A New BBook Series (for me)

Due to the raining wet day today I was able to finish a book I have been trying to get through for about a month.
"Dragonmaster" by Chris Bunch really hit the spot.
I was attracted to this book in the store due to the cover art, title and then a simple quote on the back cover from the Library Journal which read "Fans of military fantasy and dragon lore should enjoy this." and I did.
I look forward to the other twp books in the series as well as trying some of his other series.
Dare I say I am excited to read again after the end of Terry Brooks last book?

Good Reads dot com

Laurie Jo hooked me up with a new website. Goodreads.com.
I love it. It is a place where you can share the books you have read, are reading or planning to read.
It is fun to see what others think of books as well as how many people read what you like.

Thanks Jo for telling me about it.

2 Movies that worked for me

I just got done watching 2 movies I picked up at Redbox yesterday.
2012 and Up in the air.
I really enjoyed both. Totaly different types of movies but i was glad I spent the time watching them as I worked on spreadsheets and sort of paid attention to a long boring conference call with 40 other people.

2012 made me think of what if I was thrown in that situation...now I do not have the skills and unbelievable luck the characters had but I do have a family I am close to and would hope some of us would survive.
As for Up in the air...well I have done my share of traveling and thought that it showed life on the road very well. I remember when I first had to travel for business and I thought I was pretty cool. That did not last long.
One trip, after I had been upgraded to 1st class due to being a Platinum member (fly Delta!), I sat next to a guy that said. "Being upgraded so easy is nice, but it sure sucks having had to get to this spot"
He was right, the miles and hours and days I had spent away from Nat were not worth the nice seat, all the diet coke I could drink, the hot meal, all the snacks I wanted, free headphones, free movie in seat back etc. (Now the warm wet towel they give you right after takeoff is pretty nice, but still not worth it)

The writing in Up in the air hit home and in 2012 it made me think. What else do we want as writers but that...

Sometimes the Magic works

Just finished reading Terry Brooks book on writing called "Sometimes the magic works" This is actually the 2nd time I have read this book. I enjoyed it very much (again).
I have still been getting up at 6am every morning, not always doing my personal study or working on writing but still getting up and not giving up.
I have created a reference book that includes pictures of characters and places I have rolling around in my head. They will not all be in the first book or story but they will get their turn. (I promise)

Power of suggestion

At the start of the year I thought about goals and things i need to change. I decided that I need to find more time for personal study and make time to write. Over the next couple of days I thought about it and looked close at my time. I thought that if I wanted to have alone time it needed to be in the mornings. Once I get home from work Boo seems to all my attention until bed time and then I am tired and go to bed myself.
I thought "Well, if I really want to do this I need to start getting up at 6am and have an hour."
The next morning I woke up at 6 without even trying. Every morning since then I have been waking up right around 6am. Now I haven't followed through on my study time or writing, I usually wonder why the heck am I awake and go out and watch TV or go back to sleep.
I have decided that I must really want to do this since I am waking up on my own and not really planning it.
So tomorrow, I will start to do the study and writing. (I really will...no really! I ope so at least)

Other Worlds

Just finished reading "Master Harper of Pern".
What a great feeling in catching up with old friends.
The World of Pern has not completely died as it's author gets older...In fact her son has co-written several new books. They are not as great as her older ones but still the magic of the world continues...