Top 5: 03 Entertainments

This is a list of my top five something. Most of the time my lists are pretty static, but sometimes I do change my mind. While I do try to apply some logic to my choices, sometimes I pick things that make no sense and for no good reason other than “I like it.” 

Entertainments

1. Movies

2. Reading

3. Dancing/Music

4. Cooking

5. Stand-up Comedy

Of course I also like to write for fun, but it’s so much a part of who I am. It’s a part of me being me.

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Blogdom August 2013

Oh boy, do I have loads to share from my Blogdom!

You may want to bookmark this and come back to it a few times. Good stuff here.

(August, 2013)

Book Reviews

-From Authors to Watch, Eye Dancers: http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/08/book-review-eye-dancers.html?showComment=1376243189407#c7177859839320350075

-From Typing Tiara, Review: Dark Star: http://typingtiara.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-dark-star.html

-From JeanzBookReadNReview, UNDONE - UNRAVELING BY ELIZABETH NORRIS: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/undone-unraveling-by-elizabeth-norris.html

-From Tyngas Reviews, The Trouble with Fate by Leigh Evans: http://www.tyngasreviews.com/2013/07/the-trouble-with-fate-by-leigh-evans.html

-From Silk Screen Views, Going Postal ~ Terry Pratchett: http://silkscreenviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/going-postal-terry-pratchett/

-From Paranormal Reads, Today Only by D. Love (not paranormal): http://paranormalreadsreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/today-only-review.html

-From Blogging for a Good Book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- graphic novel: http://bfgb.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum-eric-shanower-and-skottie-young/

-From The Artificial Selection, Flash Review of Dave McKean’s Cages: http://theartificialselectionproject.com/2013/08/14/bring-forth-the-underappreciated-artists-flash-review-of-dave-mckeans-cages/comment-page-1/#comment-363

-From Bookaholics, Tiger Lily: http://bookaholicsbkcl.blogspot.com/2013/08/tiger-lily-review.html#.UhIxepK1Fsk

-From Starships & Dragonwings, 5 Stars: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness: http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings.com/2013/08/19/shadow-of-night-by-deborah-harkness/

-From Shelf Awareness, Review: The Childhood of Jesus (not what you think): http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2053#m20928

Movie Reviews

-From ZanyZach’s Blog, Up In The Air Review: http://zanyzacreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/up-in-the-air-review/

-From Alex J. Cavanaugh, Blogging Rules and The Wolverine Review! Plus Ninja News, New Covers, Video Game Trivia, and an Interview With Byron’s Son : http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2013/07/blogging-rules-and-wolverine-review.html

-From Romance That Rocks Your World!, Smurfs2: http://nickywellsklippert.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/smurfs-2/

-From  Adopting James, My Top 10 Movies, No.2 [Moneyball] : http://adoptingjames.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/my-top-10-movies-no-2/

Interviews

-From The Wizard’s Cauldron, Orange County Musings with Brenda Perlin: http://greenwizard62.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-year-ago-i-met-brenda-perlin-writer.html

-From Authors to Watch, Interview with Christine Elaine Black: http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/07/interview-with-christine-elaine-black.html

- From JeanzBookReadNReview, PROMOTIONAL SPOTLIGHT & AUTHOR INTERVIEW - BURN IT BY JENNIFER CIE: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/promotional-spotlight-author-interview.html

- From The Beautiful Room, Exceptional Horsemanship from Lauren Woodard: Guest Blog Post: http://janeayres.blogspot.com/2013/07/exceptional-horsemanship-from-lauren.html

- From JeanzBookReadNReview, AUTHOR INTERVIEW - MEGAN CURD: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/08/author-interview-megan-curd.html

-From JeanzBookReadNReview, AUTHOR INTERVIEW - ANTIOCH - THE CIRCLE BY WILLIAM HARLAN: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/08/promotional-spotlight-author-interview_4.html

Writing

-From Creative Writing with the Crimson League, Authors: a warning about classifying and categorizing your characters: http://crimsonleague.com/2013/07/25/authors-a-warning-about-classifying-and-categorizing-your-characters/

- From Myriad Spheres, 101 Thoughts on Self-Publishing -- 010: Write Everything Down: http://myriadspheres.blogspot.com/2013/07/101-thoughts-on-self-publishing-010.html

-From Writerland, 7 Things I take to writer’s conferences: http://meghanward.com/blog/2013/07/25/7-things-i-take-to-writers-conferences/

-From Live Write Thrive, Are you a who or that? : http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/07/26/are-you-a-who-or-a-what/

-From Masquerade Crew, Multiple POVs: Why I Love 'Em: http://masqueradecrew.blogspot.com/2013/08/multiple-povs-why-i-love-em.html

