Announcing the Mountain Springs House Blog Tour

I'm an editor on staff at the publishing house, and I'd like you to check out our page, and like us. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mountainsprings/. 

The blog tour page can be found here: http://www.mountainspringpublishing.com/introducing-the-msh-blog-tour/

I'm new to the blogging world, and tours like this. I hope to get comfortable with expressing myself in this format and meeting new people. 

I am single, a big brother to five, uncle to eleven, and nephew to twelve, and was grandson to six. I was born in Ft Lewis, Washington, which is in the opening credits of the movie An Officer and a Gentleman.  I am  an avid reader who likes to draw, make jewelry, listen to music, and watch TV. I am a life-long Hoosier who likes to bowl and play pool. I live in Carmel, Indiana  with an aunt and her two cats. I want to write at least one best-seller, and see it made into a movie. I would like to become a pastor  direct a play, and direct a movie. I would really love to  meet at least one of the cast members of The Big Bang Theory. Hopefully,  coming soon, is a young adult novel about the magic of leprechauns, tentatively titled The Summer Castle. 

One of the reasons I love to write is because it's very liberating. Anything can happen, as long as it makes sense to you (and your editor). :) The best moment in a story, for me, is when a story surprises me by going somewhere I didn't expect. It can pose challenging plot, structure, and character questions. It can also create interesting corners for me to write my way out of. 

I use writing for therapy. I put somebody else's face on my problems and watch them work it out. It helps me. 

One of the ways I come up with ideas for stories is the names of Catholic Patron Saints. If I know what issue drives my main character, I find the name of the saint for that issue. Whatever that name is, it usually presents a conflict issue at the same time. Built in drama that can drive the plot.

If you're a writer that struggles with writer's block, like I do, I've found that the solution suggested by Sean Connery's character in Finding Forester often works. Typing the words of another writer does get the juices flowing. I did try it another way. Listening to audio books helps me. After a few minutes, I barely hear the story.