Hope everyone is well.
It's been taking me longer than usual to get over this latest bug, and actually I think it was a slight bout of flu - considering how worn-out it's left me.
Having lost a couple of weeks writing time I now need to catch up, so I'm going to have to be very strict with getting back to the work in progress.
The end of last week wasn't totally wasted though, as I finally got around to doing something with Pinterest.
I'd actually signed up toward the end of last year, but hadn't had time to actually learn how to do anything. Once I understood the mechanics of it, it isn't that difficult.
(Though there's a lot I haven't yet explored.)
I've created a few boards, begun to follow boards, and other writers I know. Pop over to look at my boards if you are interested.
If you've not looked into Pinterest before, I'd describe it as an online scrapbook, but you aren't restricted to just looking at your own version...
My creative mind does work better with visual stimuli, but of course if I saved every link that triggered something it would be pages and pages long. :D
So now I can assign it to one of my boards- or create a new one.
You can even put together a private board that only you can see, or allow certain people to see it too.
My favourite is my Costume board. There are so many sources of costume and accessories around, so I'm probably adding to that every day because I see something in passing. I haven't just limited it to 18th or 19th century items, but included early 20th century pieces too.
No doubt I will eventually discover why I felt the need to make a board about chocolate; types of, the history of and pictures of chocolate in lots of forms. :D
A couple of weeks ago, on her blog, Rosemary Gemmell was talking about how she uses Pinterest, and how her works in progress benefit from its use. Read her recent post over on her Reading and Writing blog.
Pinterest seems to have developed quite a bit since it first started, and it now has a useful place in social media.
If you're on Pinterest do let me know, and I'd enjoy hearing what you like about it...
Carol Bevitt's blog on her writing and inspirations, along with occasional literature related news...
Thursday 5 March 2015
Friday 27 February 2015
Time for Voting for the Oddest Book Title of the Year again...
I'm slowly recovering from the nasty bug, and my brain is no longer stuffed like a thick duvet!
My characters have been quiet - plotting their next moves I suspect.
It's also given me time to catch up on some reading, and looking into various things I need to get on with this month.
Yes, I know I was meant to be resting, but I could sit still at my desk and catch up - it's only moving around or standing up for more than a few minutes that gets me!
So to this year's oddest titles (Diagram Prize)- there's some obvious contenders to win this year.
1. Advanced Pavement Research:... (and more about concrete, design and construction. I'm a bit concerned why pavements need rehabilitation.) It's a Souvenir guide to a two-day pavement symposium.
2. Divorcing a Real Witch: For Pagans and the People That Used to Love Them.
3. The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones.
4. Nature's Nether Regions.
5. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
6. The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home.
7. Where Do Camels Belong.
The titles in the last few years haven't had as much variety as those in earlier years of the prize, so it's good to have more choice this time.
I'm trying to decide between voting for no. 2 or no. 3.
You can read more over on the Bookseller website, and see the covers - they look quite good together.
But if you want to vote- and remember your vote can decide the winner- you need to pop over to the We Love This Book website to do so. Just click on the vote box to go to the form.
Voting ends one minute into 21st March 2015, and the winner is announced on 27th March.
The winning title doesn't receive a prize, but the publicity that inclusion in the competition brings the book, probably increases sales that otherwise might not have happened.
I couldn't resist opting for 'The Madwoman in the Volvo'. That title just appealed to me, with the image it suggested. :D
My characters have been quiet - plotting their next moves I suspect.
It's also given me time to catch up on some reading, and looking into various things I need to get on with this month.
Yes, I know I was meant to be resting, but I could sit still at my desk and catch up - it's only moving around or standing up for more than a few minutes that gets me!
So to this year's oddest titles (Diagram Prize)- there's some obvious contenders to win this year.
1. Advanced Pavement Research:... (and more about concrete, design and construction. I'm a bit concerned why pavements need rehabilitation.) It's a Souvenir guide to a two-day pavement symposium.
2. Divorcing a Real Witch: For Pagans and the People That Used to Love Them.
3. The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones.
4. Nature's Nether Regions.
5. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
6. The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home.
7. Where Do Camels Belong.
The titles in the last few years haven't had as much variety as those in earlier years of the prize, so it's good to have more choice this time.
I'm trying to decide between voting for no. 2 or no. 3.
You can read more over on the Bookseller website, and see the covers - they look quite good together.
But if you want to vote- and remember your vote can decide the winner- you need to pop over to the We Love This Book website to do so. Just click on the vote box to go to the form.
Voting ends one minute into 21st March 2015, and the winner is announced on 27th March.
The winning title doesn't receive a prize, but the publicity that inclusion in the competition brings the book, probably increases sales that otherwise might not have happened.
I couldn't resist opting for 'The Madwoman in the Volvo'. That title just appealed to me, with the image it suggested. :D
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