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February 10, 2014
Dreams of Love by Pamela Blog Tour
Description: Poetry is an expression from deep within the soul. It can be therapeutic and healing. It can bring out all the best or the worst in life. Her poetry comes from the heart, not the head. It is an outpouring of emotion and she exposes it to reader in the pages.
Various poetry forms are explored: free verse, tanka (5-7-5-7-7), doidotsu (7-7-7-5) and etheree (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10).
Dreams of Love
Dreams of you and me
Together in ev’ry way
Your lips pressed to mine
Assuring me of your love
Dreams of love eternally
Purchase here!
Pamela began writing poetry in just the last year. She is a nonprofit executive by day and spends her hours trying to be sure that everyone has a chance for a good life. Pamela is passionate about her job and it spills over into her writing. Dreams of Love is her debut poetry collection. Pamela feels that poetry can be very personal but invites you into her soul as you read her poems.Visit the Author!
Poetry by Pamela
Year ‘Round Thanksgiving Project
Filed under: Book Reviews and Books Tagged: Blog Tour, book, Dreams of Love, heart, Pamela, Poetry, soul
February 9, 2014
Sunday Synopsis
This is going to be brief. I got nothing accomplished this week except rewriting one chapter in my WIP.
I completed a couple of interviews, and posted a Goodreads Giveaway that continues through the month of February!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Red Clay and Roses
by S.K. Nicholls
Giveaway ends March 03, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
My oil didn’t get changed. I still have not scheduled my sensory deprivation experience. My paperback books are waiting to be distributed. This all sounds so terrible. I have a lazy streak these days. I did not even do the laundry. My husband did his own.
I did some serious soul searching this week. Some of you already know this.
To write, not to write.
I decided to write.
I have four five star reviews from Reader’s Favorite and one four star review. I am debating whether or not to use them individually as editorials. Or whether to just pick out a few sentences and make one. I am told either way is acceptable. The girl who wrote about slaves submitted a new one.
I’m iffy about using these, but we paid for them. They refunded my money in full, because of the one book review all about slaves, when there is NOT ONE slave in the book, but I didn’t feel comfortable with the refund, so I had them re-bill me. I would not want to use a service that I did not pay for.
Honey, Daisy and Captain
The picture of the dogs is for cuteness, because I have nothing much else to say, and they look like I feel.
Filed under: Sunday Synopsis Tagged: dogs, Goodreads giveaway, lazy, progress, reviews, stagnation
February 8, 2014
The best things in life are FREE!!!! (Here’s one of them)
Reblogged from readful things blog:
What are you guys going to do this weekend? Wait...you are not going to spend all weekend reading? Well, you should. I even have a suggestion for something you can read. The best part is, it is
FREE
Yes. Free is a beautiful word. Without further adieu, here is the promised FREE book. If you read and enjoy, remember that us writer like people really find reviews helpful:)
Awesome Trailer For "Exile" by R. Leslie Snyder, FREE BOOK
The best things in life are FREE!!!! (Here's one of them)
Reblogged from readful things blog:
What are you guys going to do this weekend? Wait...you are not going to spend all weekend reading? Well, you should. I even have a suggestion for something you can read. The best part is, it is
FREE
Yes. Free is a beautiful word. Without further adieu, here is the promised FREE book. If you read and enjoy, remember that us writer like people really find reviews helpful:)
Awesome Trailer For "Exile" by R. Leslie Snyder, FREE BOOK
February 7, 2014
Creative Expression to Collectively Open Minds
My soon-to-be four year old granddaughter refuses to try to color in the lines. She hates coloring books, but loves to draw and paint freehand. These are birds flying in the air.
Her daddy is an artist and these are a few of his works:
Misha Burnett did a post today that got me thinking about art, music and writing….mostly creativity, whether traditionally or independently produced.
Take art.
Jackson Pollock, Picasso and Rembrandt. All three different styles. All three with their own audience…all styles that were copied.
There are those who swear only their preferred style of art is worthy. Yet there are those art critics who can appreciate the variety of all three. It is the unique expression of creativity from the soul that makes them worthy.
Take music.
Again, tastes vary tremendously. The people who enjoyed this:
Often Detested This:
And many who loved this:
Can’t stand this:
Yet they all have had an audience. Many can appreciate all forms of music.
