Write Out Of Life

Ever have one of those days where you wish you could write a whole new chapter to your real world life?  I’m having one of those days.  I hate Mondays!!!  The nice thing about being a writer is that we can create entire worlds that have nothing to do with the realities of our own existences.  In my fictional world, I’m a goddess who can fix any problem that occurs on my computer.  In the real world, I’m ready to throw it out the window.

As you sit and try to come up with various story ideas, think about your real life.  Not the good parts where everything comes together as it should, but the parts that just totally suck.  Use them as fodder for your story lines.  So you didn’t get the promotion at work you wanted and it went to the guy who never seems to know what’s going on.  Use that as a base for a story.  Why does he always come out smelling like a rose?  Why did he get the promotion?  What are the forces behind his odd behavior?  Don’t stop to think about plot, just write and go for it.

This can be applied to just about any aspect of our lives.  We all know that sometimes, life just sucks.  But rather than hold it in or take it out on those around us, use it to your advantage.  Write out a story where you win and the rest of the world loses.  For a change you could be the one who gets the promotion, the guy/girl, and an award winning story in the end.

Meet The Bloggers

I had initially planned on doing a quickie post about some of the giveaways going on around the book blogosphere, but I was struck with a bit of inspiration in the process.  In looking for some killer giveaways, I found some even better book blogs that I thought I would pass along.

The first one I found is Red Hot Books.  I love a good book, but add a little paranormal twist to it and I’m hooked.  But add a little naughtiness and paranormal twists to it and I’m totally there.  And this site brings it all .  If there’s a book out there that brings any or all of these elements to the table, then that book can probably be found at Red Hot Books.

Another site having a giveaway is Fiction Vixen.  I love this site.  I’ve been a member for a LONG time here and found some of the coolest books through this site.  It started out as a place for the webmistress to talk about her love for romance novels.  But in the past 2 years it’s gone beyond that and there are now several ladies doing reviews on the site and all have their own favorite genres.  It’s the place to go for all your book need to know.  And right now they’re having a birthday giveaway for an Amazon Kindle loaded with a ton of books.

And the last place I want to talk about is Parajunkie.  I’ve been to this site a few times and she’s got a thing for the paranormal.  The thing about the site’s owner, Rachel, is that it’s not just paranormal books that make her who she is.  She’s a junkie for all things paranormal and has been since a very early age.  Right now she’s having a blogoversary and she’s giving 2 lucky winners their choice of books from her personal book shelf.

Where To Find Cool Book Giveaways

As everyone knows, I’m hopelessly addicted to book giveaways.  I enter just about every one I can find and I’ve actually done pretty good over the past couple years as far as winning goes.  Nothing to do backflips over, but can’t complain.  So where do I find these giveaways?  They’re everywhere!

One of my favorite places to find giveaways is through a Ning site called Book Blogs.  This is a huge community and the Giveaway Group has well over a thousand members.  Whenever one of the members is hosting a book giveaway on their own sites, they post a notice in the group.  And with that many people, there’s never a shortage of blogs to visit.

The other place I go to find book giveaways is through GoodReads.  I’ve mentioned them on this site before, but the giveaway section deserves a little love all on its own.  Again, because there are so many people on the site, there are always book giveaways going on.  The difference is that you don’t have to visit the hosts blogs.  These giveaways are done right on site.  And there are hundreds of them.

If you know of a great place to find book giveaways or are having one yourself, let me know.  I’ll be more than happy to pass along the information and jump in myself.