• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
Women's Fiction Writers Banner
  • Home
  • About Amy Sue Nathan
  • About WFW
  • Amy’s Books
    • The Glass Wives
    • The Good Neighbor
    • Left To Chance
  • Amy the Writing Coach & Editor
You are here: Home / #31DaysofInspiration / Day 6 #31DaysofInspiration

Day 6 #31DaysofInspiration

August 6, 2018 10 Comments

This weekend I RELAXED. I napped, I read, I hung out with my BFF and her family at the New Jersey shore. I didn’t take a lot of pictures (just a few, below) And you know what this weekend off did for me? It made me super excited to come back to my story. I missed it.

Time away is inspiration of its own.

I’m reading an advance copy of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor, one of my favorite historical novelists. Accidentally I was reading about the sea while sitting by the sea, for a multi-sensory experience.

What inspires me about Hazel’s writing in this story is the intricately woven stories and timelines. Once I found my reading rhythm, it was seamless.

I feel challenged in addition to inspired when I read a good book. It challenges me — not to write like the other author — but to accomplish the same things. Make sense?

What inspired your writing today? (or over the weekend?)

Amy xo

                            Reading with a view. You’d be inspired too!! 

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Filed Under: #31DaysofInspiration, #backtoblogging, #InspiringAugust

Previous Post: « Day 5 #31DaysofInspiration
Next Post: Day 7 #31DaysofInspiration »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Micki Morency says

    August 6, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    After I told the phlebotomist who was sucking my blood today as if it was bloodletting era that I was a writer, I went home and wrote almost 2000 words in my WIP. I should have blood drawn every day.

    Reply
    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      August 7, 2018 at 7:51 am

      I had blood drawn yesterday. I did not have that effect!

      Reply
  2. elizabethcrocket says

    August 7, 2018 at 6:27 am

    Welcome back!
    I felt inspired after a friend e-mailed me with kind comments about my writing…made me want to write, as well as do that for someone else.

    Reply
    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      August 7, 2018 at 7:53 am

      What a good reminder. When I am offering feedback, whether to a client or a friend, I try hard to remember the value of sincere praise. Even if there are lots of issues, there’s always some nugget of fabulous.

      Reply
  3. Martha Megill says

    August 7, 2018 at 6:31 am

    Heading today to the Jersey Shore for a day with family! Lots of family means lots of potential grist for my writing mill 🙂

    Reply
    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      August 7, 2018 at 7:54 am

      Oh yes! I was in Ocean City but grew up going to Margate and LBI. Enjoy (and take notes)!

      Reply
  4. Kathy Nickerson says

    August 7, 2018 at 7:40 am

    A kind comment from a reader inspired me. My view is mostly soybean fields right now.

    Reply
    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      August 7, 2018 at 7:55 am

      How lovely, and yes, inspiring! I don’t know what soybean fields look like but I bet it’s lovely. My view is four walls.

      Reply
  5. Rebecca Hodge (@rhodgefiction) says

    August 7, 2018 at 11:43 am

    Got wonderful feedback on a pesky first chapter. Revision lies ahead, but I’m excited to dig in!

    Reply
    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      August 8, 2018 at 8:18 am

      Congrats! Happy digging!

      Reply

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Get Updates by Email

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Award-winning 2015-2018

Search for a post

Posts by Topic

Secondary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

My Novels





Copyright © 2021 · Women's Fiction Writers Blog

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.