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Live your best life

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Live your best life. Create something today.

I have been writing a lot lately, both poetry and fiction.  I am finally starting to see the purpose of my journey.

I love helping others.  It makes me feel great to help someone. After sharing my poetry with others, I realized I can write to help others.

This is a great feeling.

So I say to you, go do that thing you want to do. Create. Write. Paint. Go run, act, or sing. Lift weights, or cook that awesome meal. Live your best life today. Don’t wait. Start today.

#Savannah #Georgia #amwriting #author #writer #readers #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #poet #poetrycommunity #wordbeatpoetry #poem #poetsofinstagram #poet #create #creator #love

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What the Night taught me

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Book signing and pre-order sale!

I am having a book signing at Savannah’s local bookstore E Shaver Booksellers on Friday, August 16th from 1 pm until 3 pm for my “What the Night taught me.”

To celebrate, I have dropped the e-book pre-order price to $0.99 for this weekend only. The book will be $9.99 when it is live on August 9th!

More news to come!

Author Monica Lee Floyd on air today

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Join host Adam Messer today at 4 PM EST on 107.5 FM Savannah WRUU and livestreaming http://www.wruu.org .

Monica Lee Floyd is an award winning artist, alternative model, and author living in Savannah, Georgia. Originally from New York, but living in Florida for some time, her artwork has won awards in the Strawbridge Art Competition, Space Coast Art Festival, and been displayed in the Brevard Museum of Art and Science. “Savannah Gothic” is Floyd’s first book of gothic poetry, and her second book is completed and awaiting publication. She is currently writing her first fiction novel. She has three brilliant children who she adores, and a cat named Hera.
FB Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/authormonicaleefloyd

Instagram Link: http://www.instagram.com/savannah_gothic

Twitter Link: http://www.twitter.com/back_off_M

Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27296767

Amazon Book Link: Savannah Gothic: Poetry Anthology https://www.amazon.com/dp/1986852768/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UcedDb0APZX0S

https://www.authormonicaleefloyd.com/

Listen to best selling author Jessica Brody live on air!

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Jessica Brody joins host Adam Messer live tomorrow on Muses, Memoirs and More on local radio station WRUU 107.5 FM. Topics include her new projects and Save The Cat Writes a Novel!

Jessica Brody is the author of more than 17 novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, Better You Than Me, the three books in the sci-fi Unremembered trilogy, and the newly released Sky Without Stars (a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, co-written with Joanne Rendell). She’s also the author of the Descendants: School of Secrets series, based on the hit Disney Channel original movie, Descendants and the LEGO Disney Princess chapter books. Jessica’s first non-fiction book, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (a plotting guide for novelists) released in October 2018. Jessica’s books have been translated and published in over 23 countries and two are currently in development as major motion pictures. She lives with her husband and three dogs near Portland, OR

Visit her online at JessicaBrody.com. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram @JessicaBrody

What: Jessica Brody on Muses, Memoirs and More

When: Sunday June 9, 2019 at 4 pm – 5 pm EST

Where: 107.5 FM WRUU Savannah and http://www.wruu.org live streaming

The podcast will be available after on http://www.anchor.fm/adammesser

Adriana Iris Boatwright joins me today!

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Joining me today is @adrianairis !

Adriana Iris Boatwright is an award winning photographer and writer based in Savannah, GA. She’s originally from the island of Puerto Rico which gives her a unique perspective on the state of the arts and politics on the mainland.

Tune in at 4 PM EST on 107.5 FM #wruu1075 #Savannah #Georgia

#podcast will be up tonight. You can listen to the podcast on http://www.anchor.fm/adammesser later on.

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#artist #author #writer #readers #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #journalism #savannahmorningnews

@Savannahmorningnews @wruu1075

Today we smile.

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Today we smile.

Life is a long day followed by an early rise.
A friend turned foe with utter despise.
A dark cloud making ominous skies.

Life comes with ups and downs.
Smiles from everyone,
And frowns all around.

Life is a wink and a nod,
With lots of good cheer,
A glare and a snarl,
A snicker and sneer.

Life is good,
And then it is bad.
Happy sometimes,
And sometimes sad.

Life is a fairy tail,
And also it’s not.
Just depends on how you write the plot.

On dark days,
When things are dreary,
Re-write your story
To be happy and cheery.

You may want to laugh,
And sometimes to cry,
But sunshine always helps tears to dry.

Wake each day,
And put last night to rest.
Put a smile on your face,
And give Today your best.

2019 copyright Adam Messer

Stephen King’s On Writing audiobook takeaways

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I’ve been listening to Stephen King’s On Writing and finished it this morning. Great book and I loved the audiobook.

My takeaways:

  • Write daily.
  • Let my story development flow as I write.
  • Start with a what if situation and move to a story about the people.
  • Write what is true and believable.
  • Use the first word that comes to mind.
  • “He said or she said” is divine.
  • Write to your ideal reader.
  • Write with the door closed, edit with the door open.
  • Writing is not life, life’s interruptions are more important.
  • Be professional and study your craft.
  • Kill your darlings.