tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77059551277992050952024-03-13T10:41:42.535-07:00As the Page TurnsHey Y'all! Welcome to my blog "As the Page Turns." Here I hope to discuss many topics including writing tips, musings,and much much more. So come on in and check it out!Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-76783923080601965852016-10-29T07:02:00.001-07:002016-10-29T07:02:48.374-07:00Ghost storyLike reading ghost stories? Then grab this free book today it is only free for a couple days on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00C1Y6RCS/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1477747974&sr=8-4<br />
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<span id="goog_1040550516"></span><span id="goog_1040550517"></span><br />Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-53136492471551685462016-08-03T13:17:00.001-07:002016-08-03T13:17:06.780-07:0010 Must Have Writing Apps<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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1. <b>WerdSmith</b></h3>
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Werdsmith allows writers to use their mobile devices to write while on the go. It helps writers to write stories on the go. No more waiting until you get to a notebook or computer to write down the story that comes at the most awkward time. Werdsmith can help writers to begin and finish stories away from home.<br />
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<li><b>WERDSMITH </b>turns your iPhone or iPad into a writing studio.</li>
<li>The app is free.</li>
<li>Easy to use.</li>
<li>Even helps writers to set and meet word count goals for each day.</li>
<li>All work is backed up, so no work will be lost.</li>
<li>Personalize and customize your writing studio with custom fonts and themes.</li>
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<b>2.</b> <b> Ulysses Mobile</b></div>
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Offers writers a distraction-free writing experience. Although this app does cost money, it is well worth the cost. It can help writers to complete projects in no time. Here are a few more points that keep Ulysses at the top of the list for writing apps.</div>
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<li><b>ULYSSES </b>helps writers stay focused.</li>
<li>Is a text editor.</li>
<li>Is a text library.</li>
<li>Is a reliable icloud sync for mobile devices.</li>
<li>Offers everything a writer needs in a writing app.</li>
<li>Easily transform text into PDFs, web pages, ebooks, and word documents with the tap of a finger.</li>
<li>Costs $24.99 but well worth the cost.</li>
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<b>3</b>. <b>WriteRight</b><br />
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Another writing app that has many synonyms, antonyms, and phraseology for writers to use on the iPhone or iPad.<br />
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<li>Helps writers persevere conjugation, gender, and number. Making sure that these are correct throughout the writing piece. </li>
<li>Changes expressions that are used too much and helps writers to change these to something fresh.</li>
<li>Offers a full text editor.</li>
<li>It helps to recognize conjugated words, either feminine or plural.</li>
<li>Suggests synonyms and will replace with a better counterpart matching gender, number, person, and tense.</li>
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<b>4. Write PDF for iPhone and iPad</b><b><br /></b>
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<li><b>WRITER PDF </b>is not only just a common annotation tool, it is also a powerful PDF modification tool for the iPhone and iPad.</li>
<li>Great PDF editing tool.</li>
<li>Allows users to add notes, circles, highlights, and drawings.</li>
<li>Fill in PDF forms and sign.</li>
<li>Move, rotate, or add/delete pages.</li>
<li>Print to any printer.</li>
<li>Easy transfer into icloud.</li>
<li>Convert and transfer web pages.</li>
<li>Cost only $4.99</li>
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<b>5. Tex Writer</b><br />
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<li><b>TEX WRITER </b>is a text editor and compiler on to use on the go.</li>
<li>Users can work online with this app without an internet connection.</li>
<li>Syntax highlighting.</li>
<li>Line numbers and error cross reference.</li>
<li>Assistant keyboard.</li>
<li>Customize appearance and keyboard,</li>
<li>Automate text editing.</li>
<li>Sync with Dropbox.</li>
<li>Cost $9.99</li>
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<b>6. Writing Prompts</b></div>
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<li><b>WRITING PROMPTS </b>offers writers endless inspiration to keep on writing.</li>
<li>An easy to use creative app.</li>
<li>Never run out of ideas, just open the app and see many creative solutions to keep a writer engaged in writing.</li>
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<li>600 writing prompts to keep writers motivated.</li>
<li>Cost $1.99</li>
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<b>7. MindNode</b><br />
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<li><b>MINDNODE</b> makes mind mapping easy.</li>
<li>Visually represents your thoughts and ideas with this easy to use app.</li>
<li>No need to write your thoughts on napkins, Easily jot down ideas on MindNode.</li>
<li>With iCloud Drive allows mind maps to be seen on all devices.</li>
<li>Create new ideas with a tap of the finger.</li>
<li>Add photos and stickers to add to mind maps.</li>
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<b>8. Story Tracker</b><br />
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<li><b>STORY TRACKER</b> allows writers to keep track of writing projects.</li>
<li>Know where all writing projects have been submitted.</li>
<li>Be able to store details and guidelines for any market that allows writing submissions.</li>
<li>View total income earned for each story submitted.</li>
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<b>9. Agent Obvious</b><br />
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<li><b>AGENT OBVIOUS</b> offers advice to authors, agents, and publishers in the writing industry.</li>
<li>500+ tips from literary agent Laurie Abkemeier.</li>
<li>Quick access to the most popular publishing topics, queries, proposals, manuscripts, submissions, and rejections.</li>
<li>Receive tips for contract negotiations.</li>
<li>One touch sharing tips on Twitter.</li>
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<b>10. Scrivener</b><br />
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<li><b>SCRIVENER </b>combines all writing tools into one place.</li>
<li>Grow your manuscript by thoughts and ideas.</li>
<li>Offers an interactive tutorial.</li>
<li>Offers project templates for novels, essays, scripts, and more.</li>
<li>Allows writers to write MS in sections.</li>
<li>Has a script writing mode for screen plays, stage plays, comic scripts, and more.</li>
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Although there are many apps out there that can help writing professionals, this list is some of the top apps to use. <b><i>Anyone used any of these apps? Love to know what your experience has been with the app.</i></b></div>
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go to school, because of what is waiting for them each and every day. Many
parents struggle with helping their children that are continuously bullied. It
breaks the hearts of many, when a child’s self-esteem is lowered, because of
the interaction children have with bullies at school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">According to the National Center for Educational Statistics,
indicates that 1 in every 4 students are bullied. That 64% of children bullied
do not report these to anyone. Only 36% of children actually report bullying to
authorities such as a principal, school counselor, or the police. ⁴</span></div>
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Cyber bullying has become a real problem with social media platforms, and now
texting on cellphones, but that will be for an article later in this series.</span></div>
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others that can include:</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Teasing</span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Attacking someone either physically or yelling
at them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">More than 77% of school aged children are being bullied
verbally, mentally, and physically at school. An average of 160,000 kids miss
school because of bullying or the fear of being bullied. ⁴<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">According to the article “11 Facts about Bullying,” only 1
in every 4 teachers see bullying as a problem, and only 4% intervene. My
