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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Your Absolutely Correct...It should be moderated...
Thanks for the comment...and if I had been on top of things I would have answered sooner...Rather than now[later]
To reply to your question...unfortunatly generates a ques w/ a ques...Is coming to the understanding of accepting where your step or stage of mind is comfortable. yes or no is for you to answer and ponder...just briefly. "I cant fix or change a persons life, lifestyle or values...but they can." I just want to know are people where they want to be...because if they are not and I am not and so on and so forth. Maybe if one of us is smart enough we can work together and change it to something we all can agree upon.
In other words are you happy and content as to the lot [place] you have [harvest]in this stage of your life? My suggestion is only if you are happy or unhappy...deal with the choice to move closer to your design. You are the creator of your destiny remember this parable about a seed sower whose mission was sow as many positive seeds as he was able within his lifetime.
"Is that where you want to be?" If so cool...If not repent and turn from that path.
In order to fix, heal or deal with a mindset[thinking or not thinking] you will know.
Realizing that you are in a place that you chose or un chose to be or not to me. The power of you is in your words. Who Am I... What Do I Want... How May I Serve
Change, repent or perfect your motives. That which is pure, clean and doit no harm.
Advise is not given...when the inner eye knows, sees and implements direction. If your intent is to benefit all involved...Always follow your first mind. Universial Law works and will always return some 10, 20 or a 100 fold. Providing that there is something in your Bank Account.
Questions comments concerns.... icjr52@gmail.com address ques., comments, concerns.
Friday, June 12, 2009
When A Soldier Comes Home...
WHEN A SOLDIER COMES HOME |
..to listen to his son whine about being bored.
....to keep a straight face when people complain
To be tolerant of people who complain about the
...to be understanding when a co-worker
..to be silent when people pray to God for a new car.
...to control his panic when his wife tells him he
..to be compassionate when a businessman expresses
....to keep from laughing when anxious parents say
....to keep from ridiculing someone who
....to control his frustration when a colleague gripes
....to remain calm when his daughter complains about
.....to be civil to people who complain about their jobs.
....to just walk away when someone says they only get
....to be forgiving when someone says how hard it is to
The only thing harder than being a Soldier..
Is loving one.
Please also take a look at the 2009 CHALENG Report [ Here] http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=17
Inquiries contact Carter WOW
http://consultcarter.blogspot.com
Rants raves, thoughts OppEd..
Friday, May 29, 2009
Information on whether to Publish or Self Publish
http://www.karenequinonesmiller.com/Help%20Getting%20Pub.htm
Help Getting Published
(for a LOT more information on publishing, please visit my alternate website as www.selfpublishingsite.com)
I had a helluva time getting my first book, Satin Doll, published, in fact, I wound up having to self-publish it. And back in 1999, there wasn't a lot of information on how to self-publish (yes, I did get the Dan Poynter book, and it was helpful, but incomplete -- for my particular needs, anyway!) and I found most of the people who went before me were quite stingy with information. Kimberla Lawson Roby was one of the few who was EXTREMELY helpful, but most people kinda brushed me off.
Yet and still, I managed to sell 3,000 copies of Satin Doll in six weeks, and ultimately 24,000 copies in eight months. I did so well that I eventually sold the publishing rights to Satin Doll and a second book at auction for six figures.
So, now it should be my time to gloat, and hold my cards close to my chest so that no one can copy my success. But instead I've decided to adopt the philosophy, "I shall do unto others as I wish others had done unto me!"
To that end, I've tried to kick out as much information about the publishing and self-publishing process as possible.
Hopefully you'll find a wealth of information on this page that will help you as you embark your publishing career. All of the info is free, and please feel free to others that might need it. All that I ask that you don't horde the information . . . that just wouldn't be nice considering you got the info for free, huh?
And if you really want to thank me for kicking out this info, how about just going out and buying one of my novels?
Okay so now . . . . let's get down to the nitty-gritty, folks!
Publishing versus Self-Publishing Goto Karen's page...for the rest. . . http://www.karenequinonesmiller.com/Help%20Getting%20Pub.htm
Self-Publishing can be a lot more lucrative than being published at a small or even a large publishing house. For instance, self-publishing a book of about 200 pages in trade paperback, and having it retail for $15.00 will net you about $3.00 after deducting all the discounts given distributors/bookstores, the price of printing, and the costs of promotion. That doesn't seem like a lot, huh? But, if you sell 15,000 copies in a year you've netted a PROFIT of $45,000. Come on . . . that's not bad. And if you can manage to sell 24,000 copies in eight months you've made $72,000 in those eight months.
On the other hand, if you publish a 200 page trade paperback book through a large publisher, and it retails for $15.00 you only make $1.05 a book! Yep, that's right. About 1/3 of the amount of money you'd get if you self-published.
So then why would anyone go through a publisher rather self-publishing? BECAUSE SELF-PUBLISHING IS HARD AS ALL HELL! Sorry . . . . didn't mean to yell. Let me try that again. SELF-PUBLISHING IS HARD AS ALL HELL! There . . . I think that came out better.
