One line Sunday is here:

 

 

Here’s this weeks one line Sunday

‘He had the kind of face that could turn a Friday into a Monday’

How one Line Sunday works:

Each Sunday I’ll post one line on vcwillow.wordpress.com.

Your task should you choose to accept it, is to write a short piece of fiction, poem, haiku, or novella (if you really have a lot of time and the muse moves you) by the following Saturday

By the next Saturday I’ll post my short fiction story of no less than 300 words, or a poem, piece of prose or the beginning of a novella based on the one line posted here.

Everyone is more than welcome to join in and I’m eager to see your work posted here on the comments and see the myriad ways you have approached this weeks one line Sunday.

Any Questions, please just ask.

Managed to sort out my issues, so the free Amazon promotion is going ahead! My first novel, The Ritual, is now available for FREE from all Amazon websites, and will remain free all the way up to Sunday 16 June.

You can find it here on the US site, or if you’re in the UK (like me) you can find it here. For all other Amazon sites you can simply delete the .com or .co.uk in the sites above and replace it with your country’s suffix.

I would love it if people would pass on the word by reblogging this post. My book is a blend of Fantasy, Adventure and Romance, and I have actually been surprised at how well it’s been received even by people who wouldn’t normally read this genre.

If you do not own a Kindle, you can still enter the paperback giveaway I have…

Last week, I talked about the first trait of the successful author, discernment. I deliberately addressed discernment first because discernment keeps us in balance. No amount of “success” is worth our peace, our health or our relationships.

Also, we’ll need discernment to manage the second trait of the successful author—self-discipline. Why? Because even self-discipline needs to be disciplined. Sometimes we need to re-prioritize.

For instance, last week, my mom went in for emergency surgery. She’s fine and home now and THANK YOU for all your love, prayers and well-wishes. I also had a niece graduating from high school. I took off a few days because I was exhausted from edits, anxiety over my mom and racing across town from hospital to graduation. Self-discipline can easily become like a religious legalism, and we need to guard against that to be healthy and successful long-term.

But we still have to…

 

Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier. These low-budget tips and trick can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach you something (e.g., tie a full Windsor) that you simply did not know before.

Most of these came from a great post on tumblr. There is also a great subreddit ‘r/lifehacks‘ with some fantastic tips as well.