There was a mix up on my tour so I have to be in two places at once today as yesterdays stop was well... Let's not go there. So I'll leave the same blog post but send you to the two spots, hopefully I'll get there. Yikes! Busy day.
My first stop is a guest blog at Cocktails and Books, it's a little bit of a racey site, so enter at your own risk.
My other is an interview at Blogcritics (I'm running late on this one, will get to it soon).
Have you ever really wondered who you are? I don't mean are you a nice person, are you kind to others, do you gossip, are you one to rant and rave at other drivers... Not that kind of stuff. Have you ever truly looked beyond the above ground emotions, your abilities, accomplishments, failures? Someone's perception is a broad spectrum -- if you were to write a book with a character exactly as you are, would that character show their flaws (your flaws) or would that character always come out shining above the rest -- that would be your perception of yourself. Now, if someone else was to write a character exactly like you, I can guarantee that character wouldn't be someone you would recognized. The perception you have of yourself is, nine times out of ten, completely different that how other people see you. I ask, could you write a character in a true light of yourself?
Have a great day.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
It Snowed
Today I am guest blogging at Colloquium, it's entitled Why I Write. Please stop by.
Well yesterday we finally had our first snow fall. We've been very blessed this year, usually by this time we've already shovelled our walks and driveways a dozen or more times, but it held off until yesterday. And...it being the first snowfall meant everyone forgot how to drive. People were slip sliding away but yet there were those who didn't think anything of it, and would blow past me like it was summer, of course they're the accidents waiting to happen and there wasn't a shortage of those yesterday going home.
Here's hoping today will be better, because it's most frustrating sitting in traffic when characters are babbling on and on -- see, told you, even Nathanael and Saydi love to talk at most inopportune time. argg!
Have a great day.
Well yesterday we finally had our first snow fall. We've been very blessed this year, usually by this time we've already shovelled our walks and driveways a dozen or more times, but it held off until yesterday. And...it being the first snowfall meant everyone forgot how to drive. People were slip sliding away but yet there were those who didn't think anything of it, and would blow past me like it was summer, of course they're the accidents waiting to happen and there wasn't a shortage of those yesterday going home.
Here's hoping today will be better, because it's most frustrating sitting in traffic when characters are babbling on and on -- see, told you, even Nathanael and Saydi love to talk at most inopportune time. argg!
Have a great day.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Patience is a Virtue
Today for my tour I am at Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews, drop by and take a peek.
It's been difficult focusing on what to write in the Blog these days and it's only because I have been completely over run by new characters. The book is coming along fabulously and I was hoping to finish up the first draft this past weekend, unfortunately it didn't happen, but I am happy with the progress. Anyway, I am asking for your patience if the blog is not updated everyday, for some reason I can't get mind off this bunch and they're making it difficult to shift gears and write something else (Don't Michael and Rose are still there, but they've finally learned patience themselves). Just to let you know it'll be neat when you meet Saydi and Nathanael, you're going to freak.
Have a great day
It's been difficult focusing on what to write in the Blog these days and it's only because I have been completely over run by new characters. The book is coming along fabulously and I was hoping to finish up the first draft this past weekend, unfortunately it didn't happen, but I am happy with the progress. Anyway, I am asking for your patience if the blog is not updated everyday, for some reason I can't get mind off this bunch and they're making it difficult to shift gears and write something else (Don't Michael and Rose are still there, but they've finally learned patience themselves). Just to let you know it'll be neat when you meet Saydi and Nathanael, you're going to freak.
Have a great day
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Remembering
Hi all, I won't be changing the blog this week, but I will keep you informed of my virtual tour stops. Today you can meet Michael Terrance of Absolute Obsession at Reader Girls Blogspot and tomorrow, November 11, 2011, Readers Girls will review Absolute Obsession, don't forget to stop by. Remember our soldiers.