When you self-publish you are not only the author, but you are the publisher; the bookkeeper; the person in charge of shipping and handling; the person in charge of collecting debts; the person who has to find a graphics designer for your cover; you find the printer and get all the materials he needs to him; you are in charge of promotion and trying to get the media to write or talk about your book; you are the all and everything! My biggest issue with self-publishing was that in doing all that I didn't have time to sit down and write my next book!
And let's face it, self-publishing isn't cheap! The printing costs for 10,000 copies of a 200 page book can be anywhere from $7,500 to $20,000 (Yes! Prices can vary by that much . . . which is why you HAVE to shop around for your printer!), and then typesetting can be as how as $1,000 and editing can be anywhere from $750 to $2,000.
And here's the real scary bottom line . . . 96 percent of the people who self-publish never make their money back! Uh huh . . . you read correctly. 96 percent of the people who self-publish lose money in doing so.
By the way . . . so many people think that they can bypass these costs if you use Print on Demand, but that's the worse type of self-publishing there is. And the chances of being your successful go from 4 percent to .3 percent! (I'll try write a paper explaining all the whys and wherefores that make this true and add it as a link to this page soon.)
On the other hand, when you book is published by a large publisher, they actually GIVE YOU MONEY IN ADVANCE OF YOUR BOOK EVEN BEING PUBLISHED! Sweet! LOL But then, of course, as we have seen above, it's still not as much as you can make if you self-publish . . . but that's only if you successfully self-publish.
Personally, I loved the self-publishing process, and I'm so thankful I went through it. BUT, it's not what I recommend for most people. Listen, if you think that you might want to self-publish because you don't want to go through the rejection process that most people go through trying to find a publisher . . HAH! You don't know the meaning of rejection until you've self-published!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Love On the Net
Hoochie Mama or the Girl from Ghana In Charge... LOVE on ... or in... the NET?
First question how is it working for you? Are you getting what you want? Is your mail box full of we've got the match for you. If that's the ideal way to meet new friends in the city, or place that you reside. Is it "what" terrific or lousy?
Please share ... comments
What a trip to weed through all the hype and sexual plays for what is usually a Pay Per Click or Better yet some one trying to lure me onto their site. What Oh' Wedgie (WOW) had
From the social side of things 1
Are you a working Mother left out due to the fact you fell for a man that never learned how to grow up and be responsible? For what ever the reason...is this true w/exceptions
Are you a working man, or entrepreneur, who values you and your peoples who or whom ever they be? Not defined by race, ethnic or traditional mores
Both have weird demanding routines (Jobs Career) and have little to know social life outside of work or small family outside of your immediate area?
If you understand the power of education and the doors of knowledge that you can enter, when you finally walk out of your comfort zone through the door called life.
Eureka a word which can be used when there is a find such as; diamonds, oil, gold or any other type of investment. for more iformation ...
People are and investment yet we have hundreds if not thousands of children not in the world. Right here in America there are hundreds if not thousands of children who lack time and the care of a loving and moral adult..
WHY?
Because we are literally to damn busy. Doing our best to stay ahead of the curb.
"What ever that means"
You know that there is one life to live...yours.
Whether you be right or wrong you realize that the moment of breath can easily be gone.
Your choice is to benefit from this life whether you are at a young, middle or elderly age.
It's the positivity in the mindset that you set. And you have experienced the benefits of that mindset. "And the Preacher said" somebody say Amen' What the Preacher should have said was ..."if they right say Amen!" Some people thing that stuff be right when it really be wrong.
You have the will and power to create and design your own destiny. The quest and thirst for the ideal is in your hands and in your words. And with the help of Gods ever reaching spirit you...yes you will have what you desire. "Always"
If you fit in any one of the first two categories and you are looking to go outside of your normal routine and seek a person who is compatible and whom you are attracted too.
then...Try Chemistry.com for a Week End on them...
Do the personality tests and analyze for yourself about who you are...
Agree or Disagree Nothing ventured nothing gain...and maybe I'll see you on Chemistry
more...
For those folks who are not familiar with PPP its Pays Per Page or pay per click. It goes like this...
For each click the person does on that site the solicitor has an opportunity to sell you something
in order to survive and pay your way “We All Do It” Every-Ones in on the Game. A workman is worthy of his hire
Like or dislike this form of Marketing
Never knew it existed
So what who cares todays tuesday
The power of communication will set you free...Truth+Fact =Excellence
Send 1 to
Send 2 to
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Please and Thank You!
1My intuitive experiential research...on Cultural Social Mindsets In America Possibilities 05/20/2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Decline of BLACK RADIO
This digital phenomenon has allowed voices that would have never been heard to have that 15 minutes of fame. I salute it, I embrace it...even being old school. It is our wave into the future. It's here like it or not...I have experience that the more we ignore the change the more it pushes back. Its and evolution, its change, its inevitable, its you, me, its us.
Black Radio, Black Radio
“whats it all about?”
Once thought to be somewhat
of an anomaly...without a doubt.
