T is for Terrific Actress #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl

Chloe Bell with Benjamin Lohrberg

Today I'm interviewing Chloe Bell for my#AtoZchallenge (26 blog posts in one month's time).  
Chloe Bell is an actress in the University's BFA actor training program. Chloe can be contacted on instagram.



And onto the interview...

Chloe, you performed

Z is for Zealous Book Tag #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl

The #AtoZchallenge is coming to a close today.  This was my first year attempting to write 26 posts (from A to Z)  in one month's time.  It's been fun.  I've met so many bloggers and I am proud to call myself a survivor.  

Today I'm doing a coffee book tag.  This is something I saw on youtube.  You basically find books on your bookshelf that represent coffee or caffeinated beverages.

Let's get started!

STARBUCKS: NAME A BOOK YOU SEE EVERYWHERE.

I used to work for Starbucks but that's a story for another day. I also used to work for Caribou so I guess that makes two stories for different two days.  

I keep on seeing "Brain on Fire" by Susannah Cahalan. Whether it's on a Booktube channel or Goodreads or Amazon, etc.

Y is for Yearlong book list #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl #amreading

Intimidiating Book Tag is something I came across on Booktube.  It's basically answering questions about your TBR (to be read) pile.  

Let's get started....

1.A book on your TBR pile that you haven't finished

My dad is a die-hard Stephen King. fan  I went out to purchase Under the Dome as my first Stephen King novel, but I found it daunting.  Lots of characters and very rambling plot.  Although the premise seemed intriguing: tells the story of a small Maine town whose residents are suddenly cut off from the rest of the world with a indestructible dome preventing them from escaping.

X is for X-ordinary Words on Books #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl @AuthorMilliGib #fridayreads

Author Milli Gilbert is interviewing today as part of my YA blog tour and also helping me out with my #AtoZchallenge (writing 26 blog posts within 30 days)

Milli's novel in progress Nerdgasm,  is an "adult" romance, and her first novel. It's about a waitress/engineering PhD student, and a video game programmer from London who looks/sounds like a celebrity -- and gets a lot of crap about it. It'll be released on Black friday of this year, in print and ebook.

And onto the interview...

W is for William Shakespeare #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl #shakespeare

   "To be, or not to be-that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles," William Shakespeare

V is for Voices #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl @boardingforties

Voices come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the most sought after voices come from vloggers on Youtube who intrigue us with their candor online.

U is for Unleashing Travel Books #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl #Tuesdaythoughts @eatpraylove

As part of my #AtoZchallenge and posting anything Writer(ly) I wanted to unveil a list of the best in travel books. It's important as a writer to read books that interest you.

S is for Steinbeck #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl #books

"I wonder how many people I looked at all my life and never seen."  
-John Steinbeck (Author of Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, In Dubious Battle, East of Eden, Travels with Charley)

Q is for Quindlen #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl #thursdaythroughts,#fbloggers, #amwriting, #quotes

"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."  Ann Quindlen, author of Still with Bread Crumbs

N is for Nutty Life in Books #AtoZChallenge via @trincarl

I'm using this fun book tag I found on YouTube.  It's called Life in Books.  You basically have to use books to answer questions about your life.

Let's start...







Name a book with Destination in a book You want to travel to.

Book:The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

I would like to travel to Sweden someday and I really have a different sense of the country after watching the movie adaptation of this book.

Name of book set in my state:

Book:Rules of Prey by John Sandford

A lot of Sandford's novels are written with the setting in Minnesota.  It makes it so fun to read and picture the characters running around Lake Calhoun or eating at a place like the Hard Rock Cafe.

Find the book on your bookshelf that represents your age.

Book: The 33rd book on my shelf is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I loved this book because it introduced me to life in Afghanistan and the character of Hassan had to be one of the humblest characters I've ever read about.

*** clip of Bookerly's youtuber's life in books

Readers, if you want to name a book that takes place in your state or a book with a destination you want to visit.  Please do so in the comments below.

L is for L'Engle #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl

"We can't take any credit for our talents. It is how we use them that counts." Madeleine L'Engle (author of Wrinkle in Time)

K is for Kooky Book Puns #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl @worldofhashtags #tashapolis #polandbananasBOOKS

Readers, these are some of my kooky book puns based on book series I've came to enjoy. This is part of my #AtoZChallenge and anything Writer(ly).  It's important to have fun in your writing.  Please include your own book puns based on topics in the comments below.

H is for Hauling Books #AtoZChallenge via @trincarl

I'm Hauling some of my favorite audio books as Part of my #AtoZchallenge and my theme of anything Writer(ly)

A big part of being a writer is reading a lot of books.  And when you can't read, why not listen?!

Below you'll find some audio books I've been listening to along with their audio narrators.

I feel that an audio narrator alone will dictate whether I enjoy an audio book.  So I included some

of these narrator's other work for your further listening pleasure.

I also wrote an earlier blog posts on detective-like podcasts that are great to listen to.

http://theglobaldig.blogspot.com/2014/12/here-is-list-of-several-other-detective.html

1. End Of Watch by Stephen King.  

F is for Finding Free events #AtoZchallenge via @trincarl

As Promised, I'm letting readers know where they can find FREE events nationally. FREE, can you believe it!  

Readers you have got to jump on board with this.

This is part of my #AtoZchallenge and writing a post everyday (except Sundays) for the month of April.  My theme this year is anything Writer(ly).  I love going to events.  This helps with generating ideas for my writing.

So without further ado, these are the steps.

D is for Discovering Free Events: #AtoZChallenge via @trincarl @mnplaylist

Discovering Free events can be a lot of fun, especially if you're a  Minnesotan because this state is one of the theater capitals of the world.

***I am preempting this post by telling readers that they will learn about free events in Minnesota.  Don't worry readers, I'll write a post on Friday about how to find free events in other regions as well.

Let's continue...