Susan F_mt

Life's made up of moments. Make the most of them! Visit my lifestyle blog, The Most-of Every Moment & my author site, Susan Foster, Author.

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

I just published We Live in a Country That Allows Free Speech. https://t.co/OeB5oqfk5u

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

I just published We Live in a Country That Allows Free Speech. https://t.co/58ENQdBbIq

[Natalie Kikić @NatKikicWrites]

Hi #WritingCommmunity!

I'm Nat, a Croatian American writer of spec fiction based in MA. My stories often blend folklore, spooky settings, and romance. By day, I work as an Instructional Designer.

I'm currently revising a Gothic horror-romance that I plan to query this fall ✨

[Katie 🧡🏝️ Updates Only @katiegwrites]

“My mom is attempting to Heimlich maneuver a meatball out of me when my sister bursts through the front door of our store and announces she’s going to be the next big reality television star.”

#WIP #Revising #A #RC #1stLinePit

[Natalie Kikić @NatKikicWrites]

I love this book and can't wait to see it published!!

[Emily is 💫writing @EmilyShepWrites]

VIRGIN RIVER x ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES

The secrets should have ended with the dirt thudding against his casket.

#YA #1stLinePit #Con #Q

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

@abbysummer_ This is a beautiful beginning and I love your mood board.

[Abby Summer @abbysummer_]

#1stLinePit
When an unidentified planet the size of Mars collided with Earth four and a half billion years ago, it sent the Moon into orbit around our planet, charting its never-ending course and sealing its fate for the rest of eternity. In a way, the events of today were that unknown planet, and I the Moon.
#YA #F #Q

[Elle Tesch ✨💫 UPDATES ONLY @zipitelle]

The second man I killed today tried to resist.

#1stLinePit #WIP

[Brynna W. Wiley (is juggling too much) @Brynna_W_Wiley]

"Pristine white tiles lined every inch of the four walls that surrounded me, a corroded drain in the center of the room. No bed, no windows. Punishment for my latest escape attempt."

[1st lines from FRAGMENTS prologue: an adult dystopian]
#1stLinePit #Q #A #DS

[Bec Elley @RebeccaTElley]

My dad sits on the hover lounge, staring vacantly ahead. Placing a gentle hand on his shoulder, I heave in a breath, before uttering — “Dad!” His eyes flick open, the lids blinking rapidly. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜, 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.

#1stLinePit #Q #YA #SF

[Emily is ✨ editing ✨ @em_writes_books]

Nervous, Estelle checked her phone again. Still no messages. Her fiancé, Devyn, suggested they have no contact after their rehearsal dinner the previous night- a romantic notion twenty-four hours ago that now only added to her growing unease.
#WIP #editing #romantasy #1stLinePit

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

"On all fours, I scan my cluttered bedroom. It has to be here, somewhere. Unlike the secrets of my past–those better be gone forever.

My shoulder bumps my dresser and the three-pack of mouthwash that wouldn’t fit in my bathroom crashes to the floor."
#1stLinePitch #WF #A #CMe

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

@ClaudiaArmann I can't wait to read this!!

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

#1stLinePit is such a supportive community! I'm gathering my courage to post the 1st line of my #WF #A #WIP. Everyone's amazing 1st lines have inspired me! #writingcommunity

[ryan rae harbuck | wanted TO BE A CHAIR @RyanRaeHarbuck]

"I cannot forget what I can't remember.

The elevator doors draw open. I enter. The steel halves closing behind me in seamless unison, giving me not so much of a reflection, but a startling, faded silhouette of someone I don't recognize."

#1stLinePit #WIP #A #WF #MR #DIS

[Susan F_mt @SusanF_mt]

@RyanRaeHarbuck I'm also writing WF that involves some memory loss and I am blown away by this perfect first line! 👍

[Claudia Armann - Latinx in Pub. mentee @ClaudiaArmann]

Breaking in a new pair of cowboy boots is a bitch. The cruel blister on my heel throbs with each step I take. These plum-hued boots were meant to ease me into my new life at the vineyard, not cause me pain.

Olga Dies Dreaming X L.A. Weather

#A #WF #Latine #1stLinePit

[Emily Marcason-Tolmie @EmilyTolmie]

"The United States Navy doesn’t care if I’m pregnant. My husband will be on a boat surrounded by 5,000 sailors in the middle of the ocean while I’m alone in a hospital giving birth to our first child."
--The Life Between Us
#1stLinePit #C #Q #A #SPEC #WF #CMe