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 […]

I’m not talking about the last hundred pages. I wish I was. But no, I’m talking about a completely different animal here.
Does any writer out there have an easy time writing from page 200 to page 300 in their books? (I’m talking ST’s - for Category, this stage would hit you at about […]

I caught up on my revisions today - I was a few days behind and I really want to stay on track for finishing them by September 30th. And then I’ll have to go through for another swipe, mainly to flesh out scenes where I wrote things like, this needs dialogue, or expand sex […]

I’m finally settling in to write today. Well, tonight. *crosses fingers*
This morning, I went to visit my house. It’s very dusty but the addition is all framed in and the walls are down. I’ve got to say, it’s going to be a very cool space. When there are, like, real walls […]

First things first -
1. I posted a quick message for Larissa in her blog.
2. Day 1 Auction is still running
3. Day 2 items will be live tonight at 8 PST. I’ll post the link here and at RomAid as soon as they go live.
4. Day 3 items will go live on Wednesday (9/14) at […]

You can read why Emma declared it such here. And Alison could probably use some hugs, since she’s the one whose hard drive crashed, and she lost just about everything except her WIP that’s currently on deadline.
It’s easy to get complacent. I do, because I have 2 computers networked, so I save my […]

*Larissa Ione’s Hurricane Relief Fundraiser.
(Check back for details about the Auction’s launch date - anticipated for tonight at 8pm EST)
*Other ways to help Larissa and family.
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It’s been hectic this week, but in a good way because at least I’m able to do something to help, rather than just stare at the news and feel […]

Pages written between yesterday and today: 22
The conversation that takes place at least once a day between me and my mother:
Mother: Do you want a smoothie?
Steph: No thanks.
M: I’m making them. You don’t want one?
S: Nope.
M: Blueberry smoothie?
S: No.
M: Banana smoothie?
S: No.
M: Blueberry banana smoothie.
S: No.
M: But it’s a smoothie.
S: Don’t want one.
M: So […]

PBW writes:
I recently gave an interview during which I was asked “Has writing changed who you are or how you see the world?”, and I answered Writing has allowed me to cope with who I am and the world around me. That’s still true. No matter how drastically your life and the world changes, the […]

Authors Let Bidders Name Characters:
Next month, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket, Nora Roberts, Michael Chabon and 11 other best-selling writers will auction the right to name characters in their new novels. The profits will go to the First Amendment Project, whose lawyers have repeatedly gone to court to protect the free speech rights of […]

Spent most of the day nursing the migraine and on the phone with Dell, trying to figure out why I can’t download songs from musicmatch jukebox. Something about play rights and corrupt software and wiping out the operating system and will someone please smack me if I ever talk about buying another Dell computer […]

Okay - I’m almost at 60K. I wrote thirty-one pages today. I needed that, because I’m so close to the end, even though I’d already written the actual end a long time ago. It’s the middle and those damned secondary characters that threw me off.
I think we might understand […]

I got up earlier than the husband and the three year old by about two hours. I always forget how nice it is when everything else is so quiet. It almost makes me want to get up that early every day. Almost. But I’m going to have to seriously consider it, […]

What’s everyone doing today? HELLO! You out there? Anyone writing? Yes?
I guess this is the part where I confess I haven’t started. Yet. But the afternoon is young and blogamp is fired up and ready to go. And Word is open too.
As for the other day’s decision making […]

Open up BlogAmp to transfer in new songs. Play new songs. Get distracted by new songs.
Set MinTimer for thirty minutes.
Open Word doc.
Immediately check MinTimer again. Twenty-nine minutes left.
Google lyrics for STP’s Plush for no important reason other than I’m very into that song today. That’s what happens when it’s the song […]

Otherwise known as internal conflict. First, my characters were being way too nice to one another. All kissy-huggy sweet. Bleech. Especially because it was the halfway point. Far too early for that much niceness.
And then they were sniping at one another. I don’t like sniping. Fighting, yes, but […]

PBW’s talking about time management via limiting internet time. Never mind that I choked at the part where she said she unplugged from the internet for a year. *whimpers*
And in her comments, Zornhau mentions an article by Jennifer Crusie (if I admit now that I’ve never read any of her books, will you all […]