Because My Thoughts Are Too Scattered

Yes, as I was saying, because my thoughts are too scattered among this, that, and the other thing (mainly because I have been well behaved and have been concentrating on my WIP), this is another one of those “what’s up” posts that hopefully will contain a couple of interesting tidbits for you.

• This is the link to my Read-to-Win video answering the question, “What is your favorite genre?” and this is the link to this week’s video, where I show a talent I have besides writing … if you have ever wanted to see me perform a martial arts form, it’s in this video. (I loved the other authors’ talents so far and can’t wait to see the others!)
• This Saturday stay tuned for a special announcement!
• For any writer going through a season of silence, this article by Sarah Clarkson beautifully expresses the emotions involved and why it turns out to be a good thing. 

                                  

• Lastly, have any of you ever read Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone? I just finished it today. It’s one of those long, complex Victorian novels I love to immerse myself in … but this one is also judiciously mixed with the detective novel genre (it’s been called the earliest detective novel, though Wilkie Collins had no intention of fathering a new genre). “Civilized” Victorian society is haunted by the romance of India in this intricately webbed novel that will keep you guessing till the very end! (Provided you haven’t seen the movie first.)

Catching Up

I’m back from my two weeks away! I had a fun and meaningful time, first a week in South Dakota (during which I visited the Laura Ingalls Wilder Homestead, the living museum built on the actual acreage once owned by the Ingalls family) and then a week in Oklahoma as a counselor at a youth camp.

In Read-to-Win news, last week’s question provided some fascinating answers. “What was your favorite book series as a child?” was the most fun video I made thus far, because I love talking about books! Want to find out which series made my list? Here is the link and be sure to check out the other videos. What was your favorite book series when you were younger? What is your favorite series now?

Since I finally got around to figuring out how to upload my own videos to my blog, this is a video that I missed posting about a few weeks ago … it answers the question, “Why do you write?”