Authors Are Letting Everyone In for
#AuthorLifeMonth
By Brad R. Cook
There
is a fun daily photo challenge making its way around the internet this month, authors are
letting everyone into their secret world. Okay, I’m not sure how secret some of
it is, but we are pulling back the covers to show what goes on in our lives.
It’s
called #authorlifemonth and authors from all over the world are sharing a
different photo everyday letting the world into such gems as, Where I Write, My
Favorite Cover, Favorite Book in My Genre, Current WIP, and so much more.
YA and
NA author Dahlia Adler created the hash tag, which asks authors to post a photo
every day in the month of February according to a preset list of challenges.
You can read all about why she created it and more about #authorlifemonth on
her blog – dailydahlia.wordpress.com
I
missed the first couple of days because I was sick and not doing any social
media at the time, but I loved the idea and the daily challenges. So every day
I have been posting my photos. It’s
also been fun to search the hash tag and see what my fellow authors are doing
each day. Yesterday was Where I Write, and it is great to see the desks,
chairs, and couches where everyone works their magic. For me, I’ve never been
one who is able to write at a desk so I posted a pic of my couch where my cat
(pictured, kind of) and I write all my books.
The
main contest is on Instagram, but like all good hash tags it has permeated to
all the platforms. So if you’re not on Instagram, no worries, join the fun and
post your daily challenge… just remember to tag each photo with
#authorlifemonth so we can all enjoy.
Today
is: Where I Relax… I hope to see your photos
Dahlia
admits she missed that this year February has 29 days, she only created 28
challenges, so feel free to do whatever you wish on the leap day.
#authorlifemonth
has been fun, and a great way to peer behind the covers and see the secret life
of authors. It’s almost the kind of thing that Ken Burns would narrate, or you
might find on NOVA. We writers tend to be a solitary lot, but if I’ve learned
anything this month it’s that we are more alike than you’d expect.
Authors
show us your life…
Brad R.
Cook, author of the YA steampunk series, The
Iron Chronicles. Iron Horsemen - http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Horsemen-The-Chronicles/dp/0989207951 and Iron Zulu - http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Zulu-Book-Two-Chronicles/dp/0989207978. A member of SCBWI, he currently serves as
Historian of St. Louis Writers Guild after three and half years as its
President. Learn more at www.bradrcook.com, on
Twitter @bradrcook https://twitter.com/bradrcook,
or
on his blog Thoughts from Midnight on tumblr http://bradrcook.tumblr.com/
Thanks for sharing about it! I have to admit, in retrospect, I'm glad I missed day 29 because it means maybe I can do this again next year; turnout's been so lovely!
ReplyDeleteGood point! Please do have it next year, I've had a blast. Thanks for coming up with a great idea and sharing it with all of us.
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