Well guys I just got through with my first interview as a writer. A fellow bloger and friend asked me to do an interview for my book Dylan Knight: Rush Against Time for them and I agreed. So I'm proud to annoounce that the interview is done and has been posted on their blog. Here's the link to see the interview, I'm so proud to have done it.
Interview with Greg Hart
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Outrage!!!!
ealier today, I came across and article that really ticked me off. Here is the link to the article (I suggest that you read it before you continue reading this post. You will get a better view as to why I am so angry with these people):http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104358/Simon-Burgess-drowned-firemen-refused-wade-3ft-deep-lake-health-safety-rules.html
I'm sorry but this should be not be acceptable in any country. I find it to be outrageous!!!! I live in a rural area 20 miles south east of a small town and in out area we have volunteer rescue workers, including fire fighters. It's their job to save peoples lives not matter how deep the water is. It's almost like a figh fighter saying, we can't go in there and get them out because of 'health and safety regulations.' It's their jobs to save people's lives for crying out loud!!!!! We don't have special water rescue units in the area and we have to rely on what we have, out volunteer fire fighters are jacks of all trades, if a water rescue is required, they do it because the nearst place that has a water rescue unit is more that an hours drive away. So time is crucial, they go in and do it. Regaurdless of the risks to themselves. And from the looks of the photos in the article, it's WAIST DEEP!!!!! I don't know but is this the sign of the times, are our rescue workers going to start refusing to save someones life because of heath and safety regulations? Lord help up if it is.
I'm sorry but this should be not be acceptable in any country. I find it to be outrageous!!!! I live in a rural area 20 miles south east of a small town and in out area we have volunteer rescue workers, including fire fighters. It's their job to save peoples lives not matter how deep the water is. It's almost like a figh fighter saying, we can't go in there and get them out because of 'health and safety regulations.' It's their jobs to save people's lives for crying out loud!!!!! We don't have special water rescue units in the area and we have to rely on what we have, out volunteer fire fighters are jacks of all trades, if a water rescue is required, they do it because the nearst place that has a water rescue unit is more that an hours drive away. So time is crucial, they go in and do it. Regaurdless of the risks to themselves. And from the looks of the photos in the article, it's WAIST DEEP!!!!! I don't know but is this the sign of the times, are our rescue workers going to start refusing to save someones life because of heath and safety regulations? Lord help up if it is.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Great Dragon on Camelot's Return
Posted the second story of Camelot's Return intitled The Great Dragon. Again done through the eye of sixteen year old NIlrem, Merlin's descendant and reinacrnation. In this installment of Camelot's Return, we meet the Great Dragon. Does he truly want to help Nilrim and the Lady of the Lake or does he want NIlrem's postion as the Lord Protector? Read to find out....
http://camelotsreturn.blogspot.com/
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Bring Change 2 Mind
Just as the title says, bring change to mind. What does this mean, does it mean bring change to mind to the ones who lives with being mentally ill, stand up for a movement like homosexuality or for some other cause that is just? It's not the latter two, it the first. I'm not even talking about bringing change to mind to the ones who live with mental illness. I'm talking about bringing change to mind for those around the person who lives with being mentally ill. That's right, I said bringing change to mind to those around the person who lives with being mentally ill.
I'm saying that we need to try to understand about what the person is going through. I, myself, am bipolar, I live with bipolar disorder. Which means I basiclly lose all control of my emotions. I have times where I'm extremely hyperactive, what is called manic stage. I feel so energetic that my ind races a hundred miles an hour, talk alot (sometimes so fast that nobody can understand a word I say) and have alot of sleepless nights and sleep alot durning the day. Not to mention we have urges to do something that we don't normally do as well as get upset about something for no apparent reason. Then we have to sort things out and face the consiquinces of our action afterwards.
There is also a dangerous part of being bipolar, or at least a scary part of it (For me, it may be different for other peopl) is the down part. Meaning the depression that comes after the Manic stage. When I get this way, I don't want to do anything. I sit around doing nothing, I don't feel like I have the energy to get up out of bed. I lose all intrest in things that I love to do, like writting, reading, watching tv and in some cases gardening. There are others out there like me who even feel more, they contemplate comitting suicide to end it all. I used to get that way when I was younger but no more, don't ask me why because I just don't know why I don't think about suicide anymore, I guess that I have alot of people around me who cares for me alot. I just don't know but I do get drepressed.
