Happy Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a
rundown of highlights for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life!
My goal as a person and a writer are to
always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help you. YES, YOU!
Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!
~Amy
Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!
~Amy
· What am I Reading? – A terrific post by Astounding
Author Kristen Lamb ~ Three Ways We Sabotage Our Own Success & How to
Change https://tinyurl.com/y5pn562f
~ the focus is writing, but the blog is meant for anything. Dieting, projects,
life! She is always such an inspiration and so relatable. Love it! Highly
recommend you check out this post and her blog in general.
· What am I Listening to? –
Funny enough, my own book. Last week’s Saturday Seven
was canceled due to my fevered effort to finish Finders. Now I am editing and
using something new! My soft edits completed (Grammar, spelling, etc.) I am currently
listening to the manuscript via MS WORD. Text to Speech used to be a thing you
had to purchase but it is included in MS WORD (under the Review Ribbon), and the voice is actually pretty
natural sounding. I HIGHLY recommend listening to anything you write. It points
out errors and phrasing you would not otherwise detect.
· What Quote am I pondering? – “Free will” is one of
the most precious gifts we have. To give it over to peer-pressure, psychics, or
a dependency on drugs and alcohol is dangerous and incredible waste.” ~ Lorraine
Warren, Ghost Tracks: Case Files of Ed & Lorraine Warren ~ So very true! My
drug of choice is sleep, and even that is horrid. If you want something go get
it! Do not let anyone stand in your way! Special Note ~ Lorraine Warren passed
away in her sleep last week at age 92. She is now waltzing with Ed in Heaven! ~
God Bless you Lorraine and Ed Warren and thank you for fighting the good fight!
· What am I Researching?
– This week was all about architecture. One of the
last things I do in a manuscript is to add the descriptions of local. Like an ominous
church standing on the top of a hill. And then once in the church what are all
of the rooms called, like Vestibule, Nave, Sacristy and Sanctuary. Also comes
in handy when you are writing an action scene where your characters are split
into different areas. You’d think I would remember this stuff from six years at
Catholic School? Apparently not. Lots of fun!
· Yummy Meal of the Week
– Pot Roast ~ a family favorite! Garlic, Onion, Soy
sauce all thrown into a pot with Sweet potatoes (or red potatoes), carrots, &
celery. Slow cook for 8 hours and viola, a perfect meal and leftovers for a
week! Add some BBQ sauce and bread --a yummy sandwich has emerged!
· What did I Learn? – I
learned the comma, and I am not friends. Seriously, I edit and find that I put
commas where they are not needed and am missing commas where they are required.
Good lord, thank goodness for Grammarly! Also, this time around I am an and lover. Went back and fixed all of
them but jeez! I think it is my fear of fragmented sentences which makes no
sense at all, but that is the source – I think.
· What am I Watching? – Easter Sunday I watched a Live streaming
Easter Pageant through Victory Church here in Tulsa. It was very professionally
done – like Hollywood approved—pretty authentic. The Way of Sorrows and the Crucifixion
was brutal, bloody, and dramatic. All in all, well done and I was impressed.
I am on tour again promoting the Dead Air Chronicles! Lucky
random commenters have a chance to win free books and there is a $25 Amazon
Card grand prize! Check out the tour dates through May 18th and I
hope to see you there!
**Special Announcement**
I
will be featured on an upcoming Podcast!
Write
away Podcast host Natalie Lockett is interviewing me on Creativity and Story
Ideas
Check
it out on May 1st
Come Find Me!
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