personal opinion says that this needs to change in order for bullying rates to
begin to descend. ² <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a parent I think that the school needs to protect my
children and to stop the bullying. As a behaviorist, you must change the
environment in order to make changes in behavior. With that said, it is part of
the faculty at a school to become an advocate to change the environment at
school to lower bullying rates in the school.</span></div>
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that are bullied are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, panic
attacks, low self-esteem, changes in eating and sleeping, feelings or being
isolated and alone, and suicide to escape. These issues can follow a child into
adulthood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some children that are bullied might have a lower GPA and
struggle with school. Other children might get sick from the anxiety and vomit
both outside and in school to avoid going to or staying at school.</span></div>
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drugs to numb the pain they may feel. Some turn to suicide to escape their
life. And some might retaliate with a serious form of aggression such as school
violence like school shootings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Does bullying lead to mass murders? Both at school and in
the community? There is evidence to support that some people who have been
bullied have committed a heinous act such as a school shooting. But that is for
another article that I will be talking about later in this series. School
shootings in the 1990’s indicate that 12 out of 15 school shootings were
related to bullying. ⁵</span></div>
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like to share a little personal story of my own with you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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don’t really know how old I was when the bullying started, but it did effect my
self-esteem negatively. I remember a time when 5 years old, my mom left me with
my grandmother on my dad’s side, and she took me to work with her (she cleaned
house and was a nanny for a family of boys) one day. While she was cleaning the
house, the boys came out to the tree swing, and knocked me off. I fell onto my
butt, and one of the boys sat on my chest while the other two stuffed flowers
in my mouth. I can remember not being able to breath, and then I was stung in
the mouth by a bee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I never told my mother about this, and yet have never
really told anyone this story. I am sharing it today, because I know what it
feels like to be bullied. I understand the depth of isolation one feels from
being bullied. I continued to be bullied for years about my name. For a long
time, I hated my name, and I hated myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Only 24% girls report being bullied compared to 20% boys
that report being bullied. Statistics show that girls may be bullied more often
than boys. Some may say that girls are more likely to tell someone about
bullying than a boy. There are several reasons for this including boys wanting
to be seen as being tough and don’t want to look like a wimp in front of peers.
ᵌ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As I became an adult —now in my 40’s with two boys of my
own— I thought I could protect my own children from bullying, but this was
untrue. As I tried to intervene, it just made things worse for my boys. So,
instead I tried to inflate their egos to make them feel better, but in reality
I knew that there really wasn’t much I could do to protect them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, instead I chose to teach them about bullying,
especially for children who become easy targets. I taught them to be able to
come home, and tell me about these bully attempts, but I knew I was only
hearing the jist of the story. I knew this, because I didn’t tell anyone when I
was bullied. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">No matter what I did, I could not save them from being
bullied. I remember when my oldest son —whom has ADHD (which led to bullying
until he was in 10<sup>th</sup> grade)— was a freshman in High School, he would
be taunted by this older kid behind him in the lunch line. My son took this
torture for a year. The kid always knocked his food and drink out of his hand,
and my son would not get anything to eat or drink, because he had already spent
his money on lunch, that was now all over the floor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When my son started his sophomore year —the same kid at
lunch stood behind him— taunted my son once again. That day, I received a call
from the principal about the situation. I never knew he was having problems
until this phone call. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As the principal explained the situation, he told me that
this kid knocked my son’s lunch onto the floor. I guess this had been happening
every day of school. Until one day –this day– the principal calls me and tells
me that my son is not in trouble for what happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was frantically thinking about what the heck did he do.
So, when this kid knocked his food and drink out of his hands, it splattered
the floor, my son then turned around and punched this kid in the mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, those of you who know me, know that I do not promote
aggression. But this was the last time this kid bothered my son, and it ended
the decade of bullying that my son had been enduring. My son finally stood up
for himself, and stopped the bullying himself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thirty percent of teens in High School are bullied either
through being bullied themselves, bullying others, or bystanders. Seventy-seven
percent of bullying of school aged children are from verbal bullying. ¹</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why am I sharing this with you all? Well, because bullying
is a part of most American. It has become a real problem leading kids to seeing
themselves as the problem. My son found the strength to change this on his own,
but he endured years of abuse—that I could not stop— and the school’s did
nothing about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have worked many children in therapy that have endured
bullying at some level. Although I cannot change this for them at school, I can
help increase their self-esteem, and teach them how to cope with bullying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Children can be bullied as soon as they begin any type of
school program even pre-school. My youngest son was bullied within a few months
of starting preschool. I mean really? preschool; he was only two years old. He
has not only withstood some dangerous bullying, but witnessed it happen to kids
with autism, ADHD, and mental retardation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">According to stopbullying.gov, children with ADHD are more
likely to bullied than other children and kids diagnosed with autism are at a
higher risk to be bullied and left out of activities. In general, 60 percent of
children with disabilities report being bullied as compared to the 25% of kids
without disabilities. ⁴ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My son has shared most of his experiences with me. He chose
to help others as they were being bullied. He stood up to the other kids, and
then helped these kids tell the authorities what happened. This made me very
proud, as a mother, and as a person whom has worked with the developmentally
disabled population for more than 20 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In my work, I have seen how bad the anxiety can be for
these children and how this keeps them out of the school and isolated. Many
times this anxiety is so bad on Sunday nights —the day before returning to
school— these children make themselves so sick that they just can’t go to
school. The panic is real and it can take its toll on the child and their
family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Is your child being bullied? Were you bullied as a child?
Find help for your child, there are many programs to help children being
bullied. I will be following up with the effects on bullying later in this
series. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Are
These Really Necessary to Move a Story Forward?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Are you an author who struggles with whether to include a
prologue, or to leave it out of your story? Here is some key information that
may help you in deciding when to use a prologue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many books have a prologue at the beginning of the book.