You might say or think that I'm lazy or self-centered or something in that nature but it's not true. I can't control these emotions, as hard as I try, I just can't control them, these emotions are spontanious and comes out of nowhere. We just can't simply turn them on and off like a light switch, it's just not done that way. we may recognize them and try to stop them or control them to get us through the day but even then it may or may not be enough and we simply give in. We understand the disorder and we even take care of it with medication. It is treatable and the treatments do work, we live our lives day by day just like you and everyone else around us. Just be aware of one thing, we are people, we are not to shunned away like someone that is contagious. We are people with our own lives, families.
I say this because there are people out there who refuses to acknowledge or just doesn't care about it. I have a freind who's daughter is also bipolar, her mother also suffers from severe depression. I try to help them cope with this and we got to talking one day and what she told me broke my heart and made me angry. She told me that her daughter used to be in public school but had to homeschool because of it. She was bullied and on top of that she's living with being bipolar. This was hard on her and I don't blame her or her mother for doing it. The mother went to the school and tried to get them to help her but the school wouldn't lift a finger, saying that it would not help the situation. To make a long story short, the parent pulled her out of school and started home schooling. Now they are on their own to school their child becasue the same school system will not help them out because they saidy 'the child is not severe enough to have them help with the schooling.' So basicly they were saying that the child is not severely sick or on a death bed to meet their requirements for home schooling through the school system.
It is this very thing that we need to bring change to people's minds about mental illness. It's nothing that needs to be shurgged off so easily as people thinks. It's more complicated than that, it's serious and it's not going to go away anytime soon. So I'm proud to say that I live with being bipolar and even though I live with it, I don't let it become who I am. Learn about mental illness before judging a person who is mentally ill and try to see things through their eyes, it's not our fault that we are this way. Nor is it our parents fault. It's no one's fault.
To find out more about mental illness like bipolar dissorder and many more mental illness' check out this website by the same name of the title Bring change 2 mind. Click on the link below:
http://bringchange2mind.org/
I'm saying that we need to try to understand about what the person is going through. I, myself, am bipolar, I live with bipolar disorder. Which means I basiclly lose all control of my emotions. I have times where I'm extremely hyperactive, what is called manic stage. I feel so energetic that my ind races a hundred miles an hour, talk alot (sometimes so fast that nobody can understand a word I say) and have alot of sleepless nights and sleep alot durning the day. Not to mention we have urges to do something that we don't normally do as well as get upset about something for no apparent reason. Then we have to sort things out and face the consiquinces of our action afterwards.
There is also a dangerous part of being bipolar, or at least a scary part of it (For me, it may be different for other peopl) is the down part. Meaning the depression that comes after the Manic stage. When I get this way, I don't want to do anything. I sit around doing nothing, I don't feel like I have the energy to get up out of bed. I lose all intrest in things that I love to do, like writting, reading, watching tv and in some cases gardening. There are others out there like me who even feel more, they contemplate comitting suicide to end it all. I used to get that way when I was younger but no more, don't ask me why because I just don't know why I don't think about suicide anymore, I guess that I have alot of people around me who cares for me alot. I just don't know but I do get drepressed.
You might say or think that I'm lazy or self-centered or something in that nature but it's not true. I can't control these emotions, as hard as I try, I just can't control them, these emotions are spontanious and comes out of nowhere. We just can't simply turn them on and off like a light switch, it's just not done that way. we may recognize them and try to stop them or control them to get us through the day but even then it may or may not be enough and we simply give in. We understand the disorder and we even take care of it with medication. It is treatable and the treatments do work, we live our lives day by day just like you and everyone else around us. Just be aware of one thing, we are people, we are not to shunned away like someone that is contagious. We are people with our own lives, families.
I say this because there are people out there who refuses to acknowledge or just doesn't care about it. I have a freind who's daughter is also bipolar, her mother also suffers from severe depression. I try to help them cope with this and we got to talking one day and what she told me broke my heart and made me angry. She told me that her daughter used to be in public school but had to homeschool because of it. She was bullied and on top of that she's living with being bipolar. This was hard on her and I don't blame her or her mother for doing it. The mother went to the school and tried to get them to help her but the school wouldn't lift a finger, saying that it would not help the situation. To make a long story short, the parent pulled her out of school and started home schooling. Now they are on their own to school their child becasue the same school system will not help them out because they saidy 'the child is not severe enough to have them help with the schooling.' So basicly they were saying that the child is not severely sick or on a death bed to meet their requirements for home schooling through the school system.
