Sunday, January 07, 2007

Time Flies

Time flies when you're not having fun. It's been some time since we made the move back to the big city and while the husband's job is going well i have still not been able to find a job. In fact i have only had one call back in the last several months. I've spent some time wallowing in depression and trying to figure out where I went wrong.

My husband suggested that i try to start my own business and after realizing that i have very few skills that would enable me to be successful at being self employed; I've decided to throw myself back into writing. It's going well so far. I have a lot of ideas and i'm getting organized. I'm still sending out the resumes but at least now i have some sort of back up plan.
I feel better already.

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Monday, October 23, 2006

On this day, way back when...

Happy birthday to me

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Friday, October 20, 2006

magic disappearing act

I haven't been around online lately. I made a major move and i'm working part time while I look for a new job in a new town. It has really cut down n the time that i've spent writing or even plotting. I have major revisions to do on Aeris and then on top of that i'm going to try to knock out the sequel during nanowrimo.

So if you don't see me around, that's why.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

NaNoWriMo

It's that time again! I'm excited and geared up to do NaNOWriMo in November. Last year i was doing ok when i got an appendicitis and spent a couple of days in the hospital. This year no appendix so hopefully no problem. I have to say though that my forced vactaion was a turning point for me.

While i was laying there in bed listening to the doctor telling me that he wasn't really sure what was wrong with me but that they would porbably operate anyway, i started thinking about the stuff that i needed to get done. I wasn't maudlin or anything but i just felt like i had so much unfinished business. When i got out and started walking and eating solid food again i opened up my laptop and finished The Running Mate.

I hope that I have no more hospital induced epiphanies this year. All i want to do is make it through the month.

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Heating up leftovers

So, the first publisher that i sent my WIP to said that i should lengthen it, do some work on the charaters and then resub. It's sort of a mixed bag. Its better than an all out rejection. I guess that i'll have to find a wayt o work out the problems with the characters. Sometimes you work on something for so long that it is hard to se the problems with it. I sent it off to my favorite editor for her input.

oh well

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Moving

I'm going to be MIA this week. We're moving apartments and states. It's going as badly as can be expected. Too much stuff, not enough space and i'm having to endure countless comments on the amount of books that i'm taking with me. Apparently i don't get credit for all of the poor books that i've had to part with.

May the force be with me.

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Monday, September 11, 2006

I Hate Waiting

I was going to wait a while to work on book #2 but the wait is killing me. Now I'm filled with the usual angst over the book. Is it good enough? Will anyone want it? Is my writing total shit and I'm the only one who doesn't see it? You know, the usual. So I'm taking my mind off of it by working on the outline for book two.

It's going well. I think outlining the plot is more my thing. I've tried the character cards and spreadsheets and all kinds of plotting
methodologies to work out my formula but i find it's easier for me to spot holes in the plot when i have a detailed outline.

I'm going to try something different with this book. I'm comfortable
dealing with female characters that are very strong. It's who I am and so it's what is familiar to me. I'm starting to wonder though ifI'm not limiting myself by not exploring a bit. I may try that in the second book. It could be interesting to explore the growth of a character from weak to strong. Anyway, just an idea.

We'll see how this all works out.

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