I've been working on a lot of different things in the last few years, trying to re-find my writing footing. I went through my WIPs last year (basically, any been-started manuscript that I have Actual Ideas for, and any follow-up books), and I came up with a whopping 30. Granted, most are sequels-- it's actually half that for individual worlds ( Read more... )

I'm going to attempt to reinstate my "quote of the week" habit, but, uh, I'm not making any promises...

"I think if you don't have that burning desire to have it perfect there's just too many others that do" - Fern Mallis, judge on Bravo's "The Fashion Show"Confession: If it's on Bravo & it's a reality show, I've probably seen at least one episode ( Read more... )

I've been poking at Mordagrin lately, partly to take my mind off querying stuff and partly because, well, the characters poke at me and won't let me leave them alone for very long ( Read more... )

"When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do." - Anne Sexton

I've been busy lately. I probably don't look busy to the outside world, but I have been. So busy, in fact, that the only "writing" I've done lately has been:
1) Submission Packet Shtuff and
2) Back/Side Story- little vignettes of character life, not anything I need to ( Read more... )

So, I've seen this going around & figured what they hey, I'm up, might as well. So here are some of my first lines...

Arion (Prologue)
"Marius, tell me a story," Arion said, gazing up at his older brother from the depths of his monstrous bed. "You haven’t in ages."

Mordagrin (Prologue- might change as story evolves ( Read more... )

"An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought." ~ Mignon McLaughlinI've had a few odd experiences with my writing lately, and I've started calling it my "subconscious writing work" for lack of a better term ( Read more... )

I have a problem character. She's not a problem like Arion was (thinking one way & then acting like a total dumbass) or like Isis was (acting like a doormat until I figured out what the heck she was doing) or even like Mordecai (outright lying to me on many, many occasions).

Nope. Josephine is a problem because she loves her husband.

( Potential Arion (and possibly Mordagrin) spoilers within... )

1) So... my grand plans to continue to blog semi-daily (every 2 or so days) aren't going so well. I blame BEDA. Or my read-through. One or the other. But I'm hoping to have new, exciting topics (or at least, uh, topics) soonish. I've got a list going, honest. I just have to find the motivation to think about them before posting! Better content, ( Read more... )

And Draft 2 of the Dreaded Thesis Essay is with my reader. Yay! Sometime in the next week I will know if I'm done-done or another revision away ( Read more... )

All right. Draft 2 of the Dreaded Thesis Essay will be finished by the end of the day today. I have two paragraphs to revise and one to write, re-read, revise and send the whole dang thing off to my reader.

The only problem being that I have no idea what I'm writing for that last paragraph. I just wrote an entire paper on how I wrote Arion and ( Read more... )