It is this very thing that we need to bring change to people's minds about mental illness. It's nothing that needs to be shurgged off so easily as people thinks. It's more complicated than that, it's serious and it's not going to go away anytime soon. So I'm proud to say that I live with being bipolar and even though I live with it, I don't let it become who I am. Learn about mental illness before judging a person who is mentally ill and try to see things through their eyes, it's not our fault that we are this way. Nor is it our parents fault. It's no one's fault.
To find out more about mental illness like bipolar dissorder and many more mental illness' check out this website by the same name of the title Bring change 2 mind. Click on the link below:
http://bringchange2mind.org/
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Writing Exercises
I mention in my profile that I took a creative writing class when I was in high school. In the class we did a writing exercise where we had a minute or less to look at a photo. Then we had to write a story about the photo with the understanding that all photos had a story to tell. And indeed they do, they maybe different to each person but they all have a story to tell. Here's an example of what I mean, it called The Mists :
In the past, I have found this to be helpfull in minor writer's blocks and just for fun when you are bored. In fact, who knows, you may just end up writing a short story series or a book. The options are endless when it comes to this type of writing exercise.
Happy writing everyone.
The old man walked through the fog as he went to his home, his feathered friend flying above him as an ever watchful guard. One movement or anything out of place, he would instantly alert the old man. They entered a clearing and his falcon started calling out to him.
“I know,” the man replied to his friend “I can feel it to. The fog has changed; I can feel the magic of the stones at work. We are getting close to them. The Mists have been summoned, the priestess is already here. Let’s not delay her any long friend. Go on ahead and tell her that I’ll be there shortly. I’m not as young as I once was.”
The bird flew on ahead of him soundlessly. The old man marveled at how the years had treated his old friend and how he had aged. His falcon hadn’t aged a day since he had befriended him. Here he was an old man and he couldn’t move as fast as he once was. How he longed to be like his friend, forever youthful but alas, the falcon was a magical one. Coming from that of Avalon, he wasn’t from the island; he had spent his youth there; training to become a powerful sorcerer the land has ever seen. Magic flowed through his veins but he wasn’t part of the magic that was of Avalon. Avalon’s magic was greater than that of what he learned; its magic was old and ageless. Coming from a time that was before time, an era where the gods of old once roamed this world when the human race cowered in caves and were afraid to come out when they were near.
He removed these thought from his head as he approached the Great Stone Circle. In the center a hooded figured awaited him. The priestess waited patiently for him as he came closer. He could see the falcon perched on her shoulder. As he drew closer, she removed her hood so that he could see her better. She smiled at him. Like his friend, she has never aged a day since he left the island long ago. She too was from the island.
“Time has been poor to you, old friend.” She said in a sad voice.
“Indeed it has, my lady.” The old man smiled “Time has been very kind to you. How have you been Viviane?”
“Very well, come we have much to talk about and very little time to do it.”
The old man joined her in the center and no sooner he had, he felt the Great Stone Circle’s power. He felt youthful once again. “You sense it as well, don’t you?”
“I do a power struggle in this land. A struggle between two different religions as well as two different powers.” The priestess said One if not both will destroy the land and Avalon will forever be lost in the mists of time. We must stop it before it’s too late.”
“Can we, my lady. Can we stop both?”
“Perhaps, before coming here, I looked into the crystal of time and saw a time of great peace. A peace lead by a young man. We must find him and protect him. He will unite the land and both religions.” Replied the priestess.
“Who is this man and where can we find him, my lady.”
“He hasn’t been born yet. It’s up to us to find his parentage and tell them of this boy’s future. We cannot allow our homes to be destroyed. Even now the Roman Empire is falling and they grow more and more brutal by the day. The Christian faith is destroying all the sacred places of the old religion, only the Great Stone Circle still stands. It will be only a matter of time before it destroys everything. Then there is Tobarth and Martho struggling to gain power. Tobarth is of the old religion while Martho is of the Christian. We must tell them about a son that will unite all the lands and faiths.”
