Marcus Lopes's Blog, page 54

Review and Giveaway

Read the latest review of Freestyle Love at Words of Wisdom from the Scarf Princess (http://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com/) and enter to win an e-copy of Freestyle Love. 
Words of Wisdom from the Scarf Princess is today's stop on the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour.

A Day in the Life

Today I'm the guest blogger at Close Encounters with the Night Kind as part of the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour.
Check out my post, "A Day in the Life," here: http://closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com/.

The "Rules"

Today I'm the guest blogger at Fictional Candy as part of the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour. Check out my post, "The Rules," here: http://www.fictionalcandy.com/.

Winter

Today I'm the guest blogger at Book Bags and Cat Naps as part of the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour. Check out my post, "Winter," here: http://bookbagsandcatnaps.com/.

Godsends

Today I'm the guest blogger at Bea's Book Nook as part of the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour. Check out my post, "Godsends," here: http://beasbooknook.blogspot.com/.

Growing Pains

Today I'm the guest blogger at Coffee Beans and Love Scenes as part of the Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour. Check out my post, "Growing Pains," here: http://coffeebeanslovescenes.blogspot.com/.

Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour

The Freestyle Love Virtual Book Tour (VBT) begins today and runs through to Monday, 5 March 2012. It's going to be a fun and wild ride. Check out http://cblspromotions.blogspot.com/2012/02/vbt-freestyle-love-by-marcus-lopes.html for my dates of my guest blogs, reviews, interviews and giveaways.
"An Unscripted life of Words" is my first guest post on Writers and Authors (http://writersandauthors.blogspot.com/), the first stop on the Freestyle Love VBT.

And, Now ...

Yesterday was a great day to go running, the air wasrelatively warm for mid-February, and the icy sidewalks had melted. As I ranalong the pathway next to the Saint François River, I was seized by this senseof something familiar yet foreign although, at the time, I could not name it. Istill can't.
True, I've felt unsettled lately, and maybe that's what I wasfeeling yesterday as the warm sun beamed against my skin. I've been wondering alot lately if I should stay in Sherbrooke, if I can blossom ...

De haut en bas

A la fin dejanvier, j'ai passé quelques jours à Montréal. En plus de vouloir visiter leMusée des beaux-arts de Montréal et de voir l'exposition « LyonelFeininger : de Manhattan au Bauhaus », j'avais besoin de me retirer deSherbrooke, et de ma vie là-bas. J'avais besoin, profondément besoin, de mevoir hors de moi. Comprenez-vous ? En un mot :j'avais besoin de me retrouver.
 Pendant monséjour à Montréal, j'ai acheté le dernier livre de l'auteure américaine JuliaCameron qui s'intitule, span

Beyond the Veil

I have started to write this text several times. There weretoo many ideas coming at me, and I was trying to catch them all. I feltpanicked, and anxious. I had to find a way to calm myself down, to get back to myself.I stopped, drew in a long deep breath, held onto it, and then pushed it outslowly through my nose. Then I gently pressed the tip of my pen to the page,and the words flowed.
When I was in Montreal last week, I picked up Julia Cameron'slatest book, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a...