Friday, 8 February 2013

Weekly Inspirations #4

In my Notebook This Week



Lengthen the chain. This came from a post on The Bookshelf Muse. The post talks about the way in which your writing can affect the lives of those who read it and in turn affect others who are touched in some way by that reader. But my big take away from the post was the way in which one small detail can have an affect on the plot and be significant further down the line, sort of like sliding doors or the butterfly effect concept and this is a reminder to make more use of that technique.

Mix the everyday with the sinister. This came from reading a blog post Jungle Red Writers about creating Hitchcock moments. I strongly recommend reading the post. I wrote this down as a reminder to myself that if I am wanting to create a feeling of unease I need to use everyday objects that are slightly off in some way. The examples given in the post are a phone that is off the hook, a car seat that has been adjusted, a light on in an attic room that is never used. All of these point to something being wrong and are all things that we can all relate to, we know how it would make us feel, so we feel the unease without it having to be spelled out.
Surprise package. On Wednesday I received a parcel when I had not been expecting anything. As it turns out it was a replacement for some faulty items I had returned a while back. But, it got me thinking about what could be sent through the post unexpectedly. The whole 'body parts being posted' thing has been done to death but what about a murder weapon? You open up a parcel and take out the contents, putting your fingerprints on it. A short while later, acting on an anonymous tip off, the police arrive and search your house, finding the murder weapon they have been looking for you are arrested for murder.

Tweeted Links


Motivational/Inspirational

BRAVE: Inspiring story of Tommy Carroll, a blind skater 

Who Do You Think You Are and Is It Limiting You? | Tiny Buddha  via @BWitzenhausen

The Process -     via @GreenSkyDeb

Excuses or Opportunities - It's Your Choice  via

Great Article: Three Steps to Discovering Your Shadow:   Everyone has several shadow complexe...   via @AIAOrganization

A pep talk from   You have to see this,

I'm just 13 years old. I write by blinking out words and phrases. . via @Brit_Writers

James Meredith: What I've Learned  via @meredithetc



Writing/Blogging

The Step That Bridges The Gap Between You To Your Writing Dreams by  

Live your own life, and find your own joy.  via @Seeds4Parents

Interpersonal Characterisation The Blood-Red Pencil

How to Train Your Muse Like You Train Your Dog « Creative Juicer by  

30 Bite-Sized Writing Tips From 30 Great Bloggers  via

Writer, are ya? Check out our FREE short story contests at. Many genres to choose from. Enter today.

The Publishing Process in GIF Form - via  You have to see this, very funny

Sympathetic Characters Part 6: Unfairness by 

Three Ways to Add Tension During Revisions by 

How To Be An Artist (In Twelve Words) | A Big Creative Yes by 

Jungle Red Writers: Hallie's Hitchcock Moments... By 

21 lies that writers tell themselves. (excuses for not writing) So true...via @lawrence_wray

Tips on how to write an honest book review  via @SandyAppleyard

It's a Mystery: 10 Questions to Drive a Writer Wacky -  via @LynetteBenton

Guest post by fab  author Seb Kirby - How I Write   via @FaithMortimer

New post: Web Writer: To Find Writing Jobs, Go To Where the Clients Are  via @angee

Why? Why? Why? A very important question authors should be able to answer  via 

 Do we put our partner before our wok? Hell, NO! We have no Energy  True or False? Tell us! via @AndriaKelly

"On Being Inspired" an article by  on Inspirational Storytellers. Beautiful writing.    via @ISTellers

New Blog Post: Another Monday...    via @Girl_Who_Reads

 Why Live-Only Tweeting Doesn't Work  via

What is a Comment exactly? Tossing It Out by  Do you leave a comment when you read a good post?

How to Break Out of Your Freelance Writing Comfort Zone | The Renegade Writer  via

The BEST thing I've ever done for my writing career:    via @KatieGanshert

This Is the Place for  News!  via

The fabulously fun  invited me over to her blog for a chat :)  via @MEFranco1

10 rules of writing by famous authors. From Hilary Mantel, Ian Rankin, Rose Tremain, etc.  via @lawrence_wray


The Bookshelf Muse: Lengthening the Chain by  Brilliant  post

Beyond The Basics: 5 Ways To Take Your Writing Further | Write to Done by  

The New Freelance Writer’s Quick-and-Simple Guide to Getting Started by  

Five Edits to Strengthen Your Writing, Right Now by 

Writers can be a lonely bunch.  via @Acorok

Pls RT 'Terrific Tales from TerryTyler.' Top British writer tells all!   #BYNR#kindle via @TimVicary

MiniScreen Pictures are looking for new scripts of under 30 mins to develop exclusively for smart phones & tablets:  via @bbcwritersroom

Crafting a story from scratch  via 

Can I Meet the Challenge?  Newbie  via @eBookBuilders

We're about to hit 600 on the  2013 sign-up list! If you're a blogger, your name should be on it www-a-z- via @damyantig

Forcing Readers To Like Characters: Recognition by 

Ten mistakes I’ve made with my writing career that you can avoid by  

THE ABC’S OF WRITING: THE SECRETS TO SUCCESS via 

 Sparking the desire to write: via @budbin

Strong vs Weak Words ~ Part 40 ~ Take the “Ing” out of “Boring” « Robin Coyle 

Love to read? Have a blog? Join our  and support  FREE   via @janmoran

Freelance Writing offers from Alaska Airlines, SaltScapes, Earth Island Journal ...  via @111publishing

