8.02.2011

Inspirational Tuesday

A lot of our friends have been talking lately about their successes - hooray!! First drafts are completed, edits are simmering, queries are started, agents are being acquired, books are being published - it's been a busy summer!

We all find inspiration in different ways. Christy's blogged a couple of times about Taylor Swift's music and how it helps her write her YA books and I've read other bloggers say the same thing about music. Not me, though - I tend to find story ideas in the shower (where I don't have a radio) or the car (where my radio shorted out months ago and I still haven't gotten it fixed) and write in the living room with my kid's watching TV next to me (although Disney and Nickolodeon do have a lot of songs....half of AND was written to the SpongeBob theme in the background).

Inspiration can also be found in pictures (or places, but not all of us can travel the world, so thank goodness for Google images). Here's a few that I have looked at that really motivated me to want to write (nothing ever makes me want to edit, although I do it. begrudgingly)

(and thanks for the well-wishes about the secret agent contest over at Krista's blog this week. I felt like the agent thought my query and first page were good, but didn't end up requesting pages. *sigh*)

I'll leave you with these. Happy writing!


wouldn't this be a great place for a writer's retreat?




African Sunrise

African Sunrise

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
-Thomas Edison

11 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about the agent contest. Hang in there. I love these pictures, especially the little girl blowing bubbles because it is very near and dear to my heart. My 4 year old loves the bubbles!

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  2. She DID think your pages were good! She could only pick three winners. She WANTED four. SO if you just query her.... AND I LOVE that tree picture and want it on my wall! That one inspires me! (HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!) christy

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  3. Happy anniversary!!! It is so interesting how different people are inspired by such different things. I have on occasion had song inspiration--one book, in fact, got about half its plot from an Offspring song *shifty*, but they more often inspire short story or scene, and MOST of what I write is inspired from dreams or settings I encounter. I think of myself as more a twisty puzzlemaster than an imagination sort, so I mix and match real stuff in new ways... or something... (and yes, give the query a go! she said she'd ask for more!)

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  4. I'm so sorry she didn't request. :( It's so friggin hard to break into the industry right now, ugh! (((hugs))) Hang in there, you are a wonderful writer! Great quote to end with, very fitting.

    Thank you for the lovely pictures. Though I have to admit, that one of Ryan Reynolds at the bottom of your posts still inspires me the most. ;)

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  5. I do a lot of writing while the kids are watching Disney and Nick, too. Whatever works, right?

    Happy Anniversary! Definitely, query the agent and DON'T GIVE UP!

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  6. Those are awesome photos! I love images and music to get my brain going. Happy anniversary :)

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  7. Lovely images, Erica...

    So close. You'll be asked for pages the next time.

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  8. What does it say about me when I look at that field of daisies and all I think about is sneezing?

    I usually write with the TV on in the background, but I haven't tried Spongebob!

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  9. I think each day must be inspirational... An inspired person make their life more easy..

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  11. I'm feeling really inspired today. I don't really know why. I'm just having one of those days where I wake up in a good mood, I'm not too tired and I don't feel like I've had too much sleep, everything goes right and I'm relaxed.

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