ParaNovelGirls

Love to blog...wish I had more time

2010-02-15T00:25:00.000-05:00

Blogging can be theraputic, yet when you are crunched for time it also can be difficult to manage. I now have two blogs and find that keeping up is slowing me down. LOL

With books being released from my publisher, edits, writing, managing websites, blogs, as well as running a blogtalkradio show with my sister, I find that there are never enough hours in a day. I know...I get just as many seconds in a day as everyone else, yet I tend to resent the fact that I need sleep as I'd prefer to be working on the computer.

People who come to visit ask me if I ever go anywhere without the laptop. I'd have to say no. I even took it on vacation with me and was thrilled when I got emails to proof a book cover and for edits.

An addiction? Too true. What I love? Absolutely.

What are you addicted to that takes up your days?

Hugs
Franny Armstrong-ParaNovelGirl
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Christmas looming ALREADY? Holy CRAP!

2009-11-09T12:59:00.000-05:00

Christmas is only six weeks away! Oh, my word!

Where does the time go? Writing takes a lot of my day up but since I love it so much I don't begrudge it a bit. My first story to be released will come out on December 10 in ebook format and the thrill of it rests in my tummy all day, every day. It's like having a Christmas present early.

Small Packages DO contain great things. This year I have a grandchild coming...ahem, though I'm much to young to be considered a grandmother, so I'll just be called 'Nanny Franny' and keep my extra chin up. Every time I see my daughter I measure her growing belly and kiss it, talking to my grandbaby. He/she won't care about my off key singing voice for the first two years. That is, until he/she learns to speak and tells me to stop hurting his/her ears. LOL

Each year I feel more blessed than the last. I have family and friends who I love, a home, a new career, better health, and Small Packages. What better Christmas Story could you need?

Hope you get to read Small Packages-A Christmas Story coming from http://www.redrosepublishing.com/ on December 10th in ebook format. It's a great Christmas idea! Or you could purchase a gift certificate on the site for many of the other wonderful books by Red Rose authors.

Let me be the first to wish you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! (I know I'm early, but it's a wonderful year)

Hugs
Franny Armstrong
http://www.paranovelgirls.com/

NaNo and H1N1 What's In An Acronym?

2009-11-04T11:54:00.000-05:00

NaNo is short form for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo which is a race to complete a 50,000 word novel in 30 days! It's not only exciting, but thrilling to watch the bar fill as you enter your word count each day. The feeling of completion is amazing! In three days I topped the 12,000 word mark! Talk about motivated. What a great idea.

Then we have H1N1...the swine flu that everyone is terrified they might get. People are swarming to get the shots to prevent it, yet will it be in time? Will it work?

My 27 year old pregnant daughter went through it and man were we scared. It took her four solid days to get on her feet, now she's frantically trying to disinfect the house to prevent anyone else getting it, though her boyfriend has it too. He came back a lot faster though.

The strangest thing is the finger pointing. 'I got it from you!' 'You shouldn't have had your friend over!' 'Why didn't you wash the fruit and veggies!'

The only blame we can offer is to our bodies which have become susceptable to illness. We have to fight off so much with our environment so polluted with chemicals and such, that our poor immune systems simply give up.

Do what the doctors and specialists on TV say. Wash your hands, door handles, taps, anything you breathe on or touch. If you get past three days without being able to keep down fluids you dehydrate and that can kill you. Don't panic, just get to the hospital or your doctor. Call them anyway rather than spread the illness around.

Acronyms can be good or bad. Panic is worse than just dealing with the issues at hand.

Stay well
Hugs
Franny

Spirit of Time

2008-10-21T11:04:00.002-04:00

Have you ever noticed that time flies by faster as you age? I wonder of the spirits that live in my house. Do they even notice time? I laugh when they knock things off the walls after I rehang them once again. They make all kinds of noises including elusive melodies that I barely can hear.
I speak to them when I'm typing intently on the keyboard as a new story emerges. "Quiet you crazy spirit, I'm typing here!"
Actually, my mischievous spirits tend to give me ideas for my stories. After all, they only want you to notice them, listen to them, talk to them.
When I feel like speaking with them I get images of what they looked like in life. One is an elderly man who has a temper. He's the one who knocks things about. He's funny in a serious way. Sometimes I get the slight smile through pursed lips but I know he likes it here. He's not ready for the other side, he says. I wonder if he'll dress up for me on Halloween to try and scare me silly.
Do you think people who watch scary movies with spirits in them believe in spirits?
Happy Halloween
Franny
ParaNovelGirl

SPRING HAS SPRUNG...Makes SENSE!

