Hello and Happy Monday for a change--Yeah,

I told you of the Scripped contest a couple of blogs ago, I hope you find it interesting and submit a script. The chance to write, especially if it doesn't cost a whole lot, is a good thing. My second Owen Story novel may take a while to come out because of finances and not because of the writing. Like most everyone these days, I have financial issues I must deal with with the downsizing of my job and a few other things so finding the money to self-publish while take a little longer.

I don't consider it a bad thing, I look on it in a positive way because it will give me a little more time to make sure the book is exactly how I want it; as close to perfect as I can get it. So I guess a silver lining can be found in most things, in the writing life definitely, when in the end you just keep writing.

Please enjoy the rest of the week especially if you can write during it.

For comments or suggestions I have a new e-mail address at: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing.

Hello and Happy Friday,

I wrote earlier I will be moving to a new location but I haven't; I'm still at my previous location though hoping to move soon, all the way, into a new location, a new company. Things have changed terribly in my new position so much so I have to--have to--find a new job so I'm diligently doing so like millions others though I'm glad to have a job while looking for a new job. Through it all I'm writing. I've written a script for the contest I told you about last week at Scripped and I hope you're doing so too. Its five to ten pages and a 10buck entry fee so why not; I've saved found pennies for the fee so I won't feel so terrible if I don't win the contest.

It's funny how writing seems to help in most things. My writing gives me not just pleasure but it gives me hope that things will turn out and I am beyond grateful for this.

Write, it always helps.

If you have any comments or suggestions I have a new e-mail address at: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing.

Hello and Happy Friday,

I am passing along some information to you I received the other day and maybe it is something you want to do. At Scripped.com is a writing contest. The entry fee is ten bucks and you would enter a 5-10 page script relevant to the financial crisis. I know, most of us have so much going on --I think I do--so adding something else to the list may seem to much. But I thought I'd pass it along anyway in case you have the time and find it a challenge you can't ignore. So do it if you can, I haven't decided if I will. Yet, it is writing isn't it.


If you have any comments or suggestions I have a new e-mail address at: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing.

Hello and Happy Post Holiday,

I hope you got a lot of writing done on your break. I did and for one reason I was in the right setting to do so and I realized how helpful this was to my writing. I was able to sit out in my yard, on a sun splashed day, under the shade of an awning, feeling a nice breeze, drinking my favorite lemonade and writing while I watched my children play; this was one of the best writing days I've had in a while.

Setting can matter when writing even though it shouldn't matter; its the writing that's the point. Yet enjoy the beautiful days of writing anyway.

If you have any comments or suggestions I have a new e-mail address at: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing.