Yesterday ended so well! I was very pleased with my chapter and even went on to work chapter two. I got great encouragement from my critique partner, Emily, so I feel like I'm the best writer out there, even if that is far from the truth.
Update as of 7:30pm: I didn't get chapter 2 completely edited but I did a couple of pages in between packing(we're moving in a little more than a week)and laundry and trashing old clothes and junk. I'm still feeling good about the story and really want to know what happens(even though I already know).
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 1 Continued...
Well, I finished editing chapter one so that's something. Yay me!
This morning was a rough considering I was distracted by everything, whether it be the wrong music on my MP3 or watching Mr. Darcy for inspiration. FYI, never try to watch a movie, even if you've seen it fifteen times, to get you inspired to write while you're trying to write.
The afternoon was better since I was actually able to have a readable chapter under my belt.
This morning was a rough considering I was distracted by everything, whether it be the wrong music on my MP3 or watching Mr. Darcy for inspiration. FYI, never try to watch a movie, even if you've seen it fifteen times, to get you inspired to write while you're trying to write.
The afternoon was better since I was actually able to have a readable chapter under my belt.
Day 1
Good morning! That sounded very chipper, didn't it?
This way be kind of silly but I was agonizing over when exactly my year of the good, the bad and the ugly should start. Should I just use the rest of this year and say 340 days to go or start at the good ol' 365? Will those twenty-five extra days really be missed?
Okay, so hear goes:
Day 1: No writing yet. But it's still early and I'm still in my pajamas.
This way be kind of silly but I was agonizing over when exactly my year of the good, the bad and the ugly should start. Should I just use the rest of this year and say 340 days to go or start at the good ol' 365? Will those twenty-five extra days really be missed?
Okay, so hear goes:
Day 1: No writing yet. But it's still early and I'm still in my pajamas.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Movies and how they inspire you...
Here I am watching Julie and Julia and wondering what to do with my own blog. I have one, obviously, but what am I doing with it? So far, I've only posted about random things about myself but nothing really substantial. Not saying my life isn't important but I feel like my blog needs a purpose. So what's the purpose going to be you ask? To write about the good, bad and the ugly about being an aspiring writer. There are 341 days left in the year and I intend on blogging every day(or close to it) even if I don't write on my novel. Basically, write about not writing. Ha! But hopefully, I'll be writing about how much I'm writing and how marvelously my manuscript is coming along.
Cross your fingers, toes and eyeballs, I obviously can't or I wouldn't be able to type.
Cross your fingers, toes and eyeballs, I obviously can't or I wouldn't be able to type.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
New year, new look, and Jane Austen...
Happy 2010! To start off the new year I decided to change the look of my much neglected blog. Poor blog. Maybe this year I'll give it a bit more attention.
While looking for writing inspiration, I stumbled across a few Jane Austen related websites. http://www.janeausten.org/ and http//www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/ Both showed pictures of writing desks and tables that she used to pen her masterpieces, would she want them called masterpieces, and I got teary-eyed. I'm not much of the mushy type but seeing, even in a photograph, where a young woman, like myself, wrote such great stories was inspiring. She wrote, and became published, in a time when it's wasn't popular for women to be authors. So that made me wonder "what's keeping me from doing it in a time where it is acceptable?" My answer? Nothing. The reason for not being published yet? My own laziness. I'm not going to say that my new year's resolution is to take getting published seriously because I always fail miserably at actually achieving my resolutions, so I wont make it a resolution, I'll just make it a promise to myself. Sounds a little less intimidating that way.
Wish me luck!
While looking for writing inspiration, I stumbled across a few Jane Austen related websites. http://www.janeausten.org/ and http//www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/ Both showed pictures of writing desks and tables that she used to pen her masterpieces, would she want them called masterpieces, and I got teary-eyed. I'm not much of the mushy type but seeing, even in a photograph, where a young woman, like myself, wrote such great stories was inspiring. She wrote, and became published, in a time when it's wasn't popular for women to be authors. So that made me wonder "what's keeping me from doing it in a time where it is acceptable?" My answer? Nothing. The reason for not being published yet? My own laziness. I'm not going to say that my new year's resolution is to take getting published seriously because I always fail miserably at actually achieving my resolutions, so I wont make it a resolution, I'll just make it a promise to myself. Sounds a little less intimidating that way.
Wish me luck!
Friday, June 19, 2009
I was wondering...
about how well we know the people around us, especially our closest friends and those we talk to the most often. Here are some things that people may not know about me:
~I lived in Germany for six months...and still don't know how to speak it.
~I'm a lefty. Why do lefties get a bad wrap?
~I was adopted.
~I love taking long walks.
