I've been kind of out of the blogosphere loop lately--I've been so busy with family, homeschooling, and writing and editing deadlines. I would have completely missed the fact there's a Random Act of Kindness blitz going on right now if Donna Weaver hadn't graced me with an amazing shout out and gift. Donna is such a lovely, generous person and I'm so touched by her constant thoughtfulness.
As part of the RAOK blitz, I'd like to offer something to some of the wonderful people who have supported me on this blog, so for the first five writers who request this in the comments, I will edit the first ten pages of your book. I know ten pages isn't a tremendous amount, but it might let you know if I spot anything huge that I think you could work on grammatically or narratively. I would offer to edit more, but as I said, I'm on editing and writing deadlines. I work as an editor for a publishing company and do freelance editing on the side. (Fair warning: I'm a picky editor. ;))
To all of you, thank you for your encouragement and support since I started this blog. (And to Donna, thank you again--you have been a wonderful source of encouragement and inspiration, and it has meant a lot to me. Thank you for your RAOK gift.)
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Reminders, Upcoming Events, and Award Thank You
Hope all of you are having a great weekend! My family's apparently still sifting through the two viruses that have been going around our house (a stomach bug and the flu, both with entirely different symptoms). My daughter is sick with headache, chills, and fever right now, so I'm snuggling with her in bed and watching Malcolm in the Middle while I put this post together.
Some reminders and upcoming events and a thank you:
Blogfests:
First, a reminder that the favorite character blogfest starts tomorrow! It runs through Wednesday, so you can sign up and participate anytime between now and then. Sign up here:
There are a couple of blogfests coming up that you might be interested in, too.
On February 13, it's the Origins Blogfest. When did your writing dreams begin?
And running now until February 19th is the "Help a Fellow Blogger" Blogfest.
Award:
Jenna Cooper presented me with the Kreativ Blogger award. (She has an awesome blog--you should check it out!) Thank you, Jenna!
Upcoming Books:
Alex J. Cavanaugh's new book is coming out in February. To help spread the word, visit here:
Rachel Morgan's book is coming out in March, and I'll be participating in her blog tour.
They are also both awesome people; if you're not already following their blogs, you should check them out!
Update on my upcoming book, Rising Book 1: Resistance.
I had two books I was freelance editing, and I got both of those finished, so now I can focus all my attention on this. Release date is February 21, 2012. I'm in the process of final edits/tweaking. I'm going to work on putting together a blog tour and a button and all that fun stuff as soon as I finalize the blurb. Final cover should also be coming at some point soon. :)
I know there are a couple of other blogfests approaching right now, too. Anything you're participating in? Upcoming books by you or someone else?
Some reminders and upcoming events and a thank you:
Blogfests:
First, a reminder that the favorite character blogfest starts tomorrow! It runs through Wednesday, so you can sign up and participate anytime between now and then. Sign up here:
There are a couple of blogfests coming up that you might be interested in, too.
On February 13, it's the Origins Blogfest. When did your writing dreams begin?
And running now until February 19th is the "Help a Fellow Blogger" Blogfest.
Award:
Jenna Cooper presented me with the Kreativ Blogger award. (She has an awesome blog--you should check it out!) Thank you, Jenna!
Upcoming Books:
Alex J. Cavanaugh's new book is coming out in February. To help spread the word, visit here:
Rachel Morgan's book is coming out in March, and I'll be participating in her blog tour.
They are also both awesome people; if you're not already following their blogs, you should check them out!
Update on my upcoming book, Rising Book 1: Resistance.
I had two books I was freelance editing, and I got both of those finished, so now I can focus all my attention on this. Release date is February 21, 2012. I'm in the process of final edits/tweaking. I'm going to work on putting together a blog tour and a button and all that fun stuff as soon as I finalize the blurb. Final cover should also be coming at some point soon. :)
I know there are a couple of other blogfests approaching right now, too. Anything you're participating in? Upcoming books by you or someone else?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
And sometimes, you just need to step back.
