1.06.2014

On Tour with Story Sprouts! and a New Year Writercize

Hey there writercizers!

Hope you all had fabulous holidays. I'm returning to the real world today after six blissful weeks of shirking responsibility - gallivanting halfway around the world in Benin, West Africa with the President and Founder of Build a Better Benin followed by a lovely holiday break with my family. 

It's been an amazing month and a half, but sooner or later, it's always time to return to life. (Oh, and for what it's worth - that trip to Benin was a research trip for a book, so technically I can chalk it up to a work-related life experience. More on that later ...)

So - what better way to return to the real world than a good bit of writing fun? Remember that Story Sprouts book I announced a couple of months ago? The one with 19 authors, 38 stories, 10 writing exercises and loads of writing tips?

My co-editor Nutschell Anne Windsor from The Writing Nut and I are on a (virtual) whirlwind tour around the globe promoting the book and sharing what we learned from the process with bloggers and writers. Very exciting stuff!

As a BONUS - we are donating 50% of the proceeds from November through January to Philippine Relief Efforts. It's a great cause that is very close to our Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles board's hearts.

Check out Nutschell's intro post, then visit our first two stops - Michael di Gesu In Time where Nutschell shares her thoughts on the many, many hats of self-publishing, and Karen Strong's Musings of a Novelista where Nutschell ruminates on using quotes in her writing.

I'll be back tomorrow with a link to my first stop on the tour, as well as highlight Nutschell's evening visit to Mooderino tonight.

And, for a brief writercize, why not share your New Year resolution as a comment here ... or give one to each character in your WIP? A great way to delve into the mind of your character!

8 comments:

  1. Interesting suggestion to write a resolution from my character's POV. I will have to think about that some. In the meantime, Happy New Year to you and enjoy touring with Story Sprouts. Love that book!

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    1. Thanks so much again Dawn! We are so happy that you loved the book!

      I would love to see what your character comes up with resolution-wise - let me know when you figure it out!

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  2. I just posted my reading and writing New Year's resolutions on my blog: http://locaforlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/01/2014-goals-and-review-of-2013.html

    As for my character......... my current main character wants to spend his year education people about chem-trails and other conspiracies that are destroying our world.

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    1. Just visited - great resolutions! Thanks for sharing them on your site. I wish you the best of luck!

      Very cool character resolution too - I imagine you'll help him out a bit?

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    2. I hope to help him out a lot by finally completing his story :)

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    3. That sounds like a very worthwhile things to do! :)

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  3. I'm happy to be hosting you today. Good luck with your tour!

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    1. Thank you so much for hosting me and for the luck! It's so much fun to share this book with other writers! :)

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