But are these really necessary to move the story forward, or to fill in details
not included in the story?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a reader, I skip the prologue of every book I read
unless it’s a memoir, or a nonfiction book. For fiction novels, I find the
prologue is not necessary and therefore, I skip the reading of these. I haven’t
found a story yet that I found a prologue was necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a writer, I struggle with whether I should include these
in my books. At this moment, I tend to leave them out, as I would rather fill
in all the important information within the story.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So,
what is a prologue?</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is an opening to a story that establishes the setting
and gives background details.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Used
to fill in pertinent details of the story or plot that if used in the plot
would bog down the story and not help it to move forward.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those novels that want to include
flashbacks used to help the reader understand the character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It can be used to hook the reader. Although the
first chapter of any book should hook the reader. What if the reader does not
read the prologue? I don’t read the prologue, and rely on the first chapter to
hook me. If the first chapter does not reel me in, then I am not likely to
continue to read the book.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Prologues can also be used to introduce the
book’s characters. Although, a seasoned writer will introduce characters within
the story. Again what if the reader skips the prologue, and the writer has used
it to introduce characters? The story would be missing important elements that
make the story.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Is the
Prologue necessary?</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a reader, I have yet to find that a prologue
was necessary to any story. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are a few things to think about when
writing a prologue:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If placed as the first chapter in the story,
would the plot’s integrity be damaged?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If left out of the book completely would it be
missed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you answer “yes” to both questions, then a prologue is
necessary for the book. If no, then skip it.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
to use a prologue?</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When detailed information needs to be revealed
to the reader before beginning the story.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If the information would bog down, and
interrupt the flow of the story.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If used to snag the reader at the bookstore.
Many readers when choosing a book to buy will read the prologue to see if they should
purchase the book. Of course some would say that they back of the book should
do this by itself.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
not to use a prologue?</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Do not use a prologue to dump additional unnecessary
information.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Do not use it if it is not needed. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Do not use it to repeat what is already in the
story.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If it does not contribute to the story, it is
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many times new writers will write prologues for their book,
but not really know when and how to use a prologue. As I mentioned before, as a
reader, I detest these and skip them altogether. I have read thousands of books
over the years, and yes every one of them had a prologue that I did not read.
To me it is a waste of my time. I have never read a story that I felt that
needed a prologue. A well written book will contain all the key information throughout
the story.</span></div>
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necessary? Leave a comment with your thoughts on this matter.</span></div>
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essential oils from “Blue World Naturals.” This is a fairly new company
offering essential oils for a reasonable price. I purchased two oils, “clove
and orange,” to use as holiday scents in my home. I really loved the scents of
these oils. The orange smells as if I </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">peeled</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> an orange and my home smells of scents of clove and orange as you enter. I am
glad I purchased the clove oil, because I ended up with a toothache,</span><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and I was able to use clove to calm the pain. Since I was
happy with my purchase, I thought I would share with my audience information
about the company since I am a satisfied customer.</span></span></div>
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It can be used as an antiseptic and to reduce pain. It can be used to reduce
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reasons. I use it because I love smell of fresh peeled oranges but I can’t eat
them do to irritation of acidic properties caused from fresh oranges. This oil
is strong, I only need to use a few drops placed into my diffuser and
immediately fills the house with the smell of the holidays. I also add drops of
both the clove and orange into a spray bottle of water and spray windowsills
and around based boards and behind furniture to keep spiders at bay. This works
like a dream and is healthier for you than to use chemical products that are
very unhealthy for humans and animals to breath or ingest.</span></span></div>
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has a variety of essential oils that come from small distillers, farms, and
co-ops. All of BWN’s oils go through a rigorous quality testing by an outside
company</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the reports for these tests
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “All of our oils are therapeutic grade and contain no contaminants or
pesticides,” stated Galen Walter, CEO and Founder of Blue World Naturals. “We
want our customers to always be safe, happy, and healthy. This is one of the
reason I wanted to undertake and start this company.”</span></div>
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Naturals come labeled for “external use only,” due to regulation and liability.
Galen shared information with me about how</span><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">some
oils can be dangerous if ingested because of the strength of the oils. Such as
Cinnamon is considered a “hot oil” and can easily cause burns if ingested. I
found the information that I received from Mr. Walter to be of great use to
make me feel at ease with using essential oils that I have never tried before. </span></span></div>
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on all products so customers can feel at ease when purchasing essential oils
from Blue World Naturals. For each product readers can read about the current
testing done from each product, you can find this information on BWN’s website,
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oils our family and friends already do! Please feel free to contact me with any
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This is an easy cake to make for any apple pie or cake lover. The cake takes just a few minutes to put together and is cooked in about an hour in the oven or 2-3 hours in a slow cooker. Okay, here is the recipe.<br />
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2 cans of apple pie filling<br />
1 box spice cake<br />
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Preheat oven to 350. In a 9x13 pan spray with pam. Pour both cans of apple pie filling and spread around the pan. Dump dry cake mix over apples. Melt the butter and pour over the top. Place in oven and bake for 50 minutes. Stir the top of the mix so there is no dry cake mix. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Cake will be soft but will harden as it cools.<br />
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If cooking in crockpot. Spray crockpot and dump ingrediants like it says for the oven recipe. Then cook on high for 2.5-3 hours.<br />
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Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-85439105311931454182015-09-19T22:16:00.001-07:002015-09-19T22:16:48.903-07:00How to Increase Your Amazon Kindle Book Sales by 600% in a Week | Location 180 | Build a Business, Live Anywhere, Achieve Freedom<a href="http://www.seanogle.com/entrepreneurship/increase-amazon-kindle-book-sales#sthash.Of8wSRcD.cmfs">How to Increase Your Amazon Kindle Book Sales by 600% in a Week | Location 180 | Build a Business, Live Anywhere, Achieve Freedom</a>Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-81845016966622114632015-07-09T10:27:00.000-07:002016-06-29T10:07:04.044-07:00Shark Encounters with Kayakers<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">After seeing an episode on shark week where a shark has been
hunting or stalking a kayaker off Cape Cod, I thought why not blog about sharks
this week. I tend to be obsessed with the Great White shark, ever since the 1975
release of "Jaws." I was only five years old when this movie was
released in the theater, and I can remember my mom talking about this movie
after she and my dad went to see it. I was eight by the time I watched
"Jaws" and have been obsessed with these sharks ever since I saw the
movie. The movie caused not only fear in me toward water but also an obsession
with water, if this makes any sense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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went swimming for the first time in the ocean, and I just got into the water
and took off swimming. When I turned around to see where I was, I realized I
had swum quite a distance from shore, and there was no one else around me. All
of a sudden I had a sickening feeling in my stomach and the water from below
rushed me. The only thought that came into my head was, "Swim as fast
as you can for the shore and never mind what is behind you." Scared and
exhilarated more than any other time in my life, I swam so fast I felt like I
was floating on top of the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">That was the last time I swam in the ocean. I realized that
I needed to respect the ocean as there are bigger things than me in there and
