I wasn't sure what I felt like blogging about today. I don't have much new to share with you. (Still writing Tournai #4, and The Scholar's Heart edits are drawing ever closer.) There is a paperback sale this weekend at Dreamspinner Press - 50% off all paperbacks - so if you're a paperback lover, it's a great time to buy. And today is the last day to vote in Round 2 of Sinfully's Readers Choice Awards, if you're inclined to vote for me or any of the other great authors nominated. Big thank you to everyone who has already voted! You are the best! And that's probably enough promo-type things for today.
I woke up today kind of just wanting to take the day off writing (since this is a writing day) and curl up with a blanket and a book. And hot chocolate. Maybe a cookie. Mostly I think I'm in need of a reading day when I don't have to do anything except sink into a book - a new one or an old favorite - or when I don't expect myself to do anything else. I used to have a day, or at least an afternoon, of that most weeks, but I can't remember the last time I took one. I really can't remember the last time I took one without feeling guilty. Which isn't good. We all need to relax; it's part of taking care of ourselves. (Something I fully admit I forget sometimes.) Today isn't going to be my day to nothing except read, today I really do have to get some words of my own on the pages, but I'm going to have to take one soon. Find a book that I'm excited to read, or pull out an old favorite. Try to turn off the part of my brain that reads critically as a writer and just enjoy (definitely more difficult than it should be). Escape into another words or another time in someone else's story.
For now I'll plan to stop writing a little earlier today and steal some time with one of my favorite comfort reads: Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk. I'm in the mood for a reread. What are some of your favorite comfort reads? What are you reading this weekend?
I woke up today kind of just wanting to take the day off writing (since this is a writing day) and curl up with a blanket and a book. And hot chocolate. Maybe a cookie. Mostly I think I'm in need of a reading day when I don't have to do anything except sink into a book - a new one or an old favorite - or when I don't expect myself to do anything else. I used to have a day, or at least an afternoon, of that most weeks, but I can't remember the last time I took one. I really can't remember the last time I took one without feeling guilty. Which isn't good. We all need to relax; it's part of taking care of ourselves. (Something I fully admit I forget sometimes.) Today isn't going to be my day to nothing except read, today I really do have to get some words of my own on the pages, but I'm going to have to take one soon. Find a book that I'm excited to read, or pull out an old favorite. Try to turn off the part of my brain that reads critically as a writer and just enjoy (definitely more difficult than it should be). Escape into another words or another time in someone else's story.
For now I'll plan to stop writing a little earlier today and steal some time with one of my favorite comfort reads: Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk. I'm in the mood for a reread. What are some of your favorite comfort reads? What are you reading this weekend?
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