{"id":1604,"date":"2016-02-28T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T17:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2016-02-28T12:21:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T17:21:25","slug":"writing-on-grooves-and-getting-into-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"(writing) On grooves and getting into them."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s Sunday, which has become a writing\/editing day for me. There is a wonderful bookstore\/cafe in my hometown called Gibson’s Bookstore<\/a>, that has become one of my favorite places around. I even saw John Scalzi<\/a>\u00a0speak here! (It was cool. I was sick, so I stayed away from him, but it was VERY cool. Yes, I’m a bit of a fan girl.)<\/p>\n

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Anyways, they have a great cafe and they LIKE WRITERS! So every Sunday, a group of us have been meeting to drink amazing tea and coffee, and write. Or edit. Or graphic design. Or sewing. We’re an eclectic group, and we love our coffee\/tea.<\/p>\n

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Today, it wasn’t even really a thought. It was Sunday. It was time to go to Gibson’s. And now, as I’m sitting here, I’m realizing that this has become a tradition, and how much this has helped me get back into the writing mindset. Writers are very much creatures of habit (I suspect most humans are, but I can only speak for writers), and the more that writing becomes a habit, the more I do it. See this blog, for example. This is my third blog post this week. After what, a month? And I’m seeing this in other ways too.<\/p>\n

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I’m still working on\u00a0Winter Secrets<\/em>, but Sapph has been stirring in my brain, offering up snippets that I’m going to be using in the first draft of her next book. She’s got a new playlist too – we’re both hooked on Billy Joel, who I think will be the soundtrack to her book. Because, well, Billy Joel is awesome. (And if you disagree, I don’t care. I saw him twice in concert, and he’s amazing.) I don’t sing well, and I don’t play an instrument, but I do find that I write better when I have a playlist. As if the music teases out the words. So I have been listening to Billy Joel on almost constant playback, and it’s helping me get in that writing mindframe as well.<\/p>\n

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And I’m reading. My last book was\u00a0Red Hot Steele,<\/em> by Alex Berg (thank you, Dad, for suggesting it! It was awesome) and there might be a review in my future. Maybe. I’m trying to get back into my reading again, because reading and writing are so intertwined.<\/p>\n

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So yes, writing is happening. So is editing. I might even be getting ready for the leap to Patreon. And I’ll be at Gibson’s every Sunday (except when I’m traveling), if you want to join me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Sunday, which has become a writing\/editing day for me. There is a wonderful bookstore\/cafe in my hometown called Gibson’s Bookstore, that has become one of my favorite places around. I even saw John Scalzi\u00a0speak here! (It was cool. I was sick, so I stayed away from him, but it was VERY cool. Yes, I’m …<\/p>\n

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