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This will be a first for me. But who knows, maybe it could become a more regular thing. Maybe. Oh wait, I haven’t even told you what I’m doing yet. Whoops.
Okay. A Million years ago I took ideas from you all about potentially writing a guest post for me. And the response from you guys wasn’t astronomical, but I ended up with a GREAT post about pantsing vs. plotting. This will not be a call for a guest blogger.
But you still have a say in what I write. See, I’ve maintained for a long time that my favorite part of blogging is interacting with you guys. Yes, some of you avidly disagree with me on just about everything I post to the point that your comments are aimed more toward me than what I wrote, which I’m perfectly fine with. I’m a big boy and I can guarantee that nothing you say on here is going to hurt or negatively affect me. But keep it respectful. If I rant about something and you REALLY don’t like it then go ahead and comment and call me stupid and do whatever you want. I don’t care.
Anyway, I got way off topic with that paragraph. I’ve seen other bloggers ask their readers what they want them to write about. Honestly, I laugh when I see this because they end up with one Like and one comment because they really have no readers. Don’t read that as my thinking I’m better or something, but if you’re a regular reader of my posts then you know that there are several bloggers who come back day after day to read what I’ve written. So I think I’m in a better position than others to ask this question.
What would you like for me to write about? The one thing I would say is that your suggestion in some way pertain to books or writing. That’s all. Since I am posting this on a Sunday I definitely expect the response to be fairly minimal, but feel free to throw some ideas my way if you like and just maybe I’ll write a post and give you a little shoutout.
Comment away.
PS: I have a notepad of ideas right next to me. So don’t go thinking crazy thoughts that I’ve run out of ideas. Nope.
Hmmm…how about a flash fiction sample of your writing?
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You’re the only commenter! 😦 and I don’t think so. My writing is bleh.
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Don’t feel bad, it’s a Sunday! I seriously doubt it is bleh…you published a book after all!
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Self published*
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*Still completed a novel.
*People buy it.
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Shelby the self esteem.booster. 🙂
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Score! That is one of my favorite hobbies: it is sincere too.
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Well thank you. 🙂
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Hmm… I’ll have to think about this for a minute. Because I have some ideas, but I don’t want you to say, “I don’t know anything about that,” when you really do and just don’t give yourself enough credit. Here’s a couple ideas:
1. Dialogue – not necessarily how to write it if you don’t feel confident doing that, but maybe a compare/contrast of good vs. crappy that you’ve encountered in your reading experience. And why you think it’s awesome and/or sucks.
2. What you’ve learned during the writing process. E.g. what works for your writing process, what doesn’t, what inspires you, what hinders you, what you’ve learned from creating characters, or what you’ve learned from your characters once they took on a life of their own, etc.
3. Cliches – love them or hate them or how to use them in a different way. Or maybe identify cliched characters in others’ writing, and whether or not they work.
4. Your favorite type of scene to write and why. Equally, your least favorite scene to write.
5. Writer’s Conferences – would you go? Would you stay home? Have you been to one? Was it helpful? What one would you like to go to, but maybe can’t afford? (I should probably do that one. I swear, I’d go to every conference in the country if I only had the money!)
6. Movies that inspire your writing. Or other forms of art that have an impact on writing besides reading.
Umm… umm… I know there are a ton more ideas, but these are a few. Love ’em or leave ’em. And if you leave ’em, let me know, and I’ll steal them back for my own nefarious purposes. MWAHAHA!!! 😉
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I knew you’d come up with some. Hmmmm. Let me think about these.
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If you want other options, I have more ideas. Let me know.
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I like the writing conferences one. I’ve thought about it before and I know someone who went to one recently. Hmmm.
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You could finish reading my book?? And talk about your next one. Oh and this isn’t about writing but if you could talk about incorporating fitness into your daily life that’d be cool. A lot of ppl are into that now
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I know! When is the release date?
I wrote a little about my fitness stuff a couple months ago. Maybe you read it?
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It’s likely I could have… and I am releasing it on the 26th!
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Alrighty. Then maybe the following week you can have your guest post ready? I’ll be done by then. I just go through periods where I don’t read. Has nothing to do with your book. So don’t think I think it’s horrible or something.
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Haha I just have assumed that you hate it. And so for the guest post I’ll talk about self publishing?
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Well don’t assume that then! Well why you chose to go that route. Cause before you weren’t going to, right?
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Yes! Okay got it. I’ll have it ready by the time you finish reading 🙂
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Perfect.
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“Honestly, I laugh when I see this because they end up with one Like and one comment because they really have no readers”.
Thanks a lot! Now I feel insecure 😉
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You shouldn’t. Have you seen your pictures? 🙂
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I can think of nothing snazzy to say in response, well I can actually but I’m going to humbly accept this ludicrous compliment :p
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Nuh uh. Honest truth. 🙂
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I know, the half truth 😀
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See what I mean about compliments!
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I can’t think of anything to say in response, so I’m going to go with the age old snappy comeback that requires nothing further. Bleh. 😉
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Cause I’m right. And you know it.
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Bleh 😉
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What happened to “change the subject!”?
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Okay fine! Change the subject. But I can’t remember what the subject was now 😦
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It was me being right. 🙂 hmm. What to talk about now? Maybe…anything about you. Nothing about me. Okay? Okay.
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This is not cool. Oh wait, didn’t anyone tell you it’s opposite day today, so really what you’re saying is everything about you and nothing about me! Okay, great. I like this game!
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You mean those days are real? Hm. Okay. You’re fun to talk to. 😉
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And you’re HILARIOUS!!! You know the worst thing, I was about to respond with an “you’re so nice and sweet” & actually mean it 🙂 Now I know better! 😀
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Well you shouldn’t say those things and not mean it. So….and yes, I laugh at myself all the time. Even when others aren’t. 🙂
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My kind of person, at least we will never be out of jokes, all I have to do is look in the mirror when I’m in need of some humour!
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Yeah yeah. Your jokes are always about your brain. You need new ones.
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You know what, remind me NEVER to speak to you when I’m feeling down, and my jokes aren’t ABOUT my brain at all, my brain is a joke. Sorry, but that one couldn’t be helped. I’ll just have to find someone new I can enthral with my humour, that’s all …
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Alrighty.
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