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Do you know what the problem is in this beautiful world? -S.M. Bjarnson

Hello!

Can anyone tell me what the problem is today in this society we live in?

I am sure you can conjure up more than a couple of good hardy excuses. 

But in my head I have one I keep imagining!

We do not take chances on things we do not know.

In short, we are scared of change!

I am a 3 time self-published author as of last week!

My books maybe have sold a couple or so copies.

Why is it so hard to convince readers and individuals that your books, or your stories are worth your time? 

I feel like saying this A LOT!!!!

READ MY BOOK

READ IT!!!

I KNOW YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE IT A CHANCE TO BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A PAPERWEIGHT!!!

I understand the heavy grammatical errors that sometimes do reside in these indie written pages.

But, with a  little effort and support you could get the word out and maybe we could actually get our work into a mainstream social group. 

I' don't care about New York Best selling or Prize winning, I really don't because all that says to me, is that you were benefited in a way others were not. 

So read a book!  fact read my book! 

PLEASE!!!

COMPEL YOURSELF INTO THE UNKNOWN!!!

Summer heat broke records even the state of California tried to deny. Huntington Beach (HB) stood beautiful amongst the ripples of white tips in the blue waves. I catered to the inkling of joining a fling. It was summer, and I wanted to experience as much as immaturity as my mother would let me. On the pier stood absolution of an outstretched arm welcoming an adventurous spirit.

There it was. Not something you could see right away like a surfer on the open waves. But it was still there, waiting patiently and quietly inside my adolescent body. This thing would become human and breathe air only months from now.

No U-turns ahead to make this reversible, to make this statement of where my body had laid and with whom. The evidence was always against me. Rubee, my alcoholic mother standing by prosecuting me for the dumbfounded predicament I found myself reflecting. Briton and Noah standing before me with question marks. Not necessarily about love, but about who the baby might indeed belong too. I grew up to this point at age 17. I had become like my mother, although not so promiscuous. Her temper of rage and tricks lined the outskirts of our abode. Escape could be a challenge although freedom would finally feel like a good friend welcoming me home. Tough choices to be made, but they were mine alone to make. I found a guilty conscious in the way Noah pleaded to remove the child from inside me. Briton's hushed tones made it clear he would be distant for the time being. I look back to the beginning of the summer and find myself wishing the only thing I ever wanted was to surf and not fall in love. At my age isn't first love or second inevitable? Aren't girls my age dying to be fondled and caressed in a saturated way that brings belief into their hearts that, that is what real love is?

I've pretended to fall in love with one out of two gentleman. They both catered back the same equivalent feelings.

Hills and valleys will let us know if our succession is relevant or rather a mistake of guidance on our elders part. We are children being led away with a string or a rope, led to another world where our imagination is held captive and our irrelevant lives became purposeful.

As we drove past the coastline there was a small sunrise bonfire dying on the shore. All that were left in the dying crackles of the burning flames were the unspoken words of the sacrificing mother.

The Sacrificing Mother (43,000 words) is an alluring tale of a young woman’s journey. Through first loves and forceful waves, the struggle to decide to become a mother is definite. Besides surfing and boys, Laney Rhodes takes on a task that requires an amount of strenuous courage to define another one human being.

S.M. BJARNSON

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As the last page is turned on The Sacrificing Mother, by S.M. Bjarnson

As the last page is written on 

The Sacrificing Mother

S.M. Bjarnson

As I sum up my first actual Novel, not novella, The Sacrificing Mother, I am almost at a loss. All my words have been spoken and yet there is more to be said about this journey, about this experience to the readers of young adult novels. 

One day, I remind myself, yesterday neglected to falter and tomorrow you shall rise again! One day I tell myself there will be plenty of days when one cannot concoct happiness into the pages she/he has written. One day I confirm there are plenty more just like this one coming my way. Wouldn't I engage to say that I would suffer this writer's depression of those many days for the decades of success that await me? I plead with myself I need this victory this win I have to claim as mine.

