I have not posted a new blog this month and am upset about that. However, I have been excited about publishing Storm on Savage Mountain and beginning promotional efforts.
I also am writing a non-fiction book that will give information about what lead to the writing of that book. So, although I don't have time to write a new blog, I reviewed my list of partial blogs to finish one, but found this complete book that was written in October 2016 to welcome the new year, but never posted.
So here is reviewing my observations for 2017. (Maybe it is time to do this again)
A new blog, a new year, a new opportunity to write,
to learn and hopefully to make a difference.
I originally chose josobservations because I
envisioned this blog to be about a wide variety of issues, not just about
reading and writing (although those are my favorite subjects).
There are so many things I want to write about and
so little time, that I get frustrated. However, when trying to decide what to
write about for this blog, I decided to review my past blogging history and see
if this was accomplished.
Books:
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Tina
Sankovitch
The Extreme Novelist
by
Kathryn Johnson
The Boys in the
Boat by
Daniel James Brown
The Distance
Between Us by
Reyna Grande
The Great
Detective by
Zack Dundas
Last One Home by Debbie
Macomber
Why We Write, edited by
Meredith Maran
Unthink,
rediscover your creative genius by erik wahl
Write
Small, Stylize:
A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style by Mark Garvey
Spunk & Bite: A writer’s guide to punchier, more engaging
language & style by Arthur Plotnik
Perfect Bound by Katherine
Pickett
What Price Eden by Dean Minnich
Christmas
Carroll
by Carroll County Writers
Writers have featured prominently in my blogs: John
Steinbeck, Jeanne Adams, Tom Glenn, Dani Pettrey, Lucia St Clair Robson, Loree
Lough, Doug Norton, D L Wilson, Julie Castillo, Lois Szymanski, Laura Bowers,
Michele “Wojo” Wojciechowski, Mona Kirby, Fernando Quijano, B. Morrison, Jack
Downs, Kerry Peresta, P J Wetzel, Betsy Riley, Alix
Moore, Ally Machate and others.
Other Topics: I wrote about art featuring Jeffrey
Kent, funny Christmas songs, and poetry in a blog about flying and again in my
chapbook blog.
My writer friends and I enjoy sharing information
and promoting other writers. So, many of my blogs are about communication, such
as writing prompts, how to get ideas, publicity and promotion, local, state and
national writing groups, writing conferences, book festivals and challenges
such as Nanowrimo.
Looking back, there is plenty of variety and there
will be more in the future. I plan to discuss more books. This gives me an
excuse to read even more. I think my blogs have improved and hopefully that
trend will continue.
One of the main reasons I loved being a reporter was
because of the variety. Now, this blog gives me the opportunity to write about books,
events and interesting people. I hope you will find these interesting and
enjoyable.
I welcome questions, comments and suggestions for
future blogs.
