Markley's Blog

You know what is really cool? Technology! I know I have talked about it before, and it may have seemed
like I have a negative outlook to it. (I don’t really) but whenever I practice
it, or get the benefit from it, it cool and I just like to share. I am sitting
on my pool deck in the early part of the morning. The sun is warming the water
and the umbrella is keeping me cool. Sitting and being able to put thoughts
together for my readers and being able to enjoy what God has given to me is a
double treat. I have my laptop; cell phone and a fresh glass of green tea. I am
set!

So I thought I would take my little corner of this world and expand my readership. Well I hope to expand
my readership. At least that’s what the idea is and why I started to blog. Also
I have taken a writers course and hopefully will become a better writer. I have
also finished writing my first book and in the process of going through the
ever disappointing world of rejection. Actually I’m not getting disheartened or
disappointed. It’s the process every writer goes thru on the road to becoming a
published author. Really I have started writing three books and one of them I
have been working on for about ten years. That one is also almost finished and
the third one is coming along nicely. That one is in the process of being
formed as far as direction and purpose with most of its contents already wrote.

So you may be reading the early words of a well-known author. I remember the
first book I ever read. It was in the eighth grade. I know I read before that,
but this was the first story I got lost in and used my imagination to paint a
picture of what the writer was trying to portray. Felt for the characters and
felt the emotions that they were feeling. I got totally lost in what I was
reading.  It showed in my grades also. It was part of the curriculum in my eighth grade English class.

We would be tested on each chapter of the book, and because of the joy I was getting out of the story I would pass the
test with flying colors. So at the end of the school year my grade in English
class reflected that. From what I understand this book is one that is read by
most Jr. High kids and is write up there with To Kill a Mocking Bird. (Which I
have never read) “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is the book that made me learn
to love reading and to get lost in a story. When I finished reading that book I
said to myself, “I would love to write a book someday”. With characters like
Ponyboy, Sodapop, Two-bit and Dallas the book just came alive and I felt for
all those in the book. I have read the book six times, which includes reading
it to my daughter when she was around five years old. I saw the movie; and as
always it never does justice to the book. It was because of that book is the
reason I love to write today. So I started out with poetry 14 years ago, moved
to short stories and now writing, or trying to write, 3 books. Writing for me
is very therapeutic. When I finish a chapter I sit back and read it to see how
it goes along with the story.

Whenever I finish a column, I re-read it to see if I get a joy out of it.  My reason though is to
make the reader enjoy reading it even more. So of course I look at all my
writings as a creation of thoughts put to words so that it creates an emotion
of some sort. I love to hear from people if they like or dislike; question or
rebut. That is the whole idea for writing. It is for others to enjoy. Hopefully
as I grow and become a more accomplished writer, my words will do just that. To
see my words come to life and create an emotion in a person as they respond to
them is a joy that any writer just cannot explain. One thing that I always
thought would be neat as I learn to write better; and I have seen it on
commercials, is sitting on a beach and I am working on my laptop and the sun is
shining and the ocean is making its familiar sound. I am sitting there and
working on the laptop. It’s so calm and I have not a worry in the world.

They are all being taken care of right where
I am because of technology. Well I am not at a beach, and there are still
troubles in this world that will not be solved by me typing on a laptop. But
hearing the bird’s chirp and the wind blowing through the trees and the crystal
blue water of my pool getting warmer makes me still think; Technology is cool!