Foolproof system for becoming an author:
- Write only on whims. Only when you feel like it. Never when you’re not in the zone.
- Take regular (every 30 seconds) breaks for twitter, texting, yawning, tv, and chocolate.
- Eat popcorn while you work. It’s easy to type with one hand, and that butter on your keyboard is like grease on the cogs of your imagination.
- Tell your critique buddy you’ll have something to them by a certain date and then take an extra 2 weeks. Writers never meet deadlines.
at least that’s what’s worked for me. teehee.
syke.
Now for the real meat of this post (double syke):
courtesy of Kari, my sweet, here are 3(3) random things about me. (I might not do this right…)
- 3 things I like to eat: Chipotle veggie bowls with guac, Five Guys’ Cajun fries, Coldstone cake batter ice cream with brownies and cookie dough mix-ins. (Shameful, I know.)
- 3 famous people I wish I was friends with: C.S. Lewis, Brandon Boyd (seriously I made a comic strip all about our adventures we’d have), Nathan Bransford.
- 3 songs that always make me happy: About A Burning Fire by Blindside, Everything is Alright by Motion City Soundtrack, Anna Molly by Incubus, Cute without the E by Taking Back Sunday (I don’t know why bc it’s kinda a sad song), Hey Ya by Outkast. Darn. I failed that one. So many more than 3. I could go on and on. Man, those songs made me feel old. I’m not old yet!!!.
- 3 unusual hobbies I have: Rock stealing collecting, climbing trees and smelling the leaves, hiding behind things and scaring loved ones.
- 3 favorite colors: GREEN, teal, eggplant.
- 3 favorite kinds of shoes: (In order of preference) Flip flops, slippers, cowboy boots.
- 3 people I tag for this: you, you, and you. Just do it. I don’t like to pick favorites. Besides, I don’t think C.S. Lewis, Brandon Boyd and Nathan Bransford would play along.
And now for my contest entry::::::
TESSA GRATTON TAMES LIONS (and she writes books, too!)
visit her at tessagratton.com
You should so enter the contest, too, because I want to see your cartoons, and cause you can win a Linger ARC or other coooool books.
have a beautiful day!!
peace♥
I love the list! That’s a sure fire way to get things done!
Hey Ya is the bestest song. Ever.
~JD
hahaha this is AWESOME.
3 Things I like to eat: 1) Any kind of ice cream, any flavor, anytime, 2) cheeseburgers 3) chocolate!
3 Famous People: Harper Lee, Kate DiCamillo, JK Rowling
3 songs that make me happy? too hard, I rarely listen to music
3 Unusual hobbies: knitting mouse sweaters, all my other hobies are quite normal
3 favorite colors: light pink, bright pink, red
3 favorite kinds of shoes: comfortable, comfortable, comfortable
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LOL! This was awesome, thanks for sharing!
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There’s a reason I don’t twitter… seems like a dirty habit that’s too hard to break!
– Eric
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You forgot to mention stop every 30 sec to check another blog.
Great answers. I dare you to leave a comment on Nanthan’s blog, telling him he’s been tagged.
.-= Stina Lindenblatt´s last blog ..Teenagers in the Mist =-.
I definitely do step three! Except, no butter on keyboard : ) I love my computer too much.
LOVED your 3(3) list! So many parts where I LOLed. (Isn’t Coldstone awesome?? I love how they mix candy into the ice cream!)
and OMG DID YOU DO THAT DRAWING?? yikes!!! you didn’t say you had to be an Artist to enter the contest!!!
Justine – I know, it’s just so happy, isn’t it???
T.H. Mafi – Thanks
Melissa – I knew you knitted, but I HAVE to see these mouse sweaters!! That sounds awesome.
Heather – lol kinda embarrassing, tho
Eric – *bows* O wise one.
Stina – So true. AND OHMIGOSH THAT WOULD BE HILARIOUS. I would never be able to query him (yeah, like I really have the pair needed to query him in the first place).
Kari – You must be a very talented popcorn eater, because I get butter all over!! Yes, Coldstone is ahhhmazing. And phshaw, that is not artistry. You better show me your drawing if you enter!!
That’s definitely the way to get things done. I honestly do too much of #2!
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I love the rock collecting. Or whatever. It’s really just borrowing, right?
Awesome post!
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That’s an awesome list. I take a lot of breaks. Though, most of it is spent on yawning and eating chocolate.
Have a good day…:)
yes to green, popcorn and checking Twitter! And I DOUBLE-DOG dare you!
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Lots of breaks, I love it! Last night instead of writing all evening, I read a movie magazine, then the paper and then watched Me, Myself & Irene, good times, lol.
Sandy – yep, the second item on the list is my biggest time-stealer lol
Lydia – you’re so right about the borrowing. Besides, I think the rocks like it better in the air conditioning with me.
Mr. Stupid – I’m glad someone shares my love of chocolate.
Write-brained – you guys actually made me seriously consider it yesterday. Nathan Bransford would probably just laugh and delete my comment, but it might be worth it just to say that I tagged Nathan Bransford lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Olive – Sometimes you need breaks like that! Unfortunately, I’d take them every night if I let myself haha