Sherrie Miranda's Blog, page 183
August 23, 2015
Where’s Your Note?
Having been around a couple people with Alzheimer’s, this post really hits home! I also love that the loving husband is trying to give his wife what she wants. Just like my father-in-law used to do!
Enjoy! ;-)
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda's historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Nutsrok:
An elderly couple noticed that they were getting a lot more forgetful, so they decided to go to the doctor. The doctor told them that they should start writing things down so they wouldn’t forget. They went home and the old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of ice cream. “You might want to write it down,” she said. The husband said, “No, I can
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August 20, 2015
16 Misquoted Quotations
Lot’s of great misquotes here. The one attributed to Ghandi has also been attributed to others. Well, my mother and her grandmother who brought her up must have been smarter than I thought as they repeated many of these quotes by very worldly people, often correctly!
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
To read them, click on the logo or link below:
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Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Writers Infographic
Thanks, Chris! These are all great pieces of advice from the Great Tolkien, but the one I like best because it got me out of a few jams is “No. 7. Dreams Give Us Inspiration.” Many times I have laid my head back down to come up with my protagonist’s next move and many times it came to me.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Got this email today…
I remember hearing this story before, but as a veteran teacher, I feel I must share this on my blog too.
Thanks, Chris!
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
It’s Called Respect
After retiring, a former Gunny Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high school teacher.
Just before the school year started, he injured his back.
He was required to wear a light plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn’t noticeable when he wore his suit coat.
On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school.
The smart-aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom.
Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk.
When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.
Dead silence …
The rest of the year went smoothly.
August 19, 2015
Warning: These 5 Points Will Help You Create Awesome Female Villains
Actually I used most of these traits for my protagonist and all of them on my other characters. Not in a villainy way, of course!
Thanks Sacha for a great post!
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
What is it about women that just isn’t scary? Perhaps it is that women represent motherhood and mothers are loving and caring. Or maybe it is because we are (generally) smaller framed and not as physically strong as (most) men and therefore don’t epitomize the brutality of villainy.
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South Bay Compass features South Bay Scribes
The Scribes: South Bay Writers Have Their Own Group:
South Bay Scribes
By Barbara Zaragoza
As you all know, I love to feature artists & activists of all kinds at South Bay Compass. I have a particular love, of course, for writers. So it’s with great pleasure that I found this group of mostly published authors who get together regularly in Chula Vista to share their works.
I’m devoting this entire week to the great work of the Scribes. First up, here’s a little history of how the group got started:
Sherrie Miranda started the writer’s group in October of 2010. She spent more than a year talking to people about how to run a group and where to hold the meetings. She had considered doing it in her home, but a friend who worked at the library suggested she hold meetings at the Chula Vista Public Library so it could be open to the public.
Vicky Sloan is the only member besides Sherrie who is still with the group. There was a time when Sherrie, Vicky and Pat Maxwell were the only regular attendees. During that time, Sherrie began giving writing prompts in which they would write for approximately ten minutes, then read what they wrote.
After that, the library manager posted some large posters about their meetings and the group got quite large for several months. Vicky began leading the group as Sherrie was not comfortable with the large numbers. (It reminded her too much of her teaching job.) However, they are proud to say two more groups formed from the inspiration of their group. There may also be other groups that formed as they had members coming from as far away as Northern San Diego.
Charlie Berigan’s background in theater helped take the group to another level, one where they get out into the public more. During this phase, Sherrie was doing final edits for her novel Secrets & Lies in El Salvador, so Charlie took over as leader. Several members made regular visits to different venues where they read their work and discovered that people wanted to know what they were doing.
Susan Walters has also been a great help in the effort to be out in the public more. (Susan is South Bay Compass’ very own biographer of female impersonator, Julian Eltinge.)
They now have several published authors in the group, including Sherrie Miranda, Lynn Wallace and Kelley Dupuis.
Here (below) you can find a few of Dupuis’ books:
http://www.amazon.com/Kelley-Dupuis/e/B00JENAIVU/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1440012235&sr=1-2-ent
Because the group wanted to be more active and get their names out to the public and show the community that the South Bay has it’s share of writers, both published and not, they changed their name to South Bay Scribes.
South Bay Scribes has recently started doing events in which they read their work at public events.
Author Sherrie Miranda’s debut novel:
For more information, contact Sherrie at:
sherriemiranda1@aol.com
Check out Sherrie Miranda’s interview with the Chula Vista Star News.
http://www.thestarnews.com/entertainment/war-torn-el-salvador-is-setting-for-cv-novelist/
Sherrie Miranda’s husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
http://southbaycompass.com/the-scribes-south-bay-writers-have-their-own-group/
August 18, 2015
‘The Hypocrisy of War’ – dedicated to All Veteran Soldiers
There is something in public displays that helps create the mindset that makes a young man (& now a young woman too) want to join the service. And let’s tell the truth here: these are really BOYS & GIRLS.
