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I have often heard of a secret email address I can use to post to my blog from anywhere, including my smart phone.
Right now, I am trying exactly that!

Blog Stop #3 in the Flight of Blue Virtual Launch Party - Creation of the Flight of Blue: The Three Realms

Welcome, welcome,  welcome  to Part 3 of the Virtual Launch party for Flight of Blue by A.E. Howard. My name is Julie Jordan Scott: founder of Writing Camp with Julie Jordan Scott, Performance Poet and Certified Creative Life Coach. I am honored and thrilled to be a part of this event.  I hope I get to know you better as a result, too.

Please be sure to take a moment to comment at the end of this article so you be entered into today’s giveaway.

Now, on to what brought you here in the first place:

Creation of Flight of Blue: The Three Realms

In many ways the creation of the three realms was the most challenging, especially the Realm of Light, which we don't see at all (yet, anyway ;-) ). Throughout the story, interaction with the Realm of Light is solely through the Flight of Blue messengers, and of course, the clues left behind by the prophecy of the Lucinarium. The Realm of Light lends its hand in the struggle against the Realm of Darkness entirely through people who have chosen to fight the invasion, but not by direct means. This is both intriguing and frustrating to Kai, even as he discovers more about how the dynamics of the Three Realms work.

 Of course, as we follow Kai's discovery we learn there was once just two Realms, and through a story told Kai, we discover how the Middle Realm came to be split off from the Realm of Light, leaving it more vulnerable to the Realm of Darkness.

 Of course, the tricky thing about the Realms is that they don't exist side by side in any sort of geographical sense, but instead are almost layers of the same place. The Realm of Darkness is a poisoned reflection of the Middle Realm, and the Realm of Light still exists sort of "in" the Middle Realm, but the residents of the Middle Realm can no longer see it, even though those who belong to the Realm of Light can see both Realms at the same time. Confusing? yes, I thought so, but I can't tell you more without spoiling the story!

 

What I can tell you is that certain acts by those in the Middle Realm allow rips in the fabric of the world to form, and it is one such act before our story begins that causes the rip that sets in motion Kai's journey of discovery into the way the world really works, and the role that he has been born into. He simply has to decide whether to fulfill that role or not. Of course, that's not really so simple when we learn what is at stake and what lies ahead for him should he choose to accept.

 

Part 1: The Idea: A Cursed Light and a Possum Sorcerer hosted by Heidi Daniels

 

Part 2: The Characters: Talking animals, silent animals, and humans too, Oh My! hosted by Ruth Long

 

Part 4: Magic and Prophecy hosted by Keith Robinson

 

 Launch Party Central Post on A.E. Howard’s Blog

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                    Thank you, again, for joining the Flight of Blue Virtual Launch party!

            A.E. Howard, Author, Flight of Blue

 

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10 Ways to Use Your Cell Phone to Write Blog Articles, Top 10 Lists, How-to's, Poetry and More

I never knew my cell phone would become such an important part of my life. I thought I would be texting and searching the internet, catching up on facebook and twitter and other fun, playful aps, but I didn't realize it would actually help me with so many of my writing adventures.

Here are ten ways you may use your cell phone as I do for writing purposes. Try one of these you don't currently use and please comment to share either a new way we may all use our phones OR let us know how you experiment with these ten ways to use your smart phone.

