Some Of My Favourite Quotes

Every now and then I tweet a meaningful quote about life on my Twitter profile. They are magic words that immediately encourage, uplift and inspire you. Here in this post is a compilation of some those quotes:


'If you live with one leg in the past and one leg in the future, you will have no leg to stand on in the present.' Buddha
'Try remember your dreams. The answers you'll find in them.' SR

'If you have roots, you are strong.' SR

'You don't need a lot to be happy.' SR

'Be kind to someone. It will have a ripple effect in the Universe.' SR

'You do not need to acquire this power, you already possess it.' Dr Joseph Murphy

'Message of the wheat sheaf. Its future is brightest when kernels are smashed because when gathered from the chaff and milled to flour it will nourish man.' Perek Shira

'Generously, and with respect to Creator, sun floods moon with light so earth's barren satellite can bring glow to our nights.' Perek Shira

'Where there's disarray, a judge must restore order. When the world's in turmoil and justice perverted, even the trees suffer.' Perek Shira

'It's nice to be beautiful on the outside. But if your soul is beautiful too...omg.' SR

'Do what feels right for you in order to focus on going forward, think of what you have to do right now and keep your goal in mind.' SR

'We are all one.' SR

'Lives of others put things in perspective for one's own life. Everything is relative.' SR

'The sun shining means so many different things.' SR

Get More Traffic To Your Blog

I was pondering lately on ways to attract more attention to my blog. I'm not making excuses but what with writing my third novel, my day job as massage therapist, getting my latte fixes at Vida, strolling on the beach to gain inspiration, you know the usual things, I just don't seem to have the time to write posts :) Sound familiar?

I stumbled recently on the amazing blog of Seth Godin, apparently nominated as 12th best blog in the world by a single person.
This link will take you to a page on his blog where he lists 56 tips on how to get traffic to your blog. It's brilliant.

So, if you have the same dilemma as me, or for some other reason you are not satisfied with with how your blog is doing, go to this link: Seth Godin

Success! X

p.s. Let me know what you think

The Kalahari Review

Chapters of The Goat Herder will be published in two parts in The Kalahari Review next month.
I'll keep you updated. You can check out this top literary journal here:
www.thekalaharireview.com

Be My Guest now on Kindle

My short story Be My Guest is now available on Kindle.
Click here to purchase:
BE MY GUEST

What They Are Thinking...

Under Philadelphi Road has embarked on its journey through the maze of the publishing world. The hard part starts now. The waiting. And believe me, if the cliché or proverb (or whatever you want to call it) ‘patience is a virtue’, has ever been more relevant, it is here and now. Literary agents, bless their souls, are extremely busy people. They read most of the manuscripts that land on their tables at night after work and on weekends. In addition, they have their own current author clients to deal with on a daily basis and other administrative tasks. So, waiting for a response can take months. Frustrating, but totally understandable. And, of course, when the response does finally arrive it can either be yay or nay (obviously). Oh yes, and some agents respond only on manuscripts that interest them.

They say the best way for a writer to remain sane in this type of situation is to keep on writing. In other words, not to wait but to forget the waiting and to put that energy into writing. Aptly, in my case, I have started my third novel of the paranormal genre. All three of my novels are each of a different genre. It’s how they have come out, born that way. I am writing the stories that are sitting in my soul and that need to be written. I 'm not going according to a strategy or a commercial plan i.e. sequels, a series of the same tale. I just write what my soul calls on me to write and this is also, coincidentally, how I bide my time creatively as I try not to think what ‘they’ are thinking…

Short Story Published!

Just between the lines, a news flash: My short story, Be My Guest, has been published in The Arlington Literary Journal. To read it, please click on this link, www.arlijo.com

Where is Philadelphi Road?

Hi all,

Firstly, my profuse apologies for the lull in the writing of posts and the updating of my blog. Life is hectic, as you well know, and time does not pause for any man. The first draft of Under Philadelphi Road is complete and editing and copywriting is underway. Actually, it's going quite swiftly, at this stage anyway, due to the fact that the reason it took almost 4 years to complete the draft is that I have already spent hours, and sometimes even days, on a single paragraph, a sentence or a word, not to mention the Everest of research I was required to do for this challenging, but most satisfying, work to date.

A question posed by several people around me, and at a distance, has prompted me to write this first post about my upcoming novel. I am thankful for questions and deeply appreciative of feedback as I write not only for myself, as a necessity, but for you the reader, who indeed insists to excel in and forever develops the curiosity and want for knowledge, understanding and literary quality. And quite rightly so.

The question and interest that has come up regards the title of the book, which some think has to do with Philadelphia, USA. This could not be furthest from the truth. Firstly, it is Philadelphi (with an i at the end). So, where is this so-called Philadelphi Road and what is it's importance to the story?

The Philadelphi Road or Route refers to a narrow strip of land, 14 km in length, situated along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Under the provisions of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979, the buffer zone was controlled and patrolled by Israeli forces. After the 1995 Oslo Accords, Israel was allowed to retain the security corridor along the border. One purpose of Philadelphi Road was to prevent the movements of illegal materials (including weapons, ammunition and illegal drugs) and people between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Palestinians, in cooperation with some Egyptians, have built smuggling tunnels under Philadelphi Road to move these into the Gaza Strip. The 1979 Egypt-Israeli peace treaty, in which Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai in exchange for peace with Egypt, stipulated that the border with Egypt would follow the border of the Palestine Mandate. The main border exchange would be in the town of Rafah. (info from Wikipedia).

Rafah is where the story begins but this is for another post. Above then, you have the explanation of what and where Philadelphi Road is. The reason for the title, well, this is also for a following post :)

Thanks for your time and stay tuned.

Warm regards.
SR