Please Read, Seriously.

This has nothing to do with my novel, but it could save a life, therefore it is worth passing on:

http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/drowning/?10981

Rebecca

Summer

I've decided Summer and I do not get along.  The weather that Summer brings with her is just too miserably hot, then there is that whole Spring and Summer allergy issue.  I find that I sit in the house wishing the AC would make it just a bit cooler and writing seems like something that requires so much effort.  I officially cannot wait for Fall and Winter to come back when I can curl up with a blanket and the dog or cat and comfortably craft words into scenes.  Maybe Alaska would suit me better?

Poor Mrs. Kelly

Poor Mrs. Kelly just has to die. She was a sweet old fictional character, but her death is entirely necessary. :::cue funerary music:::

Still working on editing . . .

Still working on editing Blood Thief. Haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Though I do wish I'd wake up and find that the edit fairies had come in the middle of the night. Sigh. I so want to be done and begin querying!

To love scene or not to love scene, that is the question.

I'm struggling over whether to include a love scene or just allude to one. I don't have a problem writing them, I do that rather well actually. The catch here is that I don't want my book to be taken as a trashy novel with Fabio on the cover stereotype. Yes, there is a romantic pairing, albeit unconventional, but that's not the main storyline. Any pulse throbbing moments currently are involving a bit of blood spray and some vampiric gnoshing ;) Comments, ideas?

Not dead.

Not dead. Nor undead. Just swamped with revisions to Blood Thief. I swear I'll post more frequently as soon as I'm outta the weeds!

Revisions

In the process of making revisions, some revisions and a few revisions. I think my eyes may cross soon.

What we miss...

Maybe that it is just a glorious day out or maybe it's my mood . . . either way, wow. Today I've noticed so much that I normally just look over or take for granted. Now, I'll be the first to admit my dislike for spiders, hideous little nasties that they are, but today there was a single strand of web across my windshield. The sunlight hit it just so and there were prisms of light like an aurora borealis in miniature spangled over the glass. It was beautiful.

Necessity

It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Evidently I found it rather necessary to have my computer working because I have now Frankensteined (yes, I know that isn't really a word) the monitor from my dead desktop to the laptop. It's awkward, but hey, it works. At least it will give me the opportunity to back everything up one more time. The book was already backed up, but I had some small text files with notes and ideas that I'd neglected to back up. I'm happy to count them as "Not Lost." I still contend that I am death to electronics. Seriously.

Funeral Dirge

Time to play a funeral dirge for my latest computer. I swear I am death to electronics. The monitor on my laptop burned out hours after I typed the end on the first draft of my novel. I guess I overworked it, LOL!!

THE END!!!!!!!

I typed those two ultra-important words today, "THE END!" The first draft is finished! Yay! :::happy dancing::::

You've gotta see this....

I found this particular little gem at a blog I follow and am reposting for your amusement. (Please do not send me bills for any reupholstery or computer monitor cleaning!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBfECGdGUc

Enjoy! (and thanks to everyone that helped this gem find its way to the net!)

Cheering section?

I've decided I need a cheering section. Last night I reached the pivotal point in my novel. My second fave character is out of the picture (necessarily) for a while and it's up to the main character until he rejoins us. I've got to put my main character through absolute hell now and I know it is going to be tough to write. Going to need support!

Fiendish!

Writing like a fiend today! I love it when my dreams provide some kick-butt inspiration! I was reading on another blog about someone who was doing an interview with authors and wanted to ask each of them what the best thing about writing was. I think my answer to that would have to be that when I write I get to go hang out with some pretty awesome characters!

One of those days...

It is one of those drag yourself along by your raw, bleeding fingernails days. Sigh. I will finish this chapter no matter what. That is today's mantra. Say it with me...

All this dealing with taxes and p.i.t.a. info from a company I trusted telling me that my personal information was very likely stolen....well it makes one wonder how my darling vampire character will deal with life in the computer age. I'd raised these questions before all this nonsense, but it really highlights it for me now. I'm sensing some subplot, folks!

P.S. I feel sorry for anyone trying to access my credit, they will feel so bad for me they might even try to send me money! LOL

Go Fly A Kite

So there I was, plugging away.  My characters were being uncharacteristically mute however.  I was stuck.  So rather than have them blurt out stilted dialogue, I went and flew a kite.  Well, at least attempted to, the wind gusts were a bit too sporadic for success.  When I returned, poof, like magic, the words flowed again.  So when stuck?  Go fly a kite. :)

Mud, muck, mire....

Mud, muck and mire...all good words for the goo of difficult scenes to write. On my plate today is a break up scene between two of my characters. I'm trying to claw my way through it...not my favorite type of scene to write, but when they're done hurling invectives at each other we will see where the chips land! Almost want to skip ahead and write a nice happy scene and come back later, but I know I don't function well with non-linear writing. Once more into the fray!!

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Ok, so he's not exactly a babe, he's 12. Going on 30. At any rate, was extremely thankful for my son last night. I was sitting there, computer in lap, throwing a hissy about an issue I was having with 1st person point of view. My main character needed to know something she didn't see. I was to the point where I was getting ready to re-write everything in a new pov when my brilliant, genius, wonderful son says, "Geez Mom, just have someone call her and tell her!" A nice reminder that sometimes the simplest route is the best!

http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/picture.aspx?id=5203&name=orpheus-laments

This reminds me of Joss.