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Pondering on pondering

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Jun 082011
 

This past week, I have been doing a lot of web surfing, a lot of crocheting, a lot of walking and a lot of staring out the window.

I lamented on facebook that all this pondering was killing my productivity.

I am SO GLAD I have such good facebook friends!  They were quick to remind me that pondering is part of the process.  Not just the writing process but the process of life.

When did I forget that? What part of my super-ego work ethic gorilla’d up on my philosophy of life id and convinced my most cerebral and spiritual side that doing was more worthy than being?

Are you feeling antsy?  Like you aren’t fitting into your own life no matter how many chores you cross off your to-do list? No matter how much page count you rack up? No matter how hard and fast you work?

Been there.  Done that.  Found the cure.

Just sit still and ponder.  It works wonders for me.

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Great Cause=Great Personal Opportunity

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May 032011
 

For the last three days, I’ve been hanging out at the Brenda Novak Cure for Diabetes Auction.  It’s an annual event that helps those with diabetes AND helps writers.

Helps writers?  How, you ask?  Many authors, editors and agents donate invaluable opportunities that you can take advantage of while also supporting a great cause.

I found this one today:  Critique of a Partial Manuscript by FOUR Published Authors

As of this posting, you can get into the bidding game for only $12.  Jump in and win!

And take a look around while you’re there.  You’ll find lots of other great opportunities, too!

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Goodreads Bookswap-Good or Bad for Authors?

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Apr 152011
 

I’m really getting into Goodreads lately.  Is it just a phase? Something shiny and new to catch my attention?  Or is it like Facebook, destined to become part of my home-office world?

That’s a question for tomorrow.  But for now, I’m exploring all Goodreads has to offer. Today, I gave the BookSwap option a try.  I posted a book that I had just read ( a new book hot off the press)  as available for swapping.  It was snatched up immediately.  Within minutes, I printed off the label, stuck the book in a sturdy envelope and walked it out to my mailbox.  Easy-peasy.

I’m not really that comfortable with having to declare that I’ll mail the swap immediately, though.   I live out in the boonies.  If  I’m out of book-sized packing material, I probably won’t make a trip to town solely to purchase shipping materials.  But today, everything lined up.

As a reader, I know this Bookswap thing can be beneficial.  But I’m also a big library user and I have easy access to a great library system, so if Bookswap proves to be too much trouble, then no biggie.

As a writer, I have some ambivalence about sending out a new release book.  Did I prevent a possible sale? Or did I encourage future sales by introducing the reader to an author theyotherwise would have never read?

I have to–have to!–let books go.  Otherwise, I would have no floorspace in my home. I have often donated my books to my local library but I’ve seen a lot of my donations on the library’s give-away table.  Is it better to give the book to someone who really wants it rather than the library at-large?

As a reader, what do you think?  As a writer, do you have a different opinion?

(Oh! You can find me on Goodreads here: www.goodreads.com/connie_cox )

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