Maybe way, way, way back.
Today was Day Four of the great Book Blurb Writing/Tweaking. I didn't touch it yesterday, because I felt I needed a day to work on other things and not that. Apparently today was too soon to come back to it. I was just given instructions by my friend to not touch it for two whole days. (Which I needed to hear, seriously.) I have plenty of other things to do, so I am going to try to do this so I don't drive myself (and everyone else) insane.
It's not just book blurbs. Sometimes we need to remember there's a balance between pushing ourselves to do something and giving ourselves a break. Sometimes we need a break from writing, or editing, or rewriting, or book blurbing. Have some chocolate, watch a movie, read a book, work on something else. And sometimes, if we have trouble getting ourselves to do this, we might need someone to tell us to take a break.
If you're in that place where you need to breathe, give yourself permission to rest.
If you're in that place where you're in the flow of the writing and things are clicking and falling into place, YAY! Go get that writing!
If you feel like you're pulling teeth to get anything written, but you know you need to keep on and that it's not time for a break yet, grab something yummy to munch on or to drink and conquer that sucker. You can do it!
No matter where you're at in the writing/plotting/editing/querying/throttling a blurb process, no matter how you're feeling about it, you're still doing it. (And yes, taking a break is still doing something in the writing process--you're recharging your creative juices!) You're writing a book and that is an incredible thing. Seriously, seriously incredible. You're starting from nothing and ending with a world, and characters, and a story you care about. Even on those days when you can only write ten words and you want to bang your head on your keyboard or throttle your characters--you're sticking with it.
Some people might say that makes us crazy, but I prefer to think it makes us awesome.
Today was Day Four of the great Book Blurb Writing/Tweaking. I didn't touch it yesterday, because I felt I needed a day to work on other things and not that. Apparently today was too soon to come back to it. I was just given instructions by my friend to not touch it for two whole days. (Which I needed to hear, seriously.) I have plenty of other things to do, so I am going to try to do this so I don't drive myself (and everyone else) insane.
It's not just book blurbs. Sometimes we need to remember there's a balance between pushing ourselves to do something and giving ourselves a break. Sometimes we need a break from writing, or editing, or rewriting, or book blurbing. Have some chocolate, watch a movie, read a book, work on something else. And sometimes, if we have trouble getting ourselves to do this, we might need someone to tell us to take a break.
If you're in that place where you need to breathe, give yourself permission to rest.
If you're in that place where you're in the flow of the writing and things are clicking and falling into place, YAY! Go get that writing!
If you feel like you're pulling teeth to get anything written, but you know you need to keep on and that it's not time for a break yet, grab something yummy to munch on or to drink and conquer that sucker. You can do it!
No matter where you're at in the writing/plotting/editing/querying/throttling a blurb process, no matter how you're feeling about it, you're still doing it. (And yes, taking a break is still doing something in the writing process--you're recharging your creative juices!) You're writing a book and that is an incredible thing. Seriously, seriously incredible. You're starting from nothing and ending with a world, and characters, and a story you care about. Even on those days when you can only write ten words and you want to bang your head on your keyboard or throttle your characters--you're sticking with it.
Some people might say that makes us crazy, but I prefer to think it makes us awesome.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
NaNo: end of week 1, start of week 2.
I do not know how coherent I am going to be doing a blog, so I'll say that my brain feels something like this:
As I said before, I'm using NaNo to finish or make serious headway on stories I've already started, so I'm bouncing between novels and counting everything I write toward my NaNo words. It is day 8 and I have written 25,810 words so far this month.
O_O
I don't know what it is about NaNo--maybe so many people writing and so many of my friends writing so much that the part of me that loves writing challenges kicks into high gear--but it is a great time for me, personally, to reach goals I've been struggling with during the year.
Right now, my characters are all clamoring for attention and they won't. shut. up. This is a good thing, considering I've spent a good half of the year begging them to talk to me, but they won't shut up to the point where I haven't slept much this month and my eye keeps getting a twitch from lack of sleep. Or maybe all the caffeine.
