Author, world builder and language creator Matthew Brown @MatBrown012 discusses The incredible fantasy world that he is creating in a 4 part epic called “Ancient Blood”. He is currently Querying agents and tells his journey through the process.
Check out what Matt Brown is writing on his blog. He is currently writing a novel on line called Valkyrie: https://www.awritersthoughts.com/home/valkyrie-chapter-1
Happy Sunday to all. I was thinking of all the content I have been putting out lately and how much fun I have had Interviewing writers and creators.
Life is a beautiful gift today, and I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who is supportive of this blog, my youtube channel, my books, and podcast and everyone in the #writingcommunity on Twitter.
I never imagined all the love and support. All the positive feedback and friendship that would come from putting my thoughts and goofiness on the internet would bring.
It is nothing short of a miracle, and I genuinely believe that my life is a miracle. After all the horror that I wrought in my life for so many years by way of substance abuse and not being a perfect person, to have this type of turn around is 100% the work of a power greater than my self.
With that, I want to share the prayer that I meditate on every morning, which I believe has cleared the blocks from my life and has allowed God to work through me.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace!
That where there is hatred, I may bring love.
That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness.
That where there is discord, I may bring harmony.
That where there is error, I may bring truth.
That where there is doubt, I may bring faith.
That where there is despair, I may bring hope.
That where there are shadows, I may bring light.
That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted.
To understand, than to be understood.
To love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life
Have a Wonderful and blessed day.
With all my Love,
Matt Whiteside
Leigh Grissom and I discuss her Debut Novel KLS-9 a book she started when she was 12. I had such a good time talking to Leigh she is such an awesome inspirational women, that is living her dream. Links to her book below. Follow her on Twitter at @iamthecritic and Facebook KLS-9book1
Buy book here: https://www.amazon.com/Kls-9-Leigh-Grissom/dp/1542567297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549059651&sr=8-1&keywords=KLS-9
Check out @MattWhiteside3’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/MattWhiteside3/status/1091660310811860992?s=09
Fear is always around us. It is in every corner, every crevice, every second, every moment of our existence. It pesters us, it prods at us. Poking us in the chest forcing us back into a corner. Telling us we have nothing to offer nothing to say or do for the world.
I have been consumed by fear alot in my life. I will not allow it anymore. I have a choice. A choice everyday to walk through fear. What will I choose?
The reality is, when we feal fear about a certain thing it is most likely the thing we most want to do. Fear creeps in telling us not to attempt it because what if we fail at the thing we really want to do. Then what? What is the point of living, then?
Fear is acting as a survival mechanism in this regard. It is honestly trying to keep us alive by not allowing us to attempt the thing that can simaltaneously give us the most joy and also give us the greatest since of failure.
Failure is ok though, it is not a death sentence. Remember, you don’t have to get it right the first time or even the second time. In reality, people don’t want to see perfect people.
No one is excited to watch a train happily chugging down the tracks, we want to see that Little Engine go flying off the tracks. Haha
We are sick like that as humans. And I am not calling you a train wreck, I am merely saying it is ok to make mistakes and look stupid. In fact I am finding that it is alot of fun actually.
Not to mention, if I continue to let fear keep me from doing the things that give me the most joy in life, well then my life will be a meaningless waist any way. What is the point of going to the grave having played it safe and hiding all the crazy, fun, exciting gifts that I was given from the world.
Do what scares you today. On the other side of fear is victory!
Have a Blessed and wonderful day
Andrew and I get down to the nitty gritty about his Incredible book Punishment and Good Deeds. Check it out and go check out all of his writing and what Andrew is up to on his site https://pbpatch.wixsite.com/pbpatch
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Good Morning, today I thought I would do a video and some writing, to expound more on my oh so deep thoughts. Ha, I was thinking about Honesty and Pretending this morning. The conversation came up last night with some friends about not knowing who we are as we go out into the world and the sense of unease and fear that it brings.
So, with that in mind here are my thoughts, starting with a Knight.
A Knight goes into battle wearing heavy, sturdy, magnificent armor. Armor meant to protect, to deflect, defend and keep the Knight from harm.
However, our Knight really loves his/her armor, they wear it day and night. They sleep in it, eat in it, bathe in it, dance in it, sing in it, go to bonfires in it. They even wear it while using the bathroom. Our Knight loves their armor, it keeps them feeling so safe.
Weeks pass by and the Knight isn’t looking so hot anymore, infact our Knight isn’t smelling all that great either. The armor is becoming rusted and the stench of all the nastyness underneath the armor, has turned the Knight into a walking, talking, garbage can.
But, still the Knight wears the armor, for He/She is afraid that if they take it off they will be left vulnerable and unsafe. What if someone stabs them while they are cleaning their precious armor?
