Well I must say May is flying by. I’ve been doing some work on my next book. Since my trip to Windsor I’ve got my maps all done. I like to draw maps of the location because then as I imagine the story I can place my characters in a place knowing what it looks like. I’ve done drawings of the house also. I can see where Benny’s room is and where his mother spends her time. I have pictures of the houses that are close to his. I can almost see the neighbours and what takes place there. I can see how Benny grew up and why he feels so close to the people that surround his life.

Today I dropped more books off at the MacQuarries in Bible Hill. I must say it has been a real gift to be able to sell my books in their store. Today I made a trip to the main MacQuarries store on the Esplanade. Starting at the first of next week they will also be selling my books. It is so nice to have a place to sell them.  I’ve been writing for so many years and I must say this is the biggest break I’ve ever got. I want to thank the people at the store that have always treated me so good, even before I sold books. That is the big reason I think their stores do so good. They do care.

Well my weekend away was great. The weather couldn’t have been better. I went to Windsor, Nova Scotia to see if I should use that location for my next book. I did find a great house and street location but I found myself debating because Windsor is a whole lot bigger than I thought. I want there to be a few attractions that I could work into the story. They do have some places that are open during the summer months. I’ll have to go back in  order for that to work out. I was too early in the year. Somehow I’m not sure if my book would work in a larger town like Windsor. I’m still thinking on that.

I am very eager to get started on the writing and move along with the location decision. I’ll do some more thinking about that this week and then I’ll decide if I should change my mind on this or not. Think, think, think.

I purchased a new book called, The Magic. I love it. They say it can take 28 days to change your life. To become more thankful or grateful is really a true blessing. There are so many times we become caught up in complaining about things, any thing really. When that happens it seems to snowball into a whole load of things to complain about. One complaint leads to another and another, till there doesn’t seem like much that is worth while. This book really shines a light on the fact that in order to change things we have to become more grateful for everything. The thing is if you complain a lot then things to complain about seems to increase and the same law also works that if you are grateful for things  then things to be grateful for also increase.

The book leads you through a 28 day cycle to change the way you think of things or see things. I’m on about day 8 and I must say I do believe the book is MAGIC. I do feel better and more blessed than when I watched the things I had to complain about. That part, the complaining, wasn’t really working for me so I decided to buy this book and try the same rule sort of in the opposite direction. It works. It really, really works.

I’m so grateful for so many things that the things I used to complain about seem so small I often find myself thinking how could I have got so hung up on them. I’ve always felt like I was not much of a complainer but this is so much better. It does work, try it.