It’s all good. Influential artistry.
It demonstrates our collective creativity.
Now, more than ever, writers have an opportunity to express their creativity.
Dare to be Different!
Writing is like art and music. Along with specific genre choices, people develop an expectation of what is acceptable to them regarding writing style, content, voice, person, POV, execution techniques, formatting choices. When we deviate from that which is expected, we break out of a traditional mold and become creative. Breaking from tradition always carries risks. But, is creativity a bad thing or a good thing? I personally believe creativity is an awesome thing, a powerfully liberating thing…provided the artist, in this case the writer, can attract the right audience. Find your audience.
There are always going to be critics who don’t like your work. It is written in the “wrong” person, the prose is too flowery, the characters didn’t develop “properly”, and the ending was not satisfying. I have been reading reviews of great classics and people are making the same complaints about them as they are contemporary works, because everyone is a master in their own mind.
Industry standards are often creativity killers.
Be your own master.
Don’t be an industrial slave unless you choose to be.
Write what you are passionate about. Write how you feel it. Write in the way that is comfortable to you. Write what comes naturally. Don’t force your writing into a mold.
Sure, edit properly. Follow the rules that govern language and grammar, but don’t be afraid to deviate. Don’t be afraid to be creative. Sing your own song. Color outside the lines if it pleases you.
Can you think of books that opened your mind that were written differently than the traditional novel?
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner, comes to mind.
Ursula K. Le Guin challenged the world with her mix of fantasy and sci-fi at a time when to deviate was simply unacceptable.
“The Book Theif” by Markus-Zusak, published by Random House, is an historical fiction that was narrated by Death, and is a book for teens and adults, with nearly 8000 positive reviews.
Filed under: Writing Process/WIPs Tagged: art, collective, creativity, independent, industry standards., Master, music, slave, traditional, writing
You're Just Like Me: S.K. Nicholls
Reblogged from Bipolar, Unemployed, and Lost:
This week my guest blogger is S.K. Nicholls! She will be telling us about her experience with her mental illness
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Oh Temp is doing some interviews with ordinary, everyday people coping with that dreaded affliction, mental illness, something that One in Four deals with daily. That is 25% of the population. Here is our interview.
Your Just Like Me: S.K. Nicholls
Reblogged from Bipolar, Unemployed, and Lost:
This week my guest blogger is S.K. Nicholls! She will be telling us about her experience with her mental illness
_______________________________________________________________________
Oh Temp is doing some interviews with ordinary, everyday people coping with that dreaded affliction, mental illness, something that One in Four deals with daily. That is 25% of the population. Here is our interview.
A to Z April Challenge 2014
Reblogged from The Community Storyboard:
Hi, Rosie here to tell you a bit about the A to Z April Challenge. Don’t worry this isn’t the next Community Storyboard Challenge it is, however, about writing.
So what is the A to Z Challenge? Its 26 blogs using the letters of the Alphabet all through April taking Sundays off. It's a chance to find new friends, get new followers and promote your work and your blog content across the world.
Need some promotion, want to help promote others? See if your book fits one of Rosie's missing letters of the alphabet and enroll today. It's easy.
Three Cigarettes – By Jessica B. Bell – E-Book Now Available
Reblogged from Being the Memoirs of Helena Hann-Basquiat, Dilettante.:
Beth's life is crumbling after the death of her mother. Her marriage is falling apart, she's haunted by horrible dreams, and she's started smoking again, after having quit for years. Her husband sends her to an unorthodox consulting service to work things out, and Beth is forced to face her demons by three strange sisters who dig into her secrets during one long dark night of the soul.
For less than a pack of cigarettes you can have this wickedly good story by Jessica B. Bell. 99 cents and on sale today!
Three Cigarettes - By Jessica B. Bell - E-Book Now Available
Reblogged from Being the Memoirs of Helena Hann-Basquiat, Dilettante.:
Beth's life is crumbling after the death of her mother. Her marriage is falling apart, she's haunted by horrible dreams, and she's started smoking again, after having quit for years. Her husband sends her to an unorthodox consulting service to work things out, and Beth is forced to face her demons by three strange sisters who dig into her secrets during one long dark night of the soul.
For less than a pack of cigarettes you can have this wickedly good story by Jessica B. Bell. 99 cents and on sale today!