that day when I swam in the ocean scared me to the point of not really wanting
to swim way out into the ocean again. I now just stick to rivers and lakes and
just dip my toes in at the edge of the ocean. Living in California for 20 years
has allowed me to see the beautiful Pacific Ocean and to wade or dip into many
different beaches, but I never swim in the ocean because I don't want to take
any chances. Besides California is full of the Great White Shark the mother of all sharks and these sharks can eat you whole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Loving sharks like I do, I am always reading the shark
siting's and laugh at how many people in kayaks seems to be attracting a
shark's attention, especially, that of the Great White. Over the years, Kayaking
has become a very popular activity used for enjoying a
stroll over the ocean or to fish. According to the "</span><a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2013/07/28/Kayaking-Kraze.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">Outdoor
Foundation,”</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Kayaking as a recreational activity has grown up 32% in that
last few years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Kayaks being smaller than other boats allows users to
venture into areas that bigger boats wouldn't allow. Attacks on Kayakers seem to
be slim, but it is important to be prepared at all times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kayaker was attacked by a Great White.</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Joey Nocchi, 30, of Paso Robles, California was attacked by a shark while he was kayaking just south of San Simeon State
Park. Nocchi stated that the shark came from underneath the kayak hitting the
bottom of the object lifting it out of the water. According to witnesses of the
attack, the shark came out just like "Jaws" with eye rolled into its
head and jaws wide open ready to engulf anything that slid into the mouth. The shark was about 15 feet long. Nocchi was dumped into the water when the shark hit
his kayak. He was then able to swim back to shore and get out the water safely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">In 2013 a</span><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">
Hawaii kayaker was killed while out on his kayak</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">. The attack took place half a
mile off a point near "Little Beach" in Makena State Recreation Area on the
island of Maui. The man was not kayaking alone and was with a friend, and the
two were fishing for baitfish when the shark bit one of the victim's feet that
was dangling in the water. Losing much blood led to the death of this victim.
This reminds us of the importance to keep all body parts inside the kayak while
fishing, how's the shark to know it's not bait?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whom was fishing in Florida waters had an encounter with a bull shark as it came up to grab the fisherman's grouper. In this case it seems the shark is most
interested in the food that was in the water. When you fish you are more likely to
attract a shark that may attack to get to the food you are fishing for and you
could end up on the menu. The fisherman was fine although the grouper was eaten
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">September of 2014, two kayakers had an encounter with a shark. Here's a video of an that encounter. The news media states that great whites don't normally attack people. Well that's for another story that I will blog about later in the upcoming weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">According to the </span><a href="http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/pacific_coast_shark_news.htm"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">Shark
Research Committee in California</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> of the 108 shark attacks along the Pacific
coast only 5% of these attacks are on Kayakers. Although this is only in one
specific area and we are looking at only shark attacks on Kayaks this is a very
small percentage. This does not mean for kayakers to feel safe when going into
the ocean, but to be prepared in case a shark does decide to dump you off your
kayak and eat you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Great White tends to dominate as far as attacks are considered and you can see
many videos on YouTube showing the sharks watching people both in kayaks and on
paddleboards. I have even read once where this guy was videoing a shark that
was watching the surfers 10- feet away and a wave hit the paddleboard knocking
the guy off the board and straight onto the shark's back. Wow what an intense
moment that must have been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">There are definitely
more encounters between shark and kayakers, but not many will end in an attack.
I read once about a man who was kayaking in southern California and all of a
sudden his kayak lifted up like there was something on the back of it. When the
kayaker looked over his shoulder he saw the head of a great white resting on
the back of the kayak staring at him. As the kayaker began to panic he tried to
paddle, but was getting nowhere at all. Finally, the shark got off the kayak and
slid back under the water giving the kayaker time to paddle to shore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We probably all remember seeing the episode about shark
attacks where a woman was thrown from her kayak and then chased by a great
white. She survived the episode but it does remind us that we too might be a
tasty treat. We may not be the shark’s favorite food, but we are food none the
less. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to enter the water shark encounters will continue to grow and this will include
kayakers. Even though the percentage is low for kayakers getting attacked it
does happen and you want to be well prepared in case it happens to you.</span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you fish from a Kayak you are more likely to
attract sharks to you and increase your risk of being attacked. If you are going
to fish from a kayak make sure that the fish you catch are not hanging
off the edge of you boat and in the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Don't dangle your feet off the edge of the kayak
while fishing you could end up like the guy in Hawaii that lost his foot and
then bled out and died before making it to help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Stay calm do not PANIC if you see a shark. Just
let your friends now in a calm voice and head somewhere safe away from the
shark. Make sure you paddle nice smooth strokes if you panic the shark will
know and get excited and you are more likely to invite an attack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Stay out of shark infested waters, don't kayak
where the seals are the sharks are always around ready to eat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Kayak in groups just in case you might need
help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Don't wear anything sparkly or glittery as this
looks like bait to most fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you are bleeding stay out of the water or if
you cut yourself while out its time to pack up and go in as sharks can smell a
drop of blood from many miles away and then show up to surprise you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you get knocked off and out of your kayak
grab your paddle and hang onto it you may need to use it to scare the shark
off. Most sharks do not want to engage in something that might hurt them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jerri Aubry M.S.<o:p abp="687"></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span abp="697" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There is an estimated 42 million plus people that smoke
in the US, and cigarettes are one of the leading causes of death among these
smokers. The majority of people who attempt to quit are unsuccessful. Even
though people realize that they increase their risk of getting cancer, they
can't deal with the withdrawal that comes with quitting.<o:p abp="698"></o:p></span></div>
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<a abp="701" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DjsFTuohI/VRSw0L_BsWI/AAAAAAAAEbo/dKTFnAR90O8/s1600/_h366_w650_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img abp="702" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DjsFTuohI/VRSw0L_BsWI/AAAAAAAAEbo/dKTFnAR90O8/s1600/_h366_w650_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg" height="180" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="320" /></a><span abp="703" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This fear of going through withdrawal keeps people from
quitting and becoming healthy. Nicotine is considered to be more addicting than
any other substance available. It is considered a drug just like cocaine or
heroin. <o:p abp="704"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="707" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The media portrays withdrawal effects from stopping an
addictive substance to be horrible. It is all that most of us have to compare
it to, and this tends to cause fear in those that want to quit smoking. <o:p abp="708"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="711" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Smoking increases a person's chance of getting cancer,
especially lung cancer. According to the Surgeon General Report of 2014,
"Women smokers are 25.7 times more likely than women who never smoked to
develop lung cancer. For men smokers, it's 25 times the risk of men who never
smoked." (</span><a abp="712" href="http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/tobacco-related-cancer-fact-sheet"><span abp="713" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span abp="714" style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/tobacco-related-cancer-fact-sheet</span></span></a><span abp="715" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">)<o:p abp="716"></o:p></span></div>
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<a abp="719" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RiXwqZ2EK5k/VRSxN5sof8I/AAAAAAAAEbw/NeRDJ3h5hxc/s1600/Fotosearch_k11868548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img abp="720" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RiXwqZ2EK5k/VRSxN5sof8I/AAAAAAAAEbw/NeRDJ3h5hxc/s1600/Fotosearch_k11868548.jpg" /></a><span abp="721" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tobacco is considered a toxic substance or better yet a
poison. People who smoke understand that smoking increases risks of cancers and
other diseases such as COPD, Emphysema, and Chronic bronchitis, or pneumonia.
