TODAY'S QUESTION ON WRITING!

 

What exasperates you about trying to get published? Sound off here (be polite please!).

"Brown Girl in the Ring" - a Caribbean Ring Play Song!

 

Jamaican poet, folklorist, actress, writer and singer Louise Bennett-Coverley recorded "Brown Girl in The Ring" in 1957 on an album of Children's Jamaican Songs and Games, which was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2007. (Source: Zingzangwallawalla).

Cover sung here by Bahamian guitarist/vocalist Erskine Knowles (my hubby!). And I chime in too!

GREAT FEEDBACK FROM MUSIC VIDEOS!

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Had an encouraging comment from one of our music video followers! - "I love how you write about the song in the description, i learn more and more everyday from it."

It was nice to know this as I spend quite a lot of time researching the songs before recording. Then I add the composers' names, who made each song famous and where the songs went to in the charts. This is all done before I upload them!

I'm trying to find a way to upload more music videos here. Unfortunately, the Blogger app doesn't work for my country (The Bahamas) and I can't do it easily on desktop.

 

CUSTOMERS ENJOY SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART!

 

I just happened to take a look at my collection of twelve romantic short stories SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART on Amazon, and saw this comment from Amazon itself! Interesting!

“Customers enjoy the short stories in this collection. They find the stories delightful and heartwarming, ideal for holiday reading or any time they want to feel loved. The author develops each plot with care. AI-generated from the text of customer reviews.”

SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART is available on Amazon and at other online book retailers in paperback (regular and large print) and as an e-book. I think a few copies are still available at Logos, Harbour Bay, Nassau. Copies of Sunbeams from the Heart make beautiful gifts! Go to SUNBEAMS FROM THE HEART

A LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT THIS AUTHOR'S PUBLISHED WORK

Screenshot of video of 

 my published books

Here's a little video that I posted on our (my husband Erskine and my) tiktok account tiktok.com/@youngheartsforever, where I talk about my published books (also shared on Facebook and other social media). Click the link below to view and listen to the video. Thanks!

A LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT MY PUBLISHED WORK

LOSING STUFF WHEN MOVING!

 

Amazing things are always happening to Erskine and me! This is the drawer of an old bedside table that was in the spare room of our rental apartment when we moved in. The drawer was stuck so I thought we hadn't put anything in it.

A couple months after unpacking and stowing everything away, I needed one of my two old address books but couldn't find the books anywhere. I thought they would probably just turn up. However, recently I really needed one of them so we went throughout the apartment, searching! We even tried to open the stuck drawer several times. No luck, so we figured the address books couldn’t be in there and didn’t try to open it again. Then yesterday I decided to try the stuck drawer one more time. As I approached the drawer, I saw that it seemed to be very slightly ajar! I pulled on it and it opened easily right away! Inside were the missing address books! In all the unpacking and putting things away after we moved in, somehow the drawer couldn't have been stuck at that time and I must have placed them in there and then forgotten about them. Strange though how the drawer now managed to become unstuck all on its own!

SEASON'S GREETINGS!

 

This is an old photo from the mid-nineties when Erskine and I managed The Islands Club, oceanfront condominiums opposite Quality Food Store, Cable Beach, and next to what became the luxury Bayroc condominiums. We lived in a lovely little cottage on the grounds and this is the gorgeous beach where The Islands Club was situated.

Most of the residents back then were “snow birds”, who flew down to The Bahamas in the winter to escape the freezing cold weather in the north. Usually there were no owners in residence during the summer and Erskine was able to do his real estate broker work in his spare time. Now The Islands Club mostly has occupants year round.

I hope you are enjoying this special time of the year wherever you are. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad….! May your holiday season and the New Year be filled with much joy, happiness and success.