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GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE

You’ve lost your job, that’s all you know, and you don’t have money to go to school. Get on with your life. You sunk all money you have into an internet business and haven’t made a dime. Get on with your life. You say that you are broke and homeless have no education and no hope. Get on with your life.

The wise man Solomon said, “The race is not to swift or battle to strong, nor does food come to wise or wealth to brilliant or favor to learned, but time and chance happens to them all.”

It is not always most qualified that get prize. We have all seen people finish school with a handful of degrees. We have seen great athletes with tremendous natural ability, and yet they didn’t make it in life in spite of their knowledge and ability. Why? Solomon says, “Time and chance happen to them all.”

Time is downfall of many people. When you are young, it seems that you have an unlimited amount, but it slips away quickly. To accomplish what you desire, you must use time wisely. Those who achieve success, set goals, write them down, and stick to them. Without goals you have no purpose and tend to drift through life.

Chance happens to us all. The executive makes a wrong judgement. The factory worker is laid off, because company moves to cheaper labor in a foreign country. The athlete has an unexpected injury. The great shooter goes into a slump. How do you handle these mishaps? Such occurrences are a part of life. We just have to learn to deal with them.

What if something happens in your life that is not according to your plans? It’s crucial that you don’t panic. The critical thing is not problems, but how you react to them. Career setbacks don’t mean that you are a failure. They just reveal need to keep trying.

Bill Savas, MBR reviewer,interviews Liana Metal, an e book writer

Q: When did you start writing?

A: I have always been writing little bits of everything, such as lyrics for songs and stories for comics, but it was in 70s that I took it more seriously, when I started working as an EFL teacher. I first created picture grammar books for my younger students and then vocabulary picture books. At that time I used an old typewriter, and my own illustrations in pen and colored pencils. But years later, I started writing more extensively, mainly short articles and short stories. After completing a Creative Writing Course, in 90s, I became more persistent and I created my first book, an illustrated children’s story. The whole experience of book making was exciting and worthwhile. Since that first kids’ book, I have been writing non stop, not only articles, but e books both fiction and non fiction.

Q: What motivates you to write a piece?

A: Actually, anything can incite a new story. I observe things and people around me and I may come up with a new idea at any moment. Sometimes, I have my best ideas when I go to bed at night. Then I have to jot down a few lines on a note book I keep handy before I fall asleep and I forget everything in morning!

Q: What about rejections? How do you deal with them?

A: At first I was very discouraged, but later on I realized that each rejection slip is a step forward. Moving on through rejections makes a writer stronger and more self confident, if he/she is willing to learn something from them. Eventually, if one’s writing skills improve, there will be less and less rejections over time. We all have our bad and good times in this field!

Q: What was your first book?

A: The white snail, a kids’ story, which is still my favorite little baby. I self published it at a local printer and distributed free copies to my students. I even transformed it into an activity story book so as to use it in class. That was first story that made me find a way to create an e book, so that more people can have access to it online. Thus, Bedtime Stories e book was created. Then more e books followed.

Q: What inspired you to write this book?