No More Darkness
There is no more darkness, the light I see is not of the sun,
The thunder has awakened, the night sky alights with a gun,
There is no time to think of our day, there is no time to think of our night,
All we can think about is saving our life.
Peace is a desire, not a guarantee,
I made my choice, it’s not about me,
The lives I save are worth the toll,
And the peace I find is within my soul.
There is no more darkness, the light I see is not of the sun,
The gates have all opened, there’s no reason to run,
I am embraced in a love, that no mortal knows,
Until he is lying among the poppy rows.
By C. Elizabeth
Always in my prayers.
No More Darkness
There is no more darkness, the light I see is not of the sun,
The thunder has awakened, the night sky alights with a gun,
There is no time to think of our day, there is no time to think of our night,
All we can think about is saving our life.
Peace is a desire, not a guarantee,
I made my choice, it’s not about me,
The lives I save are worth the toll,
And the peace I find is within my soul.
There is no more darkness, the light I see is not of the sun,
The gates have all opened, there’s no reason to run,
I am embraced in a love, that no mortal knows,
Until he is lying among the poppy rows.
By C. Elizabeth
Always in my prayers.
Virtual Tour Continues
Today I'm being interviewed at Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews come take a look. It'll be fun.
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
Monday, 7 November 2011
It's Always a Rollercoaster
Today my tour takes you to a book review from Cafe of Dreams. It made me cry, she wrote beautiful words.
You've heard me talk many times about the ups and downs of trying to get published, the continuous rejections and having to grow a very thick skin. It's no different after being published, it's no longer query rejections, it's opinions about your work, your love, your baby, also known as reviews. They can bring on happy tears and sad tears, sometimes outright anger, making your hands ball up in fists and then there's the one's we truly celebrate because someone else totally got what you were trying to write down.
It takes a thick skin to be an author, but it would still be nice if everyone understood that the name on the cover of the book is a person.
Have a great day.
C. Elizabeth
You've heard me talk many times about the ups and downs of trying to get published, the continuous rejections and having to grow a very thick skin. It's no different after being published, it's no longer query rejections, it's opinions about your work, your love, your baby, also known as reviews. They can bring on happy tears and sad tears, sometimes outright anger, making your hands ball up in fists and then there's the one's we truly celebrate because someone else totally got what you were trying to write down.
It takes a thick skin to be an author, but it would still be nice if everyone understood that the name on the cover of the book is a person.
Have a great day.
C. Elizabeth
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Who Are You? How Did You Get Here?
Today my tour stop is a review by Live to Read.
Come take a peek (after you read my blog of course.)
The above is a fairly loaded question, it can be answered in many different ways. However, what I'm trying to ask is... How often do you reflect on how you became who you are? Do you know which were the defining moments in your life that carved that certain piece of you? Most of us probably couldn't pin point any of those moments and most of us would more than likely say "I have no regrets".
However, would you change something in the past and if so, what part of you, as a person, would be different? That question only brings more questions. If you changed that part of your past, doesn't that mean you wouldn't be who you are today? And then, does that mean you don't like who you are now?
Hmm, I could sit here all day and ask questions revolving around this very topic, so I'll leave you with my advice... Love who are, live for the moment, the past doesn't define you, your present actions do.
Have a great day.
C. Elizabeth
Come take a peek (after you read my blog of course.)
The above is a fairly loaded question, it can be answered in many different ways. However, what I'm trying to ask is... How often do you reflect on how you became who you are? Do you know which were the defining moments in your life that carved that certain piece of you? Most of us probably couldn't pin point any of those moments and most of us would more than likely say "I have no regrets".
However, would you change something in the past and if so, what part of you, as a person, would be different? That question only brings more questions. If you changed that part of your past, doesn't that mean you wouldn't be who you are today? And then, does that mean you don't like who you are now?
Hmm, I could sit here all day and ask questions revolving around this very topic, so I'll leave you with my advice... Love who are, live for the moment, the past doesn't define you, your present actions do.
Have a great day.
C. Elizabeth
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