With every word flowing out as a chaotic struggle to sound a bit above water, yet remaining under the brink of solitude. IT bites at you and swiftly there is a quiet comforting voice in the background whispering to you that tomorrow is another day and you will survive this one so you may endure and enjoy the next one. I let myself know you have become strong. Your weakness only make you exceed limits only you are aware of. There is a beauty in this battle. A welcoming tone as the chime of the fight begins, you are startled at first wondered where this potential victim came from, you are your opponent.

You close your timid eyes wondering how quickly it will be to take down that which is yourself, inevitably. Your stance in position for a fair fistful. Were you obligated to take over this mortal enemy? Was it possible to merely avoid the situation and forfeit the war that raged among the heart and mind? Were you wise in your steps that you could so carelessly shake hands and let that be it?

Did you take certain precautions that would allow you to have a pass here?

Welcome to the Writer's Realm, fight for your life, or rather your words!

Consisting of structures you wrote and once loved silhouettes of images you portrayed, betraying you at every inch. Bandages bleeding from the coursing in my veins I was a viper stinging in my own thoughts. Poisoning the very thoughts that caused such a perfectionist writer.

My vision of stories blank as blackboards. The wisdom of my elders vanished as I took my first blow. Where were the faults I tried to correct? I wanted to search in depth for the wise words I once lost.

There were mentions of talents long forgotten.

The talent in which one grew like a plant that you watered and fed daily of light and literature. I confessed to having that very plant grow inside me once and now it had sprouted and took over the very being I called home. I commenced the silence. It tries to steal the very soul I live in.

I followed in my own footsteps and alas won out among the blood and tears of the fore comings. My bravery was a mighty win. My courage rang clear as my words were set free. My mind finally at ease. My world at a calm humble peace.

I stood on the podium, the day had finished with a stream of cruelly words.

I was victorious.

Where have all the red tailed hawks gone?

Where have all the red tailed hawks gone that greet me on my right of passage? Where are they to instruct and direct a path I once thought consciously right? Where have they gone to a better place or to assist another in the journey of a life time? Was I confused and chose a wrong side road, now I look back and now I stare forward d wondering where all the hawks have gone?

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Want to read the newest Young Adult Novel by S.M. Bjarnson? The Sacrificing Mother, Due out October 2014

Hello! Book Bloggers and Avid Readers!

My name is S.M. Bjarnson, I am a two time self-published author and am in contact with you to help promote and hopefully review my newest novel, The Sacrificing Mother due out October of 2014. The Sacrificing Mother dives deep into the world of Laney Rhodes, a 17 year old girl, who loves nothing more than to surf. Laney’s life has never be smooth sailing or easy going. To be blunt her mother is an escort/stripper/sexual favors kind of a woman. Yes, to be exact Rubee Rhodes was quite the scandal, who had an inappropriate relationship with alcohol.  

Of course we cannot commence the storytelling process without justifying the backstory and whence it began. So all aboard criminals and lovers let’s enter the winding roads and deserted isles of a girl named Laney Rhodes.

There should always be two types of pregnancy tests. One, being for women who has established themselves in society or who are 30 years of age or older. The other one that is so apparently portrayed in my mind’s eye. Is for all those teenagers, those sweethearts running off to do the act they think will last forever. Guess what in denial tweens, it doesn’t!

So instead of the occasionally two lines or plus sign, for the youth of our nation there should be two replies for breaking the news: For NO it should state in all caps and in bold big blinking letters CONGRATS! As it shoots out confetti.  If you happen to be as unlucky as I am, then you would read the equivalent to the overused acronym FML. These three letters do not blink or congratulate you, they stand tall and wide. Your future is carved into a plastic flamingo lawn ornament, instead of an honoree plaque as a college graduate.

