A few days ago I sat for yet another interview and this time with a popular online
magazine whose About Page reads something like this:
Living life boldly means exposing yourself to all sorts of risk – risk of loss, risk of criticism and judgement, risk of mental, emotional, or physical distress. It’s no wonder, so many of us are raised to not live boldly, to not take risks, to not push ourselves to reach our highest potential. In our view, one of the best ways to deal with those challenges is to learn from the stories and experiences of others. We think it’s insane that after thousands of years of human civilization, it is still so hard to find stories related to the problems you might be facing at any given moment. Our mission is to create a space for all of us to learn from each other. We believe the stories, experiences and insights of our neighbors, friends and peers are worth more than all the wealth in the world as these stories are the most relevant and authentic sources of wisdom.
BoldJourney prepares a hefty questionnaire from which you choose the questions you
wish to answer. From their dropdown menu, I chose to talk about optimism. If this topic
is of interest to you and you wish to hear my thoughts on the subject, please click the
link to read the article published on September 29th.
Meet Selma Martin – Bold Journey Magazine
COPYRIGHT© 2023 Bold Journey. All rights reserved.
Where does your optimism come from?
This will sound to some as cliche, but at the end of the day, when I
check to see that the knob on my analog alarm clock is set to ON,
I say thanks to the old-fashioned thing and then, “See you in the morning.”
In the morning, upon hearing the clock’s muffled ring (muffled because
I’ve wrapped a few rubber bands on the bell portion; the original
infallible vibration of the artifact eventually came to sound too urgent
for slow rising), I say thanks to it again and this time tell it, “It’s gonna
be another fantastic day!” I’m an optimist, you see, and you will always
find me whispering to inanimate objects too.
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I hope you clicked to read the interview and that you came out of it more
encouraged as that’s the idea in my Sunday Press and this one is no exception.
Incidentally, at the bottom of the interview page, you can find a link to be
interviewed by BoldJourney. [my gift to YOU].
As for updates on In The Shadow Of Rainbows, I cannot lift my head off the ground:
Thanking my Editor, Ingrid Wilson of Experiments In Fiction… (busy now, preparing
for the publication of Inner Passage by Marlene Lee–a stunning collection of short
stories. The book is due to be published on 28 October 2023.
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As of the writing of this post, there are three new heartwarming reviews that came
through the Amazon website. My head remains bowed in gratitude…
Thank you, Kym Gordon Moore of Behind the Pen Website, Author of We Are Poetry.
Thank you, Carolyn Riker, Author of The Colors I Hear.
Thank you, Lauren Scott of Baydreamer Website, Author of Ever So Gently.
Lauren Scott recently published an interview on Yours Truly and was sweet to also
publish her stunningly beautiful book review of In The Shadow of Rainbows on her
website. (her review shows the gentleness of her soul).
Find it here:
Thank you so much for reading today, dear partners.
I appreciate you more than you know.
Happy new month…
yay! My birthday month.
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Lovely insight into your mind and mindset, Selma. 💙
I’m so pleased you enjoyed it, Nigel. Thanks for the support
Receive my blessings.
always nice to learn more about you
*bowing*
Thanks, Beth.
What a wonderful interview, Selma! It’s always fun to learn more about you, and thanks for linking my review of your beautiful book. I’m so happy for your continued success! Enjoy your Sunday, my friend! 💖💖
I’m happy to know you read my thoughts on optimism and more. Thanks for supporting my efforts. Thanks for being a friend. Blessings, always. Xoxo
Wonderful interview, Selma! I love that they published all the photos of you. Delightful! <3 <3 <3
They asked for many photos. I scrambled to find them to share. Glad you enjoyed the interview. Blessings. Here’s looking at you.
Nice interview, Selma
I’m happy you enjoyed the interview dearest Raj. Xoxo
Welcome Selma!
Congratulations on another fantastic interview, Selma! 🤩
Thanks 🙇🏽♀️ dearest Ingrid. Glad you enjoyed it. Blessings.
Congratulations Selma and looking great on that photo too ☺️🌷
Sweet of you to say that to me. 💕
It’s the truth ☺️
Thanks dearly. XO
Congratulations, Selma!
These words—thanks so much, Dawn. Happy you read. Blessings.