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April 9th, 2012

Distractions Can Inspire

by Holly Dodson

I’ll not lie.  For the last, oh, two weeks I guess I have been quite distracted from writing.  (From life, really.)  I tend to go through these phases of needing to hide in a world that isn’t my own.  Maybe we all do, I don’t know.  This time though, I fell into the world of a TV show, and boy did I fall in love.

See, my lovely friend Erinn always talks about how wonderful Doctor Who is, so I gave it a try.

Oh. My. Gravy.

I may or may not have watched four entire seasons of the Doctor (plus the specials) in the last two weeks.  (I did.)  And it may or may not have been the most amazing television show I’ve ever, ever seen in my life.  (It was.  Is.  Who am I kidding?  I’ve already ordered the DVD’s.)

And it’s not just that David Tennant is a little bit foxy (if you’ve seen season two, you get the joke), but that does help.

 

Admittedly, I haven’t watched the 5th or 6th seasons yet with the eleventh doctor.  I’m so attached to the 10th doctor, it’s going to be a hard transition for me.  :)   YES, I’M CRAZY.  It’s okay.  I like me this way.

Anywho…my break from reality into the world of Time Lords and fantastic romance turned out to be incredibly inspiring.  The character development and interaction in this show is unbelievable.  You’ve got the funny lines, the quirky characters, Rose (OMG Rose + the Doctor = best TV romance EVER), the over-the-top action of saving the world in pretty much every episode…I mean, how could I not be inspired by that?

Now I’m itching to write.  Itching to put all of these ideas and things that I’ve learned into my new story.

But I want to know, do you have a particular TV show that has inspired you?  (Apparently I’m into TV shows lately.  Don’t know why, but eh, whatever. It’s fun.)  Or, you know, we could just talk about the epicness that is Doctor Who in the comments…I’m all for that too.  ;)

November 28th, 2011

Holiday Crazies

by Holly Dodson

So, you know how I took last week off to “work on revisions” and “relax”?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ehm. I mean…that didn’t exactly happen. At all. Not even a little.

In fact, Super Spawn wound up sick, poor guy. Work was crazy, blah, blah, excuses, excuses. lol

Needless to say, this week I’ve got to get back on the wagon. I feel like I’ve missed so much by not blogging or reading blogs for a week. It’s more than a little weird.

But, onward we shall go! Tell me, how were your holidays?

My favorite part of my own was booking the resort for mine and Super Spawn’s return to Disney World after Christmas. (EEE!)

May 27th, 2011

Friday Fives — Wait, what was I doing?

by Holly Dodson

It’s time for another Friday Five with my buddies over at Paper Hangover!

This week’s topic:

1) EMAIL – Dude, I’m in my email all. the. time.  I swear a minute must not go by that I don’t think, “I need to check my email.”  Waaaay too much wasted time there.  lol
2) BLOGS – Writing blogs, reading blogs, commenting on blogs — I think the hours spent doing this could probably write my next novel.  lol  But I LOVE reading everyone’s blogs!  It’s not a bad thing, just distracting.  :P
3) TWITTER – I really try not to be on twitter too much, but man, one trip to browse everyone’s updates can last a freaking hour if I don’t check myself.  And if it’s a busy day I can get sucked in for waaaay longer than that.  
4) EMAIL – Yes, I spend so much time in email it needs to count twice.  I mean, I do have two accounts anyway — one for writing and a personal one.  
5) FACEBOOK – I’m not a big Facebook user (and only use it for personal stuff), but when I do go to browse status updates and see what my friends are up to, I’ll spend forever looking through all their pictures of their kids and everything else.  HUGE time suck.
What about you?  What are your five internet distractions?