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A Tin Man

A Tin Man Day 4 So many thoughts today to write in my journal. I was thinking today about the movie "The Wizard of Oz" there are three characters in that story who wanted to have their wishes granted by the wizard of oz. The Scarecrow, a lion, and a tin man. The Scarecrow wanted a brain, the lion wanted courage, and the Tin Man, he wanted a heart. I thought about how sad it is that some people in the world, are like the Tin Man they don't have a heart, so they have no compassion for others. Then there are those whose hearts have been broken, and they don't want to be hurt again, so they wish they were like the Tin Man. in the song I wish I were “A Tin Man” by Kenny Chesney. The words were "I wish I were a Tin Man man, you could hurt me all you want, and I’d never even know.” So sad that so many hearts have been broken in our world today that I’m sure some people wish they didn’t have a heart. They wish they were a tin man, like in the movie “The Wizard Of Oz” The hatred, prejudice, the killings that have ripped so many families apart is overwhelming, to say the least, on every side and in all races. In the future, there will be stories I’m sure that will tell of this hurt in words that will be turned into stories, and novels. It will be a way of dealing with their hurt, as well as telling what others feel who cannot express it in words. This is a sad, sad time in our history. As a pastor, novelist, it breaks my heart as well. See you tomorrow on day 5

The Enemy Within/ Journal Day 3

The Enemy Within Journal Day 3 I'm sitting here thinking today about the world, as I'm sure most writer’s do. I listen to the news, I see all the trouble everywhere, so many riots, so much looting, the killings. It makes me wonder what our world is coming to? I am sure that in the future we will find many writers writing about their experiences during this coronavirus, and the lockdown. I am sure they will talk about their businesses, the layoffs, and so much more. But I see a different picture. This virus has traveled all over the world and affected many countries, not just our own. But there is a more dangerous virus that's on the rise, it's the virus of prejudice and hatred that is infecting our country. It's a virus that is spreading so fast that we don't know how to handle it. We blame it on so many things. We blame it on prejudice, poverty, the judicial system which is supposed to serve and protect us. The deaths of many which are often at the hands of the police have become a problem, as everyone is becoming more frustrated, even the officers, who are often fired upon by the people they are suppose to serve. Many give their lives too. Many officers are placed in the barrel along with the bad cops when they are good cops. We worry about being invaded by a foreign power, so we spend funds on our military to make sure we stay safe, while our real enemy is within our own borders, our own county. We are our own worst enemy. And if we are not careful, it won’t be the foreign powers who will destroy us, but we ourselves!

Second Stimulus Check/ Read it & Weep. It's Not Yet!

Okay guys. Here's the latest on the checks we are all sill waiting for. It's still not a done deal! https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/why-you-may-get-your-second-stimulus-check-weeks-before-or-after-other-people/

Journal Day 2 Writing Is Like Politics

Journal day 2 Writing Is Like Politics! I was thinking about the politics of writing. Politics and writing are very similar. In the world, we pick and choose who we want to be president, for senators, or mayor's, House or representative. We pick who we think is the best candidate and often those candidates don't live up to our expectations. Sometimes it's like that in writing, so many people pick a favorite person or author that they like and they stick to their books only and often miss the golden nuggets that are in other people's books because they aren't famous. I'm not saying there’s anything wrong with this

