Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

Since my main character is blogging her journey in life, I thought why not blog my journey in writing the book. I am struggling with getting this novel started. I have notes and the idea but writing it is hard. I think part of the problem is the writing group I'm a part of is not understanding what I want out of this book and the format it is written in. It's being written in blog format.  There isn't going to be dialogue and some of the formality of writing doesn't need to be there.  I'm also having trouble conveying the story I'm trying to write.  I don't know if it's the age difference or if my story is just that confusing. This might all be in part because I'm not clear about what I want to convey. I'm going to stay positive and see if I can find where I went wrong with my start and hopefully I'll find my way.

so here's a picture of my favorite actor reading. Source: tarafirma.tumblr.com via Fallan on Pinterest

How to Deliver a TED Talk by Jeremy Donovan My rating: 4 of 5 stars Description "How To Deliver A TED Talk" is a complete public speaking guide for creating presentations that inspire others through your story. Based on intensive study of the most popular TEDTalks, this step-by-step playbook shows you how to select your topic, craft your narrative, master your delivery, and refine your design. Review I will probably never give a TEDTalk but that doesn't mean that I won't have to give presentations in my profession.  Just because I'm not delivering one of these inspirational talks doesn't mean that my presentations can't be creative and unique. This book is a great public speaking handbook. There are chapters that won't be applicable to everyone. For example How to Craft Your Catchphrase or How to be Introduced.  The majority of these chapters can be used to create even the most basic presentation.  The book focuses on telling a story ins...

The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James My rating: 4 of 5 stars In the attics of Chawton House is a false wall.  Behind this wall is a trunk and inside this truck there is a treasure trove of works by Jane Austen.  Most notably are her memoirs. This is the set up of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen . This section of her memoirs tells the story of her lost love and her journey to publication. On a trip to Lyme Regis Jane meets a man who sparks within her a love and a desire to write again. Syrie James has given the reader a man worthy of our beloved Jane and a story that let's us believe we can see a piece of her through her novels.  Our fictional Jane uses the world around her as inspiration while editing Sense & Sensibility and Pride & Prejudice . I enjoyed this book and I'm a little upset that I let it sit in my To Be Read Pile for so long.  While it was a nice read, I did find myself losing interest every once in awhile.  I can't p...

1. I'm a day late with this post 2. It's not a book but a movie trailer but it's based on a book...well a play. I need to see this movie.  If Joss let's me down I'm breaking up with him. Much Ado About Nothing - shot in 12 days by Joss Whedon at his home.

I haven't written a post about our book club in awhile.  We've been meeting, just not really discussing the books so much.  Our meetings are more a social gathering than anything else.  So here are some mini-reviews of the books we read the past two months. In January we read The Dirty Girls Book Club by Savanna Fox.  We thought the title was great and the description sounded interesting.  The concept was good but the book itself was kind of a let down. Everyone was pretty much on the same page with this book. In Feburary we decided to read two books: Lumberjack in Love was my pick.  I had read it a few months before and really enjoyed it and thought everyone else would too.  I was wrong, no one else liked the story.  I just thought it was a really cute novella and that Ami and Marcus were great characters. Lord of Scoundrels  was group pick. A few of us had read the book and we were willing to read it again. One of the thin...