Michelle Novak's Blog: Inspiredbyvenice.org, page 9

Every fairy godwriter knows this.

Okay – I’ll let you in on a secret. If you want to see vibrant stories in your imagination, you have to wear colorful eyeglasses. And then to capture those bright words, you must use a rainbow of ink. It’s the only way to write a fairy tale. Every fairy godwriter knows this.

I won a book giveaway!

I checked my email this morning and saw that I had won one of the book giveaways on Goodreads! I post giveaways for my own tales, but I never expected to win a book myself! I’ll share the title when it arrives in the mail! How fun!

To join me on Goodreads – and to see when I post a giveaway – please visit here.

A Growing Indie Author

~ Dear Readers ~

If you have read and enjoyed one of my tales, please consider showing your support with a review on Amazon and Goodreads. Reviews mean so much! Especially to a growing indie author, like me. My very sincerest, and thank you for reading!

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Author Website: InspiredByVenice.org

Venice’s Cover Artist: https://selfpubbookcovers.com/Daniela

Beautiful

I heard geese migrating overhead, opened my window to the cold and listened to their cries so high up in the sky. All just talking, one to the other. I thought it was so beautiful.

I saw a tiny weed sticking up in an alley on my walk, wrapped round with a thin piece of gold tinsel. Maybe the wind caught the tinsel there. Or maybe someone made a tiny Christmas tree with one thread of gold. Either way, it was beautiful.

I smile for my bowls of fruit, remembering how lucky I am to have what I need. Every small blessing – beautiful.

Ghost Stories

Top three I’m currently reading, bottom three to be read…

Ghost by Alan Lightman is fiction, and I usually like ‘true’ ghost stories, but I’m enjoying how a writer can elicit a feeling, an atmosphere. I admire it. I’m more of a ‘help you SEE the scene’ writer, not a ‘make you FEEL the scene’ writer. I think.

Why do I like true ghost tales? It’s peoples’ stories. Their life and the context around some strange thing that happened to them. A handful have really blown my mind. I never get tired of reading them. But do I want to SEE a ghost? No. No I DO NOT. No – no! Nope. No. I only want to read about them in books.

A Reading Vacation

Most recent book mail from my dad. I can’t wait to read it (I’m bonkers for history) but I have so many good ones to read right now! If only I could get paid to take a reading vacation.

{Doc Susie by Virginia Cornell}

Fruits & Veggies

I’ve been trying to eat fruit for sweetness instead of sugar. I’ve never been a fruit person (I’m a veggie gal). Berries are nice, but those seeds in the teeth! Every time!

Are you a fruit person, or a veggie person, or both?

What a treat!

Treated myself to a few slices of @desalvospizza on Central St. in Evanston on Saturday after picking up my newest eye glasses just across the way. I loved that the crust was thin and had a crisp, but was still chewy. Atmosphere was great, and my vegetarian slices were delicious! What a treat!

Support Independent Authors

Happened upon an Evanston bookstore I’d never been to before yesterday. AND THEY SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AUTHORS. So I supported them with a purchase, a few titles that were on my to-read list. Thank you for lifting up self-published authors, @pageonebooks !!!

When you don’t…

When you don’t see enough of the good, the beautiful, or the magical around you…have courage, and create some!

Stay Inspired!