{"id":89,"date":"2017-09-18T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:45:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:45:26","slug":"monday-miscellany-aka-i-dont-have-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Monday Miscellany, a.k.a I Don’t Have a New Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess it’s time I admitted it to you all–there are times when I’m not actually reading YA books. Surprise! Over the past few weeks I read a couple of grown-up books instead: The Underground Railroad<\/i> by Colson Whitehead (which won last year’s National Book Award) and No Time Like the Present<\/i> by Jack Kornfield, which was helpful for anxiety and stress and the like. I highly recommend it if you have any interest in mindfulness as a therapeutic practice. I wouldn’t say I’m any GOOD at mindfulness, at meditation, or at stress relief as a general rule, but I think I’m better off having read the book. And, as a special bonus, both of these books were available in my library’s ebook app!<\/p>\n

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I did run across a couple of items of interest, though, which I thought I would share. First, the program for this year’s Kidlitosphere Conference<\/a> in Hershey, PA has been finalized, with a ton of fantastic authors and presenters including keynote Rachel Renee Russell, author of Dork Diaries, Jordan Sonnenblick, Tracey Baptiste, Laura Atkins, and many many more. <\/p>\n

Second, in the process of desperately googling ways to make my novel notes more coherent, I found a really cool resource for writers who use Evernote (I don’t, but after this I’m thinking about it!). In honor of last year’s NaNoWriMo, the Evernote blog did a post about several writer-oriented templates<\/a>, from character worksheets to plotting outlines. They look really fun to play around with for those who a) use Evernote and b) like to fiddle with their notes and stuff.<\/p>\n

As per usual for me these days, I don’t think NaNoWriMo is in my future this year, due to work-related circumstances, but I am starting a new project…which is also good news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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