A few months ago Barbara Vey (of Publisher Weekly blog fame) told me about Google Alerts. I immediately signed up. Talk about a handy device. Now anytime someone writes something about me and/or my books on the Internet, I get an email providing me with the link. It's especially helpful at a time like this when I'm awaiting reviews on a new book. This week alone I got an alert about a review for The Fall of Rome and an alert for an interview I did awhile back with Ambrose Musiyiwa. I can be alerted of new postings on research topics, too. Oh, and I suppose if i wanted to be alerted instantly anytime anything was written about George Clooney.... Heh.
Thank you, Barbara!
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WRITING: Lots of research and freewriting over the last few days that resulted in the story idea for a proposal I need to turn in. Blurb written. Synopsis partially written.
RECREATION: Zip
EXERCISE: 30 minute power walk one day. Zip for two other days. Need to get back to a daily routine. I seem less motivated when I'm obsessing on a story. I'd rather write than exercise!
DIET: The weekend with my in-laws and that family picnic hurt a little, but even so this week I managed to lose another pound! That's 8 pounds lost total in three weeks. Progress!
MOOD: Good, but tired.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde
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Good and evil?
"I'd rather write than exercise!"
Same here. Writing vs. exercise. It's on ongoing battle between good and evil...not sure which is which. No, wait. They're both good. Okay, the battle of good and and less-good. H'm. That's not right either, is it? At any rate, I totally sympathize. I'd much rather sit with my computer friend than work up a sticky sweat. But then when I'm tempted not to budge, I envision myself in future promotionals pics, which is sure to get my lead butt up out of the chair!
Going ga-ga for google, huh? Info at the fingertips. Sounds like you're having fun with your newly discovered tech toy!
Kudos on your eight pounds!
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
- Mark Twain
Amanda....
Picturing one's self in an upcoming publicity photo is definitely motivation for keeping on on track weight wise. Although they can do some amazing things with Photo Shop these days.
Thanks for the WW cheer. I'm hoping for another pound or two (off) this week. Hope you're recovering from your vacation!
www.bethciotta.com
"...enchanting, madcap romance..." Publisher Weekly
"...wry humor; sexy, multifaceted characters..." Booklist