And so I thought….
And so I thought that technology, especially for a “wanna-be” writer, would be almost impossible! - ah, but how wrong was I?
To my total surprise, I have installed, my DSL line . . . with the help of a very easy software CD and the patience of
my cowriter and love. Silly isn’t it? Yes, simplicities have always made my life!
I’ve been absent from my chronicles for a while. Well, I’ve been writing but not with a goal or a plan to make it a bigger part of my life. I found myself asking the same questions over and over again… “How do I actually sell my work?, How much money can I make doing what I love so much?, Where do I go when I’ve never published a thing in my life?,” etc. You go to class!
For about a month, there was course catalog on my kitchen counter for non-credit classes at the College of Southern Maryland. I kept it around all that time thinking that eventually I was going to scan it for writing classes. I had been hoping for some motivation by taking a class because God knows it wasn’t inspiration for which I was searching. Then, I came across a class developed for online instruction called “Beginner’s Guide to Getting Published.”
That’s just the class I needed and never knew it existed. As luck would have it, I found this on May 16 and that was also the first day of the class that typically runs every couple of months for 6 weeks (two lessons per week). I had to pay $118 but that seemed a small price for what I perceived as “the missing link” in my intended writing career.
The class was created and is instructed by LeeAnne Krusemark. So far, it appears well-written and easy to understand. As with most classes, there are quizzes and assignments after each lesson.
In the interest of keeping my chronicles up-to-date, I’m going to describe the lessons as I go through them, and I’ll also post my completed assignments after I complete each one.
Thank you for coming along on my journey.
Elvis Costello - I feel like sharing Elvis Costello. This song, “She” has to be one of my favorite songs. He sounds as if he’s almost crying while he sings and if I could sing like him, and feel these lyrics as I feel them, and sing them to the right audience, I’d cry for sure. Wow!
He’s a Virgo 
To know her is to love her.
To love her is to die.
To die for her is pleasure.
No pleasure makes me cry.
indeed i think you
all the time
blessed are we
and hills we climb
thank you, now
for all you are
for making “we”
here, there, afar
my life, my light, my strife tonight
you made it go away!
were i to think, to stop, to blink
you’d miss my plea to stay
such wonder caused by you, my dear
so invigorating have you been
were i to wait, to talk, to see
’tis that! ‘twould be a sin…
Until today, I’ve felt complete with you.
Until today, I’ve never needed more.
Until today, my hearts been out of control.
Until today, my life’s been better.
Until today, we’ve been good enough.
Until today, I imagined you were everything I could ever want.
Until today, I was sure you were perfect.
Until today, I thought we had it made.
Until today, I was sure that nothing could be better.
Until today, I was right.
Until today, nothing has been better.
Until today, nothing has been more made.
Until today, nothing has been more perfect.
Until today, I’ve never wanted something more.
Until today, nothing could have been better - not us, not life.
Until today, yesterday was today.
I long for you in peaceful days.
Upon reflection, I love your smiling ways,
Thoughts of you fill rushed moments,
your lap, of which I long, my head, against.
I am overtaken.
Last night’s soul is dead.
When it happened? Questionable.
Death comes to every evening, surely.
Life ends for each night, upon bed or upon light.
Prematurely, death came to last night’s soul,
without clear warning, or confirmation of such.
Questioned, longed for, turned and tossed,
upon morning, last night’s soul was lost.
So, for today, a new night shall begin.
Sadness aside, her fresh voice settles in.
How sweet it is! How grand it does feel!
Still, last night’s soul causes grief and reel.