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This week I came across an inspirational writer named Chris Fox who says he writes 5,000 words an hour!

On his blog: chrisfoxwrites.com  there is a Youtube clip where he talks about the acceleration of his novel sales including which months his books were selling, along with charts and graphs from Amazon to show the progression.  Some months, he has up to eleven thousand dollars in sales.  I picture Stephen King, dragging his mouse up and down charts like this guy's and being like.  'One million sales in December. Oh my!  And a tiny growth in April, what's up with that?'  

Either way, this Chris fella' has like six novels out ,and it's interesting to see his enthusiasm when it comes to his novel writing.  You don't see a lot of novelists go in depth the way he does.

This week I also listened to Nell Scovell's audio book. If you don't know Nell, she is a television and magazine writer and producer.  She created Sabrina the Teenage Witch series. I also found out that Nell was a former writer for late night with David letterman she also wrote for The Wilton North Report, Coach, Monk, Murphy Brown, Charmed, Newhart, The Critic, NCIS.  She was the first woman to write an episode for the Simpsons.  

Career advice she's been given:

 "1: Never be afraid to write spec,  2: Don’t ask friends for work and 3: take any job that comes your way, you never know where it might lead." 

 Nell also talks about what it's like to be one of the few female directors and how women need to be asking themselves 'What would I do, if I weren't afraid?'

I made a little list of things I'd do if I wasn't afraid.

Readers, what would you do, if you weren't afraid? Please comment below.

CURRENTLY

Reading: You're on an Airplane by Parker Posey, Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee.

Listening: Just the Funny Parts by Nell Scovell, Business Adventures by John Brooks

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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted  @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things  received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

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This week I saw my brother play hockey at Doug Woog arena.  Great name, right? 

My brother plays defense and his team played awesome that night-so they'll be going to the tournament.  Hopefully, I'll see him play there as well.  My brother is hard not to notice, he's got this real long beard, like one of those guys from Duck Dynasty. 

Let's see, what else has been going on this week?  My two year old had a great time playing at this community gym by our house.  He's finally getting the hang of the trampoline, so he's been all about the bounce. And then last night I went to see a sketch/improv show at Fitzgerald theater.

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Readers, do you like Hockey, who's your fav team? 

CURRENTLY

Reading: Dash and Lilly's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn

Listening: Bobby Kennedy's biography

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Great sites for writing arc of story

savethecat.com

tvtropes.org

thewritersjourney.com , a great example of story arc is http://thewritersjourney.com/hero%27s_journey.htm

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/ 

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So anyone who knows me, knows that I love comedy.  I started listening to this audio book by Retta called So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know. Retta is an actress/comedian.  And boy is it funny!!

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At one one point Retta said something along the lines,

 “I wasn’t intimidated to work with the Queen B, Beyonce. At that time she hadn’t come out of her shell yet, she just finished the Austin Powers -film and Goldberg-although Goldberg wasn’t much, and she had just became Beyonce, after starting her career solo, and leaving Destiny’s Child."

I was like damn Daniel! This woman is confident. I had to look her up and saw that she performed in Good Boys and Where's the Money. She also said, she likes to Google herself, so I hope she comes across this post one day.

Readers are there any comedians that you just Love, Love, love?

CURRENTLY

Reading: Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James, Managed by Kristen Calihan, Dirty Filthy Rich Men by Laurelin Paige,

Listening: So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know by Retta,

and David Letterman's biography

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Some baby goats we saw at the petting zoo, Fawn-Doe-Rosa in St Croix Falls

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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted  @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things  received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

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This week I'm excited because I was able to download oracle after many attempts.  I thought I had a bug in my computer that was preventing me from downloading it.  And Oracle is a necessity for my online class, because I'm  learning SQL, structured query language. So I found out, I needed to download sql developer software which has java connected with it.

  I’ve been using stackoverflow.com to help me answer some questions related to my IT class. 

I just read somewhere that some people don't use Google as a source to answer their common questions.  Stackoverflow.com or Quora is also a resource because it's a community online that is devoted to answering all kinds of questions.

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This week I also got the most glorious compliment on my writing.  You see every Saturday I meet with writers at Black Dog cafe, so the writers there are very familiar with my work.  This Saturday, I was going on and on about this writer, named Teresa, who writes all about her Babsia, polish grandmother, and how she has so many stories that are about this small-made-up polish village in Minnesota.  Her stories are absolutely hysterical!
Anyway, the writer, Jim was like, "you write some fantastic stories, too, about your life growing up in north Minneapolis, and they're filled with great characters and dialogue. Now if you could just connect all these stories and combine them in a novel." And you know what, that's what I plan to do! I'm just so thrilled that someone sees potential in my writing.

CURRENTLY

Reading: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman (contemporary) Sweet Thing by Renee Carlino,(Romance)  Managed by Kristen Calihan, Dirty Filthy Rich Men by Laurelin Paige, Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem,

Listening: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Friendship by Emily Gould

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Happy New Year

Remembering my year in 2014

I did yoga today.  You know what yoga is; downward dog and plank's pose that goes along with stretching every muscle in your body.  But today our Teacher told us to meditate take two long breaths and along with it think of two things that happened every month this year.  Those things could have been things like successes or challenges.  "Its important to reflect and take time to give yourself achknowledement for what you have done throughout the year." she said.

This is a list of my 24 things that happened to me throughout 2014
Breath in, Breath out

1.      Went to eat at my favorite restaurant Ocean (an Asian restaurant) three times

2.      Raced some people on the side roads

3.      someone passed

4.      Zahdi came to United States

5.      spent more time outside sitting on porch people-watching

6.      bought new used car by myself including loan etc

7.      found out my brother was moving out

8.      grandma passed on, I miss her tremendously

9.      helped someone

10.  read a big gigantic book called Little Friend by Donna Tartt

11.  read another big book called The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

12.  helped a friend get a job at a hospital

13.  went to Duluth

14.  Lost my $400 damage deposit to a woman who is a bad landlord and got it back by being assertive.

15.  Went to gym 12 times in a month

16.  Did some things I planned in October

17.  Helped My mom

18.  Said some heartbreaking words to people that I regret

19.  Took some people with disabilities to countless amounts of plays and outings

20.  Got recognized

21.  Lost two jobs

22.  Gained two jobs

23.  Found out that I am somewhat stubborn

24.  Enjoyed December holiday this year more than I have in the past 15 years.