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Saturday, July 11, 2009Blame it on the Mothership In case anyone is as yet unaware, YouTube is evil. It is the root of my internet procrastination. I swear it's true. Where else can I look up old episodes of Soul Train while eating breakfast? No, no, please don't tell me if there's actually another site where I can do that. I'm lost to the cause already. ~_~' I hit a Don Cornelius marathon this morning while flipping through book notes, and reviewing what I wrote yesterday. Talk about Saturday morning nostalgia, complete with "homework". When I was growing up, the last "cartoon" of the morning - which was that show where Captain Kangaroo reads books you otherwise never heard of or cared about? That show. Right. Anyway, that was followed up by a marathon of dance tv : Soul Train, American Bandstand, and Solid Gold. And, yesh, I watched them all. Or as much as I could get away with before my mom ran me out of the house. "Go outside and play in the sunshine!" At any rate, I've spent a shameful amount of time on youtube this morning. Whenever will I learn to stay away from there? Or at least get some work done first? One video leads to another, then to another and another. I'm hopeless, and that's the truth of it. Here it is a little after 11am, I've got a handful of notes to show for and Rock Steady stuck in my head. On the writing front, I made it t0 the ball park! I hit the 80k mark on my wip around 2-3am this morning. *confetti* Directly afterward, I closed up shop for the night and fell into bed before I kicked over. It's safe to say I exceeded my mini-goal for the week. From here on in, I'm making a dash straight to 90k. If I can get in at least 1k a day, I'll have this puppy finished well within the month. And I'm pretty sure if I do a few writing sprints between now and next Saturday, I can wrap this one up before then. Wish me luck! That's it for now. The guys are gone to the lake so I'm going to take advantage of the quite time to do a timed writing. Oh! One more thing... My author page at Cobblestone is now fully updated with all my available titles, including Wave Rider and Wicked Desires. Yay! I hope you'll check it out! Happy weekend!
Labels: 70s pimpin', 80s cheese, back in the olden days when I was a kid, blame it on the mothership, brain drivel, dance break, nostalgia, TV  
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Friday, July 10, 2009Writing Sprints and Wave Rider
It's been a busy morning, and a good start to the writing day! So far I've written close to 2k, thanks to a couple of timing writing sprints with Marley Delarose. I stayed up late last night mostly due to allergies driving me bonkers. I have gone through buckets of eyedrops - ok, so not really, but I've used them alot lately. Still my eyes are itchy and dry. It probably doesn't help that I took Mini outside yesterday and sat under the huge oak tree in the back yard. What can I say? I'm a glutton for (pollen) punishment. At around four this morning I hit the 75k mark, and I'd have celebrated Kool & the Gang style if the rest of the house hadn't been asleep. I've now hit official "book length" with my wip. Woohoo!  Oh! Before I forget, Wave Rider is out today! :*) It's available now from Cobblestone Press!  At a tropical resort in Bonaire, two sexy surfers teach Sunny to ride wave after wave of pleasure. I'm a bit tired after staying up so late, so I'm thinking I better get my running done early this morning, just incase I have a nap crash later. ^_^ So, that's it for now. Off to go pay the bills. I hope you all have a snazzy Friday! Labels: chicken dance, milestones
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009Turning More Pages
It's been a tough week here so far, but I'm soldiering through and trying to keep my chin up. I recently picked up a copy of Making Waves by Cathryn Fox and Jaci Burton, so I'll probably sit down with that this evening. Tell me that isn't one gorgeous cover, btw. Sexy mermaids? Yep, count me in with a cuppa tea. Can't wait to read this one! I've been plugging away at my wip on and off throughout the day. It's kinda been a slow writing day, but overall the project is going very well. I hit the 70k mark earlier this afternoon, and stopped to celebrate with a Diet Dr. Pepper and a bowl of pork rinds which Pitbull insisted I share with him, the poor underfed beast. :P Since my writing mini-goal for the week was 65k, I toyed with the idea of upping the ante, but I think I'm just going to keep at it without revamping the goal until Saturday night. At that point I'll see what I've got and go from there. I don't want to set a goal so close to the end of the week and push myself to the point of burn out. That said, the world is still turning. Can't ask for much more than that, I guess. I'm off to figure out what's for supper and do a few house-wifely things. I hope you all have a happy hump day. Labels: blog friends, book lust, writing updates