2008-03-19T22:34:00.004-04:00

Finally, spring is here! The snow will still fly for a while but it will melt, melt, melt! Yay!!!

Just thinking of those crisp green leaves, the crocus's, the tulips and daffodils that will break through the ground, awakening for another season, makes my heart sing. Can you smell the scent of the earth as it thaws?

Smell, touch, sight, taste, feel, these are the senses that we use everyday. Few people even think of them or realize that they even use them because they are such a big part of us. Have you ever just sat in a forest and listened to nature as it sang around you. Smelled the wonderous scents of the flora and listened to the creatures as they go about their business on the ground, in the trees and in the sky? How about listening to water trickle by in a creek?

As you wait patiently for the snow to disappear try taking some time to just stand there, close your eyes and listen to nature's call. Sniff the air to catch the scents. Touch the new flowers soft petals. Feel the vibrations of life around you.

What do you feel when you finally leave your home and step outside to greet the spring?

Luck Of The Irish... Fact? Fiction? Superstitiion Or Paranornal?

2008-02-24T21:37:00.004-05:00

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, one might stop and ponder just what exactly is the luck of the Irish?

Is it fact? Fiction? Superstition Or Paranormal?

Belief and powers of the mind may be a large contributor, but what of those beautiful little men in green they talk about? Do they really send luck to those in need who desevre it? Hey little man, I'm right over here! LOL

Why do people kiss the Blarnee Stone? Why do they avoid walking under a ladder? Why do they freak if they break a mirror?

What of Fairies, Unicorns, and other mythical creatures? Do you believe in any of them? What are your beliefs? What are your superstitions?

Karen

2008-02-12T01:21:00.000-05:00

Paranormal is not all about death and ghosts!

Paranormal seems to often get lumped into limited points of view. It certainly does include spirits, those who have passed over and some who have not, but it is so much more than that.

Paranormal means: "Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation."

A sudden unexplained chill in the room, the mysterious smell of roses for a brief moment, dreams of loved ones passed, knowing whose calling before you pick up the phone, that intense feeling of driving a different route this time around only to find out later you missed a terrible accident, objects mysteriously disappearing, then showing up right where you had already looked before! Looking at your child and having that intense feeling, something is not right, then they come down with a nasty cold or take a bad spill on their bike that day.

There are many explanations for many experiences. We all have paranormal experiences in our lives, virtually every day! Some can be logically explained away, others can not.

Paranormal also has a great deal to do with belief and faith. Did I dream about my brother because he came to visit me? Or was it simply because he came up in a recent discussion, or I had just looked at his picture. Powers of the mind are extrordinay regardless of what race or creed you are. The ability to explain it will always be there, but what of your belief? What of your faith?

For most every day people, these experiences, or intuitions may be limited and tied to the people we love most, because there is an emotional connection. This makes you open and susceptable to the "what ifs." There are some of us, that have allowed ourselves to become more open, which increases our range of experiences in frequency and intensity.

Is everyone capable of developing more powerful intuition and connections to the spirit realm? Dream scaping? Sixth Sense? I totally believe this is the case. It is a matter of personal belief and perserverance. Educate yourself, become informed, discuss these topics with those around you!

For those that fear the paranormal, fear is tyically based on lack of information. Get informed and your fears will subside! Research, talk and ask! We all all connected in some way and nothing in this life is merely co-incidence. Everything happens for a reason.

So what do you believe?

Karen

2008-02-04T13:54:00.000-05:00

Have you ever walked into a room and just known that someone was staring at you, even though you couldn't see them?
Have you ever entered a room to greet a couple who smiled at you in welcome, yet you could feel that they'd been fighting?
Ever been alone in the house and out of no where something falls, crashing to the ground on the other side of the room?
How about feeling chills climb up your spine for no apparent reason, or sensing that you're not alone, though there is no one there.
Has the phone rang just as you reached over to pick it up, and it's your sister, who you were just going to call?
These are just a few examples of psychic phenomena that happen every day?
Have a story? We'd love to hear it.
Franny and Karen