Oh, if only I could just take this worry, and surf the angst away. My, wouldn’t everyday be a little bit brighter! So, you’re wondering who the guy is that so kindly invested in me with his sperm. Well, I fell in love for the first time that summer or maybe the second, the second time I am still a little unsure about… Audience members meet the boys; Noah Adler, 19 year old college bound, gorgeous, virgin galore. Briton Clark, 22 year old bodyguard at my mother’s strip club. One night she finds definite disaster in the blue eyes of Briton and pure romance with Noah. The heart throbs have turned tables on her and cupid is now calling her out stupid.

All in favor reading this heart beating story sign me a comment and I will get back to you! Don't forget the cover reveal with Double Decker Book Blog! Can't wait for the excitement to spread! -S.M. Bjarnson 

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Lying to Myself

I stood stranded but not by the words of others, but by the words my own self. The fact remains the same, and yet I keep questioning the existence in the talents and creative works I strive to perfect. My knowledge of the industry has turned into a chaotic battle of love turned to hate, mostly an anxious worry zone with flashing yellow lights, warning me of rocky weather. Who am I to be if not the writer, dreamer I have always believed myself to be? There was a strange coincidence, one that didn't belong to me, or anyone's life. One that merely took up space waiting for someone to doubt their abilities to perform a better outcome. One person who fell short and stopped questioning the very pull and intuition in his or her own heart/soul. Can you believe we lie to ourselves in such a way? Reminding the mockery of men that they are right and we could never add up to whatever has been estimated as justifiable, on good graces. Rumors were spread that the talent in my fingertips will explode and one day the whole world will listen to the tantalizing words or phrases I try to convince true.

My thoughts removed, for good reason. Now I am a blank canvas waiting to be washed away from the blank screen I stare at all alone.

Where are the rehabilitation centers for the writers in pain? Our strong urges creating rifts in the textile world, we are but artists in a community of business suits. My hair waved in a fire red, demanding attention, commanding to be heard. Our skin bleached white with the hope mistakes will fade away. Does it occur too many that the transgression of words will reflect in those we found fictionally relevant?

A long exhale before we read the next sentence that has yet to be written…I have yet to find my muse, find the pilgrimage to a wonderful life. But yet I wake up and click on the computer screen staring into a blank canvas, awaiting the amazement as I type so carefully the fluent letters I have once or always rejected. Remembering I have loved the idea of them long before they came along to me.
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KAT GREEN: STRINGS

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Author Kat Green’s Bio –

Kat Green was born Nov 1979 into a military family, and moved around alot during her childhood. This shaped her into the person she is today. At ease with meeting new people and adapting to new surroundings. Her family roots are from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Kat now lives with her husband and son on the south coast of England, Portsmouth. She doesn't pretend to be the best, and is still growing as a writer and having fun along the way. She loves books and has a busy imagination. Her love for music plays a big part in her first nove, Strings, and she can be found mainly at gigs around the UK. In 2010 she lost her mother to blood cancer and it was time to put her words on a page and stop worrying about what people might say, 'Life is too short and precious to waste' is her motto. Writing is her passion and her escape. If you like what she does, she says 'Thank you!' For those who don't, she says 'Thanks for giving her a chance.'

Book Blurb –

The rise of the Black Eagles was meteoric, from band practice in the garage to global stars almost overnight.
And Melissa Webb, the beautiful girlfriend of the front man, appeared to have it all.
But when Luke Black disappears without a trace and Melissa wakes up in a hospital bed after a savage attack, her perfect world is shattered and their lives are plunged into a potentially deadly crisis.
Where is Luke, and can he be found before it is too late? 

Praises –

“I started reading this book yesterday morning and I could not put it down, it was that good.  ” - Stacie review on Amazon

“Looking forward to another book about the The Black Eagles and the Eagle girls.  ” - Teresa Jensen review on Amazon

“So well written! I couldn't put it down! I can't wait for the sequel!! ” - Kate Youngreview on Amazon

“I could not put this book down.” - Rubina Guerrero review on Amazon 

“It is quite a gripping story.” - Paula Esteban review on Amazon

“I’m in love with Kat Greens writing skills. She knows how to show emotions and action and writes a good balance between it.” - Annika review on Goodreads

“…have a story with heart stopping moments, twists and turns that will keep you hooked to the end.
Can't wait for the next book.” - Emmie Kates on Goodreads

Character Interview: Luke Black –

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Q1: How old were you when you started playing guitar?

