Free Book Friday
Today, it's a Writer Peeps special!
First I am giving away a signed copy of Bree Despain's THE DARK DIVINE. She is #3 Crazy in my writer's group. (Although lately, she's been making a push for #1)
Also, I'm giving away Emily Wing Smith's THE WAY HE LIVED. She's #2 Crazy since 2009.
Read to the bottom to find out how to enter.
Here's What's on my Mind:
1. It's been one of those weeks. You know, the kind where everyone around you is eating message hearts that say, "Be Mine" and "I'm Yours" and "So Cute" and then you open yours to find this:
How did the heart makers know? The next heart I drew said "So, Suck it". I didn't bother to take a picture of that one.
I stopped drawing hearts after that. Chances are the next heart would say, "Grow a pair".
2. The Olympics: Full of Characters I care about.
Shaun White hangs a Double McFlurry
(Okay, maybe that's not a real trick name)
When watching the Olympics, I've been saying to Sam, "You gotta watch Vonn... She knows how to triumph over adversity" and "Here's Lindsey Jacobellis. Do you think she'll redeem herself?" and "Morgan Freeman says Shaun White is gonna do something that's gonna blow my mind!"
I got thinking about how this applies to writing a good novel: plot doesn't matter if the reader doesn't care about the characters.
Without Morgan Freeman, Vonn would've been some stranger in spandex going really fast down a hill, and it left me wondering, how would Morgan Freeman narrate my life in 30 seconds or less?
It's like a Mad Lib.
When [insert name] was a little [girl/boy]
[She/he] would [insert endearing quirky characteristic, like eating cardboard, or drawing on bedroom walls]
And the other kids would [make fun of/spit in his or her jello]
Today, you can find [him/her] on the [mountain/ice/snow]
doing [crazy stunt/triple axels/going 90 mph]
And you know what? Nobody spits in her jello anymore.
Go World.
So, in honor of Morgan Freeman, to enter the contest:
1. Follow the blog. (This time, it's only open to followers. So, Follow first)
2. Leave a comment. Easy Peezy.
3. For a bonus entry, include how Morgan Freeman would narrate your life in 30 seconds or less. Feel free to use the Mad Lib.
4. Want one more entry? Tweet about the contest. Include the link in the comments.
You have until the end of the weekend to enter. Yay! Go World.
