Focus on What You Want

It's been a month since I've posted and my only excuse is: work.

This morning I was reading Bob Mayer's recent Write on the River post which prompted me to add all his Green Beret series to my Amazon Wish List when an instantaneous thought emerged. One day I will be able to purchase every book on my Wish List. In one massive cart, I will buy all 177 (and growing) items, the biggest Amazon purchase ever made by me. I am so looking forward to it.

Even the wisp of that idea brings a smile.

So my moral here is this. Don't let stresses make you forget your wishes.

Now, back to work...

Denise Barker, author + blogger + copy editor

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Sol Stein's Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies

Finished reading the above-noted book about 1:00 a.m. this morning.  Great how-to manual.  Full of wonderful tips and insights. He reduced to words what I was trying to name about what I do, and don't, like while reading novels.

This was the loaner from one of my CPs (Thank you!) and therefore I couldn't indulge in underlining and highlighting someone else's resource material.  I took about fifty pages of notes (front and back, so one hundred sides of handwritten reminders).  I hope to type them up later today and will probably share some highlights with y'all, without "giving it all away."

This is another reference book I want for my home library and just now added to my Amazon Wish List, along with Stein's latest How To Grow a Novel.  He created WritePro software for authors, which I'd be interested in checking out further.

It's drizzling here in the DFW area this morning (began while I was finishing Sol's book), and there is even a frosting of ice dribbled in a path in my backyard.   Good thing I have plenty of To-Do items to keep me inside today.  Have a good week, everyone!