LB: I was 12.  My mum gave me Chloe, my acoustic guitar on my twelve birthday.

Q2: What started your song writing?

LB: Losing my best friend at age 7 in a house fire. I wrote my first song Pink Ribbons for Chloe, who was also the reason I named my guitar. Her death impacted on me that much. I was 7 years old and it was the only way I could move on and accept it. But, without letting her go completely.

Q3: If Chloe was still alive, do you think she would be your girlfriend?

LB: I often ask myself that. I don’t know if she would have been in my life romantically but she would be my best friend. That I am very sure of. A part of me thinks she was removed to allow me to meet Melissa. She is my little Angel who I believe has always been with me. I’ve never forgotten her.

Q4: If you were not in a band or doing anything music related. What job would you be doing?

LB: I would still be working in a petrol station. Dying of boredom. I try not to think about it. I’m doing the only thing I want to do and have any skill in.

Q5: What was it like to go from playing to 20 people in a pub to what you’re doing now?

LB: Mind blowing, insane and I am still in shock. Everyone dreams of it but not everyone gets it. I am so thankful for every fan we have.

Q6: What song is your favourite to perform?

LB: Ooooh that’s easy ‘Weekend High’ I wrote that when I was twenty after a really bad relationship. It wasn’t really a relationship but at the time I didn’t see it,  it was just convenience and there was no love there. Also, the fans go nuts to it.

Q7: Which gig has been your favorite so far?

LB: Now, that is harder to answer because every gig is amazing for all kinds of reasons. I don’t think it would be fair to choose one. That is like saying to one set of fans ‘Oh you were great’ and make other fans feel like you are dissing them. But, for sentimental reasons our third gig at Ruby’s back home will always be special. I meet my Liss there and it was what changed everything for me, and us as a band.

Q8: It’s a Saturday night and you’re not on tour. What would you be doing? 

LB: I don’t see Liss much so we would either be catching up at home. (Luke winks and laughs) or we would be out with everyone getting drunk.

Q9: Who is your best friend?

LB: My band are my best mates but the ultimate title goes to Dale. He’s always there for me even when I’m a pain in the arse, we’ve know each other since we were 10.

Q10: What would you like to say to your fans about the gossip that surrounds you?

LB: That most of it is complete and utter rubbish. If you haven’t heard it from me the chances are it isn’t true. And, Just to clarify the latest story. The band are not splitting up. My girlfriend isn’t sleeping with my drummer, doesn’t have a drink problem and isn’t pregnant.

Q11: You have 48 hours to live. What would you do?

LB: I would put on the biggest show and say goodbye to my fans before spending whatever time I have left with the people I love. Hopefully write a song that will go down in history so I live on forever.

Character Bio: Luke Black –

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CAREER: Front man for The Black Eagles.

Full name: Luke Black

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Birthday:  Sept 7th 1991

Nationality: English

Religion:  Music

City or town of birth: Portsmouth UK

Currently lives: London

Relationship Status: Taken

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Height:  Short but has presence bigger than Goliath

Hair colour: Jet Black

Hairstyle: Short with a lightening strike fringe

Eye colour: Sapphire Blue

Tattoos: Eagles on Left side and both arms

Piercings:  None

Preferred style of clothing: Jeans and Hoody

Frequently worn jewellery: Leather wristband given to him by his Girlfriend

HEALTH

Smoker? Too much

Drinker? Too much

Any physical ailments/illnesses/disabilities: Travel sickness

PERSONALITY

Personality:  Perfectionist, Loving but fierce if messed with.