Once a person begins smoking that person can become addicted very quickly.
Teens who begin smoking for social reasons usually end up smoking for a
lifetime. <o:p abp="722"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="725" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">According to the Cancer Society, 9 out of 10 adult
smokers began smoking before their 18th birthday, and these smokers tend to
have more difficulties quitting smoking as an adult. "Of every three young
smokers, only one will quit, and one of those that are remaining smokers will
die from tobacco-related causes."(</span><a abp="726" href="http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002963-pdf.pdf"><span abp="727" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span abp="728" style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002963-pdf.pdf</span></span></a><span abp="729" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">)<o:p abp="730"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="733" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Most young people do not think about the long-term
consequences that smoking may have on their bodies. It is often too late once a
person begins smoking to stop the process of becoming addicted to nicotine. An
addiction to nicotine can happen in the very beginning stages of smoking. <o:p abp="734"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="737" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering
effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing. These effects make you
want to use tobacco and lead to dependence. At the same time, stopping tobacco
use causes withdrawal symptoms, including irritability and anxiety." This
anxiety can lead people to either start back smoking in order to stop the
withdrawal symptoms. This process causes many people to continue to smoke
throughout a lifetime. (</span><a abp="738" href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nicotine-dependence/basics/definition/con-20014452"><span abp="739" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span abp="740" style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nicotine-dependence/basics/definition/con-20014452</span></span></a><span abp="741" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">)<o:p abp="742"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="747" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is the nicotine found in cigarettes that cause the
nicotine dependence. Smoking causes higher rates of heart disease, stroke,
cancer, asthma, COPD, and emphysema. When a person addicted to any substance
tries to stop the use of that substance will cause withdrawal symptoms. It is
an inevitable process that one must go through. However, the withdrawal
symptoms can be kept in check by following a program that takes the withdrawal
process into account.<o:p abp="748"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="751" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hi, my name is Jerri, and I was a longtime smoker of 25
plus years. I started smoking when I was 14 years old and once I began I
couldn't stop. In my twenty's I tried to quit smoking several times, but was
unsuccessful each time. <o:p abp="752"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="755" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">By the time I was 25, I had begun having trouble
breathing. I used to make up every excuse in the book about my problems, but
never did I blame smoking as the problem. When I quit smoking, I would be
filled with dread as I began having withdrawal symptoms, and I felt like I
couldn't deal with life without a cigarette in my hand.<o:p abp="756"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="759" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What I didn't realize was that I needed to have a game
plan that would deal with the withdrawal symptoms before attempting to quit. I
needed to have my toolbox ready and in hand before quitting. Once I realized
what needed to happen, I was able to quit smoking for good and without all the
terrible scary withdrawal symptoms.<o:p abp="760"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="763" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I have been a nonsmoker for over ten years. Wow, I can't
believe it's been that long, but it has. And I will never need to smoke again.
