Attention, Writers: Help a Pregnant Lady Out by Yammering About Writing

My dear heart sister NP is expecting her first bebbe roundabout August. Q: How much blogging can a new mother do? A: Bugger-all. So she's seeking a few good writers to help out:

That said, I'd like to appeal to you, my dear coffee-stained readers, and ask if any of you would like to step in and post a few guest posts for while I'm preoccupied cuddling my precious little Bean. Dana of En Tequila Es Verdad already has access as a co-blogger, so I'm sure you'll be able to enjoy at least one tequila-stained post from her over the course of my absence, but surely there are others of you who have contemplated writing about writing? Or about your faith? Or coffee, for that matter?

Well, this is your opportunity to chime in!

Not only will you get the chance to share your thoughts here, but you'll get great linkage to your own blog/site, which is always good. Cross-promotion is fun, isn't it?

If you're interested, please let me know. Even if you're not sure exactly what you'd write, but you know you'd like to participate, let me know. Over the next few weeks I'll be collecting posts from readers and will schedule them to go up on my blog.

I'll be doing my duty. This is my heart-sister we're talking about. She shouldn't have to worry about blogging on top of caring for my new nephew. But I can't shoulder the load by myself, not with a cantina to run. So, you writers in the audience, here's your chance to babble about writing, the universe, and everything (which, of course, is writing, right?).

Blocked? No need to be. NP's got plenty o' topics for ye:

• Do you "write what you know"? If not, what do you write? Regardless of whether you write what you know or not, how much research do you do in a given writing week?
  

• What do you think makes a book worth reading?
If you had a DeLorean, what book (or books) would you snatch away before it made it to bookshelves? Why?

• Where do you write? An office? Your living room? On your bed?

• What do you convince yourself is not a distraction in an attempt to not feel guilty?

• What do you do when writing on the road?

• How do you know when it's time for a break?

• What do you listen to when you write?

• If you have or will have a digital reader, will you still peruse brick-and-mortar bookshops? Will you still relish the weight of a book on your lap, or the smell of ink and paper when you open your favorite paperback for the thousandth time?
  

• And while you're at it, let me know what you're reading these days.

That's the random stuff. There's the crafty stuff - talk about your genre, your take on POV, myth and metaphor, adjectives and adverbs, or whatever else strikes your fancy. Post a poem, or an excerpt. Tell us about your favorite characters. If you're a blogger, talk blog. Give the advice you wish you'd had to newly-minted scribblers. Talk about your life as a writer.

This is your prime opportunity to yammer about writing (or faith, or coffee) to a willing audience for once. Don't let this opportunity pass you by!

I surely don't plan to. Come join me for some coffee-stained writing, and do a new mother a kindness to boot.

(Postdated for stragglers)