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If Only to Ramble, I want to be Ford Prefect.

September 26, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Just to warn you, this is a rambling post.  If you can’t handle that, leave a comment and grab a copy of my e-Book, Death With A Vengeance.  It is a good read.

Wow, Wednesday was not good for writing.  I just couldn’t get any ideas to do anything but sit there.  I guess I could say it was writers block, I could say I am just overwhelmed with stuff to do.  Or I can man up and say it was hard to write today.

Ok, it was hard to write today.  I am sure everyone has had the same experience at one time.  Or all of the time.  I have read countless posts about having too many windows open, too many emails to read and too many tweets to keep up with.  I did better on Tuesday when I had it all mapped out.  But I didn’t have to paint the hallway on Tuesday now did I?

Just a quick question that I would like solid answers for, why does a newborn care what the hallway looks like?  Or the Basement?  The kid can’t see more than 12 inches for a month or so anyway.  Hormones are insidious little bastards that just make more work for me.

So I am stuck in some strange vortex that is starting to make me mad.  I have things I want to write, I have blog posts I need to write, I have things I want to read, Affliate programs I want to review, and products I want to develop to sell.  I need to get organized.  And focused.  Maybe I just need more sleep.

Sorry for the ramblings, I am sure Thursday will be better.  But, to quote the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (one of the best books EVER) I never did get the hang of Thursdays.  Thank you Douglas Adams.

Your well crafted and highly entertaining comments will be welcome below.

-Justin

The Return of Poetry Tuesday: All Pales to You

September 26, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Hello all.  Today I am returning Poetry Tuesday to the lineup!  This poem is one I wrote for my wife not too long after we got married.  I thought it would be appropriate with Valentines Day coming this Thursday.  Let me know what you think, and feel free to share it with your Sweetheart!

All Pales to You

By: Justin Matthews

There are stars alight in the winter night,

But all pales to you.

The Dawn shines golden o’er spring fields,

But all pales to you.

The summer is green, the trees shine with sun,

But none compare to you.

Trees are put to shame, You light the room, the space, the Universe.

My heart glows with thoughts of you,

My life better for having you.

You swell my heart to bursting point,

complete I have become.

Without you, Life is empty, the winter cold.

The midsummer blues can touch me not when I am with you.

You are my sun, my heart, my angel.

My everything is yours, do with me as you will.

I will never leave, nor be cast aside.

You my Dear are my one True Love!

-Justin

Scan of a Valentine greeting card dated 1909.

Scan of a Valentine greeting card dated 1909. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Another Review: This time Blogger Beats!

September 26, 2013 / / 1 Comment

Hey Folks!  Today I bring you another review, this one is not an affiliate link yet!

If you are not listening to Blogger Beats, you should be.  Twice every week, Nathan Hangen (you have heard of him right?) and Oleg Mokhov bring you a great mix of music and inspiring messages to help get your workday started.  Or something like that.

Basically, Nathan comes in at the first with something to think about.  How to make your blog a business, or your business a success.  Then you have 25 minutes or so of some great music from Oleg.  This is not super beat heavy dance club music and it definitely does not put you to sleep.   I am not a big fan of most electronic music but this is good stuff.

I gets in your head in a way that really lets you concentrate on your writing and not what is playing in the background.  I have been listening and writing at the same time for a while now, and most of the time I don’t notice the time flying by.  I have a bunch written when Nathan comes on again at the end to sum up his earlier question.

I have been digging the beats since the launch of the site, and I am hooked.  Recently, they have released music only mixes that are sans-Nathan but with all of the good music.  I put a bunch of those in a playlist the other day and wrote almost 2000 words before I noticed that I had been writing that long!

The details:  Head over to http://bloggerbeats.com and sign up.  You get a week free and then it is $9 per month for 2 episodes per week.  For a dollar and some change, per episode you get some great tunes and motivation that just may kick your business in the rear end.  Give up a Red Bull per week and you pay for it.  And then some.

Go get in on the beats, I am really digging them. And they are not paying me to say this.  Yet.

See you tomorrow and don’t forget about fiction Saturday’s!  New podcast coming Thursday…

-Justin

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Waiting for Inspiration, A Sure Way to Fail.

September 26, 2013 / / 1 Comment

I love to be inspired.  I’m sure everyone does at some point.  It is great to sit down and be struck in the face with a fantastic posting idea but lets face it, how often does that actually happen?  How much more realistic is is to have a great idea on the way to the bathroom or in line at the bank?

I keep a digital recorder around to hang onto these ideas.  That doesn’t mean any of those ideas will ever see the light of day or be pounded into my computer.  There are the days when I do have an idea and can get it down quickly so it works.  There are days when I play around on the internet and am extremely undisciplined because I am doing “research” or “learning” and it is all BS.  These are the days when it is dinnertime and I realize that I still haven’t written, actually WRITTEN, anything but some snarky comments and maybe an email all day.

I started to do that today and I realized that I was telling myself that I was just waiting for something to write about.  I was waiting for inspiration.  That thought brought on this post.  Just waiting around will only cause me to fail in my quest to be a writer and on some of those top 10 blog lists.

And now, for my next trick, I will transcribe some of my post ideas from the recorder.  With luck I can have 2-3 posts lined up by the end of the day.  End of the weekend is more likely though.

Get out and enjoy the weather if you can!  Snow is coming to Salt Lake tonight.  Can’t wait, already have the snowblower gassed up.

Justin

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