It’s Monday and the world is ridiculous, so here’s to humor to at least have a laugh with all the madness. Cheers

#Monday #MondayHumor #Typos #VisualTypos

Acting Out Instead of Acting Up Letting your body help your brain understand

Getting frustrated with a story happens and it happens because sometimes we can't SEE what we're writing.

An interesting exercise is to act out a scene. The movements, perspectives, and angles. Is it a bit crazy? Sure. But so is writing.

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Confession of a writer #46:
Sometimes we can give great advice we ourselves don’t take. Look yourself in the mirror and have a heart to heart from time to time. That kindness can make a massive difference.

Want to understand the obsession with AI?
Look at these 3 sentences:

The future is AI.
If you don't adopt AI, you will be left behind.
You absolutely need AI in your business.

Now replace the term [AI] with the words [my product] and see how they sound.

The sky always sings, even in times of turmoil.

Confession of a writer #45:
I’ve heard plenty of writer flexes that don’t make one bit of sense to me.
That doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
That means it doesn’t make sense to me.
Be true to who and how you are and if something doesn’t make sense...Don’t bash it.
Focus on you. Or don’t. :)

hahaha happy to provide. This week I needed to find some silly.

Gotta find laughs in these turbulent times ;0)

Angine de Poitrine fever is real.
✋🏽🔼🤚🏽
#AngineDePoitrine #mathrock

PEN de Puerto Rico Internacional continúa recopilando información de servicios en apoyo a la comunidad literaria en Puerto Rico. Hoy es para nuestros profesionales de #traducción. Aquí el enlace a su página de facebook.

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Lol well it’s as honest as I can get. I try for my taste tests to be honest and offer some info. I’ve seen people peddling bs and you know they’re getting paid. Happy you likey

indeed and then some. And yes, I do also people watch. The main thing is to have alllll the capture tools we can and listen to what's around. Fascinating reality we live in even with all its madness.

So tell me, do you think I have what it takes to be the next great influencer? Also, which of these initial genuine expressions do you think is the best? I mean, it’s no Blue Steel, but it’s a start.
#influencer #humor

The Graveyard of Good Ideas Advertising Side Effects on a Writer’s Mind

New Substack is up. Some people ask me where I get my ideas. Working in #advertising, a LOT of good ideas don’t make the cut. So here’s to saving those ideas for a rainy day :) link below

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The Human Cycle Visit Amazon's The Human Cycle Page and shop for all The Human Cycle books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Human Cycle

In the entire Human Cycle, only 2 main characters are human.

One is a jaded reporter who still hungers for the truth and justice.

The other is a psychotic preacher hell bent on bringing heaven down.

Any similarities to reality are purely coincidental.

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Will be more active here and best part is I treat this platform completely different to all others lol. Unfiltered

Big influence in last installment of one of my series. Broke my heart as well, though in a beautiful way. If I could bring back a famous person in good health, he'd be in the top 5

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My criteria for books reviews:

5 ⭐: Magnificent experience. Staying in my collection. Might gift it

4 ⭐: Solid read. Staying in my collection

3 ⭐: Good not great with areas of opportunity

2 ⭐: Not my cuppa tea but finished it

1 ⭐: Major issues in story, formatting, grammar, characters, etc.

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Confession of a writer #44:
Predators sniffing out insecure writers to bamboozle money from them are a dime a dozen. Some days can be tough and those are the days you could get swarmed the hardest. Remember, if it smells off, odds are it is.

Three frangipani flowers, cream petals with yellow centres, two open and one unfurling, all dotted with raindrops against a background of dark-green leaves.

Frangipanis 🤍💛

I read the #letter—
Front & back

Words inked my skin
Papercuts as proof

My mind scrapes
Against the shape of us

You slip away on horseback
My energy holding on
For dear life—
Praying under stars

In the space between words
We have room to wonder:

Why is this so teriffyingly sweet?

#vss365

I learned to read in rivers;
how water writes itself
over stone, erasing nothing,
only deepening the mark.

You are all my letters now.

Every word I form
is just your name
in loose disguise.

Even silence
spells you out.

#vss365

Water to the sea
How do you feel
Swim or sink
Don't think
Let everything go
And just flow

#vss365 #sink #water

#vss365 #poem

They are an aching thirst
No amount of #water
Ocean deep waterfall high
Can fill

That is all

I speak to the Sahara
In whispering sandstorms
For it alone feels my pain
An empty well

That is all

Curly letters in your letters
Words I'd never dare to read
Seals unbroken
Truths unspoken
Just the lies of restless mind
Wildly blooming as I wither
Leaving all the life behind

#vss365 #letters

Beautiful views and then some :D

Sun in blue sky and trees. That's pretty much it. And the cedar railing I love so much.

Same spot but looking west. The fence is there. Same old mountains I post photos of all the time. Hope you're not bored of them. Trees. Blue sky. Since then the clouds have moved. Pascal from Tangled mug on the fence post. It has Oolong tea. My family banned me from coffee 30 years ago and it has stuck. I'm like Hammy the squirrel from Over the Hedge at the best of times. Although as my mom used to say, there isn't much that couldn't be solved with a hot cup of tea and a cool head. Admitedly, I am sometimes a hot head who doesn't get around to drinking my tea until it is cooled but not this morning.

Happy Saturday. A real spring morning out here.

I really like this space because I don't have many people following me and I speak freely. Sure, other people can check in, but if you're here, you're up for whatever I post.

No filters and from the gut.

May your writing never be second to your online promotion game.