So I’m working on a proposal while I’m waiting for the other projects to begin churning toward deadline - I’m expecting my edits for OTF next week, plus will need to get started driving Larissa crazy with non-plotting for our collab books, so I’m looking forward to that. She is currently banging her […]

First, the good sale news - my WriteMinded buddy, Jan Kenny, SOLD!! Go congratulate her!!:bravo:
This weekend, starting today, must be about writing. Must. Be. This past week was not, due to circumstances that couldn’t be helped and further impacted by a root canal and a migraine. At least the migraine meds […]

At any one given point over the last days, I’ve found myself with at least three different Word docs open. Scary thing is, I’m actually working on all three, although it comes out to be more like, working on one main doc while puttering with the other two when the whim strikes.
That will happen […]

I’ve been keeping a little too busy with RL, judging from the dust around this place. Going to clean up and get back on the horse, so to speak, in the next few days. I’ve got to post more, update my sidebar, etc. But I have been writing - DI is inching […]

There’s nothing like a delicious, crispy egg roll on a freezing cold night to make you want to veg out on the couch and watch any and all Law & Order episodes. Or is that just me? Anyway, I’ve noticed that fortune cookies are getting more profound these days, as evidenced by mine […]

I’d like to direct your attention to this lovely site I came across - Death By Caffeine. Because really, it’s important to know your limits. My personal poison is Diet Coke.
Anyway, as promised, I got myself back into writing a few days ago. I haven’t gotten an awful lot done so far, […]

I apologize if you’ve had trouble accessing the site over the past days - there’s a server move for my site in the near future. Which means that my site might remain wonky for a bit :)
Anyway, we’ve got some kind of ice storm thing going on here at the moment. The four […]

If you recall, last winter, the husband always managed to leave town on business just as the snow started. Granted, yesterday there was only a matter of a few inches on the ground here, but still, it began just as his plane took off for sunny California. As for me, I’m here with […]

The thing I like most about writer’s blogs is the fact that writers will share pretty much everything about their publishing journey - the ups and the downs, the entire process. I tend not to share, for no other reason than I’m very superstitious about sharing. Of course, the superstition goes something like […]

Thanksgiving was good - although things at my cousin’s house went slightly awry with the turkey, reaffirming my decision never to cook and resulting in the husband declaring (quietly) that we (meaning he) were going to have to make our own turkey when we moved back into our house. On December 9th. […]

And I mean that in the best way possible, since the parents left for Jamaica this morning.:biggrin: A whole week of freedom. Why do I suddenly feel like rolling in a keg?
Maybe a keg is what I need to get ass in gear for NaNo. I think the BOL writing / edits wrung […]

As promised, here are some motivational SEAL / Military quotes to get us through our first official NaNo weekend. Remember, unless you want to be the one who wins the MRE from Larissa’s contest, you’d better get writing. (Did I mention she sent me the veggie burger MRE? I think I need […]

I spent yesterday cleaning up about 30 pages of BOL.

I have another 30 to go - I was hoping to be done with it yesterday so I could jump into my other story, and I probably could’ve pushed on if it was straight writing. But I was tired and I knew I was […]

PBW’s doing a great series of craft posts. I like when she talks about putting notes in brackets for parts of scenes you’re not ready to write yet. I do that a lot. The problem is, I also do it when I’m editing. Like, right now, in BOL, I just wrote, […]

So I’m on page 75 on BOL revisions (Nick’s book) and I’ve already added at least 10 pages, handwritten and scrawled all over the back of the hard copy. Putting all of it into the computer is going to be a job in itself, but at least I’m finally making progress.
And if […]

Do you know when you write a scene in your WIP and it’s just perfect, until you realize that maybe your hero revealed too much, too soon and that it would be better for the plot overall if that piece of information remain secret for the time being. And then you think, well, easy […]

I’m over at Romancing The Blog today, talking about getting more efficient with writing. I’m really trying to be more productive, not just for this time of year which is when I usually produce more in four months than the year combined (go figure) but to keep that momentum going. It might involve keeping […]

So yesterday went like this:
Me: Yay! Only 10K to go. 40 pages is SO within my reach…
New Story: I’m in that glorious, everything is working so perfectly, stage. Why muddle through the rest of BOL when you could be over here, having fun? Dancing. Meeting your new characters. […]

First of all, I just need to announce that I am on page 303 in the current WIP!! I’m now in the home stretch and yanking the rest of the plot along with me.
Middles? We don’t need no more stinkin’ middles…
But we do need horoscopes.
Astrology for Writers, Editors and Filmmakers
ARIES: the […]

First, a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in Larissa’s auction, whether by donating, bidding, buying and / or helping to spread the word. It was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without the online community’s support. Larissa’s safely at her moms, dealing with insurance issues and trying to […]