#ReadORama Progress Report #amreading

Books Trin Carl is Reading/Listening to

I've got pretty far in my Read-O-Rama challenge. I thought I'd show a snap shot of books I'm either in the process of reading or finished.

I have finished this self help book entitled "Show Your Work."

Here is a blurb from the book :

Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.

In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

I've been trying to find different ways that I can show my writing and reading process.  The book really goes into detail about how important it is for an artist to do this.  The book talks about how artists often think that by showing your work someone might come and steal your thunder.  But that's not really the case.  Readers and art enthusiasts love to see the process and no one person's process is going to be the same.  No one person can accumulate the amount of hours you have done to get to where you are, and people love to learn how they can become successful.

So far I've been:

1.  posted my writing on Youtube (through audio files)
2.  posted my work on my blog.  
3. I've been using social networking for my work on twitter and facebook
4. I've considered having other youtubers read some of my work on their channels.  This one youtuber I know is a fabulous professional narrator, so I've been thinking of asking him to do read my work after its gone through the editing process.

Readers, If you read any good books let me know in the comments below.

#ReadORama #WednesdayWish #pubjoy

Picking the perfect place to read my books for Read-O-Rama just got easy thanks to a local Cafe.
 I'm a little late as this week is the seventh round in the challenge. You have to read 7 books in a week.  Not sure I'm going to get through the 7 but I'll try my best.  If you want to find more about the challenge visit https://twitter.com/readorama?lang=en  There are eight different challenges in each round and this round started Sunday, 6/11 and ends 6/17.  I love going on Youtube and seeing people sweat through these challenges.  I like to see their reading habits:where they read and in what kind of spurts, etc.  Some people stay up all night and don't wake up till late the next morning, so it's cool to see how reading affects people's lives.
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 A book with "RAMA" in the title or author's name You in Five Acts by Una La Marche

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2. Read a book with Water on the Cover

Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

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3. Read a short book (150 pages or less.

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
This MC is allergic to nearly everything and lives in bubble.

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4. Read a Graphic Novel

The Blind Prophet by Joseph Cillo, Jr.

I just interviewed author Cillo and I'm so looking forward to reading his book.

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5. A book you been anticipating
Blown Away by Steve Day 
Steve Day is fellow Indie Author who has offered me his book in exchange for an honest review.  
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6. Read an Own Voices book

The Upside of Unrequited 
by Becky Albertalli 

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7. A book released in the summer (doesn't have to be this summer)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (a script) story by J.K.Rowling play by Jack Thorne
This was released the summer of 2016

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Readers if you ever made goals for reading more let me know in the comments below.

#MondayMuse

I'm showcasing excerpts (audible) from short stories I wrote as part of the meme:#Monday Muse

All these short stories are in editing phase and can be found on my channel: Trin Carl
https://www.youtube.com/user/carlbepa

Camping Part 1 (a short story) by Trin Carl .  Inspired by Stephen King's, Mile 81

Stephen King's Mile 81 takes place on the Maine Turnpike on a boarded-up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into trouble. Pete Simmons sneaks away from his older brother and arrives there, where he finds a bottle of vodka and pornographic magazines. He drinks enough to pass out.

A mud-covered station wagon (which is strange because there had not been any rain in New England for over a week) veers into the Mile 81 rest area, ignoring the sign that says "closed, no services." The driver's door opens but nobody gets out.

***In my version of Mile 81 (Called Camping), boy scout campers are in the middle of the woods in a warehouse built to hold camping supplies.  A monster bench is created and placed in the middle of the warehouse by a madwoman whose aim is to kill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQUhFv0U_U

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=qCyk4gZBPJs

Flash Fiction Sunday piece

***In this piece, there is an email exchange between a not-to-happy customer and a business man.  The idea behind this email exchange was inspired by something I read in Simon vs the Homo sapien Agenda

A short story titled: We're Famous After all, Yes We Are by Trin Carl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdGhJffNrhI

Readers, if you found something interesting about the audio stories you heard let me know in the comments below.