Just sent the edited version of the last four chapters of my latest novel to my critique partners. Yay!!!!
I know that doesn't mean it's done. For good. But, hopefully, it means it's just about ready for a beta read, and for querying. Unfortunately, that means I have to write an amazing query that will give a taste of the story while exciting an agent to want to read more. Sigh. Ugh. Not my favorite part of the whole writing/publishing process.
But, here's to the next step, and having another almost-finished product!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Chocolates and romance
I haven't dug into them yet. Although I did open the box and take a whiff – dark chocolate mixed with pink fruity nougat. I don't even know for sure what flavor that pink stuff is, but I know it's yummy, and goes very well with a cup of hot tea and a book.
Today is Valentine's Day, and it's cold outside. And I can't think of anything nicer than nibbling on chocolate while curled up with a favorite romance novel. Today perhaps you can find time to pull out an old favorite and find the good part. Just skip to the part that you know makes you smile, cry or sigh – whether it's the sweet love scene where they finally get together, the steamy bedroom scene where they really get together, the poignant return of the hero, or the entertaining clash of wills that makes you wonder if they'll ever get it sorted out (even though you know they will).
If I were going to spend a few minutes today with some long-time favorite couples from romance novels, I'd be hanging out with Ben and Willa or Matt and Meredith. But I'll probably spend most of the day with my newest favorites – my own characters, Tom and Megan, Matt and Kate, or Michael and Jennifer. And I'll be hoping that I've created characters who readers will fall in love with, and written scenes that readers will want to revisit again and again.
Today is Valentine's Day. Curl up with a love story!
Today is Valentine's Day, and it's cold outside. And I can't think of anything nicer than nibbling on chocolate while curled up with a favorite romance novel. Today perhaps you can find time to pull out an old favorite and find the good part. Just skip to the part that you know makes you smile, cry or sigh – whether it's the sweet love scene where they finally get together, the steamy bedroom scene where they really get together, the poignant return of the hero, or the entertaining clash of wills that makes you wonder if they'll ever get it sorted out (even though you know they will).
If I were going to spend a few minutes today with some long-time favorite couples from romance novels, I'd be hanging out with Ben and Willa or Matt and Meredith. But I'll probably spend most of the day with my newest favorites – my own characters, Tom and Megan, Matt and Kate, or Michael and Jennifer. And I'll be hoping that I've created characters who readers will fall in love with, and written scenes that readers will want to revisit again and again.
Today is Valentine's Day. Curl up with a love story!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Life gets in the way
ERG! I wanted to spend the day on my current work in progress, to hang out with my characters in their world and fine tune their scenes and experiences. Instead, I've spent all day fighting City Hall!
It's so annoying how often life pushes in and prevents me from doing the things I want to do! Collecting the mail every day is almost frightening. As it was this weekend. The Saturday mail arrived with the notice of a plan to take the property easement in our front yard and turn it into a bike trail. Seriously. A huge slab of asphalt through our yard. Can you imagine how lovely that would be?
So, I've spent the entire day tracking down neighbors and phone numbers and emails and contacting consultants and commissioners and city officials.
And not one single word has been written, added or plucked from my manuscript. Sigh. It's enough to make me want to hide away in a hole and ignore the rest of the world on a long-term basis!
It's so annoying how often life pushes in and prevents me from doing the things I want to do! Collecting the mail every day is almost frightening. As it was this weekend. The Saturday mail arrived with the notice of a plan to take the property easement in our front yard and turn it into a bike trail. Seriously. A huge slab of asphalt through our yard. Can you imagine how lovely that would be?
So, I've spent the entire day tracking down neighbors and phone numbers and emails and contacting consultants and commissioners and city officials.
And not one single word has been written, added or plucked from my manuscript. Sigh. It's enough to make me want to hide away in a hole and ignore the rest of the world on a long-term basis!
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