10 Ways to Use Your  Phone to Write Articles, Top 10 Lists, How-to's, Poetry and More

1. Listen to conversation being spoken around you. Eavesdrop to capture rich/true dialogue
2. Take photos, especially those surprise images to write about later. Once you set the intention to be surprised visually, your eyes will begin to see more and more intriguing sights.
3. Collect "jots" of writing in three words or less... what you see, hear, smell, taste, touch, feel emotionally
4.  Use your timer: Do timed stream of consciousness writing at any time in any space. Do timed writing with your notebook while on a hike. Do timed writing on your laptop sitting in a coffee shop. Do timed writing directly into your smart phone.
5. Keep a one sentence journal. At the end of the day, write a one sentence summary of either the entire day or whatever stand out event happened, even if it is “The intersection at Stockdale and California was more annoying than infomercials as I drove through it fourteen times today.”
6. Haiku everywhere and then tweet what you write from your smart phone.  You may want to make one day a week your haiku day or make it a practice to see the normal differently – such as writing the dawn every day for a week or month.
7.  In your calendar note times (and set alarms!) for sunrises, sunsets or other "time attached" subjects. For example, an older slightly battered truck rolls by my house at about 6:40 a.m. daily. I consciously make a point to be out there so I can wave as I take notes. This truck and its driver has become a rich part of my writing life and we have never officially met.
8.  Take notes when people think you are texting. I recently did this at a birthday party where I didn’t know anyone. Since people are used to texting, in some circles this isn’t seen as rude. Be careful to not be totally oblivious to social nuances.  Interaction at the party itself will also give you gems you can capture as you sit in your car before leaving or on the bus on the way home after the party is over.

9. Create writing prompts from what you see. There is never, ever, ever “nothing to write about.” Look around as you live. Examples: “The waitress with the very red lipstick reminds me of…” and write, using your timer, for at least five minutes stream of consciousness style. “The fallen tree on the side of the road made me feel…”. “The old man waiting at the bus stop looked….” Or “I wonder where the old man at the bus stop is going? It could be…. Or… or… and why isn’t someone from his family driving him?”

 10. Write how-to articles. What technology do you suppose I used to write this one?

 © 2012 by Julie Jordan Scott

Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.

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It is Coming: The Flight of Blue Virtual Launch Party ~

A cursed traffic light. A rip in the fabric of the world. A possum sorcerer injured on a quest for revenge.

Kai and Ellie embark on a journey to return the sorcerer to his home. Entangled in events that could destroy the world, Kai must choose whether to accept the role he was born to play, but isn’t sure he wants.

I am thrilled to be one of the blog stops on A.E. Howard's launch party for The Flight of Blue which is being released this week on July 24. 

Find complete details about the Launch Party on A.E. Howard's Website!

You can also be a part of the Launch Party via Facebook and/or on Goodreads!

The Party Day will be crowned with a Live Twitter Party at 10 PM where our guest of honor is the author, A.E. Howard - Use hashtag #FlightofBlue

There will be a great giveaway for the twitter celebration of the party, so plan to attend. I will be there!

STILL want more?

Flight of Blue Trailer

Here is what some reviewers are saying on GoodReads:

"Have you ever wished that Wind in the Willows included humans, magic and rips in the fabric of the world? Well if you have, Flight of Blue fits the bill."

"Flight of Blue is an engaging and fun read. The characters are believable and the dialogue is funny. While a good representative of the genre, I did not find the work derivative or predictable and found myself laughing at times, even in the midst of suspenseful events. The weaving of multiple layers of emotion was very skillful. Do yourself a favor and read it, or pass it along to someone you know who's in the mood for a good read."

I look forward to spending time with you on July 24 for The Flight of Blue Virtual Launch Party -

Lucky Confessions, A Limerick and Recycling Writing Inspiration

Earlier this week thanks to another participant in the Ultimate Blog Challenge and one of my partners-in-blogging I have never been in touch with until this week, Jacqueline Garwood (find her on twitter here) , wrote this blog post about... luck and power.

I started my usual process using "Luck" as my theme. I quickly compiled ten quotes as inspiration and in a snap of my fingers a quote collection blog post. You may read that by clicking this link, here.....

I also did some stream of consciousness writing about a story of mine I don't usually tell. I would love to hear how you feel both about the essay but also about how I took the inspiration from a fellow blogger and used it for two blog posts and a limerick so far! Read on!

I don’t tell this part of my story often, but since today my topic to write is “lucky” I just feel it fits.

I visited Merriam-Webster.com for inspiration: after all, I am lucky enough to know the dictionary is a handy reference not only for looking up word definitions, it also shares examples and synonyms and even rhyming words for whatever I happen to be researching or writing about that day.

I found this under “examples of lucky” which remind me of those sentences Miss Foley used to say during spelling tests. Lucky -  “I feel lucky to be alive.” – Lucky.

