Lavender Fields and Book Reviews

- July 29, 2011

avender!

Had a day off yesterday, from work and writing, and visited the fields of Bleu Lavande. I'm squinting into the sun in this photograph, otherwise there'd be a happy, relaxed smile on my face.

Did I mention I had the day off? I returned home late and instead of resting even further, dove back into editing. Finished entering all the changes I'd made on paper!

Still have a raft of square brackets to clear up, though. Unfortunately, these are the most difficult ones. They say things like "add tension", "what's hero doing?", "what's the worst that could happen?" and "throw rocks!", which derives from a recent post by Adam Heine.

My latest book reviews are up on the 100 Romances site:
Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye
Maybe This Time by Jannine Gallant

Speaking of which, Karen Gowan is creating a link list of book reviewers! If you feature reviews on your blog, send her your link.

Comments

Al said…

Given your gentle nature you must hate throwing rocks.

Personally I think it's fun, unless I am really mean.

29 July 2011 at 19:10

Jill W. said…

Waaa! The pictures are so pretty! (I end up squinting every time I have to take a picture staring into the sun, too. Never bloody fails.)

Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself and got to relax some. :-)

I'm sure you only have a fraction of the brackets you used to - be proud!

Oh yeah. And good luck!

29 July 2011 at 19:30

Denise Covey said…

Hi Deniz. So glad I popped by today. Lavender is one of my favourite things. Hmmmmm. Glad you felt revived enough to come back and edit. You're inspirational.

Also thanks for the heads up re Karen Gowan collating book reviewers. I'll contact her.

Denise

29 July 2011 at 21:11

Sarah McCabe said…

That is amazingly lovely. A real inspiration.

29 July 2011 at 21:17

Michelle Fayard said…

Fields of lavender absolutely enchant my husband; this is a place I'd love to visit with Marcelo, but for now, thank you for sharing the experience with photos. And it just goes to show that some time away from the computer with Mother Nature can be the best thing for reviving the writing spirit.

And thank you for the tip about Karen Gowan's link list.

P.S. I’ve left a response to your comment on Bird’s-eye View at http://michellefayard.blogspot.com/2011/07/getting-blog-comments-to-work-for-you.html.

29 July 2011 at 23:30

Anonymous said…

ooh, those pics are beautiful! Lavender is so beautiful. Continued good luck with your revisions!

30 July 2011 at 00:30

Beth said…

You have me curious about "throwing rocks". I've got to check it out!

30 July 2011 at 04:26

Trisha said…

Good progress with the editing! Much better than mine ;)

30 July 2011 at 21:16

Trisha said…

Good progress with the editing! Much better than mine ;)

30 July 2011 at 21:16

Deniz Bevan said…

Thanks Al :-) I'll try to channel some meanness in my last round of edits.

Thank you Jill, Denise and Sarah!

Thanks Michelle. I was lucky to find these fields almost on my doorstep!

Thanks Liz, Beth, and Trisha! I'm really hoping to finish before we leave on vacation...

31 July 2011 at 11:18