Fiction Scribe

Thirteen Characters You wouldn’t want to Wake Up in Bed With

1. The Gorgon – Jason and the Argonauts
2. Annie – Misery
3. Severus Snape – Harry Potter
4. Jabba the Hut – Star Wars
5. Pizza the Hut – Space Balls
6. StarLaughter SunSoar – The Wayfarer Redemption Trilogy
7. Roger Everett Septien – The Postman
8. Gorgael – The Battleaxe Trilogy
9. Count Olaf – A Series of Unfortunate Events
10. Giant – Jack and the Beanstalk
11. The Daleks – Dr. Who
12. Mr. Burns – The Simpsons
13. King Kong – King Kong

Did you complete the thirty posts (or more) in thirty days for NaBloPoMo and find yourself still aching for more?

I have your solution.

A few people from NaBloPoMo want to take the NaBlo challenge and multiply it by twelve. That’s right. There is a group for people who want to keep the blogging going and are going to post every day for an entire year.

If you’re interested in taking up the challenge, go here to sign up and for more information.

Like any other writer, sometimes I sit back from my current project and wonder what the heck I think I’m doing. Why am I writing? Why write? Why don’t I do something that will pay bills like…anything besides writing.

It’s usually about that time my itunes player decides to play me one of the songs that takes me back to when I was writing my first novel. Back then, I let the music take me to whatever mood I was going for, and then I wrote. Why did I write back then? Because I could. I loved it like I loved no other activity. Writing served not only as my escape but as my beloved art.

In writing, I discovered a way to convey to others my dreams for myself, for other, and for the world. Without directly saying a word about myself, I could convey my beliefs about how I thought the world worked then and how I thought it should work.

The time was a truly wonderful one of spending my summer vacation home alone typing away and dreaming of wonderful things and of late nights spent desperately trying to keep my eyes open so I could finish that one awesome scene or chapter.

When I get stuck or wonder why I’m writing in the first place, the problem is usually that I’m trying to please too many people. I forget that I write for myself because it’s my art. It’s forgetting my passion that I get into trouble.

So the next time you feel down or unsure about yourself, go back to the roots of your beginning days of writing. Why did you write then? Tap into that initial passion and find your way back to your art.

Do you have someone in your life who professes to be a writer but spends more time looking at expensive pens than s/he does writing? Do you know someone who says s/he is a writer but has to wait around for ‘the muse’ and hasn’t actually written anything?

Do you know someone who should just stop writing?

If you could never find a polite way to tell him/her why, just point him/her/them to this site because he has…

101 Reasons to Stop Writing

If you have any sort of inkling or feeling that maybe you shouldn’t be a writer, stop at this site. Site creator Sean Lindsey will help you see the light.

On site you will find not only many posts about writing, the industry, and writers, you’ll also find a store which includes the writing demotivators to help you on your path to stopping yourself and/or others from writing.

For those of you who think I’m ‘conspiring with the enemy’ by reading and enjoying his site even while writing this one, you’re probably right. But as long as people give me pet peeves to post, I will take that as a sign that some people who shouldn’t be writing still are…

If you aren’t all that fussed about the book giveaway, maybe comic books are your thing?

Jessica of Comic Book Journal is offering up an awesome prize and all you have to do is a little creative letter writing.

Check out this post for more details and get in on your chance to win.

I’m not feeling particularly snarky or pissed off today (no matter what Mr. Scribe says) so I’m going to skip the pet peeve today. It it’s place, I am going to put up some things I think need pointing out.

First…

Who doesn’t love free stuff? Especially books… Drool. Susan from West of Mars is spreading the love – the Hanukah love, that is – today by offering up her copy of Auralia’s Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet.

Go here for a synopsis and reviews.

If you would like to get in on this free book goodness/madness, all you have to do is go to this post on Susan’s blog and leave a comment. On December 11th, she’ll draw a comment at random to determine the winner.

I’ve already commented, so get in there for your chance to win as well.

If you can, please take a few minutes to fill out a survey. Your responses are appreciated.

I say … and you think … ?

1. Music ::
2. Insanity ::
3. Curtain ::
4. Nickname ::
5. Container ::
6. Roast ::
7. Thong ::
8. Purple ::
9. Holidays ::
10. Christmas tree ::

Idea courtesy of Luna Nina