Hey, again! I just wanted to share THIS wonderful blog about grammar! I truly believe that if you are a writer, you should care about writing correctly.
Archives for March 4, 2011
Country Writing/Beach Writing/Lazy Weekend Writing
WRITING IN THE COUNTRY
Some of my best writing has been done while in the country. While I’m being surrounded amongst trees, dirt roads, birds, goats and cows, I am in what I call my “happy place.” My writing is smooth, my characters seem happy, and the storyline moves along at a steady pace. Unfortunately, Mr. Writer’s Block sometimes decides to join me and view the countryside, but when I’m there, I don’t mind. I take a breath, walk around, and then come back to it, not having it ruffled my feathers.
WRITING AT THE BEACH
When I go on beach vacations, the first thing I pack is my laptop, knowing that I’ll be able to get some work done, while lounging under an umbrella and sipping on strawberry daiquiri! I’ve noticed that when I write at the beach, it seems to be very different from the day-to-day writing that I do when I’m not on vacation. It is silly to say, but the beach brings out my erotica side. My scenes are a lot more steamier, my characters are almost always “in the mood,” and thanks to the inspiration of the lovey-dovey couples that I observe, it helps me stay focused on my work.
LAZY WEEKEND WRITING
These days are my most favorite. I seem to be focused on writing, and nothing else, (though I first make sure that the husband and cat are fed). When it’s a lazy day and I’m focused on my work, it’s amazing at what gets done, and how everything just seems to come together. I could have done nothing all week, and come to the computer for two straight days and catch up, sometimes even writing five days worth! (On Saturday and Sunday, I have to thank my husband for his encouragement to wake up early and write).
I’m curious…what and where is your “HAPPY PLACE?”
Writers Are Celeberity’s Too!
Last year, I wrote a blog post called Are Celebrities Really Writers Too?, a topic I’d like to revisit, but from a different point of view. HERE is a longer list of 40 Celebrity Book Authors.
If you read the post above, then you already know how I feel about celebrities writing a book, now I want to talk about how a writer morphs into a celeb. To name a few, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Janet Evanovich, Stephen King, Emily Giffin, Jan Karon and Jennifer Weiner, didn’t start out as a celeb who turned into a writer, that’s what they already were! This is how we knew them. We don’t know them for playing roles on film and we don’t see them wearing sunglasses and on every cover of a tabloid. Instead, they are at home (or wherever) creating “rockstar” characters. When their book is published and placed in bookstores, doesn’t that give them rights to say that they are a celebrity? (I certainly would feel like one). When an author goes “on tour,” doesn’t that make them famous? At book signings, people come to meet the writer, correct? Well, don’t people love meeting celebs, too?
In closing, I encourage my writer friends to bask joy of being a celeb, have fun with it, and know that you do have the right to be called a celebrity, because you are, (or will be)! 🙂
Happy Friday, everyone!
(The picture is of my favorite Chick Lit writer, Emily Giffin).
