{"id":3423,"date":"2010-06-09T06:54:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T11:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annetylerlord.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2010-06-09T06:54:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T11:54:38","slug":"coffee-klatch-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlivewires.com\/annetylerlord\/2010\/06\/09\/coffee-klatch-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Klatch: Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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coffee klatch<\/strong> noun
\n<\/em>—<\/em>an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee<\/em> (Cambridge Dictionary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Welcome to the second Coffee Klatch<\/a>. Join us each week for conversation and news for the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter at #Writers_Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We always serve a full menu of yummy drinks and treats. Help yourself to coffee, tea, hot chocolate or chai. Today I am serving cinnamon rolls hot and gooey from the oven.<\/p>\n

Writer’s Life Happenings<\/h3>\n

The Writer’s Life Weekly Feature<\/strong>.\u00a0My post for the week is The Writer’s Life: Flying With Focus<\/a>. I have been thinking about priorities in my writing life and living with the theme of birds lately. We watched\u00a0The Life of Birds<\/a><\/em> episodes at my house (rented from NetFlix). It is absolutely amazing. You must see it if you haven’t yet.<\/p>\n

Next week I am shifting my weekly Writer’s Life post to Tuesday<\/strong> and the Coffee Klatch to Thursday<\/strong>. That should work with my schedule long-term, for now, hehe.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yoga & Writing Challenge<\/strong>. Thanks to Annie Q. Syed (@so_you_know<\/a>) I have found a great new challenge for the next 21 days. The challenge is sponsored by Bindu Wiles (@Binduwiles<\/a>) at Bindu Wiles: The awakened life… for seekers, creatives, and especially writers<\/a> (I love that tag line!). Bindu has a community project online called 21.5.800<\/a> (we are hooking up at #215800) where the challenge is to do 5 days of yoga a week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days<\/strong>. There were 200 participants when I signed up Monday- now there are 340+!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am very excited about this challenge because I want a more regular yoga practice (but gentle) to help with chronic pain. I love the idea of combining yoga with writing challenges. I get more productive writing done if I keep my body circulating – too easy to stay in the chair. Savasana (corpse pose on the floor) is also considered yoga practice in case I have too much pain or need stillness on some days.\u00a0I invite you join us, it started yesterday on June 8th – it is still not too late. I know there are a few of my friends already signed up. Let us know in the comments if you are joining too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coffee Klatch News<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Safetycomfort<\/strong>. Josie Lyon (@safetycomfort) at Safetycomfort-Around the kitchen table<\/a> has a newly redesigned website. Head on over to her housewarming party and make sure you sign up for her new Google Connect Friends.<\/p>\n

Cecilia’s Random Writings<\/strong>. Cecilia Dominic (@RandomOenophile<\/a>), wine and food blogger with a penchant for random\u00a0tales, recently responded to feedback about her Random Oenophile<\/a> blog and shifted her fiction and thoughts about writing to a new blog, Cecilia’s Random Writings<\/a>. She hopes it will be a place to grow as a writer,\u00a0connect with readers, and “think out loud” about and discuss with\u00a0others the writing processes with the “Process & Progress” series.\u00a0She can also be found on the web as a regular contributor to local news site Decatur News Online<\/a>. She is currently in San Antonio and invites others to stop by for a margarita or blood orange mojito and look around.<\/p>\n

Away With Words Collection<\/strong>. Olivia Tejeda is looking for your input for a collection of tips to overcome writer’s block. This collection will be made available on her website when it is compiled. From Olivia<\/em>: My post last week on sleeping to beat writer’s block <\/a> prompted some interesting responses.\u00a0 I’d like to expand on that and get lots of input from the online writing community.\u00a0The question is:\u00a0 What is your best tip for overcoming writer’s block? Anyone interested in sending in a tip, can tweet me @SimplyOlivia<\/a> or @SilentWriters<\/a> using the #tip hashtag, or visit my site<\/a> to send an email.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Creative Mind<\/strong>. Douglas Eby (@talentdevelop<\/a>) at \u00a0Talent Development Resources<\/a> now has a blog on Psych Central called, The Creative Mind<\/a>. It looks like a great new blog to follow.<\/p>\n

Best Articles<\/strong>. I have found an amazing weekly update for writers. The Best Articles This Week for Writers<\/a> is published every week at Adventures in Children’s Publishing<\/a> by Marissa Graff and Martina Boone. You can follow this website on Twitter @4KidLit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other Weekly Updates<\/strong>. As mentioned on the weekly update by Marissa and Martina (above), here are other weekly updates you may already follow, but if not, you will want to:<\/p>\n

Jane Friedman<\/strong> on her blog, There Are No Rules at Writer’s Digest<\/a> posts\u00a0Best Tweets for Writers<\/a> each week. And, this week Jane put together – The Best Articles Writers Should Have Read \u00a0(1st Half of 2010)<\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Craig<\/strong> at Mystery Writing is Murder<\/a> writes\u00a0Twitterific, <\/a>her\u00a0list of helpful Tweets each week<\/p>\n

Nathan Bransford<\/strong> at Nathan Bransford Literary Agent & Author<\/a> posts every Friday – This Week in Publishing<\/a> – publishing news and information<\/p>\n

Nicole Humphrey Cook <\/strong>at It’s All About Writing<\/a> posts a weekly collection of Favorite Tweets for Writers<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Coffee Klatch is On!<\/h3>\n

If you have news or announcements for the weekly Coffee Klatch (will be posted on Thursday next week) send a DM on Twitter or email to Coffee@AnneTylerLord.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have another cup of your favorite drink, another cinnamon roll and chat below in the comments and\/or head back to Twitter at\u00a0#Writers_Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let’s chat about challenges<\/strong>. Have you given yourself any challenges lately? Participated in challenges? Do challenges help you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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