This week I’m sharing a short but inspiring piece of instrumental music that I hope inspires you as much as it inspires me. If you’re writing, creating art of any kind, or just beginning another week at your day job, let this music take you away!
Let me know how this music inspires you this week!
Even though Valentine’s Day was yesterday, I feel obligated to write a Valentines-ish post, just because. Even those of us who don’t call ourselves readers of the romance genre usually enjoy a good love story. So here are a few of my favorite couples from books/movies/shows, and the different types of loves stories they represent:
The Against-All-Odds Love – Sheridan and Delenn
This couple is from the sci-fi show Babylon 5, which I’ve blogged about many times, and which I hold up as one of the best examples of storytelling in any media. The main plot of the show is war, good versus evil, and the shades of gray in between. But there’s a little romance, too. Sheridan and Delenn have everything going against them: they’re busy leading an army, trying to save their respective governments, and dealing with cultural difficulties between the two of them because they are two different species. But they fall in love anyway, determine to make it work no matter what, and their unity makes them and those who follow them stronger for it.
Just keep going! Every step (or word) forward is a success. Ray Bradbury says it best:
Let me know how this quote inspires you this week!
Sometimes in life, things change gradually; and sometimes, everything changes at once.
I’m at a point somewhere in between the two, but definitely more towards the “everything’s changing at once” end. All in a good way, though.
I’m not going to go into a lot of detail in this post, but here are a few of the things that are changing in my life right now: I’ve done some major revising of my writing goals that I set a mere month ago at the beginning of the year, I’m getting ready to publish my first novella, and I’m moving. And apparently I thought that doing all of these at the same time would be a good idea.
So, nothing bad, and nothing truly earth-shattering in the grand scheme of things. But still, enough to keep me on my toes. I will keep blogging, Tweeting, and building my brand, though, because I want to continue adding value to my readers and connecting with people all over the world.
I’m excited about following these new roads, and I hope you’ll come along for the journey!
A serene image to get your week started. Where do these stairs lead? Who is walking up these stairs and what do they hope to find? What stories await?
Let me know how this image inspires you this week!
StorytellerGirl 