I See You

It's me! It's me! Back here the next day!

I've had some writing breakthroughs this week (and the week's only 3 days old!) that I'm very excited about. I wrote a first draft for the childrens' book series I've been contemplating. I think it's crap, of course, and too short, but I'm going to keep working on it. I'd like to get 3 manuscripts ready to send to my short list of agents. Maybe I will actually finish something before December!

My college-aged YA idea is brewing around in my head, and I'm asking a lot of questions from my main character. Thus far, she's not really answering them or she just shrugs or sighs like what I'm asking is such a stupid question. You know how teenagers can be. I haven't attempted to write YA before so I'm really scared about finding the right voice. Plus, it's been a long time since I was 18 and I know that the main character and I don't have very much in common. We'll see how it goes.

And, as I was taking C to preschool, I wrote the opening paragraph for my NASCAR book...in my mind. I can remember the first couple of sentences; everything else has melded back into my brain mush. But that's okay -- I think it's a good first sentence/opening and as long as that's on paper, I'll just write what the muse tells me to.

I'm.....

....looking for some YA (college age) books to read. I have a YA idea blooming and, well, it's been a long time since I was 18 or 19 years old. Leave your suggestions in the comments.

I've Been a Bad, Bad Girl

Bad at updating this blog!

I haven't been doing much -- either taking care of the sick (my sweet boy) or being sick myself. No writing to speak of (actually, no writing at all, which is okay) but I have been reading. Two new series I've started: The Mommy-Track Mysteries by Ayelet Waldman and The Nick Travers Mysteries by Ace Atkins.


Nursery Crimes is the first in Ms. Waldman's series. A pretty fun read; I gasp aloud when I figured out who the real murderer was. Not out of shock necessarily, I was just that into this book.




The second is Crossroads Blues, the first in the Nick Travers series. All takes place in the South (I believe) and Crossroads Blues was centered in New Orleans and Greenwood, Mississippi. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series because Nick Travers seems like a guy I could enjoy knowing.