Elizabeth Lynn Casey's Blog, page 134
March 26, 2012
Book, Anyone?
I've got a fun "reading" type blog for all of you today. Only I need your help…with answers.
Here we go:
1) Strangest place you've ever read a book?
2) What's the fastest you can read a) a cozy, b) a romance and/or c) a thriller (answer only the genre (s) you read)?
3) Ever yelled out loud at a character in a book? Why?
4) What's the craziest thing you've turned down in order to keep reading?
5) Tell us other things you can do while simultaneously reading…
~Elizabeth
Back in the Chair
It's Monday morning and I'm back in the chair ready to write. Of course, I was supposed to write over the weekend and I did manage to get about 600 words in on Saturday morning, but that was still shy of the 2,400 I'd goaled for myself. :/
Fortunately, I can't chalk the lack of work off on being a bum. Instead, it was one of those weekends where the goal wasn't realistic. I had a basketball banquet to attend with Dear Daughter # 2, dinner with my beloved aunt (so, so nice), and three...
March 23, 2012
The Fine Print
Did your chosen career come with fine print you didn't see coming, too?
That's what I'm talking about over at the Stiletto Gang today. So click on the link below and check it out.
Have a great weekend!
~Elizabeth
March 22, 2012
The Starting Point
Ready for this week's writing class? Well, the last time we met, we talked about finding your idea. This week, it's all about the starting point.
Finding the place to "start" your book isn't always easy because when you present a character, he or she has history (as in backstory) that may or may not be relevant to the story you are telling. If it's relevant, we don't need it. If it is relevant we still don't need it thrown at us in a big lump. Writers who do throw it in a lump, kill the...
March 20, 2012
I'll Be Judy…
Confession time. 
When I was little (around 10 or 11), I used to pretend to be Judy from Lost in Space simply because Don always seemed to dig her, and I thought he was so handsome and strong. Sigh…
Okay, now it's your turn. Was there a television show you watched as a kid that had you wanting to be a particular character? If so, who and why?
~Elizabeth
March 18, 2012
ARC Winner
A few weeks ago, you might remember me posting a contest where the winner was to receive an Advanced Reader Copy of the first book in my upcoming Amish Mysteries (written as Laura Bradford)–HEARSE AND BUGGY.
The book will release to the public on June 5th, but, as is the case with new series, the publisher prints up a number of uncorrected proofs for the purpose of getting them into the hands of the big reviewers. As the author, I am given a handful of these special copies to give out as I...
March 16, 2012
Going, Going, Gone?
Inspired by an essay Dear Son # 2 has to write (in which he has to choose an item under $500 that he would bury today to be dug up and worth a TON of money in 200 years), I thought maybe I'd make you choose between those things that will soon be obsolete and the current "wave of the future." Reasons why, would be fun, too.
Ready?
1) Snail mail or email?
2) A greeting card or an e-card?
3) Telephone or Skype?
4) Regular film or digital?
5) Records or downloadable music?
6) Report cards or...
March 15, 2012
Step One–The Idea
Last week, I gave some tough talk on writing. The point being, that if you want to "write a book," you have to write. Daily.
Now that that's out of the way, it's time to talk about how. As in, how (and where) to get ideas. My advice? Stay away from the "my life" stories. So many people I meet along the way think their lives would make great books. And maybe they would. But it's the rare person who truly has a book-worthy life.
So, this means you need to find something to write about. Assuming y...
March 13, 2012
Take The Day
There are a lot of positives to working from home–positives I get to enjoy as a writer.
1) I can write in my jammies all day if I want.
2) I save a ton of money not eating out every day.
3) No traffic jams to contend with.
4) I can yell at my computer when necessary without fear of being considered a loon by whatever fellow employee might be listening.
Of course, like most things in life, there are downs to offset the ups.
1) I tend to be in my jammies and sans make-up any time a delivery dude ...
Books, Books, Books
What are you reading right now? 
~Elizabeth