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009Kreativ Blogger Award The lovely and talented Emerald nominated me for a Kreativ Blogger award. :*) It is now apparently my turn to pass the torch and I had to look around carefully to make sure I haven't chosen anyone already nominated - to equally spread the love, and all that.So here goes...the 7 blogs I nominate (in no particular order) are: 1.) And Shades of Grey - Because she's wonderful and a mean knitter to boot. 2.) The Shape of Imagination - Interesting books, all the time. 3.) Isabelle Santiago - An awesome romance writer, and new mommy. 4.)The Galaxy Express - OMG, a blog that's food for procrastination! 5.)Mimi Smartypants - I can't stop reading. *_* 6.)Yolanda Sfetsos - A hard working, ass kickin' writer. Nuff said. 7.) Midnight Moon Cafe - Yes, I am biased. While I do take care of the website, and handle some of the businessy things at MMC, it's the other ladies, particularly Cassandra Curtis, who works so very hard to keep the blog fun and interesting. Cheers, sisters. You are all more than deserving, in my opinion. Now, I think I am supposed to post 7 things* I like...or at least everyone else seems to be doing it, so why shouldn't I? *And just for the record, I am hereby disqualifying all the obvious things that would fit into this category, including but not limited to family members, freedom, pets, etc. 1.) my laptop - My preeeecious... *_* I'd be lost without it. 2.)books - all kinds, ebook, print, romance, sci-fi, erotica, horror. I luv them all. 3.)Cylons - Oh, please, please, please can I have this one! 4.)the ocean - wish I lived there. 5.)celestial printed things - I'm addicted. 6.)riding with the top down 7.)Those long, midnight gab fests over the phone that last for three or more hours with my crit partner. Oh, and we even save the last few minutes of the convo for actual talk about our books and projects, lol. ;0) That's it for today. It's been a tough one. I'll spare you all the horrific events: job loss, sick relatives, not enough Berenger chilling in the fridge. Big hugs, Emerald, for the nomination. You've truly made my day. Labels: blog awards, please pass the tissues
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Monday, July 06, 2009Summer Dreamin'
About Wave Rider... On the writing front, I'm almost to the 64k mark after what has turned out to be a really good writing weekend. Since It's pouring rain outside, so I guess it's a good day to make a dash for the 65k mark. That's supposed to be my writing goal for this week, but I'm already so close to the tipping point, I may have to up the ante. That's it for now. Be sure to drop by the MMC today if you have a minute to spare. Author Grace Draven is talking about her awesome new book, Master of Crows! http://midnightmooncafe.blogspot.com Labels: MMC, Wave Rider, writing updates
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Sunday, July 05, 2009Taking A Subliminal Dip
The entire place looked like something out of a fictionalized martian landscape. The lake was situated in a canyon with lots of high, red cliffs with all the layers of sediment showing. The water was a rusty color from the soil. I couldn't see what was around the corner from where I was, but there was an ebb and flow to the water, gentle rocking waves like what you feel off the wakes of passing boats. I stand up and shield my eyes from the sun, but I can't spot anyone I recognize. Then I feel water lapping around the tops of my feet and look down. The water has gone very shallow and there is all this jagged sand, like piles someone had formed into sand castles, and it had dried into small columns on the ground that way. I glanced back at the beach and saw the water had completely pulled away from the shore, and other people are marveling at this as well. The water is receeding before our very eyes. I walk along the dry lake bed, the dog toy is gone, and by the time I get to a vantage point where I can see around the edge of the canyon wall, a guy walks past me and says, "Everyone's going now. They're saying the volcano is about to blow." Once the lake was out of view, I looked at the guy and said, "You know, if the volcano erupts, no matter if we're here or a few miles down the road, we won't be able to escape it." The guy said, "Maybe not. But we will have tried." Who can argue with that? I woke up immediately afterward, and laid there examining the details. The dream really doesn't surprise me much. I'm pretty sure this is my subconscious mind telling me the water is calm now, but to get out of a crappy situation before the ship sinks. Or at least move far enough down the road so I'm not plowed over by whatever eruption is coming. I sense it, and see the change I need to make. But oy, it's going to be tough. Make no doubt about that. The wip is going well. I crossed the 62k barrier last night, and I'm still going strong. Doing a bit of layering in there too. So far so good. I've finally decided on the target publisher for this book, and I'm waffling over a short list of agents as well. Until then, back to the writing cave. I'm shooting for another 1k today. Or possibly a short writing jaunt this morning, and another one tonight. Sounds like a plan. That's it for now. I hope you all have a happy Sunday. Labels: bizarre dreams, subliminal dip, weekends, writing updates
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Saturday, July 04, 2009Happy Independence Day Happy July 4th, everyone! I took the kiddos to my parents house for a BBQ earlier, and now I'm sitting around with Mini waiting for the hubster to get home. It's been a pretty good day. The writing is going. As of this morning, I'm 61k into the wip, and it's sitting at 233 pages. I'm going to try for at least another 1k tonight, but it's just whatever fills the page, since I don't want to push myself too hard when I don't need to. I already cleared my word goal for the week, and wouldn't want to shoot myself in the foot with burnout. So just a leisurely writing jag in store for tonight. ;) That's it for now. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday! Labels: holidays, home life, writing updates
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