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Rated: 18+ · Book · Women's · #1649240

Gratitude breaks the spell of Writers Block

Staring at a blank page is like staring into a snowfield. The snow, untouched by civilization and unmarked by living creatures, blinds you for a few minutes, it glistens reflecting subtle shades of pure white and rainbows at odd angles. If you stare at the snow too long, you get lost in the interplay of light and shadow.

As the day wears on, you become awestruck at the beauty of the snow's perfection. You marvel at the way an oak tree cast its ebony shadow across the pure white snow. You watch the tree's shadow change, grow and shrink, as Earth turns and the sun moves from morning to evening. If you stand out in the snow too long without moving, you risk snow bite or freezing.

If you are fortunate, a red fox will walk across your line of sight. The fox will leave his footprints written in the snowfield. As you watch the fox move, the spell holding you in one spot staring at the snow is broken. You are free to go inside out of the cold and out of danger.


I must say,
writing 500 words a day
isn't difficult,
unless I'm attempting to write
on a single subject.

On Monday, October 28, 2013, I began posting my weekly goals at "Weekly GoalsOpen in new Window.. On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal.

"O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning;
for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds."
Bah'u'll'h The Hidden Words of Bah'u'll'h, Part I.'From the Arabic, #31, page 11

'Heinlein's Rules for Writers

         Rule One: You Must Write
         Rule Two: Finish What Your Start
         Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order
         Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market
         Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold'

Robert A. Heinlein

It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One. Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others. Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet from whose horizon the day-star of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent.
Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages 21-29: gr 32

I changed the way I did entries in this book several times. Beginning on March 21, 2018 the entries will cover the topics of spiritual, inspirational, and religions. However, the genres it will be under are Women's, Inspirational, and Spiritual with a tag of Religious.
April 5, 2017 at 10:06pm
April 5, 2017 at 10:06pm
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‘Idál (Justice), 17 Bahá (Splendour), 147 BE - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 CE

I still have poems to write for "Prince Musical Writing Challenge ContestOpen in new Window. so I need to get back to doing that. I'll start on the next poem on Thursday. I wrote three in one day which I think overtaxed my muse because I haven't wanted to work on them since. The next poem has to do with thieves in the temple, so tonight I'll keep a pen and paper beside the bed in case I get an idea. If I don't come up with something then I'll just start writing. That usually gets me going. If I have to edit before posting that all right.


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Beauty
black and white cat
chasing sunlight across
a green shag carpet at first light
purring.

Poetry Forms To Do List

*Box* Write a Haiku Sonnet https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/
*Box* Write a Crown of Haiku Sonnets https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/
*Box* Read http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/SFPoetry.html
*Box* Read publication guidelines http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
*Box* Read about Haiku sonnet https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/
*Box* Cinquain Challenge use the last line of the first stanza as the first line of the second stanza following this through the entire poem with several stanzas
*Box* A cinquain is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme.
         Each line has a set number of syllables see below:
         Line 1: 2 syllables
         Line 2: 4 syllables
         Line 3: 6 syllables
         Line 4: 8 syllables
         Line 5: 2 syllables
*Box* Côte - uneven couplet, L1 being a single imperative verb, L2 is a glossing or expansion of L1.
written with meter and rhyme at the discretion of the poet



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