What's Up Wednesday

What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Erin L Funk and Jaime Morrow, and the idea is to let other bloggers know where you are with any writing and reading goals you may have.



1. What I'm Reading

Since my last WUW post (back at the beginning of March, whoops!) I've read four books: Trouble by Non Pratt, All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton and We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. 

The first two I loved, the third was OK but I really didn't like We Were Liars. I'd heard wonderful things about it, but I didn't like the way it was written and I just didn't enjoy the story. I had to force myself to keep reading to get to the end. 

I'm now reading More Than This, by Patrick Ness. I'm enjoying it so far; it's unlike anything I've read before.

2. What I'm Writing (+ Writing Goal)

I've had something of a writing block lately, but yesterday I managed to sit down and write three of my flash fiction's for the A to Z challenge, which I'm pretty happy about. I have this weekend off, so I'm planning on sitting down and churning out as many words as possible.

3. What Works for Me

Remembering that simple ideas are sometimes better than elaborate ones.

4. What Else I've Been Up To

I went to see Insurgent at the cinema yesterday, and I really enjoyed it. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing it, but I think that's just because it's been so long since I read the book; I need to re-read the whole series. Plus I saw a trailer for the new Avengers movie, and I can't wait to see that! 

Comments

  1. ELAdams25 March 2015 at 21:57

    I loved MORE THAN THIS! Patrick Ness's writing style is really unique.

    Best of luck with the A-Z posts! I can't wait to see the next Avengers film, either.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Alex J. Cavanaugh26 March 2015 at 11:01

    Hope you can write quite a few pieces this weekend. Six days and counting to the Challenge...

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WEP August - Change of Heart

Image
So I actually wrote this piece for April's WEP, but I was ill so didn't get to post it in the end. I'm quite glad, as it suits this month's theme so much more. Change of Heart ‘Are you ready for this?’ Paul asked. Brian nodded, trying to steady his shaking hands. ‘You’re the only one who can defeat him,’ Molly said. ‘We believe in you.’ She stepped back to join Paul. Brian balled his fists as he looked at the huge stone doors before him. He took a deep breath and pushed them open. Before the doors closed, Brian glimpsed Paul and Molly turn and begin to walk away. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the darkness inside. With a whispered word he created light in the palm of his hand, raising it so it would light up the room. It was empty apart from another doorway, much smaller than the first, hidden away in the corner. Brian marched through it and found himself in a large chamber, lit by many flickering candles mounted along the walls. Someone stoo...
Read more

IWSG

Image
The Insecure Writer's Support Group was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh as a place where writers can talk about their insecurities once a month, and receive encouragement and support from other writers. It's such an amazing group, it even has its own website now, which you can visit here . This week I'm a co-host! Be sure to go to Alex's page and visit the other people who are co-hosting.  I had such great plans for my writing this month, but not one of them came through. There were three short stories I wanted to get written, and I also wanted to get back to my NaNo edits, but none of that happened. I still have a little time for one of the short stories, though; it's for Kyra Lennon's cat anthology , and it's due Friday! Not much time to do it, but I made a commitment and I will follow through with it!  Even though I haven't got much writing done in the last month (or the couple before that!) I'm not going to let it get me down. I...
Read more

A is for Arachne and Arlee!

Before I get to my Greek Mythology part of this post, at the request of Alex J. Cavanaugh  (great idea by the way, Alex!), I'd first like to thank Arlee Bird for coming up with the challenge in the first place. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be taking part in this amazing experience every year. Thanks, Arlee! This is one of my favourite tales from Greek mythology, so naturally I chose it for my first letter. Arachne was the daughter of a shepherd, and was famous for the beautiful tapestries she weaved. Nymphs would travel from all over to see her work, and to watch her weave. One day, a nymph asked her if her talent was a gift from the goddess Athena. Arachne protested, saying her skill was all her own, and that her weaving was better than Athena's. Athena heard of this, and challenged the girl to a weaving contest. Both sat at their looms and began to weave, nymphs gathering round to watch. Athena weaved a tapestry based on the glories of the gods, showing the...
Read more