Go here:

laurawettersten.blogspot.com/2010/10/nanowrimo.html

Thanks, lovelies.

I'm stressed out.

That's pretty much it. If you want to just skip the rest of this post, have at it. I won't blame you. I just need somewhere to vent.

So a bunch of teachers I thought were my friends stabbed me in the back (so awesome of them, I know) and pretty much doubled my teaching load this year. This not only pissed me off, it made my teaching ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know you do.

So if you really love me, come on and let it show.

Follow this link and show your love by ripping the first page of my novel apart, bit by bloody bit. Yes, I'm telling you to have at my baby, my PRECIOUS. Seriously. Help.

First Page Critique Session This Way

And while you're there, punks, follow my blog.

On why I decided to make my hero a countertenor:

laurawettersten.blogspot.com/2010/07/countertenors-and-characters.html

Go. Enjoy a feast for the ears.

Random updates on my life, since I was forced to take a sabbatical from the interwebs:

1. REFUGE is on the shelf until March 17th, and that's a promise. That theoretically should be enough time for me to get over myself (and Nic and Brad) and do a good job of weed-whacking it. Did I mention I have to cut about 30K words???
2. My musical this year, Willy ( Read more... )

Guys, I am really, really close to finishing Refuge. It might even be finished this weekend.

This whole novel has been particularly emotional for me, both in the story and in real life, and I won't lie to you. I've been pretty much mentally exhausted for the past few weeks. It's been incredibly difficult to push through that and focus and write ( Read more... )

Dear Nic,

I love you, kid. You kind of had me at hello. Not sure if you know this or not, but I had plans before I met you. I had this big series going, a fantasy series, and I had two of the three books done and I was ready to start the third. Then you waltzed into my head and started talking about your life and how you fell in love for the first ( Read more... )