My main point is this: I was a product of birth control failure. Specifically, my mother’s carefully placed diaphragm wasn’t enough to hold back the life force that made me.

Mom chose to tell me this when I was thirteen-years-old, the haven for Doubt and Lack of Confidence for girls. Some would say this timing was bad luck.

I suppose some would call me “plucky” when my response – internally, I would never say it to her for fear of being labeled a backtalker – “Well, I guess I am here because God has a really important job for me to do!”

This Pollyanna-Julie held me through young adulthood and sometimes, when things are bleakest, she helps me still today.

Maybe God’s reasoning was I needed to be conceived and birthed so I could give birth to the three most incredible people the world has seen.

Maybe God’s reasoning was I am to bless the world using my unique gifts, talents, abilities and tenacity.

Maybe God’s reasoning was “I need to show Nancy and Joe (this little baby’s parents) they don’t run the universe, I do!”

Maybe God’s reasoning was “I need a female human to teach others to write prose and poetry, even silly stuff like Limericks.”

So naturally I had to scribe a Limerick about "Lucky"

There once was an oh so clever ducky

All the other ducks labeled him lucky

On that bluster Spring Day

The others flew away

And the clever one said, “Life is SUCKY!”

Now you know my little known secret. There you have it.

I was conceived due to dumb – or not so dumb – luck.

Even as I reach middle age I know the rest of the luck I encounter is due to the actions I take and the connections I create and the opinions and judgments I form.

I could say, “Life is sucky” like the clever ducky, but I know that neither serves me nor does it help create the conventional thought of “luck”. I'll take the Pollyana Julie "God must have a reason for me to be born" instead.

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Top 8 Ways to Wake Up Ready & Raring to Go with Passion Flowing through Your Brains

I have taught myself how to be cheerful in the morning. There may be a bit of a hereditary piece here, but I believe all people are capable of waking up with a brighter perspective in front of their eyes. Please try at least one of these tips to see how it will change you.

Ready to Wake Up?

1. Know what you need to get done – and start the day doing something you are passionate about doing every time: This may mean to start the day writing in your notebook or taking photos of dawn or, if you’re like me, sitting on my porch writing haiku.
2. Use yummy smelling (to you) morning things: soap, face cleanser, toothpaste… or if you use unscented personal items, how about waking up and lighting a candle – initiating light into your day and dedicating your day to passion, love and light (or your greatest intention.)
3. Don’t rush, don’t delay. If you wake up with an alarm, get up when it goes off. Stretch when you turn it off. This is so simple and it works. Arms up over your head, stretch and smile! Greet yourself (even if this sounds corny.) If you keep a dream dictionary, write in it.
4. Play music (softly) preferably “language free”. Words are so powerful, they punch your subconscious mind with all sorts of suggestions. Early in the morning, instrumentals are best to keep your mind clear and your attitude moving forward.
5. You’ve heard it a thousand times before: have a healthy breakfast. Sometimes a smoothie is the best breakfast there is. A donut and coffee definitely don’t count as a healthy breakfast. If this means rethinking your routine then rethink your routine.
6. Start your day with radical self care and if you are one to add spirituality to your self-care, do so daily. Meditation, Free writing,  Yoga, Pilates, a Walk or any combination of the above to begin refreshed and renewed: These work.
7. Stay Unplugged: Give yourself an hour before you turn on your computer or check your text messages. Really, all this can wait. No email with barely awake eyes, please. Settle into your day away from the keyboard or television. You will be grateful!
8. Tell your housemates what works best for you. This includes children, spouses and parents. My children know I write every morning, so they will sit at a table with me, quietly. I simply set that expectation and they know the expectation. Once I arranged it, everything has been just right.

This is post #13/1 for the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Slowly and surely I am getting caught up!

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Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.

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Five Minute Friday: The Exact Moment My Beautiful Babies & I Became "Enough"

It’s #FiveMinuteFriday free write time! <—click to tweet this!

Where a flash mob of folks spend five minutes all writing on the same topic and then share ‘em over at Lisa Jo Baker's place. 

So, set your timer, clear your head, for five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right.