-From Patti Roberts and Guests, Writing Tips From Authors - And how they became published authors: http://paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/2013/08/writing-tips-from-authors-and-how-they.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Paradox-SeriesOfBooks+%28PARADOX+-+Series+of+books%29

Blogging

- From Daily (w)rite, What Do You Do When You Step into a Dead #Blog? http://damyantiwrites.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/what-do-you-do-when-you-step-into-a-dead-blog/#comment-13566

- From the examiner.com, Author blogs and the art of fishing:  http://www.examiner.com/article/author-blogs-and-the-art-of-fishing?CID=examiner_alerts_article

- From LogAllot, The Danger of Using Photo Images and What it Will Cost You:  http://www.logallot.com/the-danger-of-using-photo-images-and-what-it-will-cost-you/?goback=%2Egde_66325_member_258845345

-From Larry Neilson Blog, How to Use Short URLs: http://larryneilson.com/how-to-use-short-urls

Entertainment

-From inspirationenergy, Its Friday, Take 2: Stephen Colbert’s Answer to Racial Harmony: http://inspirationenergy.wordpress.com/

-From LoadingDocProcution, A Tap on the Window Promotional Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXk0ADZ70cc

-From IndieWire.com/The Playlist, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty trailer: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-ben-stiller-takes-the-red-one-in-surprising-trailer-for-the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty-20130730

-From Chronicle Books, CARNIVORES By Aaron Reynolds, Illustrated by Dan Santat : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgt8k8Dle-Q&feature=youtu.be

-From AudioSexx, Geek Week: http://audiosexxx.com/2013/08/04/geek-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1716

-From TRISTA DIGIUSEPPI, Look At Me-chapter one: http://tristadigiuseppi.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/look-at-me-chapter-one/

-From Chronicle Book, Dead Mountain -- Book Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCOTZTdUEAw&feature=em-uploademail

-From TheNoseBleed.com , Ashton Kutcher reveals real name, gives incredible speech at Teen Choice Awards: http://thenosebleeds.com/ashton-kutcher-reveals-real-name-gives-incredible-speech-at-teen-choice-awards/

-From PASTE, 12 Best Fictional Libraries: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/best-fictional-libraries.html

-From Huffington Post, 13 Bookish TV Characters (VIDEO): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/bookish-tv-characters-_n_3695805.html?ref=topbar

Other

-From  The Masquerade Crew, Introducing Masquerade Book Tours. A new site, a new service: http://masqueradecrew.blogspot.com/2013/08/introducing-masquerade-book-tours-new.html

-From LiveWriteThrive, Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong: http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/07/29/words-of-advice-from-famous-authors-that-are-just-wrong/

-From Faerie Book Loft, Clean Up Bookmarks and Favorites FREE: http://sunni-faeriebookloft.blogspot.com/2013/07/clean-up-bookmarks-and-favorites-free.html

-From JeanzBookNReview, TEN SONGS THAT GET THE WRITING ENERGY FLOWING FOR M.A. GEORGE: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/ten-songs-that-get-writing-energy.html?showComment=1375132130959#c3303375698371270394

-From Rob On Writing, Come on over and conversate a little (content advisory): http://robonwriting.com/2013/07/26/come-on-over-and-conversate-a-little/

- From Christmas All Year Long, Don’t Procrastinate! Here’s Why...: http://christmaswithbrenda.blogspot.com/2013/08/dont-procrastinate-heres-why.html

-From Jenn’s Trends, The Importance of Using LinkedIn: http://jennstrends.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/the-importance-of-using-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-865

-From A Curious Girl, Rain Rain Go Away: http://acuriousgal.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/rain-rain-go-away/

-From Eli Bishop, 10 Myths About Introverts: http://elibishop.com/2011/07/27/10-myths-about-introverts/

By including links to these articles, reviews, interviews, etc…I am not endorsing the opinions of these bloggers and writers, but am simply sharing the highlights of my blog reading experience.

If you happen to stop by any of these post and want to leave a nice comment, please tell them I sent you. (Copy this => I came upon this post via Toi Thomas.)

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. Click below to share your Reactions and more. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #cursescanbebroken

Do You Know About the Fab 5 Share Fest?

It’s a Facebook share event of readers, authors, books, prizes, and fun.

Saturday, August 24, '13 will be the next Fab 5 Share Fest date.

The Topic will be the Last Fab 5 Books you’ve read. See Notes for detail.

Author Prizes

(1) Mini Twitter campaign

(1) Mini Facebook campaign

(1) Mini Author Spotlight

Reader Prizes

(1) Amazon gift card

(1) Choice of digital or paperback copy of my book

(1) A reader's goodie bag surprise :)

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Blogdom July 2013

Oh boy, do I have loads to share from my Blogdom!

