Hey all. I procrastinated ALL WEEKEND when I have a huge deadline this week. And now that I’m sitting down to work and realizing that at last count my new novel The Storytellers..the one I should have been editing all weekend has…wait for it…50 CHARACTERS! Egads!
50 is my new favorite number. It’s going to be my muse not only for this week but for the entire month of May.
I’m turning 50 soon–very, very soon. And I’m going to throw a little book birthday bash here. I can’t wait 🙂  Some awesome authors have joined in to celebrate with me which is so much fun. They’ll be some fun surprises and a great giveaway with lots of fabulous free ebooks. More on that later….
But, back to this Monday’s muse. In the face of the number 50 the  muse made me procrastinate. I SHOULD have been home swimming through my edits. Trying to stay afloat. But I didn’t, I did everything but. That’s SO 49 of me! I’ve done the opposite of everything that I probably should have done this year. And it’s been wonderful. So I went with my gut and did everything I wasn’t supposed to this weekend. Here’s three things my muse picked up on while I procrastinated.
1 & 2: I saw two amazing movies that I never heard of, and I’m kind of a movie freak, so this is rare. One was Winter’s Bones….egads! If you like it scary and horrifying and love Jennifer Lawrence this is for you. The other is The King of California…if you like it cooky and weird and love stories about outrageous quests and impossible relationships, this one is for you.
3: I love church for lots of reasons but one of them is because it’s so old fashioned hearing stories told aloud. This week’s story was about a man who couldn’t walk and had waited to be healed at a healing pool for 38 years. For 38 years every time the time was right for a miracle to occur he never was the first one to the healing pool. He always missed his chance. He was really caught up in the how of healing. Not in the who. This made my muse thankful and determined.
What’s inspired you this week? Â What’s your muse up to?
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WOW Laura, you’re going to be 50!! Cool!! You know 50 is the new 30, right? I hope you’re excited for such an awesome birthday. I would be 🙂
I haven’t seen either of those movies, but if you loved them, I bet they’re great. My muse hit me in the middle of the night last night. I woke up at 2.30 and couldn’t get back to sleep and then suddenly… BOOM… a brilliant idea for a book. I had to get up and start making notes! YAY… I love it when that happens!!
xx
Hee-hee yes I’ve heard that! ((hugs)) Really excited to celebrate with my family. I love early morning muses! They are so wild and unpredictable. Excited to hear you’re working on another great story! Can’t wait to hear more about it. It’s so fun to get that kind of inspiration…