I know have strategies that I can successfully use that have kept me from the
return to smoking. I no longer need cigarettes to help me through each day. I
am free of those horrible things, and I am much healthier because of it.<o:p abp="764"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="767" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I am no longer addicted to a substance that seem to be
taking over my body and life. I finally feel in charge of myself. You too can
become a nonsmoker. It is easier than you believe. I am going to show you how I
became a nonsmoker.<o:p abp="768"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="771" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You will learn everything you need to know to quit
smoking now. Stop procrastinating now is the time to quit for good. You can
become a nonsmoker. Don't let fear stand in your way of becoming a healthy
individual.<o:p abp="772"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="775" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Take the leap and quit today and get this book with all
the information you will need to read it quickly and quit smoking now.</span></div>
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<span abp="777" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">This book will teach you how to deal with withdrawal and manage it as well. </span></div>
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<span abp="781" lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em abp="782">It will help you to quit today and to move forward on the path to becoming a nonsmoker.</em></span></div>
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<span abp="37" style="font-size: large;">Do you believe in ghost stories? New England is renowned for its infamous ghostly incidents. Growing up in New Hampshire, Jerri knew what these experiences were all about. How could she know that she would live her life in a ghost story of her own? <br abp="40" /><br abp="41" />Nightly, she would hear whispers coming from the closet. Images would show as shadows on the wall as they moved closer to her. Terrified, she pulled the covers over her head and lay completely still. Every night ghosts would visit her, trying to communicate. As she matured, her ghostly experiences intensified. <br abp="42" /><br abp="43" />Unable to accept the truth, she kept her encounters secret . . . until now. Follow her as she talks openly about her experiences from childhood to present time.</span></div>
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<em abp="98"><span abp="99" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span abp="100" style="font-size: large;">On my next visit to the hospital the social worker
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<em abp="106"><span abp="107" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span abp="108" style="font-size: large;">I left and followed the woman. She was about 5ft 2
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do? I promised I wouldn’t put her in one, and here I was facing the choice about
what to do. She suggested a few homes for me to go and check out, and that she
wanted to make arrangements as soon as possible.<o:p abp="141"></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em abp="154"><span abp="155" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span abp="156" style="font-size: large;">She told me that to hire a nurse to come in would
cost too much and under my mom’s insurance, which is Medicare like most seniors
her age. There were only few homes they paid for and those were some of the bad
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into a better home. My mom didn’t have the money to pay for a better home or to
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<em abp="170"><span abp="171" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span abp="172" style="font-size: large;">I asked the social worker to write down names and
addresses of the homes, and that I would visit them the following week for walk
through visit and choose one.<o:p abp="173"></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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one of the homes. I thought it looked okay and the people seemed happy who were
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pretty bad and I didn’t want her going to them. I chose the first one I saw and
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Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-26246488876586906122015-03-09T12:01:00.000-07:002015-03-09T12:01:46.892-07:00Remembering Kaylee Cooper a Book Review<div abp="1423">
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reality and the unknown. The author does a wonderful job of narrating a story
of a preteen boy and a girl caught between two worlds. I found this book to be
very engaging and just the perfect length for young readers. Follow Alex on the
adventure of a lifetime and find yourself in an engrossing story of coming to
age and being caught between this world and beyond. Once I began reading this
book, I couldn’t put it down, and thought how my own children would enjoy
reading this story. If you are looking for a good book to read and like the
stories about life in middle school and ghost stories you will surely enjoy
reading this book. This book was written for the middle class or junior high
level children, ages 10-14, and many children would be able to relate to this
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delicately shares information that makes you think about dreams and what they
may mean. This book is written in a very professional manner by someone who has detailed experience helping others in the dream world. Readers will
learn about lucid dreaming and can follow exercises that teaches the reader how
to engage in lucid dreaming. The opening of the book covers an in-depth history
of dream research and the stages of sleep one reaches each night.</span></span></strong></span></div>
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remember them as well. The book is an easy read and the author has done a
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will go through during dream state. Readers will learn how to control dreams
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<span abp="1234" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The three types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it’s when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. And the last and worse one: Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It’s when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there’s nothing there …” — Stephen King</span></div>
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<span abp="1237" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The horror genre is something that I’ve always been fascinated with. Luckily, I don’t think I’m the only one. People like to be frightened. If they didn’t, Stephen King wouldn’t have a thousand novels and you wouldn’t find every horror film ever made running on AMC at this time, every year. Seriously. Click over to AMC, I can almost guarantee <em abp="1238" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Halloween</em>, or one of its sequels, is on right now.</span></div>
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<span abp="1241" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And horror has adapted. Yes, you can still find the slasher movies and those “gross-out” moments that King references. But it’s mental now. “Found footage” movies can be terrifying because it seems so normal, so everyday. The more real, the better. And the scarier. It’s the dark basement where the only thing you can hear is the beating of your own heart. That’s real horror. The kind of stuff that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, as if someone was standing inches behind you.</span></div>
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<span abp="1244" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But <a abp="1245" href="http://www.writersdigestshop.com/scifi-fantasy-horror?lid=wdssl" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="writing horror">writing horror</a> isn’t so easy. With any type of fiction, it’s difficult to think of something that hasn’t already been done. With horror fiction, it’s especially true. Creepy basements, loud noises from the attic, hidden rooms, Indian burial grounds, old hotels, multiple personality disorder, etc.—it’s all been done before, and it’s all out there. These clichés shouldn’t restrain you, however. They’ve simply defined the space you’re working in. You know what’s there, now create your own story.</span></div>
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<span abp="1248" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Below are Ramsey Campbell’s thoughts on “Avoiding What’s Been Done to Death” in <a abp="1249" href="http://www.writersdigestshop.com/on-writing-horror" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="On Horror Writing"><em abp="1250" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On Horror Writing</em>, edited by Mort Castle</a>. Be sure to read it all the way to the end. That last sentence is breathtakingly creepy.</span></div>
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<span abp="1256" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some people . . . claim that there’s nothing new in horror. In a sense, that may be true. More than sixty years ago, H.P. Lovecraft drew up a list of the basic themes of weird fiction, and I can think of very little that the field has added to that list since then. But that’s by no means as defeatist as it sounds, because the truth is surely that many of the themes we’re dealing with are so large and powerful as to be essentially timeless.</span></div>
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<span abp="1259" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For instance, the folk tale of the wish that comes true more fully and more terribly than the wisher could have dreamed is the basis not only of “The Monkey’s Paw,” but of Stephen King’s <em abp="1260" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pet Semetary</em> and of my own novel, <em abp="1261" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Obsesssion</em>, yet the three stories have otherwise far more to do with their writers than with one another. That suggests . . . that one way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.</span></div>
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<span abp="1264" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That isn’t to say that imitation never has its uses. Here, as in any other of the arts, it’s a legitimate and useful way to serve your apprenticeship. . . . If you’re writing in a genre, it’s all the more important to read widely outside it in order to be aware what fiction is capable of. It’s less a matter of importing techniques into the field than of seeing the field as part of a larger art. Depending wholly on genre techniques can lend too easily to the secondhand and the second-rate. There’s only one Stephen King, but there are far too many writers trying to sound like him.</span></div>
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<span abp="1267" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s no bad thing to follow the example of writers you admire, then, but only as a means to finding your own voice. You won’t find that, of course, unless you have something of your own to say. I did, once I stopped writing about Lovecraft’s horrors and began to deal with what disturbed me personally. I began to write about how things seemed to me, which was more important and, at first, more difficult than it may sound. I tried (and still do try) to take nothing on trust to describe things as they really are or would be.</span></div>
