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BONES
I love the relationships between all the characters, especially Boothe and Bones. That chemistry is something that even authors would love to have between their characters. Something that makes you care about each one of them.
The writing is going strong. 🙂 Progress is being made on several stories and I’m seeing the finish line on a couple of them. So that’s what I plan on doing this weekend, keep writing.
Hope you all have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Wednesday Hump Day
Middle of the week and it feels like I haven’t really accomplished anything. lol. I did some writing last night, not much, but every word counts, right? Well, actually, that isn’t the truth. Not every word counts and not every scene works. Sometimes I write a thousand words and end up having to throw away most of them because they just aren’t working with the scene or the characters. That can get frustrating. 🙂
Better do some work at the evil day job. I hope you all have a grea Wednesday. 🙂
Ugh…it’s Monday
I’m not looking forward to going back to work today. The weekend was nice. I got some writing done and hung out with C. Good weather. It was a good time all around. lol…Why do I have work my evil day job? 🙁
Hope you all have a great day.
Friday at last
Well, finally made it to the end of the week. For some reason, this week seemed longer than normal..lol. I’m looking forward to doing nothing over the weekend, except writing. But that’s a given.
Been working on Derek and Max’s story. I’m hoping that it’ll keep going well and I can get it done by the end of July. That would be great. Because depending on if LSB picks it up and when it gets contracted, it could possibly be out this year. If not, then it would be the first part of next year. 🙂 Keep your fingers crossed that the cowboys keep talking to me.
Well, I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful weekend.
Wednesday Update
First, I’d like to thank all of you who have picked up Death or Life. I’m thrilled by all the wonderful emails and comments (on the blog) I’ve received from you. 🙂 Yes, there will be a story about Mars and Lord. I have a little bit of it written, but I’m afraid it has to be set aside until I get more pressing stories finished.
Second, for those of you who asked…Yes, Max and Derek have spoken to me. Yesterday in fact, they helped me add another 1k to their word count. Doesn’t really get me to the finish line, but I’m in the homestretch (I think…lol)
In fact, I had a very good writing day. Over 3k of words written on three different stories, which makes me happy. I’ll be seeing how far I can take Derek and Max before either they shut up on me again, or I finish the story. I’m thinking that I’ll finish it and then allow them to ride off into the sunset. 🙂
I hope you all have a marvelous day.
Wet Wednesday
Okay, so the wet describes the picture, not the weather today…or at least not yet anyway. It’s cold here though. I’m thinking we’ve reverted back to spring weather instead of summer.hmmm..what to talk about? I’m glad to see you all are enjoying Understanding the Past. Now if I can just remember to wrap up all the little sub-plots and answer all your questions by the end of the story…lol. I might need to get some notecards and write everything down on them to keep it straight.
That’s the problem with not plotting out the story. Things just happen and I have to remember to keep track and not forget about them as I write. I’ve done it before..lol. But I don’t like outlining my stories because then I begin to feel stuck within the boundaries I created for myself and while I know I can change them, I have a tendency to become trapped by the ones I’ve already thought up. It’s only when my characters decide they aren’t going to do what I want them to, that things begin to morph into a different story and a better one usually.
Well, enough babbling for now. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.
Writing A.D.D.
I figured out early on in my writing career, that I have what I call Writer’s A.D.D. At certain times, I can’t concentrate on just one story, so I work on two or three at a time. I think of it as keeping the story fresh by switching off on different ones.
It does take longer to get the stories finished, but I don’t get bored or frustrated with any of them…which is a bonus. When I get bored or frustrated, the story gets set aside and I’m less likely to go back to it.
I’ve got three stories going aside from the blog one. The next Home one, another cowboy one (not part of any series) and a contemporary one about two musicians. 🙂 All of them are fun to work on. It’s just that Derek and Max from the Home book are taking their time telling me their story, so it’s a little slow going with them, but I’m keeping at it…lol.
Well, there’s a little update for everyone. I hope you all have a great Wednesday.
Monday, Monday
Well, it’s Monday again. 🙂 The weekend turned out pretty nice and it was a productive one. I did some writing and got a little farther in a couple stories. Maybe soon I’ll be able to say that I actually finished one…lol.Now it’s off to work at the evil day job and hopefully, I can sneak in some writing while I’m there.
Have a great day, everyone.
Wet Wednesday
Should have known the great weather wouldn’t last. It’s raining now and plans on raining all day. It would be the perfect day to stay home, write, read, and listen to the rain on the roof. 🙂 But instead I’m at work. Yay! lol.
Wow…can you believe it? I actually have a month where I don’t have a book coming out…lol. Then I have two books out in July and two books in Sept. with one sneaking in during August. Boy, I better get cracking so I can release books in Oct., Nov., and Dec. I guess next year I have to shoot for at least one out every month, huh? Boy, that would be a strain on your pocketbooks, wouldn’t it?
Not sure I can write that fast though. 🙂
Hey, I hope everyone has a great Wednesday and stay dry.
Wednesday’s Hunk
Good morning, everyone. Happy Hump Day. We begin our down hill slide into the weekend. Woo-hoo!
Let’s see, not much happening here. Just writing, but it feels like I’m not accomplishing a lot. Each story gets a little closer to being finished, but none of them are done yet. Ugh! Oh well…I guess doing a little is better than doing nothing at all.
I hope everyone has a great day.