Likes: Guitars, Eagles and his girlfriend

Dislikes: Vanity and Liars

Fears/phobias: Losing his arms so he can’t play guitar

Favourite colour: Black

Hobbies: Music, Music and Music

SKILLS

Talents/skills: Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer and Leader.

Ability to drive a car?  Yes

EATING HABITS

Favourite food(s): Homemade

Favourite drink(s):  Beer, Whiskey and Coffee

Disliked food: Nothing, eats anything.

Disliked drinks: Water

HOUSE AND HOME

Describe the character’s house/home: Top floor Apartment in London

Significant/special belongings: Chloe, his acoustic Guitar

Parents names: Debbie and Stuart Black

Siblings? Only Child

Other Important Relatives: Ray his manager is like a tour dad to him.

Partner/Spouse: Melissa Webb (Girlfriend. Soul mate)

Best Friend: Dale Baxter (Band member)

Other Important Friends: Toby Maxwell and Tom Lawton (Band members

 

 

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Links:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/KatGreen00

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KatGrn00

Authors Blog - http://insidethemindofkatgreen.wordpress.com

Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22667351-strings

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Self-Publishing Vs. Traditional Stories, Keep on Believing! - S.M. Bjarnson

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Please read the below text, I am a far better writer than speaker. So, here is a quick 5min video (okay, so not quick) about my thoughts on the Self-Publishing world, Vs. Traditional books and keeping the belief in yourself alive! Hope you all enjoy and have a great day! By the way, I left a passage if you can't formally understand what I am trying to get across! -S.M.B.

"When I started out nobody thought I was worth it. Being a self-published author you receive that reputation of not being worth much. But, I feel my words meant something, at least to me and I knew there were individuals out there that could and would be transformed by what I had spoken in my books. Lastly, I wanted to reach people I normally wouldn't be able to if I there were to be big named somebodies printed on the jacket of my book cover. 
First thought to start off the trial topic, is there books from the big time publishers that you find somewhat revolting and almost question to yourself what the flipping HELL? How did this ever get published? 

Many large publishing companies nowadays often wonder why there is a decrease in submitter's, while the self-publishing world grows daily and transforms limits into something respectable. Why? I will give you insight on why, is it the control or the royalties? The affirmation that we have the power over our books and where they go and who in choice are getting read by. 

The Publishers do not hear our tiny voices screaming and saying give me a chance, vote on me, I can be that best seller! They take risks, when you show that you are accountable for the consequences. They eagerly give recognition to Palo Alto Stories, by James Franco & Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why. First off Franco, I thought college degrees emphasized knowledge and catered to in-depth and intellectual conversions as an author. All I found myself doing was squinting, (a lot more than usual) and having authentic commentary going on in my head along the lines of is this actually getting worse?

Is it the names or the faces that are getting published in the 21st century?

When did it become acceptable to demoralize women, not even adult women, but young adolescent girls in such a way? The characters who are being violated in such a way do not even get retribution. At least in the ACCLAIMED & NOTEWORTHY NOVEL THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, inflicts the type of revenge and punishment that is deserving to the predator.

Jay Asher, what were you thinking? I ask this because you wrote a novel not only condoning a depressed girl's antedote to release previous pain, but you wrote a book that teenage girls will read and feel that it is acceptable to place blame where blame does not mandate!

So for all you self-published authors, keep on keeping on, because one day we will rise as the majority of book publishing. Because we have the power and belief to become and evolve into more. 

Marianne Williamson quotes, "and no one will listen to us unless we listen to ourselves." 

Are we listening? Does anyone ever sit in the silence and listen to what needs to be heard anymore? Have our ambitions if not instincts gone mute in this day and age from society's white noise have we become followers instead of leaders? The mass majority is just that a mass. Have we been living a tremendous lie for all the wrong reasons? 

