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What Do You Do When You're Not Reading?
Michelle wrote: "J.D. wrote: "Mawgojzeta wrote: "When I am not reading I like to watch movies (especially track down foreign or obscure movies).I also play computer games, especially love puzzle-style or simulati..."
I didn't realize that the next one was coming out this year! Yay! I'm excited!
Mawgojzeta: I love the portal games. Sometimes it's frustrating but it's so addicting. I agree with Andrew, if you started with Oblivion that's fine. I only played about an hour of Morrowind (the one before Oblivion) and it didn't effect how I played at all. Andrew: Yes it is! 11-11-11, it looks amazing.
Michelle: I already added it to my Steam wish list. Fun fun.
I hope you enjoy it when you get to play :)
I clean the entire house,do dishes,social networks,organizing,walk/run,shopping,gardening,clean my car,planning etc. 24 hours is basically not enough to do all these things hahaha
When I'm not working (I design web sites and books), I write and/or knit. Sometimes I even write about knitting! The Mermaid Shawl other Beauties: Shawls Cocoons and Wraps
I try to keep myself busy. When I am not writing or reading my main two hobbies are running airsoft games for my grandchildren and their friends and I run a parachute group, which jumps every other month.
If I'm not reading, I'm answering emails. Yeah, work. XD But it still leaves me enough time to read.
Usually if I'm not reading I'm here (discovering new books) or on the Nook's Facebook page trying to help people with questions (cause I'm nice like that HAHA) I don't really watch a lot of tv..more like I listen to tv. HAHA.
when i am not reading, i am usually working, watching movies or just surfing the internet. I like to play sim games on the computer so when i don't have a good book in front of me i am usually doing that.
Ooh, let me think, I love Facebook, youtube (makeup and nail tutorials mostly). I play PC games too, mainly RPG's, Morrowind being my favourite. Ohh and in between I have a five year old boy and a nineteen year old. Actually, I don't know how I fit it all in!
Sarah wrote: "Ooh, let me think, I love Facebook, youtube (makeup and nail tutorials mostly). I play PC games too, mainly RPG's, Morrowind being my favourite. Ohh and in between I have a five year old boy and ..."Have you seen Michelle Phan's makeup tutorials? I love them.
When I am not reading, I am making video reviews of books on Youtube (you can check them out on my channel http://www.youtube.com/user/HeidiAnge... )Writing my next great (hopefully) book, helping on a blog spot radio, Angels and Warriors.
Around all the cleaning, child-rearing and general madness of living in a house with three men!!
Oh and I like to get active whether that be swimming, biking, playing at the park or some fun workout videos like P90X or Tae-bo!
There is NEVER enough time in a day!!
When I am not reading I am crafting. Making fimo charms and cake toppers. I also make and decorate cakes. I love looking at you tube for all sorts of videos from crafting to baking to history etc. I also love learning new things,such as knitting and crochet so look this up on you tube too! I listen to music and enjoy watching tv...oh and on evenings when not reading a good book I am with a theatre group. not enough time in the day though lol
I used to love theatre! I hope when my kids are a little bit older, I can get back into it!
After reading, I love to download NPR shows and Slate podcasts to my iPod and listen while I knit and crochet. I guess politics is a passion somewhere on my list. Listening to audiobooks and downloaded comedies and theatre radio shows is fun for me too. Housework and my walking for exercise is enlivened by iPod listening, but I always talk to neighbors and friendly neighborhood pets on my walks. That can be pretty entertaining.
When I'm not reading or working, I'm writing or going on Goodreads, playing with my cat or making collages.
i play chess at gameknot.com, yahoo, facebook and with a club in town. i am becoming average but i enjoy it . write to me fellow chess players.
i play chess..write to me..im almost an average player.
Heidi wrote: "I used to love theatre! I hope when my kids are a little bit older, I can get back into it!"I love theatre too. Broadway is my favorite place ever. <3
Michelle wrote: "Well now it seems I'll be puppy training and the like for while when I'm not reading. I just got a new puppy, her name is Leia (like Princess Leia from Star Wars, our other dog is name Chewbacca so..."She is a cutie. Good luck with your training. I volunteer in a dog training school and have a blast.
