Do you have a character as bold as Brutus? Well, maybe you don’t need a political assassin. Here are some other bold traits to consider.
http://theboldlife.com/2014/02/7-awesome-ways-to-be-bold-get-noticed-and-blow-people-away/
Liberal artists
I love this article for the combinations of majors llisted at the end. Individuals with seemingly unrelated majors and double majors who, in real life, came up with new business ideas make me want to put them in a story.
Prompt: What happens to the friends who invented the ring box camera when the government approaches them about spying on someone?
The Secret Entrepreneurial Lessons of a Liberal Arts Education | Entrepreneur.com
Life to art
Where do your characters come from? John le Carre talks about his inspiration.
John le Carré on the inspiration for George Smiley – Telegraph
Ars poetica
Who will win the National Book Critics poetry honors? One of these.
Party on
Several of my indie-writer friends have been talking about book-launch parties. It started after we had a conversation with New York Times best-selling author Kimberla Lawson Roby. She threw a party for her first book about 20 years ago. Here’s another author’s view of the idea.
Launching a Book–By Throwing a Party | Elizabeth Spann Craig
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/1860/launching-book-throwing-party/
