Literary Bucket List
Literary Bucket List
- Open a new/used independent book store.
- Go on a writer’s retreat.
Have a blurb in a book{semi-realized on author sites Layton Green and Timothy Ashby; realized with the resource Blogging for Writers by Robin Houghton and Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican.}- Be invited as an Amazon Vine Reviewer {would actually help if I cross-posted my reviews!}
- Own a copy of every book Madeleine L’Engle published.
- Visit the Library of Congress.
Join Friends of the Library.Help create a successful fundraiser for local Friends of the Library.- Guest post for a big deal bookish-related site or magazine.
- Write an article for Book Riot.
- Have a review posted/published by a national organization/site.
- Be syndicated on BlogHer.
- Asked to be a guest speaker at a conference.
- Make enough money from the blog to break even on blog costs.
Attend BEA.attended 2012!Attend SIBA.attended 2011. 2014.- Help create a Georgia Book Bloggers/Southern Book Bloggers event.
- Donate at least 1000 books to a cause.
- Finish Classics Club Reading Challenge.
Host a reading challenge/blog event. Bookish Mastermind Groups- Write an ebook.
- Create a resource list for email signups.
Donate to Little Free Library.~ongoing.- Create a Little Free Library.
- Create and/or participate in a bookmobile/pedicab for children.
Visit famous literary sites and author’s homes.~visited Ernest Hemingway’s home and museum in Key West, 2012; ~visited Margaret Mitchell home in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011; visited William Faulkner’s home and now bookstore in New Orleans, 2015;Get invited to join blogger network at SheReads.Yay! Invited in May, 2014!- Start an Atlanta Chapter of WNBA – Women’s National Book Association.
- Participate in Twitter and/or Google+ author discussions. {Ariel Lawhon – March, 2014 + ongoing}
- Stay at The Library Hotel in New York City.
- Become Freshly Pressed on WordPress.
Send monthly book care packages {book + activities} to grandson and nieces. {first mailing to TLM included The Pout-Pout Fish}Visit The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Arizona.Done! March, 2016!
A huge thank you to Rebecca and Allison for inspiring the development of these lists! So now, I’d love to know what’s on your bookish bucket list?!?