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<span abp="1270" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that the horror field is riddled with clichés. The house that’s for sale too cheaply, the guy who must be working nights because he sleeps during the day . . . , the attic room the landlady keeps locked, the place none of the topers in the village inn will visit after dark—we can all have fun recognizing these and many others, which is by no means to say that they haven’t been used effectively by masters of the craft. But I think there are more fundamental clichés in the field, and I think today’s writers may be the ones to overturn them.</span></div>
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<span abp="1273" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Take the theme of evil, as the horror story often does. Writing about evil is a moral act, and it won’t do to recycle definitions of evil—to take them on trust. Horror fiction frequently presents the idea of evil in such a shorthand form as to be essentially meaningless—something vague out there that causes folk to commit terrible acts, something other than ourselves, nothing to do with us. That sounds to me more like an excuse than a definition, and I hope it’s had its day. If we’re going to write about evil, then let’s define it and how it relates to ourselves.</span></div>
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<span abp="1276" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All good fiction consists of looking at things afresh, but horror fiction seems to have a built-in tendency to do the opposite. Ten years or so ago, many books had nothing more to say than “the devil made me do it.” Now, thanks to the influence of films like <em abp="1277" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Friday the 13th</em>, it seems enough for some writers to say that a character is psychotic; no further explanation is necessary. But it’s the job of writers to imagine how it would feel to be all their characters, however painful that may sometimes be. It may be a lack of that compassion that has led some writers to create children who are evil simply because they’re children, surely the most deplorable cliché of the field.</span></div>
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<span abp="1280" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some clichés are simply products of lazy writing. Tradition shouldn’t be used as an excuse to repeat what earlier writers have done; if you feel the need to write about the stock figures of the horror story, that’s all the more reason to imagine them anew. . . . It’s only fair to warn you that many readers and publishers would rather see imitations of whatever they liked last year than give new ideas a chance. But I’ve always tried to write what rings true to <em abp="1281" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">me</em>, whether or not it makes the till ring. If you don’t feel involved with what you’re writing, it’s unlikely that anyone else will.</span></div>
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<span abp="1284" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There’s another side to the field that is overdue for attack by a new generation—its reactionary quality. A horror writer I otherwise admire argued recently that “it has been a time-honored tradition in literature and film that you have a weak or helpless heroine”—implying, I assume, that we should go on doing so. Well, tradition is a pretty poor excuse for perpetrating stereotypes (not that the author in question necessarily does); time-honored it may be, but that certainly doesn’t make it honorable. In fact, these days, so many horror stories (and especially films) gloat over the suffering of women that it seems clear the authors are getting their own back, consciously or not, on aspects of real life that they can’t cope with. Of course, that isn’t new in horror fiction, nor is using horror fiction to define as evil or diabolical whatever threatens the writer or the writer’s lifestyle. But, at the very least, one should be aware as soon as possible, that this is what one is doing, so as to be able to move on. I have my suspicions, too, about the argument that horror fiction defines what is normal by showing us what isn’t. I think it’s time for more of the field to acknowledge that, <strong abp="1285" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">when we come face-to-face with the monsters, we may find ourselves looking not at a mask but at a mirror</strong>.</span></div>
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<span abp="1291" style="color: black;"><span abp="1292" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a abp="1293" href="http://www.writersdigestshop.com/on-writing-horror" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img abp="1294" alt="How to Write Horror" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-192727" src="http://d3k9gxxxyh3lif.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/On-Writing-Horror-199x300.jpg" height="300" style="border: currentColor; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 15px 3px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="199" /></a>You can read more from accomplished horror authors, such as Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and more, in <a abp="1295" href="http://www.writersdigestshop.com/on-writing-horror" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="On Writing Horror"><em abp="1296" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On Writing Horror</em>, edited by Mort Castle</a>. Also be sure to check out Mort Castle’s <em abp="1297" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dracula: The Annotated Classic</em>, from Writer’s Digest Books, in Spring 2014!</span></span></div>
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<span abp="99" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I recently came across this book and found it very inspirational and a very easy read. I don't always share my reviews, but thought you guys might like to give it a read yourself. Here is the review. By the way the book on kindle is only .99 on amazon. </span></div>
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author delicately shares information that makes you think about who you are and
who you want to be. He shares some of his personal experiences and how these
experiences have influenced who he is today. The book has much needed
information that can help readers to unlock the doors to who they really want
to be and reasons why they are who they are. There are parts of this book that
I think could help many of our young teens these days. I believe teens would be
able to relate to the author’s own experiences as a child and how he has
changed to be more of the person he is today. “Surrender Your Soul” has made me
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God or whom the author calls “Weshemehe.” This book was an interesting read and
I read this book within a matter of a few hours. I was influenced to spend some
time reflecting on my own life and how I could use this new information to
start moving towards the person I want to be. As a parent of two teen boys, I
felt that this book might help both of them in understanding the world around
them and that they do have choices about how they act and their own behavior
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to open the door to learning about oneself.</span></div>
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<span abp="15" style="font-family: Arial;">My name is Jerri and it’s been one heck of a year for my
family. In 2011, I was in an accident that led to injuries in my low back,
neck, both hips, knees, shoulders, elbows, and left hand that have left me
handicapped. Being that the injury was a work injury, I no longer make any
money from it, because worker’s comp only pays for the first two years of any
claim. The insurance company delayed my treatment for almost two years and I
had to go to court just to get seen. I am in a very severe and debilitating way
now and unable to work. I cannot get social security as I am still being
treated and am not permanently disabled yet, but cannot work. Last year my
husband and I had to make the hardest decision for our family and let the bank
take our home and move to the Midwest to find a better opportunity for
employment for my husband and hopefully better medical treatment for my work
injuries. We have been barely making it with only one person working in the
household. Before my work injury I had went to school and gained my Master’s
degree in counseling and was working out in the field with clients diagnosed
with autism. Since my injury we have lost our home and most of our belongings.<o:p abp="16"></o:p></span></div>
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which are many. We haven’t qualified for insurance and we can’t afford to pay
for it either. A friend of mine thought putting together a fund might allow
people to help us gain some medical attention. We are in need of everything
from the eye doctor and glasses to getting a regular checkup. My husband works
hard to try to make enough money for our family but it’s just enough to keep a
house over our heads. With my medical needs he has to take time off from work
with no pay to take me to see specialists and have surgeries and treatments. It’s
been a long hard road, but we are hopeful that others may help us raise the
monies needed to for our medical needs so that we can be healthy for our
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<span abp="21" style="font-family: Arial;">I thank you so much for anything that you may want to donate
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<span abp="20" style="font-family: Arial;">Many people incorrectly think that being intimate with
someone means to have sexual relations. This couldn't be further from the
truth. Being intimate makes a person very vulnerable and for many this causes
too many emotions to surface and for these people it can make them feel very
uncomfortable. This can lead to issues in the bedroom. Sex is the highest level
of intimacy two people can share, but when one partner suffers from intimacy
issues this can lead to a very blah sexual session.<o:p abp="21"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="23" style="font-family: Arial;">Intimacy leads to people knowing each other very deeply and
leads to a strong relationship between couples. There are no secrets, and each
person feels free to be who they are in front of their partner. Sex is just the
sexual act that intimacy leads to and can be the most intimate act two people
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<span abp="26" style="font-family: Arial;">Being intimate means cuddling, touching, kissing, sexual
relations, massaging and stroking, and communicating on a very deep level. In a
strong relationship, you will visually see the intimacy between two people as
they touch, hug, and often kiss in public or alone. These people are very open
in their relationship and want to show their affections. This allows each to
feel completed, happy and feeling loved by the other person. These acts of
intimacy then lead to a complete act of intimacy in the bedroom where they are
open with each other sexually.<o:p abp="27"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="29" style="font-family: Arial;">Those who have a fear of intimacy have difficulties
connecting with another person. As a therapist, I have often helped couples
work on intimacy issues as opposed to sexual issues. Once the intimacy issues
start to go away or are dealt with better, the sex gets good and more frequent
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<span abp="32" style="font-family: Arial;">So, where does this fear of intimacy come from? Well, it can
come from a variety of issues that started in childhood. For those people that
have been molested or sexually abused are likely to have trouble trusting
others, and, for this reason, keep a wall up between them and their partner.