The future is ours and the battle
has begun...Its a fight between
analog and a digital phenomenon ...
within and without, the quest
is ours and its such and exciting
time as this ...know doubt'
Where there is and end
a beginning will show its face
...it always does just do the trace
So Black Radio your not so extinct
its the coming of the time where
mind meets mine and the age gets
in zinc
Those of us who are elder and seen
the changes occur will smile with a
glee and say you know ...
I remember when
So we need not shutter, st udder or fret
Just acknowledge the past and let those
who will stagnate have the regret
It was prophesied and some could say
it was a bet ...there's no such thing as
Black Radio ...it was just a mindset
The future is wide open for positivity
to arise...so let us embrace this mindset
called Black Radio ...lets go forth
and optimize...“And you could disagree”
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Is Your Faith Built on Dogma
Blind Faith is what you believe when its beyond your thoughts or concept of perception.
Blind Faith is when you know that somethings' greater than you even when you were in your prime.
Blind Faith is believing that the people around you should have your best interest at hand. 'But they Don't' Even when they are family, blood.; you know.
Blind Faith is going to the church every time the doors open.
Blind Faith is reaching out to someone when you believe or think they need what you have.
Blind Faith is trusting in a system that should do the right thing on your behalf
Blind Faith is what it is "just that'... blind faith and it could get you dead or to and early grave.
The graveyards of your town and my town are full of dreams fed by blind faith...and the facts don't lie!
Is Your Faith operating BLINDLY?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
It is Touted With Pride "That Freedom Is Not Free"
IT IS OFTEN SAID AND QUOTED VERBATIM...
'Freedom is not free. Few people know that more than the men and women who have risked their lives to ensure our way of life, Nation and Traditions.' Our United States Constitution and Bill Rights
'Data, facts, and witness' show this to be a strategic design (Of Sorts) to control the people and their resources' Only a fool or a power contagious spirit would deny that the world belongs to the people ...history, data, and our genetic code.... say so.' IT”S A FACT We are One Race the Human Race!
THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE. “There is a price on freedom its a price that we have given either freely, sub-consciously or blindly all of us have paid directly or in-directly for this freedom.”
We have all sacrificed and gave of ourselves, love-ones whether; male or female, whether black or white, rich or poor. Our nation is rich in tradition... good, bad or indifferent. We are what we are... a product of our environment. Knowingly or unaware the measurement of our difference is not substantial, it is not a means of rational to say one person gets or has more than the other.
In the historical sense or view. Truly we can say we have done some wrongs and we have done some good. You can almost equate it to the History of Civilization like the Incas, Mayans and other tribes on our planet who once engaged in sacrifice, to include tribal factions and a mindset of conquer or be conquered. This conquest for power and dominance based on a fiat or monetary system must change before we fall into an abyss of doom. For the sake of this mindset and truth as we have believe this to be true, discover that there is and alternative. The system and the way we have practice living is past.
It is imperative that we have a paradigm shift from the corporate dominance of the world to a mindset of using the worlds assets and resources to heal our planet. I say, and I hope that many will see the light and the truth as I see and have learned. I believe that... it is such a time as this! To spread the word of truth no matter the opposition. “Even Our Own Mind”
To understand that life is not to conform to the limits of a system especially if that system is broke'. There is no need to place or categorize people in a classification there is light, there is and alternative.
I can hear so vividly one of my teachers say, simply with truth and conviction. 'Is it the smart thing and is it the right thing.' It is imperative to come out of the bowels of darkness and fear the men, woman and leaders of our Nation and this planet ...unless we change our system of world interaction Armageddon is inevitable.
THE HAND WRITING IS ON THE WALL...and it is our responsibility to do the right thing and the smart thing. Get a witness become a witness. 'Know the truth'... the days of superstition and power will continue to box us all in a place in our minds that is based on myth, allegories and folklore.
Turn From A Dogmatic Doctrine 'REPENT'
A Dogmatic Doctrine. Our responsibility is to do everything in our collective sphere of influence to correct or help our Family, Nation and Our World (Planet). We do have an alternative! “Seek and Ye Shall Find...Knock and the Door Will Open. Read about the Global Movement to Save Our Selves From Doom and Evil Dominance of the World and its' Guardian, Adversaries and the like. http://www.zeitgeistmovement.com/
Pray for Unity, Pray for Understanding, Hear the Word of Truth and a Doctrine and Mindset of Harmony and Oneness for our Race. 'The Human Race'
. 'For said of doing nothing it is all that I can do.' Except tell it on the mountain top. To inform and spread the NEWS to the 4 corners of our planet. Father Universe, Mother World light my path with understanding, action, strength, fortitude, stamina, peace and harmony always!
“Unless a you can see or have ...a ” (significant emotion event) nothing will change. Bare witness to an alternative in thinking and creating a world of harmony and peace, there lies our strength.
1) “How do I start”
2) Draw a circle
3) Jump into the circle
4) Start in the circle
5) Eat the elephant one bite at a time...As simple as this sounds get educated get informed know the factors that cause division and divisiveness. This divisiveness is in our family, our neighborhood, our cities, and nation... See the video that will help you to understand, become resolved and resolute in your well being. Understand your limitation, understand your role. http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/ Link in get informed.