Play Dates with Headphones
Guest Bloggers Update
Only three dates remain.
Email me today to sign up for YOURS!
tikihuttime AT gmail DOT com
November 2
November 16
November 30
In addition, one September date has opened - September 14.
The post for this date only will follow the Summer Rules -
you, the writer, will be visiting Under the Tiki Hut.
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Writing is a funny thing.
Sometimes it's hahaha funny - like when you're playing with your pen and it goes flying across the room and smacks the dog in the side and he looks at you like what the--? Or you write something that makes you giggle two paragraphs further in the story.
But mostly writing is weird funny because you never know where it's taking you or what you'll find when you arrive or how it will affect you. You might be writing the perfect flawed character only to discover in the middle of the manuscript you're really writing about yourself. Or you start the manuscript writing in third person and when you finish, you're in first. And never realized when you made the change.
Some people think we writers are strange, zoned-out creatures. They could be right :) But I believe we're lucky. Our ability to create characters and have them tell a story is a gift. Don't ever forget that.
Some people think we writers are strange, zoned-out creatures. They could be right :) But I believe we're lucky. Our ability to create characters and have them tell a story is a gift. Don't ever forget that.
Especially don't forget it when you're staring out the window, deep in the middle of planning a suspenseful scene, and wearing headphones ... and someone touches your shoulder.
The bruising should go away in a week or so.
The bruising should go away in a week or so.
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Blog Roll Clean Up
As promised, I cleaned up my blog roll over the weekend.
Please check the right sidebar to make sure your blog is still listed.
I tried to pay attention and not get carried away, but accidents love me.
And I might have gone a teeny bit crazy :)
But I can find old friends easier - and still have room for new ones!
And I might have gone a teeny bit crazy :)
But I can find old friends easier - and still have room for new ones!
If your blog is missing, just say so in the comments.
I'll add you right back in.
Comments
It's the simple thrills in life that make my day...I'M STILL OVER ON THE SIDEBAR!!!
Gr.
The good part about being a writer is that one is never bored. : )
I agree with you, the journey of writing is one reason I love it so much. I never know if I will write something funny or touching or sad or ... well, you get the picture. What a wonderful career we have!
Laura - Whew. Don't want to have to buy you a new keyboard :)
Talli - Lucky you!
LR - So true. I agree about not being bored.
Clarissa - It's all about the journey. I think our career is wonderful, too :)
Stephen - It loads faster, too!
I'm can you've done some spring/summer cleaning, it looks FAB. Happy writing dear x
Laura - Thanks :)
Hey, you won the book from last week's drawing on my blog. Send me your address and I'll pop it in the mail to you. :)
Julie - Ha! The bruising element of surprise :)
Alex - I hope she listens.
And getting stuck on one word or one sentence? The great time stealer. Kills me! I'm trying to build the muscle that would let me type in XXX and move on. Fix later.
Thanks for the great post, Carol!
Thank you for having my blog on the sidebar! I actually need to go through your roll as I know there are tons of great blogs I haven't discovered yet.
Rochelle - Non writers listening to writers talk must really wonder about us. Especially when a couple of mystery writers get together. I'm glad you enjoyed the post.
Julie - I found some I'd lost track of, too :)
Carol, you are not looney toons.
Thanks for keeping me on - even though I haven't been by in a month or so. I do try to catch up when I come by.
I'll check out some of your Wednesday guest posts; maybe I have a character or two who would enjoy spending a day under the Tiki Hut. (Clean stuff; I promise)
Have a good week Carol :)
........dhole
Donna - A month is nothing. Some I don't ever remember being here or visiting their blogs. But obviously it happened. Long, long ago. Email me if you want to guest - 3 Wednesdays in November are still open.
Tara - Maybe you should switch?
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Freelance Editing By Mason
Shannon - LOL...I can imagine!
Blog Roll Clean UP: Wow. I started to do this a while back and it was boggling. But I think I'll follow your lead and do it. There are so many Followers who only come in once. I, too, want to keep track of "old friends" but my roll is quite cluttered.
I saw a comment you made somewhere (how's that for being specific; sorry, it's my brain that just doesn't remember!) that you'd gotten into a lot of social media all at once. It really can be boggling.
As for writing: I love how you express this. "A funny thing." You find "You're writing about yourself." I think this is true for most writers. There are those awesome exceptions; I'm thinking of Anne Tyler and Orson Scott Card, though Scott Card did write a semi-autobiographical (still speculative) novel Lost Boys, one of my all time favorites. Yes, writing IS a funny thing. We never know what might flow from our pen--once we make the time to put it in our hand and move it across the page :-)
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets
For the guest post, so you ask questions or do guests come up with a post?
Ciara - Invent it! You'd make a fortune :)
Ann - Mine was, too. Besides the blogs I follow regularly and frequently, I had no idea who was who. Now I'm hoping I can catch up with some I'd lost track of.
Theresa - Guests come up with a post. One of your characters, at the tiki hut, and something about the closest holiday. Two dates are open - Nov. 16 and 30.
That made me laugh out loud! You're too funny.
Rula - Cool :)
Cynthia - It really is. Even when it may not seem like it.