I'm writing. And when I'm not writing, I'm chasing after my two kids! Pretty much everyday for me consists of, reading ,writing, kids, eating, social media/internet.
T.M, story of my life too!! Summer makes it a lot harder to make time for writing... or is that just me!
When I'm not reading, I'm writing. I'm working on a time travel/pirate book at the moment. Other than that, I love painting in oils--or sketching. However, the chores of life often get in the way of all my fun stuff. Sigh. :^(
When I am not reading, I'm writing. I read Stephen KingsOn Writing and he said he reads for 4 hours a day and writes for four hours a day. So now I try to do the same thing. Though I think I write for four hours and only read for about two. I think the other two hours I spend replying to my 1,100 followers on my facebook page about writing.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elle-La...
Elle
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That's an amazing schedule--very productive.
Leslie wrote: "That's an amazing schedule--very productive."I try really hard. A lot of authors try to get 1000 words a day. I try for 2000, that way if I fall short I am still a little over a thousand. i guess I just got to the point where I just needed to go for it. no more excuses.
And it is really paying off. I have two stories up on Amazon and they are selling really well. I think it is all about making the choice to go for it.
Elle
ellelapraim.com
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I am either writing, editing, or doing photo manipulations. lol
My designer for my cover inspired me and now I am teaching myself how to do it. I'm not that bad, but I still have a lot to learn. It's sooo much fun and a great way to relax and be creative!
Is it like doing collage on the computer?
Whew, when I'm not reading?I'm organizing. I love to do that. I want to get a job working at the public library, so I feel like practicing organizing would be good for that.
I write my own stuff. I'm currently working on seven books, at least two of which I hope to be published someday.
I do music videos on my YouTube account. It was the first thing that got me onto the internet in the first place; I can be creative with my video editing and it's a perfect way to vent emotions, good or bad. I love embracing music and putting them with clips of something that I love just as much makes me feel at ease.
I do photomanipulations; background, wallpapers, etc. I'm not the best, but it's fun and I'm getting there. I might bring something like that into my career someday. (:
Good luck Thalia, you sound like a really creative person. What are your books about?
Thank you! (:Well, mostly I write fantasy; that sort of stuff. I like not having to abide by the rules of our reality; I feel like it limits the writing, especially when you want to go all-out, like I tend to. I only have one realistic fiction story, hahaha.
The one I've been working on longest (since I was in sixth grade, so about four/five years) focuses on nine/ten different main characters, so I spend most of my time just getting a grip on my characters, so they can be individual and the reader won't get bored with changing viewpoints.
I admire your scope. I'm writing one book and it seems like too much sometimes!
It's seems easier to get overwhelmed when you only have one thing to work on. If you have two or three things to do, you're less likely to hit a block, because you have something else to focus on. (:
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It's more like taking photos and merging them together to look like one picture and then changing the colors, etc to create an entirely new picture. That's what cover artists do to create covers. :)
Play 'Words with Friends' on iPhone. If you do too, find me at 'emonome'. Introduce yourself.
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It is. My cover artist and I became good friends and I decided to try it out and give her one as a thank you. Now I'm addicted! It's a lot of fun. :)
Generally I'm finding excuses not do to any house work or gardening!!I play in brass bands, rehearsing/concerts/after playing pub trips tend to eat into my free time.
Otherwise its TV/Cinema and the X-box (I'm currently scaring myself silly playing deadspace 2).
Hi Leslie - I play a Baritone which is knd of a smaller version of a Euphonium or Tuba.Any one else here musically inclinde?
Interesting--I've never heard of that before.
Leslie wrote: "Interesting--I've never heard of that before."Yeah its not a well known instrument - basically the same pitch as a Viola in an orchestra
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I started with Oblivion. I don't feel its a big deal if you start later in the series. It's REALLY good! Great game and there is so much you can do in it. Love it!