A wonderful woman who I call my friend, Shannon, just released her first book out in print and ebook form. Being rather proud of her I wanted to help her spread the word about her book “ Solitary Skies”. I was honored when she asked me to read her MS and to tell her my views on it. I loved it and honestly can not wait for the sequel.
Here is her link
I stated earlier this year that I run a book club in my area. A list of what we had read since the group started in the Spring of 2009 was created so there would be no duplications. We have had books from a variety of genres, age groups and topics. It has been a great experience for me personally to share the love of reading with others. Looking at the list I’m amazed and proud of the group.
Here is the list.
1-The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
2-Graceling- Kristin Cashore
3-Illustrated Man- Ray Bradbury
4-The Art Of Racing in the Rain- Garth Stein
5-Bloodwork- Michael Connelly
6-The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane-Katherine Howe
7-The Memory Keeper’s Daughter- Kim Edwards
8-Slam-Nick Hornby
9-Lacemakers of Glenmara- Heather Barbieri
10-The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman-Bruce Robinson
11-Bastard out of North Carolina-Dorothy Allison
12-The World According to Garp-John Irving
13-My Melancholy Whore-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
14-Good Omen-Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
15-Dog on It-Spencer Quinn
16-Wicked-Gregory Maguire
17-The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield
18-Life of Pi-Yann Martel
19-American Gods-Neil Gaiman
20-A Million Little Pieces-James Frey
21-The Reader-Bernard Schlink
22-To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
23-Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
24-The House on Mango Street-Sandra Cisneros
25-The Road-Cormac McCarthy
26-Fried Green Tomatoes-Fannie Flagg
27-Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
28-Mother Road-Dorothy Garlock
29-The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-Stieg Larrson
30- Holes-Louis Sachar
31-The Last Lecture-Randy Pausch
32-Grand Delusion-Matt Witten
33- One For The Money- Janet Evanovich
34- Run For Your Life-James Patterson
The date: November 20, 2011 The time: 4:35pm
NaNoWriMo 2011 is a writing frenzy where writers attempt to write 50k words in one month. This has been my first year trying and it has been phenomenal. I don’t recall ever being this sleep deprived in my life. While my novel that I wrote for November is about 75 percent done in theory as of today I have the word count of 50,263. The last 2500 words did not come to me easily. I struggled. Of course life being the way it is the minute I realized I had cross the magical barrier two ideas popped into my head that I could add to my book. Why did you decide to show up NOW was what I thought. The word count has been validated but I still plan on writing until the end of November. But no longer do I have to get up at 5 am so I can write on this book.
But getting the word count is not the only way I have won. This has made me write every day since I started the frenzy. It got me focused on a story that I been meaning to put down on paper for well over a year now. Also I have met some amazing people along the way who have been funny, supportive and just down right awesome. People who I will remain friends long after this adventure ends on Nov 30th. It has been an incredible ride and I have taken away from it so much more then what the website could ever promise me. I am not sure if I will do this next year for my life has been on hold for a few weeks now but I would not change it for a thing. This has given me the confidence that I can do this and that writing is not a passing fad that will disappear in a puff of smoke. To all the people who have helped me I thank you. Also I am here to encourage you, have your back and pick you up as you work toward your own personal goal this November. Good luck everyone.
Sharon C. Williams-Author 