There’s quite a wonderful thing going on in the Instagram world this month! It’s one of those daily photo challenges, but this one — hashtagged #AuthorLifeMonth — is geared specifically to writers, as a way of showing off a little of who they are and what they do. And of course I’m participating! I’ll feature my photos for that tag here, throughout the month.
Day 1: Your Books. Here are mine, on my own shelf! How cool is that.
![Day 1, #AuthorLifeMonth: My books! If all goes according to plan, there will be four this time next year!](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1478/24663271681_e8df32c165.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Day 2: Author Pic. I’ve used a different author pic on each book thus far; this is the one I used on the back of The Wisdomfold Path.
![Day 2: My author photo. #AuthorLifeMonth (This is my second author photo, used most recently on THE WISDOMFOLD PATH. Thus far I've chickened out on using a pie-in-the-face photo as an author pic!)](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1665/24744755536_27906356f9.jpg?resize=437%2C500&ssl=1)
Day 3: Your Last Five-Star Read. This one was a little trouble, because I don’t give five stars very often at all. (I’m talking Goodreads ratings here.) For me, five stars is for those few, rare books that are life-changers; books that would be on the list for books I hope I have with me when my ship crashes on that lonely island. I only have a few five-star entries on my Goodreads roster, and of those, none are ones that I’ve read recently. So I went with my most recent addition of a five-star book:
![Day 3 of #AuthorLifeMonth: Last 5-star read. I reserve 5 stars for those books that become part of me. I read this many years ago, but I return to it often. Richard Halliburton was an adventurer and writer from the first decades of the 20th century, and h](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1667/24502291490_fc008ac098.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
That is a wonderful book! It’s perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon of reading.
Day Four: Your WIP. Heh! I have two WIPs right now, one that I’m editing (Forgotten Stars III), and one I’m drafting (Lighthouse Boy). One’s a physical copy, and the other exists as a Scrivener project.
![Day 4 of #AuthorLifeMonth: My WIPs. Top is the manuscript to FORGOTTEN STARS III, which I'm editing. Bottom is the Scrivener corkboard view of THE ADVENTURES OF LIGHTHOUSE BOY (not the actual title), which I am still drafting (and likely will be for years](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1449/24789162126_5d13f9f93f.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
More of these to come throughout the month!
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