Eventually the Knight begins to grow sick, the filth from never taking off the armor has finally infested the Knights body with a virus, a sickness that the doctors all say will kill Him/Her.
The Knight is scared; to terrified to take off the armor and become vulnerable, but also afraid of dying if they don’t.
Eventually the Knight decides that their life must continue. So, He/She removes the armor and allows the good health professionals to heal them. In so doing the Knight realizes how incredibly light and free they feel.
The Knight had forgotten what the breeze on a cool spring day felt like, or the warmth of a nice shower. (this is a modern knight with indoor plumbing) The Knight feels what it means to have a warm embrace from the person they love and being close to someone again.
The Knight now healed, and armor cleaned realizes that he/she has retired from being a knight and that the battle is over. That there is no longer a reason to wear the armor, and that He/She will happily just go about being freed from the metallic prison they had worn to protect them. That the armor was infact killing them and keeping them from life.
The End
So, this story is amazing… because I wrote it. (Laughs excitedly)
Seriously though, the idea that I can’t be honest and vulnerable even when I am completely alone all by my little-old self can cause me great harm.
If I believe that I am always in danger than I will keep my armor on and the resentment, fear and overall nastiness that builds up as a result will end up killing me anyway.
I wrote this because I want everyone to understand that it is ok to take off the armor and be who you are. Stop denying yourself and the world the truest version of yourself.
I believe this starts with being as honest as possible with yourself. Who are you really? Are you really hungry, today? Are you really tired, today? Are you really sad, today? Are you excited as all heck for life, today? Do you need a little break? Do you need to talk to someone? Do you feel alone or scared? Start with basic questions.
Answering these questions honestly to your self will give you the ability to start talking to others about it as well, and for me talking to God about it. It will also allow you to start asking tougher questions of yourself and of life. Start small and work your way deeper.
It is important that we be who we truly are, so that we don’t become sickend by our own lies. It can and will happen, I know from experience.
So, take off the armor. The battle is over, you deserve to feel the coolness of the air. The touch from another human. To take a freaking shower, you pig, haha jk.
When you are alone with yourself its a time you can practice being rigorously honest with yourself. So that when it is time to go out and face the world you are not the stinky ass knight in rusted armor, but the shiny sweet smelling flower prince or princess you were always meant to be 🙂 lol.
Have a wonderful day. Please Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you havent already.
First real interview up. With J.M Brister. Check out the video and the links to her work in the description. Follow J.M Brister on twitter @JM_Brister.
The epic tale continues.
I would like to offer you an opportunity. It is free, and all about helping you and your work grow. I want to see, all the people who put in effort and time into blogging, writing, creating, blow up and become the person they want to become. Read below to find out more.
Good morning everyone. I was working out this morning thinking about what I wanted to write about, as I do most every morning. When the thought occurred to me, “It really doesn’t matter so much what I write but that I write.” See this is therapy for me.
I started this because writing was such an incredible outlet of the creative monster in my brain wanting to punch its way out all of the time. Happily, destroying me from the inside out, I left it trapped inside.
Now almost six months later, so many different avenues for the creative process have opened for me, what a blessing. The Avenue that just recently opened was YouTube, and I am so excited that I get to act goofy on the internet for people to watch. Haha.
This is going somewhere Promise.
My main thought this morning centered around service to others. I genuinely believe that I was placed on this earth at this time in history to help lift others. To be able to highlight other peoples wonderful and magnificent qualities. We all have them; the light is in all of us. A lot of times it is difficult to allow our selves to let it shine. To open our selves up to possibilities that we could not imagine.
I feel that this is my calling, to help others shine.
Marianne Willamson wrote in her book, A Return to Love. “It is not our darkness that most frightens us; it is our Light.”
We were all meant to light up the world in some way; I know this to be true because just the idea of it lights me up.
So yesterday, I asked the question to all my friends in the #writingcommunity if they would be interested in letting me interview them to highlight who they are and what they are about. Giving authors, creator, editors, all sorts the opportunity to show the world the person behind the work.
The response has been overwhelming, and I am genuinely blown away. I could barely sleep last night thinking of meeting all the wonderful people and finding out what they are all about. Discovering their Why for doing the things they do.
I talk a lot about finding your Why, well I decided to stop talking about it and start showing it.
I want to offer this to all the bloggers out there, the creators of incredible content.
If you are interested in letting me interview you via Skype and sharing it with the thousands of people on my twitter and new Youtube channel let me know in the comments. I would love to talk to you and let the world know who you are.
Thanks for reading have an awesome day.
Going to be starting an interview series of authors here is the first with some strange lady in my bathroom.
Seeking Purpose Today 