I don’t live in the US, but any excuse for taking a day off a giveaway will do. 🙂
Well, that and because I’m up to my eyeballs preparing powerpoint slides for the classes I’m teaching at Write!Canada in a couple of weeks.
Actually…having waaaay too much fun picking fun pictures to liven up the lessons. Like this one on how to write romantic suspense:
He looks like a go-to kind of guy when you need to get out of a dangerous situation. The kind of guy who’d take a bullet for you, or…at least for the president. 😉
And if you happen to live near Southern Ontario and love to write, you can still register for Write!Canada.
Giveaway Opportunities for Blind Trust
Ending Sunday evening – http://jennifershirk.blogspot.ca/2014/05/fun-interview-and-giveaway.html
Ending May 30th in AM – http://elainestock.blogspot.ca/2014/05/sandra-orchard-master-at-intrigue.html
Ending June 17th – for Goodreads members – https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/92614-blind-trust
How to Make Money
Wow, did that get your attention? 😆
Yes, that’s what Canadian money looks like, now, courtesy of the Bank of Canada website. This past week I had fun blogging at International Christian Fiction Writers about what I learned about counterfeiting while researching for Blind Trust.
For example…
Did you know that new photocopiers and printers are designed to lock up if you attempt to copy money?
A number of years ago a kid in Canada did it successfully and passed the bills off at school (before our money went plastic), but one of the blog readers confirmed that yes, photocopiers freeze up. She’d tried copying a bill for a play prop…or so she claimed. 😉
Intrigued?
You can read the whole post here: http://internationalchristianfictionwriters.blogspot.ca/2014/05/on-making-money-more.html
Have a great week!
Your Turn:
Could you help me with my class prep for a Fictions Basics? If you’re a writer, what was the one element of craft you learned that leapfrogged your writing forward? For everyone…what makes you put a book down and not pick it up again? Thanks so much!
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Hi Sandra,
The simplest, and best, advice I’ve heard at a conference was this: “Write every day. If it is one sentence, one paragraph, one page, notes or thoughts. Write. To be a writer, you must write, and you must practicing writing.”
I have taken that advice to heart.
thanks #1 Mom runner 🙂 It is great advice.
Too much sex. I will stop reading. Can’t see what made fifty shades of gray so popular.
Funny story about that title. My first book was originally titled Shades of Gray when I proposed it–before the release of 50 shades. Sooo glad that my editors picked a different title! 🙂
I am glad too..
I totally agree. It’s the same for me. And thank you for the giveaway, Sandra!
You’re welcome, Alexa 🙂