Ayelet from Simon & Schuster contacted me regarding my guests today.  She has given me the opportunity and distinct honor to host and introduce you to two authors who are also heroes in my opinion.  They are extraordinary men, who have given of themselves, to protect our freedom and safety.  So, I ask to help me welcome, Stephen Templin and Howard E. Wasdin to the CMash blog.

                 
  Stephen Templin                     Howard E. Wadsin
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Stephen Templin completed Hell Week, qualified as a pistol and rifle expert, and blew up things during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. He is now an associate professor at Meio University in Japan.
You can connect with author at his website.

Howard E. Wadsin graduated with BUD/S Class 143. After the Battle of Mogadishu, where he was awarded the Silver Star, Wasdin medically retired from the Navy in November 1995, after twelve years of service. He lives in Georgia.
You can connect with author at his website.

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They are the Outcasts. Because people don’t want to know what they do.

In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, the President wants to finish the job once and for all and orders the assassinations of the seven men vying for bin Laden’s place. The president doesn’t want any of them left to dominate . . . and that means he has only one choice. But doing what’s needed without political repercussions will take a small team flying under the radar. A team capable of finessing the U.N.’s distinctions on national sovereignty and acts of war.  A team like the Outcasts.

Alex Brandenburg: SEAL Chief Petty Officer and Outcasts Team Leader. Disobeyed direct orders by refusing to let a deadly terrorist live to kill another day. Francisco “Pancho” Rodriguez and John Landry: SEAL Petty Officers First Class. Took the pursuit of justice into their own hands with explosive results. Catherine “Cat” Fares:.  Navy Petty Officer. Holds an unbeatable record for pissing off the top brass with her strongly stated opinions on the combat readiness of women.

The team’s mission: Take out the seven terror merchants vying to take Bin Laden’s place. The team’s status: Expendable.

As the Outcasts track down first one target, then another, and are hot on the tail of the third, they start to realize that they are closing in on a larger plot at hand and will have to do what SEALs do best to ensure the security of the United States: Break the rules, and get the job done.

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Today Robyn, from WOW, is stopping by with an old friend who has visited in the past.  She has a new book out that can help all of us.   So without further ado, please help me in welcoming Mari McCarthy back at the CMash blog!!

ABOUT MARI McCARTHY

When Multiple Sclerosis robbed her right side of strength Mari decided to teach herself to write with her left hand. She gained more than strength, she found herself–buried talents, hidden baggage, and a way to heal herself from the inside out.

Mari L. McCarthy is The Journaling Therapy Specialist, founder of Create Write Now and Journaling for the Health of It™.  Mari offers guidance, counseling and encouragement to writers through her many journaling eBooks and in private Journaling Jumpstart consultations. Mari’s next Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days Challenge will be June 4-10 http://www.createwritenow.com/start-journaling-workbook. Please join her!
Vist Mari at her website and blog.

GUEST POST

Offbeat Journaling Practices – Journaling on your daily train commute, or before bedtime, or doing your Morning Pages faithfully are some commonly known journaling habits. Here are some less common ones.

Offbeat Journaling Practices
By Mari L. McCarthy

Though mostly we think of journaling as something we do in quiet, private moments at home, it may be useful to remember it can be a far more mobile habit than that. If conditions at home aren’t always conducive to journal writing, try any of these substitutes.

Take your journal with you and write:

• During your morning commute
• At your lunch hour
• Sitting on a bench, as part of your daily walk in the park
• Instead of ducking out for an afternoon snack
• While waiting for appointments
• In the bathroom, if you tend to sit for a while
• To get back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night

Where you journal is one thing, why you journal is another. Again, the most common concept of journaling suggests it’s for the purpose of emotional dumping. And while that purpose is extremely useful and good, it alone is far from the only motivation to journal.

Journaling may be done for the purpose of remembering, documenting, guiding projects and challenges, projecting the future, solving problems, and a million more reasons.

You can also journal to record elements of your life. This is where things can get sweetly offbeat, while the returns can be remarkable. For fun, let’s consider a few ideas along these lines.

If you think of journaling as keeping a (usually) daily notation of something, creating a record that you can read over anytime in the future, then you could journal:

• How you feel while drinking your coffee this morning
• Today’s weather
• Comments on your closest relationship
• What you notice on the way to work
• What you have for lunch
• What you want today
• Today’s achievements
• Today’s failures
• Today’s mistakes
• Today’s humor
• Something new I learned today
• The most beautiful thing in your day
• The song that’s playing in your head
• How your workout went
• Something you are grateful for
• Spiritual musings of the day

Well, as you can see, we could go on forever. Which is the point. Just about anything you care about can be journaled.

I suggest a separate notebook for offbeat journals like these. And note that you’re likely to start off enthusiastically but eventually hit a wall. After many days of eager entries, suddenly one day you do not know how you feel, or you just don’t want to talk about the weather or today’s mistakes or whatever your chosen topic. Remember that this is the precise time to persevere! It is after you go beyond this hump that your discoveries multiply.

I’d love to hear some of your ideas about offbeat journaling, so please drop in a comment!

Mari L. McCarthy, journaling therapy specialist and author, owns Create Write Now, a website dedicated to all things journaling. The site includes hundreds of journaling prompts, personal journaling stories, interviews, a blog, and many other resources. Mari publishes many ebooks and e-workbooks to help journalers accomplish amazing things. She also conducts online Challenges, and you won’t want to miss her upcoming Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days Challenge, June 4-10.

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Journaling, like any writing adventure or exercise program, tends to be cyclical—there are the times when you can’t wait to get-to-it and times when you can’t get started. Mari has the fix! It is her new e-workbook Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days.

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Someone had pounded a white cross in the sand that was taller than Jordan was, and the cross was decorated with streaming pink ribbons and there were bouquets of flowers-some of them fresh-leaning against the base of the cross. Jordan wondered if Zoe had seen the cross.

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This week’s question: (not up at time of posting.  Will update later today.

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May is being hosted by Martha’s Bookshelf

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”

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Hello Sunday Saloners.  Welcome!  How was your week?  My week was a bit busy but I did manage to accomplish a few to-dos on my list.

Reading:  I signed up and participated in the bout of books read-a-thon.  I wasn’t able to get in as much reading I had hoped for but did finish 2 books and started a 3rd.  I don’t know why, but it seems any time I plan on a read-a-thon, RL life has other plans for me.   The 2 books read, and the reviews written, were:

The read-a-thon ends tonight so am hoping to get more reading in to reach my goal.  I received several books this week that I am looking forward to reading.   I will share those tomorrow during Mailbox Monday.

Blogging:  As I said, I wrote 2 reviews.  I have to write my reviews as soon as I finish a book while it is fresh in my mind.  One reason, I didn’t spend the time reading was due to being at the computer.  I drafted up posts for future guest author showcases and giveaways.  I like to create these posts way in advance of the scheduled date so I don’t have to scramble at the last minute especially if RL interferes. 

Real Life:  Another reason why I didn’t put the amount of time in that I had planned to was due to the fact that I wasn’t feeling well and am facing some health issues.  So I was either in a doctor’s office, and Murphy’s Law,  I usually wait for quite some time and can get my reading in while waiting for my turn to go in, but the doctors were on time this week or I couldn’t read due to medical tests.  And because I haven’t felt well, when I did sit down to read, I ended up doing this:

How was your week?  Did you read any good books that you want to share?  lol Just what I need and that is to add to my already enormous “hopefully in my lifetime tbr list” lol.