NaNoWriMo is for some people; it works for some people, and if you're on the sleep-deprived crazy train with me, I'm sorry. Er, I mean GOOD FOR YOU! >_>
But if you are one of those lovely writers not participating, GOOD FOR YOU too! Part of writing is knowing what you want to do and what you're up for doing, and every single person writes differently. Last year, my pathetic attempt at a NaNo novel fell horribly flat, but it was good for me because I got back to work on the book I really wanted to finish.
So I'd like to take a moment to cheer on all of you doing NaNo--you can reach your goals!--and a moment to thank all of you not doing it for having patience with those of us who are.
You are all awesome. :D
As I said before, I'm using NaNo to finish or make serious headway on stories I've already started, so I'm bouncing between novels and counting everything I write toward my NaNo words. It is day 8 and I have written 25,810 words so far this month.
O_O
I don't know what it is about NaNo--maybe so many people writing and so many of my friends writing so much that the part of me that loves writing challenges kicks into high gear--but it is a great time for me, personally, to reach goals I've been struggling with during the year.
Right now, my characters are all clamoring for attention and they won't. shut. up. This is a good thing, considering I've spent a good half of the year begging them to talk to me, but they won't shut up to the point where I haven't slept much this month and my eye keeps getting a twitch from lack of sleep. Or maybe all the caffeine.
NaNoWriMo is for some people; it works for some people, and if you're on the sleep-deprived crazy train with me, I'm sorry. Er, I mean GOOD FOR YOU! >_>
But if you are one of those lovely writers not participating, GOOD FOR YOU too! Part of writing is knowing what you want to do and what you're up for doing, and every single person writes differently. Last year, my pathetic attempt at a NaNo novel fell horribly flat, but it was good for me because I got back to work on the book I really wanted to finish.
So I'd like to take a moment to cheer on all of you doing NaNo--you can reach your goals!--and a moment to thank all of you not doing it for having patience with those of us who are.
You are all awesome. :D
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Awards!
This week, I've been given three awards. Two of them were the Liebster Award. I got one from the amazing Barbara Kloss and another from the fantabulous Tara Tyler. THANK YOU to both of you!
Liebster apparently comes from German with multiple translations, meaning 'dearest' or 'sweetheart'. It was meant to be given to bloggers with less than 200 followers.
Here are the rules:
1. Thank the giver
Again, thank you to Barbara and Tara!
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog--and follow them!
*Jenna Cooper at Finding the Right Way
*Tonja's Musings
*Becky Taylor
*Faith at Tangled in My Own Endeavors
*Annikka Woods at Writing in the Woods
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
Next, the super awesome Donna Weaver gave me this award:
Thank you, Donna!!
I think maybe I'm supposed to answer questions about myself? But as Donna said in her blog, I've answered quite a lot in other award posts. If anyone wants to know something about me, feel free to ask. In the meantime, I'll take my cue from Donna and share a quote.
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." ~ John A. Shedd.
So get out there and sail your ships into the known and unknown! Brave the waters and the storms and go on an adventure. And have fun! :D
Liebster apparently comes from German with multiple translations, meaning 'dearest' or 'sweetheart'. It was meant to be given to bloggers with less than 200 followers.
Here are the rules:
1. Thank the giver
Again, thank you to Barbara and Tara!
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog--and follow them!
*Jenna Cooper at Finding the Right Way
*Tonja's Musings
*Becky Taylor
*Faith at Tangled in My Own Endeavors
*Annikka Woods at Writing in the Woods
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
Next, the super awesome Donna Weaver gave me this award:
Thank you, Donna!!
I think maybe I'm supposed to answer questions about myself? But as Donna said in her blog, I've answered quite a lot in other award posts. If anyone wants to know something about me, feel free to ask. In the meantime, I'll take my cue from Donna and share a quote.
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." ~ John A. Shedd.
So get out there and sail your ships into the known and unknown! Brave the waters and the storms and go on an adventure. And have fun! :D
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