Bestseller or Not #OpenBook Blog Hop

February 10, 2020

Would you like to be a bestseller or have a smaller, more manageable following?

Truth? I want to write a bestseller. Sure, the money wouldn’t hurt, but the virtual pat on the back would be better. I mean, who wouldn’t want to have a world-wide acknowledgement of their writing skills? 

Yes, I know there are people who write one bestseller and than never reach that level again. Still, that’s better than writing four or five books and never finding your audience, right?

And just maybe, if I wrote a bestseller, I could afford to hire a Personal Assistant to help with my social media. Because frankly, I don’t do a very good job on my own. Even if I had a “manageable” following, I don’t think I would do them justice. (I try, guys, I try.)

There is a down side. I absolutely love getting out and talking to people at book signings. If I was a best-selling author, would I lose that ability? I hate the idea of “sign the book, now move along.”  There’s no personal interaction in that scenario. (That’s me, talking to someone at the Deadly Realities book signing last fall. I don’t even know when this picture was taken. I was too busy paying attention the the person on the other side of the table. Yeah, I’d miss that.)

Still, the money might give me the freedom to spend more time writing. And travelling to meet more people. That would be a win.

So, I’ll keep writing and dreaming of getting my big break. And maybe one of these days I’ll write a bestseller. 

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February 10, 2020

Would you like to be a bestseller or have a smaller, more manageable following?

Rules:1. Link your blog to this hop.
2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.
3. Promise to visit/leave a comment on all participants’ blogs.
4. Tweet/or share each person’s blog post. Use #OpenBook when tweeting.
5. Put a banner on your blog that you are participating.

 


Photos as Writing Prompts #IWSG

 
 
February 5 question – Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?

There’s a simple answer to this. No.

I’ve never written a story or a poem that was inspired by a story. On the other hand, I’ve got photos of real places I’ve been to that inspired a poem or bits of a story. The photo below inspired a poem about learning to breath again at 12,000 feet.

And then there’s the library that inspires many scenes in the Harmony Duprie mysteries.

And here’s a scene I want to use in a story but haven’t yet.
 
 
So I guess I can say that in my writing, life inspires art and not the other way around!
 
The awesome co-hosts for the The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of the IWSG are Lee Lowery, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Jennifer Hawes, Cathrina Constantine, and Tyrean Martinson!