Rambling Friday: Everyone Wants to be Loved

Everyone Wants to be Loved

I think.

Here are a few suggestions on how to accomplish that:

• Don't contradict people, even if you're sure you're right.
• Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friends.
• Don't underrate anything because you don't possess it.
• Don't believe that everybody else in the world is happier than you.
• Don't conclude that you have never had any opportunities in life.
• Don't be rude to your inferiors in social position.
• Don't repeat gossip, even if it does interest a crowd.
• Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile. Few care whether you have an earache, headache, or rheumatism.
• Learn to attend to your own business.
• Don't try to be anything else but a gentleman or woman, and that means one who has consideration for the whole world, and whose life is governed by the Golden rule, "Do unto others as you would be done by."

Quote:
Do not fear to step where God leads.

Sunday Morning Peace . . . and CONTEST RULES!

Glory to God in the Highest.

Peace.

Goodwill

Toward men.

--the angels.

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NEW CONTEST!

Sabotaged Christmas

Sabotaged Christmas just released recently! 

I want everyone to have a copy of this book,

and there will be plenty of opportunities this month.

On Facebook, 

I'm participating in THREE promotions 

during December.

DECEMBER 11th (Friday) here:

WinterWonderland Promotion!

My hour will be from 12 noon till 1 p.m.

I'll be giving away:  
Winner: A kindle copy of Sabotaged Christmas

and two beautiful Snowman hand towels!

Runner up: A kindle copy of Sabotaged Christmas

There will be lots of opportunities to win points 

for the BIG prize before Christmas!!!

Don't miss out!

DECEMBER 15th (Tuesday) here:

The Ides of Books Promotion

(Hour will be posted asap)

I'll be giving away: 
Winner:  kindle copy of the book

and Two beautiful Snowman hand towels!

Runner up: A kindle copy of Sabotaged Christmas

There will be lots of opportunities to win points

for the BIG prize before Christmas!!!

Don't miss out!

DECEMBER 17th (Thursday) here:

Celebrate Lit Christmas Promotion!

My hour will be from 2 p.m. through 3 p.m.

I'll be giving away:
Winner: a print copy (or kindle, winner's choice) of 
Sabotaged Christmas and 
a beautiful Snowman/bear recipe box with recipe cards!

Runner up: A print copy (or kindle, your choice) of 
Sabotaged Christmas

There will be lots of opportunities to win points

for the BIG prize before Christmas!!!

BUT HOW?
Here's a few suggestions, and if I think of more, will post them!

* Participate in my three promotions this month.
* Share my book posts from Facebook 
(or tweet! I love both methods!)
*  Follow me here, on my blog! Easy.
* Follow me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/browncarole212
* Follow me on my Author Facebook page:
https://facebook.com/CaroleBrown.author
Or send me your email addy to sign up for 
my upcoming NEWSLETTER. 


And what is the BIG PRIZE for the month?
A Kindle Fire!

Don't miss out!

Now to get down to brass tacks . . . errrr, the rules :)  :

1. Prizes are subject to change (but not likely).
2. All winners chosen are randomly selected, and are the final decision of Author Carole Brown.
3. All selected winners must notify Author Carole Brown (or other designated helper) by midnight of the same day as winner announcements, by either blog post comment here, private message on Facebook, or by email. 
4. Winning Prizes from each separate promotion will not affect choosing the BIG winner of the BIG prize before Christmas.
5. Opportunities for points will include but not limited to: answering questions, participation in games, following Author Carole Brown on different sites, sharing posts, and other suggestions.
6. Reviewing of the books are not required but encouraged, and will gain you an extra point! Reviews are gold for authors. Be kind. Be loving. Give back. Authors work hard. Do your part in sharing the love! :)

That's it for now. These rules may be adjusted or changed as needed or wanted. Please keep checking back for new items or thoughts by this author. Best wishes, and I hope you'll join me as I celebrate the release of another book, Sabotaged Christmas, and the talent that God has blest me with! 

Loving my readers!

You may love him or . . . hate him . . .
but he hits the nail on the head with this:


Check it out!

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things the students did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.



Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

 
Blessings!

Some Information to Tickle Your Funny Bone

In Michigan:

• It's illegal to kill a dog for attacking horses, carriages, or people, but you can electrocute it or use a high-altitude depression chamber. What! Scandalous!
• The last Sunday in June is Log Cabin Day.

In Maryland:

• Using profanity on playgrounds is illegal in Columbia, Maryland. Makes sense around all the kids.

In Montana:

• It's illegal to give away rats for any reason except as food for snakes. Yuk.

In Alabama:

• It's illegal to alter the appearance of the teeth of horsees or mules to make it appear younger than it is. The dentist who thought that one up might as well get out of that business!

In Kentucky:

• It's illegal to exchange or offer to sell baby fowl, ducks or chickens if dyed unless four months old and sold in batches of six. Gotta go plain, chickies!

In West Virginia:

• Anyone who taunts someone who decides not to participate in a duel can go to jail for six months and fined up to $100. Ouch! Lead me to a nice, clean duel!

Quote:
Problems are the price you pay for progress. --Branch Rickey

Blessings!

Flash Fiction . . . Yeah, Right!


You heard of it? It's an abbreviated version of a story. Maybe, oh, say . . 100, 150 words. Someone on a writing loop recently mentioned it. I even read a story and the writer did a fantastic job of getting her point across.

But, me? Nope. Afraid not. I'm "too wordy" . . . sometimes. Too "in love with my words." That's the advice I get back by "those in the know." In other words, other writers who've decided they can "critique."

What kind of critique is that? I mean, I'm a writer. I broadcast to each and every person who'll listen a second. There's nothing I like to talk more about than writing! Wordy? Someone needs to make sure their head's screwed on right.

Aren't writer's suppose to write? Aren't they suppose to love words? Aren't they suppose to get their points across?

Here are some rules I've had to learn since picking up the pen (computer) again:

• POV - don't jump from one person's view to another (unless, of course, you change scenes.) I want to tell you, almost every secular writer I've read after does this. Few don't!
• Adverbs and (sometimes) adjectives are bad words. No! (slap of the hand) No!
• By all means, never use the words "seem" "was" or "felt." If you do, you'd better just make sure you don't have two in one chapter.
  
• There should never be more than three, preferably two, sentences that begin with the protagonist's name on one page. Same for the word "she/he."
• You must learn to use variety in your sentence structure. Independent, dependent, simple, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Enough said?
• "I can't believe you used a word that ends with "ing." You are an outcast! Archaic! Unlearned!
• Cut out all unnecessary things that don't move the plot along? If that's the case, why ask for subplots and more subplots? Huh?

. . . and tons more a hard working writer's gotta learn.

My biggest problems now? Probably the plotting and disaster areas. Mysteries? Not too much problem. Romance? Now that's a different story . . . Flash fiction? Someday, maybe.

Now that I've done my whining for the day--back to writing and learning to pare those words!
Another day, another mile . . . er . . . chapter.


Want to have your home smelling scrumptious? Try these hints:

• Scented Potpourri: sprinkle in baskets, terracotta pots or teacups! Spread thru home, in view or hidden. Your choice!
• Air fresheners! Unashamedly they are a great way to spread that beloved smell.
• Scented candles: perfection.
• Homemade goodies: simmering spiced tea, warm apple cider, freshly baked gingerbread cookies, or apple pie fresh from the oven. What better way?
  

Quote:
A man of courage is not ashamed to admit his faults, failures and sins.



Blessings!