~I like Bill O'Reilly and George W. Bush.
What are some things that people may not know about you?
~I lived in Germany for six months...and still don't know how to speak it.
~I'm a lefty. Why do lefties get a bad wrap?
~I was adopted.
~I love taking long walks.
~I like Bill O'Reilly and George W. Bush.
What are some things that people may not know about you?
Monday, June 8, 2009
Review: Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
As promised from yesterday, here is my review for Victoria Dahl's Talk Me Down. FYI, Lori's story comes out next month(July). I can't wait!
Molly Jenkins has one naughty little secret: her job as a bestselling erotic fiction author. Until her inspiration runs dry—thanks to a creepy ex—and it’s time to skip town and move back to tiny Tumble Creek, Colorado.
One look at former high school hunk chief of police Ben Lawson and Molly is back in business. The town gossip is buzzing at her door and, worse still, a stalker seems to be watching her every move. Thankfully, her very own lawman has taken to coming over, often. The only problem now is that Molly may have to let the cat out of the bag about her chosen profession, and straitlaced Ben will definitely not approve.…
I found this book after about an hour of roaming around the bookstore because I wasn’t really sure what I was in the mood to read or buy. The cover immediately caught my eye. The back cover blurb caught my attention and the book itself definitely kept it.
Molly is such a realistic character. She’s not perfect and she does make mistakes. Some of the things she did to make the hero, Ben, jealous were a bit childish but it was easy to get over. Haven’t we all done silly things at one point or another to get a guys attention? At first her “self gradification” bothered me a bit but then it was refreshing because it is “taboo” in romance novels for characters to “help” themselves. Single ladies have needs, too, right? Even if they don’t admit it. When you get to know Ben it’s easy to see why Molly wrote about him. He’s sexy and Alpha but he has a soft spot for her and it shows. He didn’t have an easy adolesence but he doesn’t let it weight him down. Even though he tries to stay away he is drawn to Molly like a magnet.
I really can’t describe more of the plot because I would seriously give things away. But I will say that there is some suspense thrown in for good measure. It’s not all about Molly and Ben jumping each others bones every chance they got, although that was certainly enjoyable to read.
Things I liked:
Everything! The characters. The plot. The pace. The sex scenes. It was chalked full of them but it didn’t overpower the book. There seriously wasn’t anything about this book that stuck out to me that I didn’t like. I think I experienced every single kind of emotion in the span of reading this book.
What I disliked:
Nothing!
Rating: A . It now has its own little spot on my Keeper Shelf.
Publication Date/Price: January 2009/$6.99
Author’s website: http://www.victoriadahl.com/
Molly Jenkins has one naughty little secret: her job as a bestselling erotic fiction author. Until her inspiration runs dry—thanks to a creepy ex—and it’s time to skip town and move back to tiny Tumble Creek, Colorado.One look at former high school hunk chief of police Ben Lawson and Molly is back in business. The town gossip is buzzing at her door and, worse still, a stalker seems to be watching her every move. Thankfully, her very own lawman has taken to coming over, often. The only problem now is that Molly may have to let the cat out of the bag about her chosen profession, and straitlaced Ben will definitely not approve.…
I found this book after about an hour of roaming around the bookstore because I wasn’t really sure what I was in the mood to read or buy. The cover immediately caught my eye. The back cover blurb caught my attention and the book itself definitely kept it.
Molly is such a realistic character. She’s not perfect and she does make mistakes. Some of the things she did to make the hero, Ben, jealous were a bit childish but it was easy to get over. Haven’t we all done silly things at one point or another to get a guys attention? At first her “self gradification” bothered me a bit but then it was refreshing because it is “taboo” in romance novels for characters to “help” themselves. Single ladies have needs, too, right? Even if they don’t admit it. When you get to know Ben it’s easy to see why Molly wrote about him. He’s sexy and Alpha but he has a soft spot for her and it shows. He didn’t have an easy adolesence but he doesn’t let it weight him down. Even though he tries to stay away he is drawn to Molly like a magnet.
I really can’t describe more of the plot because I would seriously give things away. But I will say that there is some suspense thrown in for good measure. It’s not all about Molly and Ben jumping each others bones every chance they got, although that was certainly enjoyable to read.
Things I liked:
Everything! The characters. The plot. The pace. The sex scenes. It was chalked full of them but it didn’t overpower the book. There seriously wasn’t anything about this book that stuck out to me that I didn’t like. I think I experienced every single kind of emotion in the span of reading this book.
What I disliked:
Nothing!
Rating: A . It now has its own little spot on my Keeper Shelf.
Publication Date/Price: January 2009/$6.99
Author’s website: http://www.victoriadahl.com/
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