To this day, the “Star Spangled Banner” and other forms of public presentations brings tears to my eyes. I am well aware I am being manipulated, but it happens anyway. So what about these boys who have no idea that they are feeling these intense emotions, not because of love of our country, but because of music and words that make our heart feel too big for our chest?
They are too young and naive to understand that this is how our leaders want us to feel. They want these boys to feel as if this country loves them so much that our country (Government AND people) will love them forever for what they are about to give. It will be years before they realize the truth. Of course, in Viet Nam, it didn’t take years. That is why drugs were so prevalent in that war.
Hollywood does it well: makes us feel emotions that we attribute to one thing when the truth is it is a cathartic reaction to events in your own life. You can not tell me that the government isn’t one thousand times better at pulling at the heart strings of a child. A child that has no idea what hit him and knows he isn’t supposed to cry so he joins the military instead.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on The Neighborhood:
131,000 military veterans are homeless on any given night. – U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
in 2012, 301 soldiers were killed in combat. 349 took their own lives. – Pentagon
30% suffer post traumatic stress disorder. ptsd is a mental illness caused by suffering an event of intense fear, helplessness or horror. uncontrolled panic attacks may be induced by sudden loud noises or a real or imagined threat. – Mayo Clinic & NY Times Health
The Three Soldiers photo courtesy of Wally Gobetz
The Hypocrisy of War – a saga
developed, written & edited by Kendall F. Person
dedicated to All Veteran Soldiers & Their Families
There is a complexity to California, no reference to the south.
Northern California actually runs north to south. Bordering Oregon on its top end, and splitting Fresno to the south. While a richness abounds all over, there is a certain vibrancy, that only runs east…
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August 11, 2015
A Letter Explaining the Reason Behind the Choice of Writing “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” as Historically-Based, Rather than Historical Fiction
Mr. Lamperti,
I very much appreciate your message and am glad that you care so much about El Salvador’s recent history.
When I first began writing “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador,” I wanted it to be historical fiction, but I had t w o very knowledgable people tell me not to write it that way. The first person (who recently passed away with cancer) told me that the story would be better told by moving events around in order to build tension. Karen Aschenbach had written screenplays and lived in Hollywood the last few years of her life. I am well aware that Hollywood doesn’t often tell the complete truth, but I am also hoping that this story will be made into a movie.
The other person who recommended I not call it (or make it) historical fiction is an author of historical fiction herself. She said historical fiction doesn’t sell except to a small group of people who care immensely about history. A few months after she gave me this advice, she pulled her books off the shelf to edit and make changes as some readers had found some errors in the work.
That was a wake-up call for me as I knew I wasn’t being meticulous about the history and especially the time-line.
For these reasons, I call the novel historically-based, rather than historical fiction.
I will make sure my publicist is aware of this so that we do not label this story inaccurately.
My sincere thanks for your compassion toward the Salvadoran cause. My Salvadoran friends and family are very grateful to you and all those who remind the world of this unjust US-funded war.
Sherrie Miranda
sherriemiranda1@aol.com
A Mourner Remembers Archbishop Romero
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
A Spontaneous Day of Peace
PUT YOU PEACE SIGNS UP! AUGUST 15TH – A SPONTANEOUS DAY OF PEACE . . .
Let’s Do It! Let’s all join together and create a more peaceful world . . .
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on The Neighborhood:
cover photograph Peace by Danny Hammontree
Official Unofficial August 15 Peace Anthem
by Carlethal featuring The Mezzo Maven
A Moment of Peace
excerpt from Peace by Kendall F. Person
Peace as a moment,
shall find us in the end.
It shall bind us and rule us
and become our closest friend.
It will consume us, and bloom within us
and conquer demons that dare try to fool us.
Peace is the moment, I pray,
the last to engulf us and uphold us,
and the only moment
future generations will embrace.
Official ‘A Spontaneous Day of Peace’ available soon. Any questions, please leave them in the comments section or send email to theneighborhood@thepublicblogger.com
On August 15, Social Media and the Blogosphere: Peace everywhere.
VII Days of Peace – Day II: Peace Quote, Song & Sign of the Day
I love this post! It has been my goal for most of my life to help create more peace and justice in the world. This is a wonderful post as it also reminds us of the spiritual side of PEACE, one that I only found later in life.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on The Neighborhood:
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring Peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlighten, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. – Buddha
peace is in every1 by szebi
From A Distance by the legendary Bette Midler
cover art Our Ancestors Are Always With Us by Rob Goldstein
