Hey . . . stuff!
Quick post to announce my official Narine of Noe blog tour kicks off this week and will run through February. I will post more dates/locations as they are announced. Please check out the blogs of these lovely book tour hosts. All of them are writers themselves who work hard and deserve recognition.
During the tour there will be multiple chances to win prizes (copies of Book Four or the Omnibus, other books and gift certificates. yay.).
Enter to win a copy of Narine of Noe on GoodReads (deadline Jan 10).
Enter to win various books by posting reviews (deadline Jan 31).
2016 Blog Tour Stops
Thursday, Jan 7
Guest post (and giveaway) on Smack Dab in the Middle
Tuesday, Jan 12
Guest post on Roger Eschbacher Books
Monday, Jan 18
Interview (and giveaway) on Kate Johnston’s 4 AM Writer
Thursday, Jan 21
Guest post on Laurisa White Reyes
Tuesday, Jan 26
Interview / Review on Everett Maroon’s Trans/plant/portation
Thursday, Feb 4
Interview / Book Exerpt on Kim Aippersbach’s Dead Houseplants
MORE TBA…
YOUR WORKOUT
If you’re anything like me, both the end of a long writing project and the end of a long year mark a slow down in writing time. Put those two things together and I’ve got an ennui sandwich. Downtime is perfectly understandable, so is taking time to enjoy the holidays. However, my spirit knows it’s time to start writing again, but my mind and body are sluggish in post holiday indulgence haze.
When I get like this I know that ANY writing is good. I know that if I carve out some time and get my pen to a notebook that the ideas, inspiration, motivation, and joy of writing will all come back to me. I know because I’ve been here before many times.
That’s when I pull out my timer and use a tried and true invention of two of my favourite writing mentors Jack Remick and Bob Ray: The story I want to write is about…
Today, though, I thought I’d add a little twist, which I brought to the exercise during one of my Surrey Writers’ Conference workshops.
1) Set your timer for 5-7 minutes. Using the start line below, write without stopping and without editing. If you get stuck, just write about being stuck (gosh, I’m stuck, my mind feels like a piece of cheese…) OR just keep writing the start line over with a different response each time.
Start line: The story that wants to be written is about . . .
2) Set your timer for 5-7 minutes. Using one of the start lines below, write without stopping and without editing.
Start line: I often get in my own way (of being the writer/person/friend I want to be) by . . .
OR
Start line: My protagonist often gets in his/her own way by . . .
3) Set your timer for 7-10 minutes. Using one of the start lines below, write without stopping and without editing.
Start line: Breaking open my cage of limitations would look like . . .
OR
Start line: Breaking open my protagonist’s cage of limitations would look like . . .
Happy writing and Happy New Year!
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