mindset but sometimes you need to step out of the box. There’s nothing wrong with reading authors like Daniel Steele, or John Grisham, their books sell As soon as you hear the author’s name you automatically know who it is. So many people like in politics, pick books in that same way and don't give other authors a chance. There are so many good writers out there just like there are so many good people that could run for the government but we never hear about them because we have our mindset in one direction, or on one political group, and we're sticking with that one person, or group regardless of what happens. A lot of times this is the same way with Publisher's, they know certain authors and they know that if they sign them that they're going to make money, even if the story isn’t that good. It’s hard for many publishers to sign an unknown. It’s a risk many don’t want to take. I think sometimes we should stop and get our mindset off of one genre, or author, and become independent, and look around and try other books and other authors in the same gender that you like but just a different author and see how they write. Often you'll be surprised that there are so many good writers out there that are unknown I read books by authors I've never heard of before but who inspired me, lifted me up, gave me hope. I thought, you know I'm going to look for more authors like that, more books like that one. So I’m saying, don't get stuck on one author, or genre there’s nothing wrong with reading other books. Become independent if you like romance or science fiction or westerns or historical fiction historical romance try other authors in that same-gender I think you might be surprised at the books you will discover and like and start reading across genres. This is day 2 of my Journal. See you tomorrow for day 3!

My Writers Journal Day 1

Today I sit here in the living room ( writing my thought as they flow, just writing it all down ) looking out the window getting ready to start my writers day so much to think about I'm heading to chapter 6 of my novel A Journey of Faith, getting the characters, plot, and dialogue together, and most importantly putting emotions so that the people can feel what the character is feeling, that's very important and I got to thinking about other writers. I'm looking out my window here & they are looking out their window too, but we see two different things but yet we're all writers and what we see often determines what we write about. Where we live affects our writing how we feel about the world, and all around us, that affects our writing, so many things affect the writer. I write Christian romance novels I see things from a Christian standpoint but so many in the world see no hope and sometimes that comes across in their writing the way they feel about the world. I've read so many books that have sounded so sad so troubled and then I read books that are happy uplifting inspirational.I tend to be an inspirational writer I love writing Christian romance novels but I always incorporate God into my storyline to show that with God all things are possible nothing's impossible Many things.In this world may seem impossible but with God nothing is impossible, so I give my characters inspiration and hope through their storylines even though they struggle with different situations and things that happened to them, still they have hope because they have God, that's what my messages is in my writing. In my whole journal here today I thought I explained something about that to my readers here on blogspot.com. I want to give people hope this is the troubled world we live in and so much trouble is going on around us and it's often hard to have hope but in my books, I want to give hope to people when they read and see the difficulties can be overcomed. I incorporate difficulties that happened in everyday life but that they will see that there is hope with God if you have faith. As a writer, I think that's what we should do. We should want to make the world a better place by what we were Write, by the words we say because they do affect people, they can move people in different directions they can move them to the good or they can move them to react and be bad I want people to be inspired to move toward a better way of living and I want to show compassion and hope that my books would lead people to have compassion for others it's very important that we love one another you can look at this world we live in so much has happened in the riots, the stealing, the looting, all of that, so the world needs hope we want to pick up a book sometimes just for enjoyment and just relax and think that there's a better way out there and that somehow someway someday it will get better. It can give me hope it can light up my life and make me feel okay That’s what my thing about writing is all about. I want to inspire so I thought I'd just do a little Journal with my thoughts and feelings. This is day one of my journal I'm going to try to do a little 5-day journal on here and let people know what I am thinking how I feel cuz I think when you read a person's novel and the back of her book blurb, it tells a little bit about the author but it really doesn't tell you some of their inward thoughts and feelings because there’s not enough space there, but I think a reader should know something about the author. So I'm giving you a little insight into me how I feel. I think what's important to me it's very important I think for readers to have some insight into the author of that book. Why they wrote the book, what is the message they’re trying to get across I think every writer has a message some may not realize it. So this is day 1, tomorrow day 2. It’s all about me and why I write! If you have any questions please leave them in the comment box below. See you, tomorrow Pastor, Janet Fears the Simply Pure, Sweet, Uncomplicated Christian Romance Writer!

2nd Stimulus Package update!

Well guys, we've been on this roller coaster before, and it's going no where. Still no stimulus package to date. So here's the latest update as to why this is happening. Read it and weep. Who knows when it will happen, if it ever does. But anyway, read this and try to make some sense of it all! https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2020/10/second-stimulus-checks-102320-second-stimulus-package-unlikely-to-be-passed-before-the-election.html