I wrote like a mad woman. Sprite has been officially erased from that manuscript, and it made me strangely sad. Don’t worry, little buddy. You’ll most likely end up elsewhere…unless you don’t. Perhaps I have killed you for good, but I have no way of knowing. It’s funny how you become so attached to characters. I’ve cried while writing death … Read More
Chaos! Delightful, Delightful Chaos!
Last night’s writing date was very successful…for every participant but me. Why? Because I had written myself into a wall. The very same wall in the very same story that I wrote myself into last time! I was going along quite happily, when WHAM! Wall! So I ditched the story for six months, pulled it out, viciously ripped the last … Read More
So…whatcha doing tonight?
Today has been a relentlessly hard day. Actually, the last three weeks have been, and I screamed and cried and beat my heels against the ground a little bit. But tonight I have a date! A word warring date! I’m meeting my friend this evening in the #nanowrimo chat room (the official NaNoWriMo chat) around 9:00 Pacific, and we’re going to … Read More
Come Listen To My Sordid Little Tale
A tale of an unlikely friendship, a friendship that puts everybody’s reputation at stake… Or something. Finally I have the “all clear” to announce this: I’m a member of the Shock Totem staff. Rock on! I submitted a story back to them in September, and they accepted it in October. After the acceptance, I began hanging out on the ST forum, pretty … Read More
My First WIP Wednesday. And I score!
There’s a reason that I never did WIP Wednesdays: I have about a zillion works in progress, and I don’t want to face up to that fact. But you know what? Huzzah for accountability! I love to read how other people’s WIPs are going because it’s inspiring. So buck up, me. The Demon Novel: 16,633 words. I hope to finish it … Read More
NaNoWriMo and JulNoWriMo
Does this sound like gibberish to you? So most of us are familiar with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and a lot of us even participate in it. But there’s an unofficial JulNoWriMo, as well, where we write a 50,000 word novel in the month of July. And I think I’m going to dive in. I need the deadline. I … Read More
Good Morning, Sunshine…Rawwwr
So my son started four weeks of summer school today. Me: Yay, yay! I’ll put him on the bus at 6:45 am and then I can write until 11:00! My daughter will just play quietly at my feet! Yeah, right. For one thing, I am not a rise and shine type o’ girl. I’m more rise and snarl. I write hate … Read More
Fireworks in Vegas!
I love fireworks. I’m positively mad about them. The thing that really made chemistry click for me was when we learned how to make the different colors in fireworks. I was in heaven. Every year I used to go out into the desert with my friends to watch the fireworks, or climb on the roof of my house. This year … Read More
Give Me A Happy Ending
So after a brief conversation about The Pirate Movie (Oh my gosh! Other people have not only heard of it, but have actually watched the thing!) I’ve been happily obsessed. And I’m also very busy today, so I’ll leave you with the closing musical number of the cheesy 80’s goodness that is The Pirate Movie. Now I want to slide … Read More
Must. Write. Longer. Pieces.
Okay, flash is fun. It’s succinct and charming, but MAN, it is not going to get me into the HWA! Luckily the last two pieces that I’ve been working on are longer, although they won’t get me into the HWA, either. They’re both sad realistic pieces, and I have no idea where that is coming from. Normally I have a … Read More