You may want to bookmark this and come back to it a few times. Good stuff here.

(July, 2013)

Reviews

-From Typing Tiara, Anatomy of a Boyfriend: http://typingtiara.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-anatomy-of-boyfriend.html

-From Adopting James, Monsters University: http://adoptingjames.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/spoiler-free-monsters-university-review/

-From MyBookAddictionReviews, Dig Those Dinosaurs: http://mybookaddictionreviews.com/2013/06/26/review-dig-those-dinosaurs-by-lori-haskins-houran/

-From Zany Zach’s Blog, Evil Dead 2013 Review: http://zanyzacreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/evil-dead-2013-review/

-From Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog, Grammarly (wesite): http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/review-of-grammarly-com-by-morgen-bailey/

-From Tynga’s Reviews, Shadow& Bone: http://www.tyngasreviews.com/2013/07/shadow-bone-by-leigh-bardugo.html

Interviews

-From Alexandra’s Corner, 10 Questions with Thriller Writer Chuck Barrett: http://authorryanschneider.blogspot.com/2013/07/10-questions-with-thriller-writer-chuck.html?showComment=1372797360250#c804018126467448147

-From The Wizard’s Cauldron, Turned to Stone near Featherstone: Louise Gornall : http://greenwizard62.blogspot.com/2013/07/turned-to-stone-near-featherstone.html

-From the Paradox Series of Book blog, Storm Rising author, Kenneth Hoss: http://paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/

Writing

-From Creative Writing with the Crimson League, “Writing for You” comes July 31: http://crimsonleague.com/2013/07/01/book-release-notice-let-your-inner-writer-show-writing-for-you-comes-july-31/

-From Live, Write, Thrive, It’s Not Rocket Science: http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/07/05/its-not-rocket-science/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LiveWriteThrive+%28Live+Write+Thrive%29

-From Cristian Mihai, On Blogging: http://cristianmihai.net/2013/07/03/on-blogging-2/

- From Creative Writing with the Crimson League, What can sitcoms teach us about character development?  http://crimsonleague.com/2013/07/16/authors-what-can-sitcoms-teach-us-about-character-development/

Entertainment

-From Nely Cab, Creatura chapter one: http://nelycab.blogspot.com/2013/06/creatura-chapter-1-preview-and-arc.html

-From Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog, podcast – short stories episode no.28: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/baileys-writing-tips-podcast-short-stories-episode-no-28/

-From The Fashion Medley, Right On Midriff: http://thefashionmedley.com/2013/07/01/right-on-midriff/

-From The Between, Lady Liberty: http://glynisrankin.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/lady-liberty/

- From Les Pages aux Folles, About (LOL): http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca/?pg=6

-From 22 Words, Actors breaking character to laugh…: http://twentytwowords.com/2013/06/06/actors-breaking-character-to-laugh-with-each-other-between-takes-15-pictures/

-From Harper Tee, Ten, by Gretchen McNeil ( scary book trailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fzOuyfcijw

-From Paradox-Series of Book, Movie Recommendation: The Call: http://paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/2013/07/movie-reccomendation-5-stars-call-2013.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Paradox-SeriesOfBooks+%28PARADOX+-+Series+of+books%29

-From Fox Broadcasting, Sleepy Hallow (trailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFg9qS_u3w

-From Iris Huey, The Bookstore (short film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-PFSRMdom3o

-From inspirationenergy, Throwback Thursday: The Flip Wilson Show: http://inspirationenergy.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/throwback-thursday-the-flip-wilson-show-geraldine-ray-charles/

-From CommonGoodBook, The Way of the Brilliant Flirt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WxNIzemDQoU

-FromThe Artificial Selection Project, …Identify All The Cosplayers…  http://theartificialselectionproject.com/2013/07/16/five-super-hero-comics-that-will-help-you-identify-all-the-cosplayers-at-the-san-diego-comic-con/comment-page-1/#comment-200

Other

- From The Book Club Reading List, Author Blog Tips: https://bookclubreading.com/author-blog-tips/?ap_id=bookmarketer

- From Blogging for a Good Book (book promo), Incognegro: http://bfgb.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/incognegro-by-mat-johnson-and-warren-pleece/

-From Just Wheat, Red Lights: http://justwheat.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/red-lights/#comment-1582

-From Serendipity Reviews, The Love Dare: Day One: http://serendipity-reviews.com/the-love-dare-day-one/

By including links to these articles, reviews, interviews, etc…I am not endorsing the opinions of these bloggers and writers, but am simply sharing the highlights of my blog reading experience.

If you happen to stop by any of these post and want to leave a nice comment, please tell them I sent you. (Copy this => I came upon this post via Toi Thomas.)

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. Click below to share your Reactions and more. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #cursescanbebroken