Toni LoTempio and Kit Wylde.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Well...
Today is Wednesday, right? I hope so. Then again, tomorrow and Friday my toddler's day care will be closed so I'll be bringing him to work with me. No actual work or internet surfing to be done the rest of the week, at least until nap time.
What am I working on today? Well, I have a list - 4 lists actually: my editor list, my writer list, my other list and my actual day job list.
The day job list isn't exhaustive; it can't be or otherwise I wouldn't be blogging!
The editor list is something I make each week, to make sure I'm on task with my own schedule, etc. My toddler has been sick so my To Dos and well-orchestrated plans have been shot all to hell (he's doing better now - thank goodness).
The other list...that's a little more complicated. I'm thinking of starting a business so I'm working on designing a website and other business-related ; I'm working on my new blog The Book Geek, trying to get it organized and updated; Out of the Blogosphere too (upcoming releases and guest bloggers).
The writing list is an entirely new can of worms. I want to write in a specific genre, to have my actual real legal name attached to this genre. But I also want to write in another genre and in a moment of sleep deprevation two days ago, discovered yet another genre. The third genre is more of a writing stretch since it is completely out of my comfort zone. I'm not deluding myself that I'll be successful in this third genre (okay, maybe a little) but I'm going to at least try it. Shouldn't writers push their own boundaries? Shouldn't we try to grow in our writing abilities? I and my 2 pen names certainly hope so!
What am I working on today? Well, I have a list - 4 lists actually: my editor list, my writer list, my other list and my actual day job list.
The day job list isn't exhaustive; it can't be or otherwise I wouldn't be blogging!
The editor list is something I make each week, to make sure I'm on task with my own schedule, etc. My toddler has been sick so my To Dos and well-orchestrated plans have been shot all to hell (he's doing better now - thank goodness).
The other list...that's a little more complicated. I'm thinking of starting a business so I'm working on designing a website and other business-related ; I'm working on my new blog The Book Geek, trying to get it organized and updated; Out of the Blogosphere too (upcoming releases and guest bloggers).
The writing list is an entirely new can of worms. I want to write in a specific genre, to have my actual real legal name attached to this genre. But I also want to write in another genre and in a moment of sleep deprevation two days ago, discovered yet another genre. The third genre is more of a writing stretch since it is completely out of my comfort zone. I'm not deluding myself that I'll be successful in this third genre (okay, maybe a little) but I'm going to at least try it. Shouldn't writers push their own boundaries? Shouldn't we try to grow in our writing abilities? I and my 2 pen names certainly hope so!
Monday, March 13, 2006
Feed The Muse...
...and she'll give right back!!
After completing the blurb for the YA idea, I came home and wrote almost the entire middle section of my futuristic novella! Wahoo!!
After completing the blurb for the YA idea, I came home and wrote almost the entire middle section of my futuristic novella! Wahoo!!
Ideas
As I was waiting in the McDonald's drive-thru line this afternoon, I was struck by an idea for a YA novel.
Aren't I working on several things already? Like 3 novellas and a paranormal suspense?
No matter, sayeth the Idea Fairy. This is a good idea, an idea which only you can write.
Shut up, I reply. I have enough ideas in progress. I'm having problems finishing any of them, you ADD-ish brain.
This is the 3rd such conversation I've had with my ADD-ish brain since Friday night. It just so happens the best ideas (well, I think they're good ideas) come to me at that moment when my conscious brain meets my unconscious brain. Ideas meld. Thoughts flicker. "Genius" takes over.
Friday night, I had 3 ideas hit me at once, all during this brain fade, all for YA novels. So I scramble for something to write with and on, hoping I can reproduce them in a few short words and that when I woke up, I'd remember them. Yesterday, I re-read my scribbles. I can only make out 1 of 3 and honestly, I have no idea what it means.
What did I just finish? A blurb for the YA novel I thought of in the McDonald's drive-thru. What am I itching to write? You guessed it....
My muse is a bitch!
Aren't I working on several things already? Like 3 novellas and a paranormal suspense?
No matter, sayeth the Idea Fairy. This is a good idea, an idea which only you can write.
Shut up, I reply. I have enough ideas in progress. I'm having problems finishing any of them, you ADD-ish brain.
This is the 3rd such conversation I've had with my ADD-ish brain since Friday night. It just so happens the best ideas (well, I think they're good ideas) come to me at that moment when my conscious brain meets my unconscious brain. Ideas meld. Thoughts flicker. "Genius" takes over.
Friday night, I had 3 ideas hit me at once, all during this brain fade, all for YA novels. So I scramble for something to write with and on, hoping I can reproduce them in a few short words and that when I woke up, I'd remember them. Yesterday, I re-read my scribbles. I can only make out 1 of 3 and honestly, I have no idea what it means.
What did I just finish? A blurb for the YA novel I thought of in the McDonald's drive-thru. What am I itching to write? You guessed it....
My muse is a bitch!
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Grrr...
This blogger template is driving me c-r-a-z-y!!! Grrrr
Ten Minutes Later...
Don't ask me what I did because I have no clue! But it's fixed and I'm not messing with it ever again!!!
Ten Minutes Later...
Don't ask me what I did because I have no clue! But it's fixed and I'm not messing with it ever again!!!
Friday, March 3, 2006
New E-Publisher
A new e-publisher is hitting the 'net on March 5th, and I'm fortunate enough to be an editor!
Freya's Bower
The site is currently under construction but it does list submission guidelines.
Good luck (and maybe I'll be your editor!)!!
The site is currently under construction but it does list submission guidelines.
Good luck (and maybe I'll be your editor!)!!
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
A Passionate Love Affair
Between whom? Me and books.
I love books. Seriously. This love affair goes way, way back, to before I could technically read. I used to "read" my favorite A-B-C book to my mother; I'd sit in her lap, she'd hold the book and I'd recite what was on the pages. This love affair is so long-standing, it surpasses how long I've known my oldest friend.
Why mention my affair with books? I went into a bookstore on my lunch break. Huge mistake.
I only purchased 3 books (the 3 I actually went to buy!) -- Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward (an upcoming OOTB guest blogger); The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenigger; and The Cotton Queen by Patricia Morasi -- but I came away with new additions to my To Be Read list. At the rate at which I accumulate these additions, I'll likely never finish.
A book geek's dream.....
I love books. Seriously. This love affair goes way, way back, to before I could technically read. I used to "read" my favorite A-B-C book to my mother; I'd sit in her lap, she'd hold the book and I'd recite what was on the pages. This love affair is so long-standing, it surpasses how long I've known my oldest friend.
Why mention my affair with books? I went into a bookstore on my lunch break. Huge mistake.
I only purchased 3 books (the 3 I actually went to buy!) -- Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward (an upcoming OOTB guest blogger); The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenigger; and The Cotton Queen by Patricia Morasi -- but I came away with new additions to my To Be Read list. At the rate at which I accumulate these additions, I'll likely never finish.
A book geek's dream.....
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