{"id":1826,"date":"2016-04-11T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamaragranthambooks.com\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2016-04-11T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T14:25:06","slug":"mondayblogs-writing-reading-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/mondayblogs-writing-reading-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"#MondayBlogs: Writing, Reading, Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Friends!<\/p>\n<p>Writing: This week I&#8217;ve been working on Heidel&#8217;s story, a spin-off of Fairy World MD. I wrote the first draft in a flurry, finished it fast, so that when I re-read the story, it needed lots of TLC. I&#8217;ve found I&#8217;m cutting pages at a time to write brand new scenes.<a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1827\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1827 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"eiffel6\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eiffel6.jpg 1135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One problem I had was with the setting. It takes place in Paris, but when I wrote the first draft, I included the Eiffel Tower and the catacombs beneath Paris and that was it. Nothing else about the city existed because I&#8217;d rushed through without doing my research. In the second draft, I researched a swanky hotel called Shangri-La, a place I could never afford in this lifetime, but it was still fun to write about it. I also researched Parisian cuisine, and now I&#8217;m dying to take a flight out to Paris.<a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1828\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1828 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"shangri-la-hotel-paris-3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shangri-la-hotel-paris-3.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reading: I finished Shannon A. Thompson&#8217;s Minutes Before Midnight. I absolutely fell in love with this book. The story never dragged or felt dull, and I found myself wanting to know what happens next. I&#8217;ve already started on book two.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MBS.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1831\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1831 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MBS-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"MBS\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MBS-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MBS-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MBS.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaming: I have to admit, I&#8217;m really a boring person. I usually sit at my computer and type, and I&#8217;m sure my kids think I&#8217;m no fun. Howeve<a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1829 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Munchkin\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Munchkin.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>r, last night the kids pulled out Munchkin and I played with them. I didn&#8217;t understand the game, as the kids wanted to rush through without bothering to tell me how to play, but that being said, I seriously enjoyed the game&#8217;s humorous take on a rpg. The &#8220;Cotion of Ponfusion,&#8221; &#8220;Rat-on-a-stick,&#8221; and other clever names made me laugh. I lost horribly, no surprise there, but still had a good time.<\/p>\n<p>**Don&#8217;t forget!** Book 3 of the Fairy world MD series releases in ebook format on April 25th. Have you pre-ordered your copy while it&#8217;s still on sale? If not, this is the link to my Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=tamara+grantham\">Author Page<\/a>\u00a0where you can view all my books.<\/p>\n<p>Live long and DREAM on!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1830 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-212x150.jpg 212w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12922050_10206563691634513_1151610605_o.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Friends! Writing: This week I&#8217;ve been working on Heidel&#8217;s story, a spin-off of Fairy World MD. I wrote the first draft in a flurry, finished it fast, so that when I re-read the story, it needed lots of TLC. I&#8217;ve found I&#8217;m cutting pages at a time to write brand new scenes. 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