My next book coming out April will be titled How to Self-Publish Fiction and Nonfiction Books. This book is based on my workshop of the same name. The workshop and book include pertinent information I learned during self-publishing my 7 fiction and nonfictions books. How to Self-Publish Fiction and Nonfiction Books will be a handy guide concisely written for a quick read through. I’ll keep you posted when it’s ready for publication. Shelley
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“HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH FICTION AND NONFICTION BOOKS”
I’ll be teaching my workshop “How to Self-Publish Fiction and Nonfiction Books” at North Castle Public Library, Armonk, NY on Saturday, March 3, 2-4pm. (914) 273-3887
http://www.thedailyarmonk.com/news/armonk-library-hosts-self-publishing-workshop
Current Project
I’ll be publishing in January my 7th book God Is Real about my spiritual journey. Some people might not believe what’s in there but it’s all absolutely true. It will be a print book and an e-book for all digital devices. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s available. Shelley
2011 HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIRS
I will be selling my 6 Books and Beaded Bracelets and Orbits
at the following 2011 Holiday Craft Show locations:
November 19, Saturday, 10-4pm
27th Annual Chappaqua Craft Fair
Robert E. Bell Middle School
50 Senter Street
Chappaqua, NY 10514
November 20, Sunday, 11:30-5:30pm
Holiday Boutique a la Russe
Holy Virgin Protection Church
38 S. Mill Street
Nyack, NY 10960
December 3, Saturday, 10-4pm
23rd Annual Christmas Fair
St. Augustine Catholic Church School
381 No. Highland Avenue on Rt. 9
Ossining, NY 10562
December 4, Sunday, 9-4pm
2011 Christmas Fair
St. Theresa Catholic Church School
300 Dalmeny Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
UCA–UNITED COUNTRIES OF AMERICA
UCA
United Countries of America
You say you want a Federal government that is smaller, spends less, balances its budget? You say you want rights returned to the States? Let’s take this one step further. How about NO Federal government and the States having ALL the rights. I propose that our 50 states become 50 independent countries, and that these 50 new countries be tied together, like the EU ties European countries together, and be named the United Countries of America. The United Countries of America would be made up of 50 small and manageable countries. When America first began, we were 13 colonies. Now we’re 50 states. We are geographically too big and our society is too out of control.
Radical, yes, but if we continue on the current track of bigger Federal government, out of control Federal spending, out of control American society, we might find ourselves ready to think about doing this.
- The current 50 states would become 50 sovereign countries.
- All the new countries would keep their current borders.
- Keeping big countries like China and Russia in mind, the UCA would be united militarily. We would have one large military to protect and defend each and every UCA country from foreign threat. However, each country would defend itself with its own law enforcement from domestic threat and crime within its own borders.
- The UCA would also be united economically to ensure the good economic health of each country as it pertains to their relationship with global countries outside the UCA. We would keep the dollar as the UCA currency.
- The UCA would have open borders, so no citizen from one UCA country would need a passport to enter another UCA country.
- A UCA country could govern and manage its society in quick and sensible ways that are right for them. For example, a progressive state like New York wouldn’t be thwarted by an outside Federal government or feel the pressure from conservative states if it wants to enact a progressive law, and vice versa. America is a huge land mass and each region is very different from each another. For our current Federal government to try to enact laws for progressive states and conservative states, cold weather states and hot weather states is often not practical, unsatisfactory for all or futile.
- Each UCA country can adopt the current Constitution and the Declaration of Independence or amend them as they see fit.
- Because each UCA country is small, its leaders will be able to comfortably manage the
country’s laws, income, expenses, spending, balance its budget and manage its society. - As small countries, they can be more creative in developing their growth, new ideas and products for their people.
- As small countries, they can aggressively achieve a greater potential of income when dealing with other UCA countries and foreign countries, not being hampered by an outside Federal government’s guidelines they might not agree with.
- The UCA countries will automatically become richer because they would no longer have to contribute to an outside Federal government.
