_The In-Between_ by Jeff Goins

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_The In-Between_ by Jeff Goins

My third book by Jeff Goins was a bit less memorable and less useful to me than the others had been. Perhaps it was more about my frame of mind than anything else. Maybe, just maybe, this is the actual point of his book.

Goins talks about how we should enjoy and embrace the waiting period between ‘action’ in our lives as there are lessons to be learned even in these periods of our lives.

It is a good message for writers. It is a good message for people in our current state of humanity. There is so much talk about the tech-generation or how young people are so bombarded with information, which is why I believe trending is happening with yoga, meditation and calmer activities to balance out the frenzy that is going on in other parts of our lives. For writers, the calm is what is needed to make the creativity flow.

So, although the book didn’t motivate me as much as I might have liked given the other ones, I guess I cannot say that it did not have some kind of impact. Perhaps this book is just what I needed in-between making decisions about changes in my life!

๐Ÿ˜€ ~T

_Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Life_

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Aug 152012
 

_Wrecked: ย When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Life_ by Jeff Goins

I cannot seem to pass up 99cent books. Plus, following Jeff Goins on Twitter and Facebook makes it harder to ignore opportunities to read books on sale. It’s a great marketing scheme for him and a bonus for readers like me. ๐Ÿ˜‰

A short two-day read, this is an inspirational, motivational Christian-based book that encourages us to step beyond ourselves to do something significant with our lives within our own context and abilities. At first, I wasn’t really buying into the theme of the book because so many stories are told about changing your life and trying to do something to help others, but offer no real action plan. So, they end up being nice theoretical in an ideal world kind of books. However, as I pressed on in this one, I found that Goins tries to offer tangible ways for someone to make a difference within their own context, at least a little bit.

It did make me think more about what I am doing with my life and where I am going. It is something that I have been thinking about quite a bit lately, actually. I question if I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. I wonder if I am living where I should be living. I think about whether or not I am with the person whom I should be with. However, I also realize that sometimes all this thinking is not necessarily all that healthy either….

Anyway, I enjoyed the quick read and a nice follow-up to the heavier sci-fi that I read before. Now, on to the next on the list. ๐Ÿ˜€

-T

_You Are A Writer: So Start Acting Like One_ by Jeff Goins

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Jun 282012
 

_You Are A Writer: ย So Start Acting Like One_ by Jeff Goins

A friend of mine on Facebook posted a link to this book and the writer in me decided I should read it! Lucky for me, it also happened to be free on Kindle and after about two short hours of reading, I completed it feeling inspired.

One of the first and most important steps that Goins impresses upon the reading is to say “I am a writer” and then to ensure that one writes every day until it becomes a habit that happens without thought or effort. He explains how fear is such a great factor in a writer’s decision to ‘dream’ of writing rather than actually writing. Goins goes on to further explain ways to get yourself out there as a writer and then to eventually get published. It makes the possibility of being a successful writer who contributes something to the artistic, literary and greater worlds a reality rather than a pipe dream.

The truth is that I’ve always been a ‘dreamer’ and less of a writer. I go through phases where I really focus on my writing and take the proper steps to move forward toward the ‘dream’, but then I am easily distracted or demotivated, so that it remains just a ‘dream’. However, I hate it when people complain or wish for things that are fully within their means to do something about. I recall my friend telling me sometime last year that being a writer is something that I can do and so I should just do it. That motivation lasted a bit of time, but again I got distracted and it was pushed to the sidelines. Now that it is holiday time again and I force myself to take a step back from all other distractions, I find my heart winding its way back to writing.

So, I have joined a new travel blog and agreed to start contributing to the site with my travel stories. Also, I have entered the Twitter world of writers under my pseudonym and will try to start making a presence in the world of writers in hopes of making this attainable dream come true!

๐Ÿ˜€ -T

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