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Getting Published

Yeah, this time it is my turn.  Whoohoo!

It is exciting and terrifying in the same breath.  Yes, I am a published children’s author.  I would also like to share a bit of the journey, because it is not at all as glamorous as it sounds.  Well worth it, every step of the way.

Let me inform you that you learn quite a lot about yourself as human that your writing talents and technical skills.

It has always been a dream, since childhood, to become a published author.  Yet, I never anticipated the reality that it might manifest in any stage of my life.

My children love books, I love books and it is probably the first thing I spend money on.  But have you seen the market these days?  It is paperback, hard cover, ebook, audio book etc?  The effort and the expenses, and if you do it all yourself, it is endless frustration, juge learning curve etc etc.

To be frank, the most amazing part of this journey was the people that I met, and am still meeting. The people who made it, international best sellers, they are humble enough to share their time and patience and experience.  Freely!  Say what?  Yeah, Freely!

Amazing.  Well, I have to go to bed to get some beauty sleep, because there is about a week and a half left until the book launch.

Hope I see you there!

 

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New to the Game

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Children are gifts, to parents and those around them.

– Cora Groenewald

And above all watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.  Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

– Roald Dahl

Becoming a mother changed my perspective, attitude and experience of life as well as its possibilities, extremely and completely.

I am still amazed, daily on how easy children find the wonder in the world.  New experiences overwhelm them, in good and bad ways.  Little hands and little feet.

Effortless they find the wonder in the world, everything is big in their eyes.  Children are extremely resilient, yet somehow we loose that gift, to be amazed by the world, to bounce back, in the journey we call “growing up”.

When I made the decision to become a children’s author, this was the reason. I want to find the simplicity, the wonder in the world again. To me it was in telling stories.  Escaping to a world that is completely your own, only now I can share it with the next generation.

Maybe, just maybe, we can encourage them to fly, to see the endless possibilities that this beautiful life offers, to find it in others stories, experiences.  It is only when we stand in another’s shoes, when we see the world through their eyes, then we really understand, or are at least a little closer to share their wonder.

One thing that I learnt in motherhood, is this; life is what you make it.  What you decide to do with what you have.

Beauty is really in the eye of the beholder, in other words, if you can find the beauty, it is eventually in everything.  It might ask some sacrifices, in the sense of dying in yourself, giving up selfishness, negativity, to choose to go for the ride, good and when bad, get of and get out. If you can’t ask humanity for help.

Let us find the wonder again, through the eyes of children.

The reason I write is to share the wonder, the story, the love that caught my heart.  A person that might need some magic, some wonder to fill their lives, that can give a little hope to carry on to see the wonder they never knew they had.  This is what captured me when I read others’ stories. Now, I want to be that person that can ignite another’s heart with wonder and grace.

So, I am proud to call myself a new Indie Author (independent author).

Let’s take a ride!  See how this publishing game goes.  (Not a game, actually serious about publishing)

Till later.

Cora Groenewald (Corne)

 

 

Something for the picky eater

Moms, you have heard it all.  It is just a phase, he/she will get over it or the other side of the spectrum will tell that you should not allow them to tell you what they want to eat or not.  As the parent you have the authority and the little one should submit to you.

But, we all know the true gospel.  A three year old knows what he/she wants and it can become a difficult task to get your little angel to eat if they keep on refusing your food.  A mother’s heart caves eventually and compassion takes over, anything for the little one to eats just something.

So here is what I tried tonight, and it worked since my two toddlers, two and three years old, didn’t have much of an appetite the past two weeks.  So my heart yodeled a song of joy when they cleared their plates and asked for more.

Bonus points for mom because it was all natural and healthy.

Yeah!!

 

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Some fruit, avocado and strawberries (vitamins and natural fats) as well as peanut butter and syrup (natural sugar and brain food).

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Add chicken nuggets (baked in the oven) with apple. Mmmm…. tasty and healthy.

If the little ones are thirsty you can offer them a glass of water, milk or flavoured vitamin water.

Blessings and enjoy!!!

Corne

 

Capers

via Daily Prompt: Caper

SO, this is the challenge from WordPress today.

They call it a daily prompt; you get a word and participate in writing a post about it.

Capers remind of good people in life.  Not by deeds or popularity, nor status or personality.  Capers are herbs used to add flavour to recipes, preparing food and causing it to manifest in a way that it is delicious, colourful, beautiful.

This dish that was created, nourishes the body, gives pleasure to the tongue.

So are people, they give flavour to my life, by who they are, the rhythm of their heart connects to yours and you find the same beat, same melody.  Then, it is good, to the mind, to the heart, body and soul.

Capers are really good and effective when they are pickled.  Like an old wine. Time, life savoured it for a season, for a reason.

Like is, people are to me.  Savoured and pickled, good to my soul, my life and heart.

Thank you life for Capers.

 

Blessings Corne

The Journey…..

Welcome to my journey.  I am a new author and extremely excited about everything that is happening as well as the support has been phenomenal.

Writing has always been a dream of mine, a far, impossible and unfathomable.   Yet, here we are.  All the credit to my beloved husband and friend, Aldo Groenewald who dared to challenge me to chase this dream.

My love, the challenge has been accepted. I invite you to enjoy this journey that I am undertaking.  Weekly I will post blogs in which I will share where in the process the book is and what the next stage will be.

An enormous thank you to fabulous family and friends for all your love and support in this experience.

 

Blessings

Corne