day and the next day there are more to clean up. Such is life. It’s not the act of cleaning up the problems but how you clean them up. Approach it from a positive perspective. I know that isn’t always easy. It depends on the issue.
But, like ships in the night, problems to pass.
Birthday bashes, new books coming down the pike, becoming part of an association of fellow authors, and other happenings have been keeping this girl very busy. I am close to finishing book three in my Time Series, and I’m in the first part of book 4. Other writing projects include the beginning of a cozy mystery series in coming months. Right now books 3 & 4 in the Time Series takes a front seat.
I also make beaded jewelry. What does that have to do with writing? A ha! So glad you asked. In the coming couple of months I will be giving away a bracelet with purchase of a book at my book signings. These free bracelets represent the gems found in my stories. They are made with Preciosa crystals, whereas the gems in my books are real. That’s the first part of this project. For the second part, I will be making jewelry using genuine gemstones represented in my books and putting them on my table at craft shows for sale.
My jewelry name is Jewelry By Marlisa. So within that brand will be what I am calling my Time Series line of jewelry. This will link both my books and jewelry together.
Below is a photo of the front of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island off the coast of Mackinaw City, Michigan between the lower and upper peninsulas. The porch you see here is the longest porch in the world. It is also the movie location for Somewhere in Time (1980) with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour.
I wish everyone a wonderful, productive, and joyous new year.
All too often we turn our problems into bricks, carrying them around with us. Eventually, they become heavier, thereby becoming too heavy to continue hanging onto. But it doesn’t have to be like this. Instead of turning your problems into bricks, make feathers out of them, blow them into the wind, and smile as they sail away upon the breeze.
The idea for this concept came from this video on Instagram. The link is below.
WRITE TIME AND AGAIN 