The fear of being taken advantage of again; leaving a feeling of betrayal leads
to intimacy issues. In the therapy world, we consider people who experience
this fear to suffer from an anxiety disorder. When a person has a fear of
intimacy, he or she may feel anxious anytime he or she tries to get intimate
and sexual with someone else. <o:p abp="33"></o:p></span></div>
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<span abp="35" style="font-family: Arial;">How do you know if you have a fear of intimacy? Do you feel
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span abp="41" style="font-family: Arial;">Secure people feel comfortable being intimate
and sharing personal information with others. <o:p abp="42"></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span abp="47" style="font-family: Arial;">Those who feel insecure and defensive about
getting intimate or sharing intimate details of one's life may have a fear of
intimacy.<o:p abp="48"></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span abp="53" style="font-family: Arial;">Those who feel that they don't deserve to be
loved or supported by others may suffer from this fear as well.<o:p abp="54"></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span abp="59" style="font-family: Arial;">If the person has had many relationships that
have broken up when it would have become serious may point to a fear of
intimacy.<o:p abp="60"></o:p></span></div>
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affection very often.<o:p abp="66"></o:p></span></div>
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toward a lack of intimacy, which has increased stress levels (Sex is a natural
stress reliever). <o:p abp="90"></o:p></span></div>
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completed. Without this feeling of contentment, people will be searching other
ways to feel better, this sometimes leads to addictive behaviors like substance
abuse. A person with intimacy issues will have issues in all relationships
including friendships. There are many people that suffer from intimacy issues,
for this reason, have issues in their relationships with marriages ending in
divorce or breakups. These people will continue to suffer a fear of intimacy
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Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-19293019352815409232015-01-23T12:40:00.001-08:002015-01-23T12:40:37.201-08:00How to set up a crystal grid<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GnSfWxdahaY" width="480"></iframe><br />Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-58660712533753682422015-01-17T08:46:00.001-08:002015-01-17T08:46:48.602-08:00Today's reading 1.17.15<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IyvZLcUdi_4" width="480"></iframe><br />Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-234198878915009252015-01-16T20:41:00.001-08:002015-01-16T20:41:21.758-08:00Webcam video from January 16, 2015 08:08 PM (UTC)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y2z2EpPNHS0" width="480"></iframe><br />Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-36439613785370201632015-01-09T14:52:00.000-08:002015-01-09T14:52:20.716-08:00I am Carly<div abp="16">
For more than 20 years, I have worked with people diagnosed with autism, and many have been completely nonverbal. I have always felt that there are many ways to communicate with someone who can't verbally. I have spent hours with children, teens, and adults that have Autism teaching them how to communicate with those around them. Nowadays we have the computer to use to communicate. In this video, you will see how a person who seems to be severely autistic and that some think are retarded and unable to communicate, can. </div>
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<br abp="18" />Over the years, I have taught these individuals to use their phones, iPad, computers and whatever else to talk to others so they can communicate their wants, needs, and desires.<br abp="19" /> According to Autism Speaks, 25% of people with autism are nonverbal. These individuals have difficulties finding ways to communicate with others and therefore will engage in behaviors that can be, well, quite intimidating to someone not used to these types of outbursts. In reality, all that person is doing and trying to tell someone that they either need or want something and can't so they get frustrated and act out to gain someone's attention. </div>
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<br abp="21" />I have always believed that it is important not to judge a book by the cover or in this sense -behavior-. Instead, my approach is to find ways to communicate with that person that is easily usable by that person. Each person is different and will use a different modality for communicating. Some use sign language, PECS, or some other form of verbal expression. Our modern times allow for use on phones, iPads, and computers allowing people like Carly to talk to other people. Take a look at this video and her behaviors that she exhibits and then the words that roll off her fingers and onto the keyboard. This video of Carly is an amazing demonstration of the majority of people similar to her and many that I have worked with over the years and how easily she communicates using the computer, amazing. </div>
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<br abp="23" />I think this gives us hope toward the future as Autism rates continue to rise and that there are more ways to communicate now than ever before for these people. </div>
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Jerri Aubryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07462171218004161248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705955127799205095.post-52049495962274896772014-12-11T08:55:00.001-08:002014-12-11T08:55:13.797-08:00Bourbon Cupcakes with Spiced Bourbon Icing<div abp="1427">
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Sift all dry ingredients and mix together in a separate bowl. With mixer and a
medium size bowl cream eggs, butter, and sugar. Add molasses and syrup and mix
well. Add milk mix well then add flour mixture that will have all the spices,
salt, baking powder, and baking soda and begin adding while mixing to egg
mixture. Mix well until batter is smooth. Then add equal amounts of batter to
each muffin tin. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a
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<span abp="102" style="font-family: Arial;">Mix well until frosting is fluffy and mixed well. Then
choose your decorator tip and prepare a icing bag and fill with icing. You must
hurry because the icing will begin warming up from your hand and if this happen
the frosting will be too soft and you will need to pop it in the fridge for a
few minutes. After the cupcakes have cooled you are ready to decorate and then
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