I thought the color of these were so pretty! And they were a sweet treat too!
Look for the beautiful ~ stay inspired!
Look For The Beautiful
Monthly Archives: November 2022
A Magical Tale To Gift This Season!
Wonderful Readers ~ Please consider a magical tale to gift this season! Reading is such an adventure and so incredible for the imagination! Please also consider supporting indie authors, independent bookstores, small creators and small businesses, who strive to bring the world unique goods and special experiences!
For a list of my independently published works, please visit: https://www.amazon.com/author/mnovak
I won a Goodreads giveaway!
I won a Goodreads giveaway! A Most Intriguing Lady by Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York! I can’t wait to read it – what a treat!
Please consider a magical tale!
Wonderful Readers ~ Please consider a magical tale to gift this season! Reading is such an adventure and so incredible for the imagination! Please also consider supporting indie authors, independent bookstores, small creators and small businesses, who strive to bring the world unique goods and special experiences!
For a list of my independently published works, please visit: https://www.amazon.com/author/mnovak
Here we go!
What I wrote: “And then she knew, it would be up to her to save the kingdom.”
What I was thinking: “Michelle. You drink four cups of coffee in the morning just to make it to lunch. But you expect your character to save an entire kingdom. I bet you’re going to give her a sword, aren’t you? Could YOU wield a sword? One who is wary of toenail clippers. Just so you know, you have to write this thing. So actually YOU have to save this kingdom. Did you think about how you’re going to do that before you decided to put the weight of the world on this character’s shoulders?! Better sharpen your pencils! Here we go!”
Glitter
What I write: “And then the fairy twirled about, dusting them all with magical glitter to make their wishes come true…”
What I think: “Wait. Michelle. Remember that time glitter got in your eye from that makeup you were wearing when you were eating at that fancy restaurant. And it ruined dinner because it scratched your eyeball. Like, really bad. And the server tried to lend you their eye drops but you were too scared to use them when you scurried off to the bathroom because you’ve always had a strange terror of eye drops. And then how you looked like a wreck instead of a glittering beauty because the tears wouldn’t stop gushing from that eye to try and expel it. And how the other tables probably thought you were having a breakdown. But you weren’t. It was just one-single-evil-fleck of sparkle. So…are we sure about the glitter?”
Sincerely Thankful
I am sincerely thankful for each of you! Readers, fellow authors, fellow small business owners, my family and friends. Thank you for bringing my life joy and inspiration, every day. Wishing your day filled with peace, contentment, and love. ~
~ All my best, Michelle ~
Every fairy godwriter knows this.
Okay – I’ll let you in on a secret. If you want to see vibrant stories in your imagination, you have to wear colorful eyeglasses. And then to capture those bright words, you must use a rainbow of ink. It’s the only way to write a fairy tale. Every fairy godwriter knows this.
I won a book giveaway!
I checked my email this morning and saw that I had won one of the book giveaways on Goodreads! I post giveaways for my own tales, but I never expected to win a book myself! I’ll share the title when it arrives in the mail! How fun!
To join me on Goodreads – and to see when I post a giveaway – please visit here.
A Growing Indie Author
~ Dear Readers ~
If you have read and enjoyed one of my tales, please consider showing your support with a review on Amazon and Goodreads. Reviews mean so much! Especially to a growing indie author, like me. My very sincerest, and thank you for reading!
Amazon Author Page
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Author Website: InspiredByVenice.org
Venice’s Cover Artist: https://selfpubbookcovers.com/Daniela
Beautiful
I heard geese migrating overhead, opened my window to the cold and listened to their cries so high up in the sky. All just talking, one to the other. I thought it was so beautiful.
I saw a tiny weed sticking up in an alley on my walk, wrapped round with a thin piece of gold tinsel. Maybe the wind caught the tinsel there. Or maybe someone made a tiny Christmas tree with one thread of gold. Either way, it was beautiful.
I smile for my bowls of fruit, remembering how lucky I am to have what I need. Every small blessing – beautiful.
Ghost Stories
Top three I’m currently reading, bottom three to be read…
Ghost by Alan Lightman is fiction, and I usually like ‘true’ ghost stories, but I’m enjoying how a writer can elicit a feeling, an atmosphere. I admire it. I’m more of a ‘help you SEE the scene’ writer, not a ‘make you FEEL the scene’ writer. I think.
Why do I like true ghost tales? It’s peoples’ stories. Their life and the context around some strange thing that happened to them. A handful have really blown my mind. I never get tired of reading them. But do I want to SEE a ghost? No. No I DO NOT. No – no! Nope. No. I only want to read about them in books.
A Reading Vacation
Most recent book mail from my dad. I can’t wait to read it (I’m bonkers for history) but I have so many good ones to read right now! If only I could get paid to take a reading vacation.
{Doc Susie by Virginia Cornell}
Fruits & Veggies
I’ve been trying to eat fruit for sweetness instead of sugar. I’ve never been a fruit person (I’m a veggie gal). Berries are nice, but those seeds in the teeth! Every time!
Are you a fruit person, or a veggie person, or both?
What a treat!
Treated myself to a few slices of @desalvospizza on Central St. in Evanston on Saturday after picking up my newest eye glasses just across the way. I loved that the crust was thin and had a crisp, but was still chewy. Atmosphere was great, and my vegetarian slices were delicious! What a treat!
Support Independent Authors
Happened upon an Evanston bookstore I’d never been to before yesterday. AND THEY SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AUTHORS. So I supported them with a purchase, a few titles that were on my to-read list. Thank you for lifting up self-published authors, @pageonebooks !!!
When you don’t…
When you don’t see enough of the good, the beautiful, or the magical around you…have courage, and create some!
Stay Inspired!
All of those things…
Where’s your life adventure taking you right now?
I’ve been all about my little bookish business, planning for 2023. Writing, considering new ideas and goals, planning my hopes for an exciting book season in the new year. All of those things that make me really happy!
Support an Independent Author!
Amazon has a sale on my Queen of the Elves and Delight (not sure for how long)! Please consider reading and supporting an independent author. Happy reading!
My Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/mnovak
The squalling of his wild cry…
Handwritten pages just before I slipped them into the shredder. I prefer to handwrite my youth adventures, but I don’t keep the paper pages after they are eventually typed up.
I just love writing these tales! Can you hear the fump-fump-fump of the dragon’s wings? The squalling of his wild cry? Feel the heat in the fire from his snout? I can.
Guac!
I realized when I eat guac, I’m trying to get another and another and another scoop into my mouth as FAST as I can, before I’ve even swallowed the one before. Am I the only one? I know I’m not the only one.
Stay Inspired!
Stay Inspired!
EEEkkkk!
How many of my bookish friends out there, like me, seem to always be reading a stack of books at once? Why can’t I just pick one? And how many titles am I reading right now with the word ‘ghost’ in it? Read after read, scaring myself silly. I can’t explain it. But what if a ghost floated right past you right now?! EEEkkkk! Anyone know of a good ghostly tale?
Stay silly! Read a story! Stay Inspired!
For a list of my tales, please visit: https://inspiredbyvenice.org/about/
A Mysterious and Thrilling Journey!
Veleno – one of the loves of my life, and my most popular tale. Amazon’s got it a little discounted today (not sure for how long) – please consider supporting and reading an indie author! And if it’s my Veleno – I sincerely wish you a mysterious and thrilling journey!
My Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/mnovak
What a smile that brought me…
I spotted this painting above a business while walking to my L stop in the city last weekend. It instantly took me away to a faraway castle, as in one of my tales. And what a smile that brought me.
For a list of my stories, please visit: https://inspiredbyvenice.org/about/
Inspired By Venice 