Today is writing Saturday! I have been looking forward to sharing more about writing with you and getting your ideas and comments. Today’s topic is really a continuation of a post I did two weeks ago on my adventure in writing.

You will probably never see my first book in the book stores because it wasn’t that good, in fact, my first four books aren’t much to look at. My first ‘real’ book was I finished in December of last year and I am almost done with the sequel now. There is an interesting story here though that I would like to share with you. You see, I had read many introductions to book where the author said something along the lines of ‘this book wrote it’s self’ and I would laugh at that. You see, I always had complete control over my stories, they went exactly the way I planned them and they took work. I decided that books don’t write themselves, the author was just trying to sound dramatic.

As we young people who think we so much usily find out, I was wrong. I started writing my latest book which is a Si-Fi type book about a nineteen year old girl who over comes all odds to try to bring about change in a corrupt government. I felt as if I were taking the journey with Maria and had as much knowledge of the outcome of events as she did. It really did feel like the book wrote itself in the since that the finished product was different (In a good way) then I had originally planed.

I just wanted to tell those of you who are new to this blog that I don’t post on Sundays because my family has chosen not to turn on T.V. or computers on that day. I hope to see you all on Monday!

I’m sorry that I didn’t post yesterday; it has been a busy past couple of days for us. We worked at the farm and volunteered at our local thrift store so I am very tired today. I woke up this morning to my little sister piping in the door saying;

“They said on the T.V. that John McCain is might pick Sarah as his vice president.”

Still half asleep I smiled and said, “I don’t think McCain would pick me.” I thought that my sister was just telling a joke.

“Not you, the governor from Alaska!” I was out of bed in a minute. After several months of hearing short lists of people I didn’t like at all, I was ecstatic to learn that McCain had picked such a conservative V.P.

Have a great day everyone!

Today is my sister Rose's birthday! She is turning seventeen this year and I just wanted to tell her happy birthday! Out of all my siblings, Rose is the one I am closest too. We are fourteen months apart and just can't imagine life without each other.

Happy Birthday Rose!

Time is one of the greatest and most valuable gifts that we are given. We so easily fill our time with activities, academics, movies, and general busyness and don’t spend time doing the most important things, like spending time with God, our family, our friends and those who wish to be our friends. The only thing that we get to take to heaven with us is people, so it makes sense that in this life, we should make other people a high priority.

We all need to remember as we head back to school, college, or even just going about our daily routine, that God has placed other people in our life and we need to give them some of our time. That means we need to make sure that our siblings know that we care by playing a game with and spending time talking to them. We need to show that new girl in church, school, or co-op that she isn’t forgotten and that we are willing to take the time to talk to her. We need to show our God that we will spend a few minutes of our day with Him, even when we feel pressed for time.

Take so time today for those who are the most important to you.

Welcome to another edition of Writing Saturday! Today’s topic is inspiration. Where did my inspiration come from and how do you keep the same fire and vision that you have when you first start writing a book, blog, or magazine article? We will cover all this, and I would love to have you thoughts and ideas.

Where does inspiration come from? For me it most often comes in the form of a movie. That seems funny to think that inspiration for books would come from movies but three out of my five books have been born out of watching movies. It is often something small such as a line in the dialog that sets me thinking, one shot that awes me, or the very feel of the movie as a whole that I liked and want recreate in a book. After I get the initial idea I fall back on my extensive reading to supply me with ways to make the story come alive and be meaningful to the reader.

I must confess that I have a secret weapon when it comes to keeping a fire and a vision while writing a book, I talk to myself. It may have been a bad habit to get into but it has helped me work out so much of the book and to keep it in my mind as real characters and places. I will spend a few hours every week, walking around our five acres helping g my characters come alive by acting them out and figuring out what they will do next. The only other thing that I do to help keep my fire is something most peole don’t want to hear; keep writing even when you don’t feel like it. Sometimes, if you just start writing you will soon find yourself interested in your writing again.

Now, it is your turn. I want to know what inspires you to write and keep writing. I Would also love to know what makes a really great book for you. What kind of characters, places or genres make a great book for you?

My grandparents are here today and I am going to do some shopping with them. I am so blessed to have grandparents that what to be involved in my life and care about me. I have to go get ready but before I do, just let me say that I am getting exited about our next Writing Saturday. I have several idea's on what to post on and I think you won't want to miss it.

Have a great day everyone.

Today’s post is not going to be a long one; I just wanted to tell you about a fun website/blog, it’s called Maidens of Virtue. It is filled with articles, poems, blog posts and all sorts of other fun stuff for girls. I encourage you to check it out.

Do you know of any websites that I ought to have a link to? Let me know about them by leaving a comment.

It tis’ the season for campaigning, for November is closer then we think. I wanted to warn all of you that I will probably be working on my Republican Congressman’s campaign soon but I hope that if you are Democrat or hold a different idea for who should be elected that this post won’t scare you away from my blog. You see, I believe that not only do you have a right to vote for whoever you want but I also understand that not every candidate is perfect and others have deep convention that they can of can’t vote for someone based on an issue or character trait.

With that said, I also should tell you that I do have a clear idea of who I think should win in November and I will not pertend that I am not a Republican and spend a lot of time with my local Republican party. If you are a Democrat, again let me say that I hope this post will not scare you away because I see that the Democrat and the Republicans have issues and things to offer.

Now, putting all political affiliations aside, I ask that you would register to vote if you are old enough. For too long, this countries young people have not realized what a privilege we have when we are given the right to vote. There are men and woman in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many remote parts of the earth, fighting and dying so that we can have the right to debate issues, stage protest, hold rallies and meetings and vote on Election Day without fear. Let us not waste that gift that they have given us that they, like the generations before them, paid with their very blood and lives

Vote, and take the time whenever you are able to thank the man and woman who wear and have worn our nations uniform.

According to the poll that we are taking right now, a lot of you want to hear more about me. So, today I will tell you about one of the biggest and most important things about me; my family.

I have the most wonderful parents in the whole world, who have encouraged me in all my undertakings such as this blog. I have four sisters that I have so much fun with every day though my sister Rose and I share a special bond. My parents did manage to add one brother to the bunch and he is our brave guy, killing all the spiders and other pests that came are way.

When we are out shopping people are always commenting that we seem to like each other and that we treat other so well in public. I always want to say that that is because we really do like each other and we really do get along in real life. We have so much fun together and we depend on each other. I thank God that he put me into this wonderful family