Must get back to work!

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MAY

8

2009

11:02 am

I’ve been lazy since the honeymoon and the excitement of pairing up with an agent. Instead of revising, I’ve been spending my “writing” time beta-reading and critiquing. I’ve got two full manuscripts to do by this weekend!

But that’s just my excuse. I really need to get to revising “Silk and Seduction” by Nationals. Some good news is it finaled in the Romance Through The Ages contest. That means that “Silk” has finaled every time I’ve flung it into the contest arena.

It’s quite different from the other two. The characters are a bit more complex. I think I’ll learn a lot from the revision process this time.

So here we go…page 1.

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Under pressure

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APR

7

2009

3:36 pm

I can hear the song playing in my head…

In school, I would always cram for a test. I’d write papers the night before. The thing is, I’m not a procrastinator. I would do a good amount of work and then stop and lie low until I had to rush at the end. I’m not really a workaholic either, but when I work I like to pile on a lot of pressure.

Finally, several years ago, I figured out why I do this. I do it for the adrenaline rush. Because when the pressure is on and the adrenaline kicks in, all the sudden everything feels easy and you just get it done. It’s like having super powers.  The danger of course is the burn out. When you crash from doing this, you can come down pretty hard.

Well, I guess my polishes weren’t going fast enough because I now have 3 full requests kicking me into gear. I didn’t expect things to go down so fast, but I should have known they could.

I’m writing as if my life depended on it now.  So, no more blogging until this manuscript is shining and sent out.

How do you handle pressure? Does it help or hurt?

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Starting all over again

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FEB

16

2009

5:24 am

So I wrote “The End” on the wip last week and, as always, I go into a bit of a doldrum after finishing. What do I work on next?

It seems that other authors I know are always brimming with ideas. My mind is not so effusive – especially not when I want it to be. I don’t hear the voices of my characters, I don’t have plot bunnies dancing around as I fall asleep.

I do know I want to move away from my usual setting for a bit, but where to go? I’m starting to outline and daydream to see if this nebulous idea I have will spin into something more solid and I am so envious of authors with great plot ideas just lined up and banging on the door to get out.

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My writing date with myself

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FEB

4

2009

6:00 am

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Last night I couldn’t stand sitting in front of my laptop anymore. No more!

So I took myself out on a writing date. No internet. Just paper and pen like I used to do in high school.

I went to the Borders and bought Jade Lee’s Blaze, “The Concubine”. Then I settled down in the coffee nook with a latte and a raspberry thumbprint scone.

Wrote two pages long hand. If felt good. Real good.

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