Resolve 2013 : Creating a Literary Life
Welcome Jenna
Bayley-Burke, author of Drive Me Crazy. What are your thoughts on my New Year’s resolution to Create a
Literary Life?
It sounds wonderful…can I be in it?
I’m still mired in the small-children-rule-my-world life,
and will be for another decade and a half. I have grand dreams of a literary
life. Attending readings, signings, book clubs, conventions. I’ll wear long
cardigans and flowing skirts and sip tea all day long. I’ll write in quaint,
local cafes where I’ll be known by the staff and regulars and ‘the writer’.
I’ll read as much as an agent, a story a day at least, three
on a good day. And I’ll know the authors, drop them quirky notes about how I
loved their latest and recognized parts of the trip they took to Spain a few
years back. I’ll read on a hammock, or a fainting couch. Preferably with
bonbons.
*tires squealing*
What the heck are bonbons anyway? I mean,
really. When I am ready I don’t want anything that could dirty my fingers and
get on the pages of the book or mar my e-reader case. This is why true readers
covet m&m’s. And while I can hear the folksy guitar scoring that life, I’ve
always been more of an uptempo, dance mix kind of girl.
My literary life takes place online. Mostly on Twitter (the
break room) or Facebook (the reception area). A few times a year I’m on the
ball enough to arrange the kids’ and husband’s schedules so they can do without
me for a bit. Conferences and brainstorming sessions leave me energized to
write and create, but unfortunately I come home to the chaos created by my
absence and… I don’t feel at all literary as I decode what transpired by
laundry stains and what’s missing from the pantry.
Alas, I’m not sure
I’m much help on this one, Linda. So sorry. Ask me in again in a decade and a
half.
Keep the party rolling!
Maggie Jaimeson - Take a Vacation
Jessa Slade - Get Organized
Paty Jager - Volunteerism
Linda Mercury - Creating a Literary (or Creative) Life
Jenna Bayley-Burke - Eat Healthier
Cassiel Knight - No More Procrastination
Cathryn Cade - Take Time for those OTHER Creative Passions
Su Lute - Reduce Stress: Find and Follow Your Bliss
Jamie Brazil - Shrink My Closet