“No, those two will only cause more trouble than good, my Lady.” The old man said “It will cause more bloodshed and we will surely be destroyed.”
“Then what do you propose, Merlin?”
“We call a meeting amongst them. Bring them here and create a proposal to them both; A marriage between both families. Tobarth has a daughter, Mortho a son. It may not be what you have seen in the crystal of time but it will be enough for us to watch for our savior.”
The Priestess studied this for a while. She had liked the idea. “A perfect idea, at least it will give us some hope my friend. Now what are we going to do about you? You are much too old to help carry out the task. You will surely die before the child is born.” She looked over her friend more and came up with the idea. “You have been a friend of Avalon for a long time. I believe that I can grant you the magic of Avalon. But there is a price to be paid for this magic.”
In the past, I have found this to be helpfull in minor writer's blocks and just for fun when you are bored. In fact, who knows, you may just end up writing a short story series or a book. The options are endless when it comes to this type of writing exercise.
Happy writing everyone.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Writer's Block
Recently I've been goin throught a writer's block. Couldn't even think of a single word to write. Or better yet, I had the idea of what I wanted to write but couldn't put it down into words. As you know, I'm writing two different things right now, a short story series called Camelot's Return and Dylan Knight: Rush Against Time.
It all came to an end one night, while watching an episode of Merlin. I had gotten an idea on how to go about writing the second story, which I was pretty much stuck with it. So I wrote for about an hour as the ideas just kept flowing from my mind, to my hands and then to the computer. So I decided if I could write this story, then I could begin writting chpt. 13 of Rush Against Time.
I closed out the file for Camelot's Return and opened up the file for Dylan Knight. But nothing came and I wondered why I was having a hard time of writing it when I was having an easy time of writing the second story of Camelot's Return. I sat there typing the beginning over and over again at least 16 times in the span of a half an hour. Mind you it was the opening paragraph that I was having the most trouble with. After another 30 minutes flew by, an idea came to mind. I wondered, if you watched an episode of Merlin to help jump start your writting for Camelot's Return, when not try reading a book to help jump start the writing for the chpt. I got up from the laptop and walked over to the shelves of books that I have and picked out a book to read. Of all things it was the first book of the Alex Rider series. After reading the first few chpts. I had the inspiration that I needed to begin writing the chpt. Once again my writer's block was gone, the ideas flowed freely and I was writting agian.
So my advice for all of those who have writer's block and find that they can't write a single word but have the ideas of what you want to write, pick your favorite show to watch, or pick up a book that you like to read, it doesn't matter which show, or which book you read or watch. Just as long as you think it may help you free your writing from the dreaded writer's block. If it helped me, it might just help you out too.
Happy writting every one.
It all came to an end one night, while watching an episode of Merlin. I had gotten an idea on how to go about writing the second story, which I was pretty much stuck with it. So I wrote for about an hour as the ideas just kept flowing from my mind, to my hands and then to the computer. So I decided if I could write this story, then I could begin writting chpt. 13 of Rush Against Time.
I closed out the file for Camelot's Return and opened up the file for Dylan Knight. But nothing came and I wondered why I was having a hard time of writing it when I was having an easy time of writing the second story of Camelot's Return. I sat there typing the beginning over and over again at least 16 times in the span of a half an hour. Mind you it was the opening paragraph that I was having the most trouble with. After another 30 minutes flew by, an idea came to mind. I wondered, if you watched an episode of Merlin to help jump start your writting for Camelot's Return, when not try reading a book to help jump start the writing for the chpt. I got up from the laptop and walked over to the shelves of books that I have and picked out a book to read. Of all things it was the first book of the Alex Rider series. After reading the first few chpts. I had the inspiration that I needed to begin writing the chpt. Once again my writer's block was gone, the ideas flowed freely and I was writting agian.
So my advice for all of those who have writer's block and find that they can't write a single word but have the ideas of what you want to write, pick your favorite show to watch, or pick up a book that you like to read, it doesn't matter which show, or which book you read or watch. Just as long as you think it may help you free your writing from the dreaded writer's block. If it helped me, it might just help you out too.
Happy writting every one.
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