Five Links 3/15/19
Loleta Abi
Writing:
1. https://www.janefriedman.com/loving-words/ โThe writers who visit you in class, when youโre still a studentโespecially if youโre young and impressionableโthese writers stick with you for a lifetime.โ
2. http://booksbywomen.org/the-science-of-writing-by-amy-impellizzeri/ โLike most of my writer friends, I live a double life.
My writing life is a living, breathing thing that exists atop a whole other life filled with work and kids and car pool and soccer practice. In truth, some days it seems there is very little room left for my writing life. Some days itโs squashed up alongside the math homework or clamped shut by the deadlines at my day job. Some days itโs rushed by the sports schedules or postponed by exhaustion.โ
3. https://butismileanyway.com/2019/03/10/spideys-serene-sunday-part-212/ โI read this quote and though of a friend who has finally realised her dream, quit her job and taken the path of full time writer. I applaud her and her decision. She is finally doing what she wanted to.โ
4. http://booksbywomen.org/inspiration-behind-the-little-book-cafe/ โInspiration. Itโs a funny thing. It comes in many forms. Iโve been inspired by conversations with friends, people watching and eavesdropping (got to be my favourite thing to do, preferably in a pavement cafรฉ with a glass of wine in hand) snippets in the media, even dreams. Deadlines can prove to be very โฆ erm โฆ inspiring! Once, a character was formed by watching how a slender woman sat on a train, with her foot twisted around her other ankle.
The inspiration behind my latest book, The Little Book Cafรฉ, came from somewhere deep inside. In order to explain, I have to let you in on some family history.โ
5. https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/03/inviting-creativity-through-meditation/ โHow many of you meditate?
Itโs a practice weโve started building into our family evenings each night, and something I hope to one day be good at. Meditation is good for managing anxiety, depression, stress. Itโs also good for learning to be open to new ideas and people who may be threatening to our own ideals.โ
Research & Fun Bits:
1. https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2019/03/09/weekend-music-share-lady-lynda-the-beach-boys/
2. http://nicholasrossis.me/2019/03/09/free-fonts/ โIn my previous post, I wrote about DIY Book Design; a website that lets you create 3D mockups of your book for free. But that implies youโve already designed your book cover. And sometimes you need just the right font to do so.โ
3. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2019/03/11/star-wars-a-modest-proposal/ โI have a Star Wars proposal, and it is this:
It is time to acknowledge that Poe Dameron is the unacknowledged love child of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. Wait. *checks notes* Okay, thatโs not it. *rifles through some papers* Is it that Lucasfilm should finally put an openly and obviously LGBT character on-screen and in a film soon? YES. Yes! Yes, but also, thatโs not this post. Wait, so, whatโs this post again?
*shuffles more papers*
AH HERE WE GO.โ
4. https://somethingferal.com/2019/03/11/made-to-wonder/ โWhat did God do with Saraiโs โYodโ?โ
5. http://mjmallon.com/2019/03/10/a-free-mockup-book-cover-maker/ โI recently discovered DIY Book Design (thank you, Krystallia!) and just had to share the news.
DIY Book Design has a number of useful tools and tutorials, all aimed at helping you produce the perfect image for your book. From a number of tutorials helping with the design of your book cover to taking that cover and transforming it into a great-looking 3D mockup, DIY Book Design has got you covered.โ
Some Things More Serious:
1. https://beckiesmentalmess.blog/2019/03/11/%F0%9F%A4%97march-11-2019-quote-of-the-day-my-thoughts/
2. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/smorgasbord-blog-magazine-the-travel-column-with-d-g-kaye-puerto-vallarta-mexico-part-one/ โWelcome to this monthโs edition of my Travel Column. I thought it only fitting this month to zero in on one of my favorite winter spots for vacation โ Puerto Vallarta, since Iโve just returned from there once again from a blissful two months away from my Canadian winter.โ
3. http://scvincent.com/2019/03/11/as-good-as-it-gets/ โThe window had blown out of the shed again with the overnight gale. The horns Iโd been spraying gold in there needed rescuing from the garden. The car, the nice shiny car, now covered in sticky petals from the cherry tree. decided that if I was coughing and spluttering, it might as well join in. Nothing major, but it meant a trip to the local motoring centre for supplies and a long run to try and clear the problem. The alternative doesnโt bear thining aboutโฆโ
4. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2019/03/12/mayo-on-grilled-cheese-and-other-controversial-food-opinions/ โListen, Eaters-of-Grilled-Cheese, put some fucking mayo on the outside of the bread before you pop it in the pan. Yes, instead of butter. Sure, you can still put butter in the pan if you really want. Yes, you heard me right. Mayo. Yes, that mayo, the mayo you know and love, not some different mayo. The mayo you think is gross. Yes, itโll make your grilled cheese sandwich better. No, I have not lost my mind. I mean, maybe I have, but thatโs more the fault of โ”
5. http://awriterofhistory.com/2019/03/12/the-love-for-three-oranges-by-mary-f-burns/ โWhat roles do serendipity and synchronicity play in writing historical fiction? Mary F. Burns is here to explain her experience. Maryโs second mystery involving John Singer Sargent and Violet Paget is called The Love for Three Oranges.โ
Teaser Fiction & Poetry:
1. https://mythsofthemirror.com/2019/03/09/hunger-fiction-poem/
2. https://amdobritt.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/reflecting-on-my-early-work-a-third-short-story/
3. http://audreydriscoll.com/2019/03/10/answering-the-call/
Book Reviews, Cover Reveals, & Author Interviews:
1. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/latest-reads-disturbance-marianne-kavanagh/ โYou donโt
know whatโs going on in Saraโs houseโฆ Or in her head.
Sara is lonely. No one talks to her โ not even her bad-tempered workaholic
husband or her two beloved sons. Her solace is her house, the biggest in the
village, hidden away behind high hedges.โ
2. http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/latest-reads-the-blame-game-c-j-cooke/ โHe said heโd do anything to protect her.
She said sheโd do anything to protect her family.
And they both said they would forget what happened twenty-two years ago.
But now it seems that there is someone who will stop at nothing to make them rememberโฆ
Who is playing the blame game?โ
3. https://libraryoferana.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/book-spotlight-the-kitchen-brigade-laurie-boris-dystopian-fiction-womens-fiction-indiesrock/ โMain character description (short). Valerie is petite and pretty, with chestnut curls. But beyond that seemingly innocuous exterior, sheโs resourceful and much tougher than she would have believed before her world went to hell.โ
4. https://dsm-publications.com/2019/03/09/circumstantial-enemy-by-john-bell/ โโCircumstantial Enemyโ is a classic war drama of the โcaught-between-the-devil-and-the-blue-seaโ-type: Political convictions, ideology, love and loyalty bringing heartache and forcing inner turmoil.โ
5. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-scifi-shortstory-the-cleansing-by-antoneine/ โAn outsiders view of our world makes for interesting reading, and this is what this story is all about. Only 18 pages long the story is told from the viewpoint of the occupants of some sort of spacecraft whose mission appears to be to cleanse planets of inhabitants that these occupants consider to be debris.โ
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