S.M. Bjarnson's Blog, page 18

If you didn't know fear, would it exist? 


Think about it.

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.

Banana Split Brownie Pie Prep Time: 30 minutesCook Time: 50 minutesYield: 10 slicesBrownie pie topped with banana cheesecake and strawberriesIngredientsFor the Crust2 cups waffle cones, crushed6 Tablespoons butter, meltedFor the Pie1 brownie mix (9x13 size)1/4 cup oil2 Tablespoons water1 Tablespoons instant coffee granules1 eggFor the Cheesecake1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened1/4 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 egg1 banana, smashed2 Tablespoons flourFor the ToppingI container strawberries, halved1/4 cup hot fudge ice cream toppingInstructionsCrush the waffle cones and combine with the melted butter. Press into a 9 inch pie pan.In a large bowl, combine all the brownie ingredients and stir until mixed. Spoon into the crust carefully. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes.While the brownie is baking, beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, flour, and egg until creamy. Stir in the banana. Spread on top of the baked brownie very carefully. Bake another 20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate until serving time.Before serving, place halved strawberries on top of the pie. Heat the hot fudge for 30 seconds and drizzle over strawberries. Refrigerate leftovers.Recipe adapted from Pillsbury
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Can you defy the odds, transform from all the lines you are supposed to follow?There were chances in our life when we are asked to step forward. Times when the clock has been ticking and finally it dings on your name.Welcoming as it may be, it comes with responsibility.I know what your thinking, I am a reasonable responsible person. Responsible as you make a choice and that choice effects others.Will you monitor your desperate ties to the world hoping to watch for cracks in the road?No!What I am speaking about here ladies and gentleman are that honestly, we have a calling to be known as someone, our speeches will effect those we may or may not know of!So speak up clearly and remember someone is always wanting to learn from you! 
-S.M. Bjarnson

New background cover for profile on Google +. Loved how it turned out! Beautiful, gorgeous.

I found this article on the 99u.com website and it caught my attention. Here is a article written by Janet Choi. Click on the link for the entire article. I merely copy and pasted specific paragraphs for the wisdom Wednesdays. http://99u.com/articles/20882/you-were-born-to-sell-dismantling-the-myths-of-self-promotion

You Were Born to Sell: Dismantling the Myths of Self-Promotion
by Janet ChoiWorking hard at making something isn't a guarantee of success. In fact, when you ship your project or work, your job has only just begun.
Many people take the brave steps of making and creating, only to hit a wall because they’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that marketing their work isn’t for them.As best-selling author Dan Pink points out in his book To Sell is Human, we’re all in sales now. “We’re persuading, convincing, and influencing others to give up something they’ve got in exchange for what we’ve got,” he writes. Selling is becoming increasingly necessary and a real competitive advantage in a world of growing entrepreneurship and striking out on your own, because chances are you won’t have a sales team to do your pitching and promotion for you.It’s easy for us to think that quality alone will be enough to promote our work. Yet we need to open the door to the outside world for our ideas and creations, because if we make something and nobody’s there to see, why did we create in the first place?If we make something and nobody’s there to see, why did we create in the first place?Maybe you feel like the act of selling is too alien or even dishonest when your disposition is so far from the enduring tropes of the sleazy car dealer, the mercenary huckster. But selling doesn’t require you to be someone who you’re not. In fact, it demands the opposite, that you be true to yourself and your passions — and then reach out to connect from that core.Do you still have a mental block against selling? Here are two ways to help you rethink your approach.
There’s an element of “fake it ‘til you make it” in turning on pseudo-qualities, but consider the saying in reverse. Let what you’re making provide fuel for faking it, as Little does when he performs his lectures.Your character traits are more malleable than you think. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi found thatcreative personalities are complex and versatile, “remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.”You can’t expect your work to speak for itself when you haven’t made an effort to reach out to people who will listen. That can be just as tone-deaf an attitude as the pushy promoter’s. Turn selling into an act of being yourself. Your work will thank you.—

S.M. Bjarnson's Thoughts:Exactly what I had in mind. I solemnly believe that there is a variable that states if you do not believe in your work who will? If you see no promise in the writing you have done that why promote it any longer. You are your biggest self promoter and you need to honestly believe that you have the best selling product, even if you are not the best seller. My father was a salesman all my life and I looked at that lifestyle and I could never see myself as one to convince people to purchase an item that I didn't really feel they needed too. It was dishonest and I am the person to persuade the customer to another booth if I feel mine is not what they are looking for. We are the salesman and we are the motivator. We have to give the best performance to be entitled for the win. 

I watched this and you can't help but feel motivated! I wanted to share it with my fellow peers trying to achieve success. So how do we do it, do we breathe it in? Do we write everyday endless notes upon notes squiggles of maybe good artistry. YES. You have to want to be successful as much as you want to breathe.
Believe in yourself!

I have made a fantastic schedule for the month of March postings! Yes, they will be inspiring yes they will be creative, and yes they all will be a true awakening. 
Here is a play by play for weekly days & topics!

Monday: MotivateIn retrospect, I will be writing a article or two about getting the writers or readers inspired.Tuesday: A Tale or twoToday is a day for storytelling. Either from you or one of my close acquaintancesWednesday: Wisdom of the WorldA hope you will achieve. A wish you can't deceive. Wednesday is the day for enlightenment.Thursday: Free DayGive ME a Break. :) Friday: For EverybodyPromote your dope! I feature a music video of an artist I admire, a poem or a short story from fellow colleagues.  Saturday: Sneak PeeksSneak Peeks of my new upcoming novels. The cover reveal or insert I allow to flow through my writer's hands. Sunday: Let's Have Fun Today! A recipe or a craft I love to share! I <3 pinterest! Follow http://www.pinterest.com/crazii09bjarns/
If you would like to post with me on the days I post new things about other creative artists in the world. Thank you to all who view and enjoy the articles I post, I am very excited to contribute to your livelihoods!Email me and we will have loads of fun collaborating! :) Hooray!

"Believe in yourself and in your own voice, because there will be
times in this business when you will be the only one who does. Take
heart from the knowledge that an author with a strong voice will
often have trouble at the start of his or her career because strong,
distinctive voices sometimes make editors nervous. But in the end,
only the strong survive."- Jayne Ann Krentz

"I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months."

- MaryJanice Davidson 

 "If you've FINISHED writing a novel you are amongst the elite!!! You ARE NOT A FAILURE IF YOU CANNOT LIVE OFF YOUR BOOKS. You only fail by NOT TRYING."- Nadia Cornier
"This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are."- Terry Brooks
"You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist."- Isaac Asimov
"Dig until you hit rock. Then take out that jackhammer and go a little deeper."- Allison Brennan
"The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."- Thomas S. Monson
"It's never too late to be what you might have been."- George Eliot
“If you are hungry, you should eat. If there is a hunger
in your soul, you must dream.- unknown



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