It's not entirely unpleasant, except that I need to get a lot of things done this short week (I leave Thursday to work at the Sturgis motorcycle rally). But it's that slow, draggie feeling you get after a sustained frenetic pace, and I'm having trouble getting moving this morning.
But the recital was a resounding SUCCESS!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Favorite Writing Quote
I recently came across this quote from Margaret Sackville:
"Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece."
That's ME exactly! (Although we could debate the definition of "masterpiece"...) There will be one grain of truth to something I write ... one tiny piece of a scene that was factual ... before my imagination ran away with it!
"Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece."
That's ME exactly! (Although we could debate the definition of "masterpiece"...) There will be one grain of truth to something I write ... one tiny piece of a scene that was factual ... before my imagination ran away with it!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Live Band Gigs and YouTube Videos
When I was younger I could arrange my life around singing live gigs; now any kind of singing has to fit around my life (which is near-impossible at times)! Thus it is that I STILL have not sung live with my old bandmates (and it’s been over a year since I laid backup vocals with them).
They do have a gig coming up: The “7 to 11 Concert Series” at the bandshell in Central Park (Owatonna, MN). Date: Thursday, August 6. Time: 7-9pm.
(Once again I’ll miss out, as I will be working the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis.)
Fun Fact ... Mark Cameron’s song “Ambition” was recently used in a video from a Model-T club. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHdUIEZ6cIo
They do have a gig coming up: The “7 to 11 Concert Series” at the bandshell in Central Park (Owatonna, MN). Date: Thursday, August 6. Time: 7-9pm.
(Once again I’ll miss out, as I will be working the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis.)
Fun Fact ... Mark Cameron’s song “Ambition” was recently used in a video from a Model-T club. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHdUIEZ6cIo
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Fellow Author Launches First Book
Like Harry Potter or the Twilight series, but sometimes wish for a little, well, brighter option? (Or wish your kids would?)
'Reef Warrior' by Cheri Andrews might be just the ticket.
'Reef Warrior' is the first book in what Andrews hopes will become a series chronicling the life of Diam Roceht, an average adolescent girl who comes to realize she is actually a mermaid who must one day return to the ocean to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
The idea for 'Reef Warrior' was sparked by Cheri's daughter's English project, but she admits it was also a ploy to spend more quality time with her adolescent daughter. As she told us during our Writers Group, little did she know how far it would go!
The book’s release date is set for TODAY! - July 14 - and Andrews has a few events set up in the local area. Visit www.reefwarrior.com for details. Congratulations Cheri!
'Reef Warrior' by Cheri Andrews might be just the ticket.
'Reef Warrior' is the first book in what Andrews hopes will become a series chronicling the life of Diam Roceht, an average adolescent girl who comes to realize she is actually a mermaid who must one day return to the ocean to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
The idea for 'Reef Warrior' was sparked by Cheri's daughter's English project, but she admits it was also a ploy to spend more quality time with her adolescent daughter. As she told us during our Writers Group, little did she know how far it would go!
The book’s release date is set for TODAY! - July 14 - and Andrews has a few events set up in the local area. Visit www.reefwarrior.com for details. Congratulations Cheri!
Monday, July 13, 2009
More Strange Coincidences = More Karma??
I was on my way to my taiko drumming practice on Saturday morning (I was riding my motorcycle) when I found myself in the midst of about 20 motorcycles that had entered the freeway next to me. An organized ride or a club on an outing. I nodded to other riders as I passed them (I was running late so I was bookin') when up ahead I spotted two friends on their bikes!
Now, I've known these two women for awhile as part of the Women on Wheels motorcycle club (which I haven't been as active in lately due to children) and they and their bikes are - in a word - unmistakeable.
So I pulled up alongside first one, then the other, stared at them until they couldn't ignore me and waited for the double-take when they recognized the crazy rider next to them. We did some hilarious pantomiming and then I went one way (with a grin on my face) and they went another.
I was running 15 minutes later than I normally would be. Now I ask you: what are the odds of us being on the SAME road (out of thousands in the Minneapolis area) at the same TIME at 8:50 on a Saturday morning??
It was just too weird and wonderfully funny.
These are the same two women I saw out the window of a McDonalds one day last fall (I had ridden the motorcycle there with my son). I’ve only been in that McDonalds 2-3 times in my life. Again, what are the odds?? Not odds ... karma. Great to see you Kat and Barb - miss you!
Now, I've known these two women for awhile as part of the Women on Wheels motorcycle club (which I haven't been as active in lately due to children) and they and their bikes are - in a word - unmistakeable.
So I pulled up alongside first one, then the other, stared at them until they couldn't ignore me and waited for the double-take when they recognized the crazy rider next to them. We did some hilarious pantomiming and then I went one way (with a grin on my face) and they went another.
I was running 15 minutes later than I normally would be. Now I ask you: what are the odds of us being on the SAME road (out of thousands in the Minneapolis area) at the same TIME at 8:50 on a Saturday morning??
It was just too weird and wonderfully funny.
These are the same two women I saw out the window of a McDonalds one day last fall (I had ridden the motorcycle there with my son). I’ve only been in that McDonalds 2-3 times in my life. Again, what are the odds?? Not odds ... karma. Great to see you Kat and Barb - miss you!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Do You Believe in Karma?
This time of year, my motorcycle business (www.LeaderMotorcycle.com) is so busy I don't have time or brain space to write. But the universe doesn't stop just because I do...
In the last two weeks, I've met two people that I feel I was lead to, particularly related to my writing ventures. I wasn't looking for them - unless it was subconscious - but there they were.
The first is the organizer of the flight club I will be joining in the fall. I mentioned this in my last post. Since I didn't know his background when I met with him, I was stunned to find out that he is an ex-Air Force physician. Why? Because the main character in my current novel-in-progress is an Air Force officer who loses a leg during a hostage situation.
The second is a wholistic healer whom I met in a most unlikely way - during the course of my motorcycle business. Those who've read "Last Chance Rescue" know that there is a healing scene in it, and that my writing tends to have overtones of medical emergencies and healing. I spent two hours talking to this person, once again struck by how I've been brought into his sphere.
Cool, huh??
In the last two weeks, I've met two people that I feel I was lead to, particularly related to my writing ventures. I wasn't looking for them - unless it was subconscious - but there they were.
The first is the organizer of the flight club I will be joining in the fall. I mentioned this in my last post. Since I didn't know his background when I met with him, I was stunned to find out that he is an ex-Air Force physician. Why? Because the main character in my current novel-in-progress is an Air Force officer who loses a leg during a hostage situation.
The second is a wholistic healer whom I met in a most unlikely way - during the course of my motorcycle business. Those who've read "Last Chance Rescue" know that there is a healing scene in it, and that my writing tends to have overtones of medical emergencies and healing. I spent two hours talking to this person, once again struck by how I've been brought into his sphere.
Cool, huh??
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