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Celebrating Survival, Crazy Goals & Joining The Association of #Ghostwriters #amwriting

26th June 2015 By Shah Wharton 15 Comments

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Today’s post is a teeny catchup for two memes. One celebrates the small things every Friday with Lexa Cain and friends. The other lets us focus on crazy writing goals every third Friday of the month with Misha Gericke.

First, here are my crazy goals:

  1. Ghostwrite more shorts/novella/ scenes, for cash.
  2. Write more erotic romantic suspense to publish under a pseudonym. Choose a pseudonym.
  3. Revisit Finding Luna during the Summer 2015 and see how I feel about it.
  4. Be creative and see where it leads me.

Progress:

  1. I’ve been accepted into The Association of Ghostwriters! Very proud and excited about where this might lead. I’ve also been supplying my regular client with a novella a month.  🙂
  2. Having set up a Facebook page, a Twitter account and a blog for my romance author pseudonym, I’m preparing three stories to publish between September-December. If you enjoy erotic romance and would like to be my beta reader, please get in touch ASAP: shahwharton@gmail.com
  3. Thinking about this still makes me squirm 🙁
  4. Too much else going on right now. I think my working life requires all the creativity I have.

And what am I celebrating?

1. In spite of my social phobia, I survived my little sister’s HEN weekend in Portugal, where I’m the oldest by over a decade! Here are some of the pictures for those who didn’t see them on Facebook.

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Ignoring some drama I can’t go into, I can tell you that at the end of the first night (dressed as a Smurfette) my social phobia led me to have two panic attacks separated by around an hour. The last one, while trying to fight breathlessness, a very drunk man tried to help me, but ended up falling onto me and smacking me full in the face–knocking me out cold! I still have a scar on my inner lip and a very sore leg! The following day, my chin was black (you can just about see it on some photos). Thank heaven for makeup.

But, like I said, I survived. Hurrah!

It’s also The Hen’s birthday today, so happy birthday Laura! 🙂

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  1. As stated above, I’m also chuffed to be a member of the Association of Ghostwriters!

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The Association of Ghostwriters is the leading professional organization for ghostwriters of books, articles, speeches, blogs and social media content. Members are experienced ghostwriters dedicated to providing high-quality content.

The Association of Ghostwriters offers a wide range of benefits designed to help ghostwriters improve their craft and find profitable projects. These include monthly teleseminars with industry leaders, a job bank, networking opportunities, and timely market information (for a complete list of member benefits please visit our Why Join? page).

Founded by veteran ghostwriter Marcia Layton Turner, the association’s executive director, the Association of Ghostwriters leverages her years of experience and contacts in the industry to help other writers explore and add this niche to their repertoire. Turner has authored, co-authored or ghosted more than 20 non-fiction books in the last 15 years, earning between $20,000 and $100,000 for her services.

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  1. A friend and I set up this brand new Facebook page and group/community, which represent a community of authors and artists interested in using their work to raise mental health awareness. Both complement the mental health meme I already run here on this blog – Mental Muse.

As both are new, I would REALLY appreciate it if you could share them around a bit, or introduce/mention them to anyone you feel might benefit. My hope is for both to be places where creative individuals work together to build resources and create a library of great books for all to share. And where readers can pick up a story which will also teach them about the realities of mental illness as well as entertain. Or where folks might learn about and pick up a non-fiction book about mental illness, written by an author who experiences them.

It’s also my brother’s birthday, who died by his own hand 2004; a reminder that mental illness untreated is potentially lethal.

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How are you doing on your crazy goals? And what are you celebrating this week? Let us know, below!

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Comments

  1. Alex J. Cavanaugh (@AlexJCavanaugh) says

    26th June 2015 at 2:45 pm

    Congratulations on being accepted into the association! That is a big deal.
    Glad you survived the trip. Looks like you had fun.

    Reply
    • Shah Wharton says

      26th June 2015 at 3:27 pm

      There was fun amongst the drama, certainly. 🙂

      Reply
  2. msmariah1 says

    26th June 2015 at 4:44 pm

    Congratulations! I never knew such a thing existed. I suppose that’s why it’s called “ghost” writing! And happy birthday to your dear sister!

    Reply
  3. cheriereich says

    26th June 2015 at 6:55 pm

    It looks like you’ve been really busy! Congrats on being accepted into the ghostwriters association!

    Reply
  4. lexacain says

    26th June 2015 at 7:17 pm

    I can’t believe that a drunk guy fell on you and knocked you out in the middle of you panic attack!!! That’s gotta be some world record for awful mishaps. I’m so glad you’re okay and the weekend was (mostly) a success. Congrats on joining the Ghostwriters’ org and choosing a pseudonym. A novella a month??!! Wow! You’re doing great and should be proud of yourself! 🙂

    Reply
  5. karla says

    26th June 2015 at 8:05 pm

    oh, you and your sisters look alike! Cute 🙂
    Hmm…a goal of mine is to run straight for a longer period of time. Not as easy as it might sound, at least not for me!

    Reply
  6. Angeline says

    26th June 2015 at 9:26 pm

    Sounds like it’s really been a month of highs and lows, and it’s great to be able to hold on to the positives. Congratulations for getting into the Association of Ghostwriters, I hope you get a lot out of it.

    Reply
  7. loricarlson66 says

    26th June 2015 at 10:43 pm

    Hey Shah… great post! Sounds like you’ve had an interesting few weeks. Congrats on the acceptance into the Association of Ghostwriters! Not sure if you will get a pingback or not, but here is my effort to help you spread the word on your Facebook page, group/community page and your Mental Muse meme:
    https://therattlingbones.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/new-avenues-for-the-mental-health-community/

    Reply
  8. Tonja Drecker says

    27th June 2015 at 12:20 am

    Wow! What a trip. Glad you survived and had some fun. And congrats on the ghostwriting! You sounds so busy:)

    Reply
  9. pempispalace says

    27th June 2015 at 8:01 am

    Dropping in via the Celebrate blog hop. Well done on surviving the hen party – I’m sorry but I couldn’t help giggling at the scene you portrayed! Many congratulations on the ghostwriting accolade too 🙂 Special Teaching at Pempi’s Palace

    Reply
  10. Misha Gericke (@MishaMFB) says

    27th June 2015 at 1:59 pm

    Congrats on the acceptance! Looks like you’re making good progress on your erotica career. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Misha Gericke (@MishaMFB) says

    27th June 2015 at 2:01 pm

    This is why I should never leave comments while under the influence of a headache. I meant: “Looks like you’re making good progress on your romance career.”

    I do read erotic romance, so I’ll mail you. 🙂

    Reply
  12. Suzanne Furness says

    28th June 2015 at 9:15 pm

    Oh my goodness, that sounds like some trip! Hope you all had fun too.
    Congratulations on being accepted into the association.

    Reply
  13. Cathy Kennedy says

    29th June 2015 at 12:00 pm

    Shah, it’s great to have goals. I read many years ago, if you write your goals down then you are more likely to fulfill them. So, you’re on the right start there. Fabulous goals and celebrations. Oh yeah, I’ll be sure to share your FB page & Twitter info with my friends. Have a celebratory week!

    Reply
  14. Emma says

    30th June 2015 at 7:16 pm

    Great pics. You look fab and you survived the hen. Well done. 🙂

    Reply

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