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The Hustle n’ Bustle

29 Sunday Jun 2014

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Something that I noticed recently in my crazy busy schedule I call days as of late, is that everyone is so impatient. Take yesterday for instance; I had taken my lunch break and I was sitting in the lobby of Starbucks as a line of people just began to form out of no where it seemed. Now this Starbucks isn’t small by any means but it’s not Grand Central Station either. This line had reached all the way to the door in a matter of seconds but the other thing was, it was actually moving through pretty quickly too. People were ordering and moving on at a fairly steady pace. Each satisfied customer being replaced by yet another eager one, making the line appear not to move at all.

But big surprise, there were several people that would walk in the door, stand there for a full min, look at the line then get all upset and walk out the door. I wanted to chuckle with amusement at the sight. I couldn’t believe it. If you have time to stand there and get upset, and you really really want that $5 cup of coffee then you should just stand there in line. And that is another thing. It amazes me how many people will stand in Pike’s Market waiting in line in front of the original Starbucks store (most times it was well over 10 minutes that you waited!) but in some podunk little town people can’t wait 3 minutes for their precious coffee. Many of these people often complain too. I’ve heard them! I bet they wouldn’t handle it in Seattle. Ha ha.

Well that was my little minute in time, rant. I feel somewhat better now, but not really. But who am I? I don’t have to power to change anything major or for that matter, people’s opinions!

Sparkle on beautiful people!

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Cliche or not Cliche?

19 Monday May 2014

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So as mentioned previously, I am writing a novel… or at least, attempting to! Well in my musings, I’ve come across the difficulties of making sure I’m not writing something boring or more importantly something really cliche. We all think, oh the hero gets the girl, that’s sooo cliche!  but there’s more to being cliche then just a main plot such as that! There’s the little things, like maybe how something can be killed, or the description of something like: It was a dark and stormy night. You wouldn’t believe it, but really, so many writers try to be funny and incorporate that line in somewhere!

Something that I was really trying to work on in my own writing, were the creatures. Since my novel is all fantasy and fiction based, I need to be creative and original in my creature base. So many things have been done already, it’s hard to come up with something that will bode interesting, provide everything I am looking for, yet not copy something already done. Slight characteristics are alright to copy in some cases, but you don’t want to have something someone has done, then just change one thing and call it good!

A fantastic site I found particularly useful was M. T. Dremer’s hubpage, ‘How to Describe a Fantasy Creature.’  It provided some very interesting points and helpful tips. I highly recommend checking it out! Another one I found helpful was a site called ‘The Writers Helpers‘. This one as well, had some great points to consider when creating your own fantasy creatures.

Write on, people! ♥

View behind the words

16 Friday May 2014

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So today as I sat in my favorite coffee shop, tip tapping away at my keyboard putting thought to word on my novel, I would glance around every so often just to experience the human behaviors going on around me. I like sitting up in the loft area; it’s my favorite spot. I can observe people walking by on the street as well as the people that walk in the door. Somehow it soothes me and I come up with so many great ideas for my novel!

I often wonder how many of the great authors and poets of old would sit in little coffee shops or taverns even, putting their great works down on paper. Or how many of them thought their works wouldn’t be as big as they are today. It’s a fun thought to entertain! Then again it may just be my writer’s brain or my imaginative thoughts that bring me to those daydreams.

One day I hope to find my writings on a shelf in some bookstore, or walk into some little out of the way corner coffee shop to see my familiar cover in the hands of some deeply focused male or female. One day!

In the words of J. K. Rowling “…the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.”

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What if…

08 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Do you ever think about the what if’s in life? About all the different ways thing could have played out… I know growing up, we’re all told we should do that, but somehow I just can’t help myself. It’s only human nature to want to know it all right? To know what could happen, what could have happened? I find myself thinking that all the time, and even though sometimes it’s what kills me inside, I almost thrive on it…. It keeps me aware of who I am.

Now I’m not saying we should all do this, because more often then not, we shouldn’t. We should look to the future and what happiness it holds for us.. not the sad truths of where we are in life and the possibilities of where we could be instead. But also, just think about it.. It’s almost living that fairy-tale we all dreamed of living when we were young.

‘What if I had said yes.’ ‘What if I hadn’t agreed.’ ‘What if….’ Wonder is what the world is full of and whether it’s good or bad, we all do it at some point in our lives. The biggest one I think we question, is.. is this person for me? I know I’ve thought it before; and I know many of you have too. It’s a part of life. And again, more often then not – they probably aren’t. But who’s to say that? Who’s the one to tell us… how do we know. Who made this rules, these guidelines.

So many thought clutter my mind every day and the worst one I can’t ever get rid of is that big ‘What If’ and it kills me.

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08 Tuesday Oct 2013

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author, coffeeshop, imagination, novels, sparkles, thoughts

Greetings my little blogger world! As I sit here and write this, I wonder what exactly my meaningless blog will be about and who it will attract and benefit. But then I realize, that I could write anything I want.. It could be about my daily musings as a Barista, or it could be about my everyday writer’s brain and how I look at the world. About my crazy eccentric regular costumers I communicate with five – six days a week. It’s a crazy world I live in and I want to share a piece of it with all of you! 

So whether I actually attract any readers, or I just end up writing my thoughts out.. I’m here to enjoy myself and get this thing rolling!

(I’m going to use something a friend of mine was told at work one day..)

Sparkle on my peeps!

A.M. ~

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