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. (I did add some photos - one of a little Samuel and the others, later in their lives...and mine, in the final one.)
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

OK, are you ready? Please give me your best five minutes on:

ENOUGH

 

It was a blazing hot June day. Samuel was about seven-weeks-old, Katherine was ten-years-old, Emma was three. We had spent the day before at my mother’s sixty ninth birthday party in Glendale, Arizona with the rest of our family. She waited until Samuel was old enough and then we made the trek.

It was actually fun. I was surprised since I never feel like enough (or anything positive) around my family.

We had to leave to return to California less than twenty-four hours later.

The other family members were all going to a baseball game together.

 The four of us trudged into our little car and almost immediately we all started crying. We drove along in silence for a couple hours when little Emma declared she had to go to the bathroom.

If you know the Arizona desert, you will know the places to stop are few and far between.

It was midday and probably in the neighborhood of 110 degrees. There was a rest stop place with no food places but it had some vending machines. While Emma went to do her business, I decided to buy some candy bars to hold everyone over until we hit a normal stopping point.

I asked Katherine to hold Samuel and ran around putting my money into the machines, banging on them and moving to the next one. My plan was to go in one direction and then scoop up in the other direction.

Katherine, being ever so helpful, decided to pick up some of the food that had fallen and in doing so, she dropped baby Samuel on his face on the concrete.

She hates when I tell this story, but it is significant.

Emma came out of the bathroom and again, we were all crying. I said, “Come on everyone, we’re going to the car!”

In that moment we became an amorphous blob being with six walking feet, eight arms, eight eyes and four crying mouths. Samuel was doing the horrifying no sound cry. I slipped him into his car seat, fixed him a quick bottle, all the while crying and saying stuff like “I don’t deserve you, I don’t deserve you…”

I got the AC going, made sure everyone was belted in and we drove off, all sobbing.

All the way home I kept asking, “How is Samuel, how is Samuel?”

I stopped the car at every stop to check him in his backward facing car seat.

I also thought I should just drive to a police station and ask them to give me a lethal injection because these kids deserved a better mother.

My time is up and there is much more to say BUT the end result of this episode was – in those moments, we became a tightly knit family of four. We, the four of us, were completely enough in our unconventional full of love selves.

 

 

 

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What would you do with the $ if you won the lottery? Think about it a minute or twelve....

July 20 Summer Blog Challenge - What would you do with the $ if you won the lottery?

 (Submitted by Sara @ Keep up with the Jones family)

I have actually thought about this before and came up with a plan I still stand behind.

The first thing I would do would be to pay off my debt and immediately make arrangements for some long overdue house hold maintenance and repairs.

Then I would sit with my kids and determine which one place we would collectively like to visit.

I would make reservations and go, without worrying about budget yet also being aware not to throw my new found money to the wind.

Upon return to my now fixed up house, I would give myself a three thousand a month allowance for a year and put the rest of the money I won away so that I could spend time researching and feeling my way into my “what’s next.”

And I’ve never had 3K a month play money so that sounds plenty extravagant.

I like the idea of my money multiplying further while I spend an intense year of study about what would be best.

And finally, I would make three sizable donations to three organizations that mean a lot to me. Probably my alma mater, Katherine’s college and a cancer organization of some sort. I’ve lost too many loved ones to cancer.

So there you have it!

How about you? What would you do if you won the lottery?

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Discover the Value of Writing from Different Perspectives -

What would happen if you changed your perspective in that current blog post you are writing?

 You know, what if instead of speaking in the first person, you let your first person become Marilou or Martin.

 Who is saying your first person voice is the best voice for this blog post?

 Why couldn’t the YOU be the storyteller behind the story.

 Sometimes I feel stuck when I write constantly from the same place. My writing becomes fortress like. I am in a tower that appears, to most people, to only have one window which is sandwiched between concrete so I cannot see anything else.

 Perspective is a fiction in this case, isn’t it?

 Well, what if we made the tower into your first person (or my first person) writing.

 The tower I am in – my writing - seems as if there is no way to get out, either. I discover by opening my vision a tiny bit wider I need to get on my belly, to look differently, to seek perspective that is neither obvious or my first choice.