A Biological Basis for Murder by  

8 Ways to Help Your Favorite Author* - Books & Such Literary Agency : Books & Such Literary Agency:  via @ElenaYatesEulo


Save Your Story - Switch the POV  via 

Why You Need to Stop Learning About Blogging  via

Writing about Writing  via 

How many words should you write in a day? via @lawrence_wray

Character Development—Distinguishing Secondary Characters from Each Other by  

Check out my latest blog post, guys. --> The 8 Best IPhone Apps/Widgets Every Writer Should Have  via

A Passage to Writing: Writing Rut by  


Quotes

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - E. M. Forster via @QuotesNSmiles

When I am asked what kind of writing is the most lucrative, I have to say: ransom notes - H. N. SWANSON via @qikipedia

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney via @ProNetworkBuild

Beauty is all around you. If you just pry your eyelids open. @kseniaanske

Failure is a state of mind. If u find ur self there-open ur heart & allow it 2 guide u 2 a better state.~Gale Minchew   via @galeminchew

It won't grow if you don't water it. @kseniaanske

"You can't use up . The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou via @EricZengo

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.” @KIMPITBULL123

and for you others...that talk about writing your ..and still haven't....stop talking and start ...life is short...  @GPWriter

"A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it." -- Alfred Alistair Cooke via @egfabricant

"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness" Geroge Snatayana via @Melissa_Foster

It's funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it. ~William Somerset Maugham  via @Tamara_Carlisle

Some people find fault like there is a reward for it. ~ Zig Ziglar  via @RockChristopher

It's okay to be afraid to write. Just pack that fear into the ugliest bag you can imagine, put it on your shoulder, and KEEP GOING FORWARD. @kensiaanske

"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." - Frank Lloyd Wright via @ProNetworkBuild

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson via @SonnyBoninsegna

"Just go out there and do what you've got to do." - Martina Navratilova via @GreatestQuotes

"Be certain that your dream is yours"  @GeoffTalbot

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius via @GreatestQuotes

"Never look back unless you are  to go that way " - Henry David Thoreau  via @ImRover

I've failed over & over & over again in my life & that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan via @Sports_HQ

“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.” Anonymous  via @ScarberryFields

"Humanity has advanced because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature, ... not just sober, responsible, and cautious." ~ Tom Robbins via @DreamSculptr

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. @4hair01

"The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein via @GreatestQuotes

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.-Evan Esar   via @KristinPulioff

If you are afraid to try you are doomed to fail. @EvolvingRedHead

The Wound is the place where the Light enters... ~ RUMI Found at  via VKRamsey

Dare to see the beauty and inspiration within yourself. ~Gale Minchew  

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese Proverbs via @RockChristopher

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." - Dr. Robert Schuller via @GreatestQuotes

Perhaps the greatest freedom is to be free of the opinion of others. ~ 

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. ~ Albus Dumbledore via @TiffanyDaune




Books

I Have a Secret 4.7 stars.     by @cherylbradshaw

What would you do if a court freed yr child's killer? A Fatal Verdict  UK  US  by @TimVicary

The 100 best mystery novels of all time | MetaFilter 

Top 10 Books for Writers You Need to Read Now  via @EricStoffle

Get free access to kid-approved reading app  for a limited time and enjoy   at yr fingertips.  via @slowfamily

Locus Magazine 2012 Recommended Reading List  via

If you like contemporary women's fiction with gazillions of 4/5* reviews, here's my Amazon page!  … via @TerryTyler4

5 of 5 stars to The Emotion Thesaurus by @AngelaAckerman

MURDER FOR BID   4  via    

"This was a great book! It sucks you in and leaves you wanting more." Read it  (for now).    via @thesmboyce

Want to know more about 'Free Will'? - Forces of Light v. Darkness  

A terrifying trip through the dark heart of vengeance. "R-Day," a thriller novel.     via @ptmayes

Barnes and Noble finally add my book to their listings -   via @oliverwpk

My review  - I Grew My Boobs In China by Savannah Grace - five stars! Get your copy today!  pls RT via @BarwellMark

WriteSpa's "Writing thru the Year" 52 weeks of YOUR writing pleasure FREE till Valentine's Day!  via @winslowelliot

Load your  with some chilling stories > Emily Stone Thriller Series      Plz RT via @JChaseNovelist


Funny/Pics/Other

“The Voices in your Head” - Activating the sensible, internal dialogue: 

Unexpected Friends - via   Incredible

The Most Photogenic Kitten on the Internet | Loves Animals I want this kitten so bad 

The  by Jake Swearingen McSweeney’s Absolutely brilliant, you must read this!

:))))))))  via @VKRamsey

Stunning RT   25 Incredibly Detailed Black And White Portraits of the Homeless (by Lee Jeffries)

Incredible RT  3D sidewalk art! Found at 

Simon's Cat in 'Double Touble'  via Hilarious

Check out Stop That Thought… @   

8 Stupid Amazon Products With Impressively Sarcastic Reviews |

Click here if you would like your image of Spiderman tainted forever: via @ScottTBartlett

Complete Lyrics from Robin Sparkles PS I Love You on How I Met Yor Mother   via 

This is soooo cute, if you like cats, click this link- StumbleUpon

Feed Me - Simon's Cat  Hilarious

Brilliant! RT  “Mordor, She Wrote” – Part one of my Tolkien/Lansbury rip-off: 

Only in :  via @EkentaDigital

When we respond to a child's intentional cruelty w/our own anger, how can s/he learn about compassion? via @Annie_Fox

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