July 2023 Treasure Hunt
Silk and Sonder has posted its July Socials on Eventbrite.
Lauren Sapala is hosting her Silent Writing Sessions again this month. These can, of course, be used for anything! Some folks use for writing or other creative pursuits, but some do tasks they have to get done or have been procrastinating on.
Books out this month: The Librarianist, by Patrick deWitt, (the front cover is a library card, so I’m in already!), Shari Lapena’s, Everyone Here is Lying, and Fiona Davis’, The Spectacular. And only because it’s summer, Erin Hildebrand’s, The Five-Star Weekend.
If I had a thousand dollars I wasn’t using, I’d enroll in Savannah Gilbo’s Notes to Novel online course. She offers some less expensive courses and provides a lot of pointers and strategies in her weekly podcast, Fiction Writing Made Easy, I was also introduced to Abigail K Perry who gifted a 79-page book outline (free!) during Brooke Adams Law’s (free!) Writing Brave Summit. It’s just amazing and she’s developing courses. You can sign up for updates on her site. “Developmental editor” is a new job title to me, but I LOVE all things craft. Not in practice (of course, I have no excuses), just in fascination. : )
Books that aren’t newly released, but I enjoyed reading this month are: Allen Eskens’ Forsaken Country (I’d read his account of the 20th-century phone book), Robert Dugoni’s, Her Deadly Game, and Michael Robotham’s Cyrus Haven #3 series, Lying Beside You. He just nails suspense for me every.single.time.
I have found the What is a Personal Legend at MasterMindMatrix.com to be a valuable exercise. I printed it out and have been reading and journaling through it.
The 2015 documentary, Everything is Copy, about Nora Ephron is out on Max now! I always loved her work.
**I just noticed that everything listed here involves a chair or sofa. In my own defense, it is July in Arizona.
Quotes
(Theme this month is about being too old to do new things; it’s something I’ve been struggling with lately, knowing that time isn’t going to pass more slowly anytime soon.)
“I have a motto: it’s never too late to give up. It’s never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realize you love.” ~ Hans Rosling
“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.” ~ Mitch Albom
“Your passions will grow as you continue to grow, so remember, it’s never too late to reinvent yourself or pursue the latest things that make you light up.” ~ Kathryn Budig
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”– Theodore Roosevelt
My Christmas present feeling this month was, besides it being Christmas in July season for Hallmark and GACTV, signing up for BritBox and finding surprises like The Last of the Summer Wine and As Time Goes By.