I only believed I had a small window. That’s true as long as I stay standing up. If I am willing to get down on my belly, I can look out to see any perspective I want to see and write the story from whichever direction I choose.

From these openings in the floor, I see green vines with pregnant looking berries. From this opening I can see the boat and all the workman, starting their day with singing and intense work. They look so happy. From this opening in the floor I can hear the fluttering, very faint, of wings. I need to listen carefully.

Watch what happens when I change it to third person:

Sometimes she feels stuck when she works constantly from the same place. Her work literally becomes  a fortress. She is stuck in in a tower that appears, to most people, to only have one window which is sandwiched between concrete so she can only see out in one direction.

 She turns to ask me, “Perspective is a fiction in this case, isn’t it?”

 I stay silent, urging her to tell me more without giving her a simplified how-to.

 She continues: “The tower I am in – my  worklife - seems as if there is no way to get out. I am stuck unless….”

She steps back into the door of the turret. She surveys from the ceiling… to the floor. Without words, she discovers by opening her vision a tiny bit wider she sees the answer comes in getting down on her belly and looking out from the floor.

 She looks first at one floor level window. "Ohhhh, yes. There it is... I see... oh my gosh, I wouldn't have thought of that!"

Now she is finally able to look differently, to seek perspective that is neither obvious nor her first choice.

You've read this mini-change-in-perspective. What value do you see in doing this exercise for your own writing or in your own business or life work?

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This is my Ultimate Blog Challenge Writing for the Day. Be watching for my challenge posts which will include Writing Prompts, Writing Tips and General Life Tips and Essays. This is Blog 12/31 for July!

 Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.

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Top Ten Tips to Create Meaningful Conversation at Your Next Networking Event

Have you ever been at an event where you were alone and felt like everyone else  had someone to talk to except for you?

I used to feel like this until I learned the #7 Tip I will share on this list. I went to a women’s conference and was signed up for a seminar I didn’t want to take. I still remember #6 because I used it shortly afterwards and it works.

I wish I could remember the name of the speaker but this was at least thirteen years ago so I can not remember her name. Pretty remarkable that the technique lives on at all through me. What was I saying? It works.

Now enough of the preamble: Here are the ten surefire ways to meet, mix, mingle and make meaningful connections at networking events.

 

1. Focus 1,000% on the person you are conversing with and what she or he is saying. Don’t be scanning the room for a “more important” person or a friend you know better. Listen intently, nod while making eye contact and ask follow up questions.
2. Don’t be thinking of what story you want to tell about yourself. Keep your thought present on what she is saying so you may ask simple follow up questions or “tell me more about that’s”
3. Words to Say - Tell Me More About That…This works well because it is not a question so people will not feel interrogated!
4. Words to Say - I am curious to know…. This could be about anything… “where you got that tie” to “how does someone new begin the same type of business” to “what school do your children attend” (or did you attend.” Remember to follow up with another question.
5. Words to Say -I had never thought of that before! Did you learn something new from your conversation? People will look knowing they taught you something.
6. Words to say - Where did you grow up? I used this after I learned it at a women’s training. I was at a boring event with my husband and I peppered our table – none of us knew each other – with this question. It kept conversation hopping! Naturally it requires follow up such as, “What was it like growing up there?” or “You are so far from home!” or “You never left? Tell me about that!” (chances are they did and simply chose to come back.)
7. Words to say: what are you looking forward to today? You will learn a lot about a person by asking this question!
8. Words to say: What book(s) are you reading right now? This tells you what you have in common or what books you might like to pick up from the library. Even if it is something completely opposed to what you are interested in, find if there are any ways to connect you with that book… even if the only thing you know is you don’t know the book.
9. Find mutual causes to support: What is the primary cause you support – tell me more about that cause…
10. Compliment specifically and authentically. “I didn’t realize how strong other farm leaders have been since Cesar Chavez” or “I had no idea women were working for equality so long before they had the right to vote!” or “I never heard so many things to do with a can of spray paint before today, thank you!”
11. End the conversation with: I could talk with you all day, and I need to go visit with…. Thank you so much!

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This is my 11/31 entry for the Ultimate Blog Challenge!

Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.

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