- So many current Federal agencies and seats of power can now be abolished because the individual UCA countries would provide for themselves: Presidency, Congress, Justice, Defense, Tax, Federal Reserve, Education, Housing, Transportation, Energy, Civil Rights, Commerce, etc.
- Each country can have its own immigration and gun laws.
- Lobbyists would be greatly diminished and controlled because one company would have 50 countries to contend with instead of just one.
- Washington DC could become a 51st country or it can merge with a surrounding country. The White House and its property and the other current Federal government buildings could become housing and recreational developments and commercial buildings.
This is a partial list. More benefits to 50 separate new countries are forthcoming.
Shelley Gilbert, Ossining, NY
Latest Book: “Land of Sooj,” Six Seahorse Stories. 2011. A Book of Fiction for Young Adults and Children Ages 7-19.
“Charming children’s book. The stories are beautifully written and morally relevant.” Little, Brown and Company (Michael Pietsch recommended).
Land of Sooj, Six Seahorse Stories, by award-winning author Shelley Gilbert, is a book of fiction for young adults and children aged 7-19.
Land of Sooj is an early land where seahorses live. Each of the six seahorse stories is independent to read but all are connected by a seahorse family of God and Angels. Romantica and her Angel children look after and protect the seahorses. Each supergraphic story conjures up vivid and beautiful images. Themes are moral and timeless and much needed for our children in our modern era. Fantasy and virtue are twin currents entwined throughout the flow of the stories. The six seahorse stories are :
APOLLA SEAHORSE
A seahorse discovers her purpose in life.
CHERRY SEAHORSE
A tiny seahorse finds her power.
VANILLA AND CHOCOLATE SEAHORSES
This is the story of twin seahorses. One likes the getting there, the other likes the being there.
MARSHMALLOW SEAHORSE
Sometimes the gentlest seahorse must protect her heart.
YESNO SEAHORSE
In the Land of Sooj, a seahorse always pays for a wrongdoing.
SEA3 SEAHORSE
To one seahorse, creating is everything.
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“SWIMMING NAKED WITH JELLYFISH,” THE MOVIE
My novel Swimming Naked with Jellyfish will become a movie. We are now looking for a strong young actress, 25 years or younger, to play the hero Iris Andrea. Contact: shelley@shelleyjoygilbert.com
MY DECISION POINT
If you ask me, the best decision point that George W. Bush has ever made was when he decided to marry Laura.
“IT WAS THE ’70s”
It Was the ’70s
Hullabaloo
Goldie’s tattoos
Kunstler and Abbie and Jerry,
Beatles break up
Kent State shoot up
Janis and Jimi lay sleeping.
Nixon’s in China
Agnew’s snafus
A Watergate door is ajar,
“The Sting” is released
Patty is “Tania”
We celebrate our 200th.
Renee Richards, he,
Declares he’s a she
“Rocky” and “Star Wars” premiere,
Elvis is dead
Thatcher is head
And flowers sprout out of Vietnam.
A poem from Shelley Gilbert’s Islands, A Coloring Book for Adults, 30 Drawings, 30 Poems Amazon.com
G SPOT
I posted about the female G spot before, but I think it helps to post it again, since the women on this morning’s TV show “The View” still don’t believe it’s real.
A guy I was dating in the ’70s showed me where my G spot was.
What it is: The G spot is the super orgasmic area inside your vagina.
Where it is: If you’re lying down on your back, the G spot is located at the beginning part of your vagina, in the vagina wall at the top, opposite your clitoris. I’m guessing the G spot shares the same nerve endings that the clitoris has because the clit is directly above the G spot.
How to feel it: Masturbate while lying on your back. Rub the G spot area I’ve described with your finger or a vibrator. You will soon begin to get very aroused and start to feel a bulge about the size of a nickel. That bulge is the G spot. Keep rubbing that area, and doing whatever else you like, and you should reach a very intense orgasm.
If you want to read the details of my encounter with this guy who really taught me about my G spot, you’ll have to wait for the sequel to my novel, Swimming Naked with Jellyfish, which I’m still writing. But there is great sexual material available right now in the current Swimming Naked with Jellyfish on sale on Amazon. Enjoy!