Be the change you wish to see in the world! -SO I WILL BE

All you need is some person to be on your side, believe in your tactic. I'll be that person. I will believe in your dreams, appreciate your goals and support your projects. Just make sure to return the favor and believe in someone else! Complete the circle and the wishful whims of authors everywhere!

Will you stand by my side? -S.M. Bjarnson

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Coldplay - Magic (Official video)

Writer's Block a good thing for me!

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What's Wrong with You? by, S.M. Bjarnson

There was a random but infinite thought that slowly drifted across my mind the other day, as I sat and sputtered off about the desperate attempt to write and fail every word spoken. So then I figured and questioned, what was wrong? With me, the story line, the characters, why wasn't it all fitting in like it usuall
y did? And then there came over me a great silence...for weeks, for days, hours, minutes, until a couple days ago I had found myself on the verge of (quitting) doubting my abilities as a writer to surpass those fictional phobias of mine. SO what do you do when the story you start to write turns around to be a misshaped lie almost? Well, Here I have found the cure, if not the solution to the noneducational problem we as authors are faced with. 
Firstly, take a break and look at your potential story, book from a new angle, whether it be from the readers perspective or those opinions of your most trusted colleagues. 
Second, Revision, re-edit, rewrite. 
Thirdly, and probably most importantly accept that changing crucial if not major things in the timeline of your outline, is necessary and for the better and bigger picture. 
No wonder it wasn't working and you kept struggling because there was something that needed taken out, before the finale was written. -S.M. Bjarnson 

Selah Sue - I Truly Loved Ya (MÖWE Bootleg)

John Newman: Love Me Again

9 Self-Publishing Fiction Writers You Should Follow Today

by JOEL FRIEDLANDER on JULY 9, 2014 · 13 COMMENTS

By Jason Kong

Smart indie authors learn from each other.

One way to do that is through lots of scrutiny. To become a better writer, read those who write well. To improve your marketing, learn from the people with that skill. It’s likely that there’s already someone who has done what you hope to do.

Of course, determining the reason why something works isn’t always obvious. Being a motivated observer doesn’t mean you’ll be able to deconstruct the process on your own. In the end, simply keeping tabs on your role models may be more inspiring than instructive.

The alternative to figuring it out by yourself? Find people leading conversations around the challenges you care about.

There are successful fiction writers taking the initiative, using digital platforms to address issues in self-publishing. These are places where like-minds gather and connect, to analyze and dive deeper into matters impacting indie authors.

If you read and hear what they have to say, you will gain additional perspective. You will have more ideas to advance your efforts. And you may even discover that contributing to the discussion is one of the best ways to get the clarity you seek.

I’ve identified nine fiction authors that have established followings interested in self-publishing. Give these folks a look, and see if you can acquire some insights that help your cause.

http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2014/07/9-self-publishing-fiction-writers-you-should-follow-today/

Jason Kong is a Contributing Writer for The Book Designer. He also runs Storyrally, an email-based subscription that helps fiction writers with their online marketing.

The Characters are talking! - S.M. Bjarnson 07/07/14

The Characters Are Talking!

By, S.M. Bjarnson

The characters are talking, I can see them now waiting by the rippling waves for the next line in their wonderful love story to be written. I am the author and editor making remarks and additions into their simple lives, that I bring complex and unsettling feelings, because true love deserves to be tested. 

They hold hands waiting for the sunset to clear to see the next page or chapter in each other's life, in one another's future history. So we wait, because as we wait I am struck not by grief of making them feel pain, but stuck in a rut of possibilities of the people they could become, they whimsical destiny they so long to live up too. 

They are patient like no other person could be, not only are they understanding but they neither neglect or accept your judgments they merely nod and they deal with the forthcoming tides of a raging storm or the end to a beautiful sunny day. 

There are more words to be shared and rather to be heard. They wait with anxious excitement to hear the next revealing course in which their lives must take! So please be kind and witty as well, your characters are starting to talk! Talk they will and so it will be about you if you don't finish their own words exiting their fictional mouths! 

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