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October 14, 2009
That Whole 8 Hours of Sleep Thing?
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Last night I had the house to myself, the TV, the computer. I decided to go to bed early and read.
I made it about 20 minutes and sacked out before nine and slept until the alarm! Over 8 hours of sleep. I can't even remember when I've done that in a row. I woke up feeling pretty good, survived the field trip (a concert by the War Hawks from the Air Force Band of the West), came home, made brownies, cleaned the kitchen pretty thoroughly, excised a couple of th...
October 11, 2009
Goals for Week of Columbus Day
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Poor dh spent more than half of his vacation SICK. I think he finally got off the couch Wednesday. So while I didn't have to cook, I didn't get as much help as I hoped. I spent yesterday VERY productive--I've sewed up all my fabric now, one less thing hanging over my head.
So I'm fired up for another week.
1) Enter HOT SHOT in the Rita!!
2) revisions on short story
3) blog at SPN, The Romance Studio and the 007 blog—all on Wednesday
4) ...
October 9, 2009
Stepping Back
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I'm setting aside the bodyguard book. I've rewritten the last quarter a half dozen times, gone back to the beginning, but can't make the strings tie together. My brain hurts trying to twist everything around, and it's just not working. So I'm putting it aside until December. I'll spend the rest of October on a short story (straight romance, so no blasted suspense elements) and planning my Nano book, also a straight romance. Then once that's done, maybe the...
October 8, 2009
Title Help
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I need title help. Of course I thought of a title I liked when I was coming home from work but I've forgotten it now. Yesterday I listed different words and made different combinations, but nothing stood out.
The words: Bodyguard, Protector, Heart, Love, Romance, Devotion, Passion, Yearning, Threat, Risk, Chance, Jeopardy, Peril, Endangered, Menace, Hazard (NO, Not The Bodyguard of Hazard, just in case you're thinking it!), Legislator, Campaign, Politician...
October 7, 2009
TOO Goal Oriented
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Last night I stressed out while reading a book.
This is not good.
See, I started thinking, "Well, I need to finish this book so I can read the next one because I have a couple hundred paperback novels and now a couple dozen e-books and how will I ever finish them all?"
And this is on top of the...
October 5, 2009
Good Workshop
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Am so excited--I got Covet by JR Ward on Fictionwise for $6.79 and got a $3 rebate to use on another book. I hesitated getting the print book because the font is so small. On my iPhone, I can adjust the font and have it backlit. Love!
I was listening to my conference CDs. I've listened to about a dozen, but the one I listened to today is the best so far. It's called "Get Your Acts Together" by Blythe Gifford. She is a pantser but talks about the four act...
October 4, 2009
Goals for Week of DH's Vacation (yes, again)
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I finished my final line edits and the edits from hell yesterday. All new writing this week--woot!
1) Query and synopsis on bodyguard story. I can finish the book while I'm waiting, right?
2) Work on bodyguard (close to end)
3) Day and a half of inservices
4) Blog at Samhain
5) Find out about entering Surface in the Rita
6) Color hair
7) Halloween tote and Halloween skirt
8) Decorate house for Halloween
9) House/exercise
...October 3, 2009
The Trouble with Series
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I'm still debating over what to buy with my Fictionwise money, and here's part of the dilemma...some of the books I want are parts of a series but I haven't read the first book yet, though I own it. I don't see buying the second if I've not read the first.
Or maybe I get to read the first book in the series, but never get to the next. This has happened with Larissa Ione's books, Colleen Gleason's, Rachel Vincent's, the second set of Virgin River books. I...
October 2, 2009
Best Laid Plans
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So I took today off because I need to wrap up the edits on DLB and catch up on the bodyguard book, and then yesterday I got my final line edits for BD. I woke up early because that's what I do, and guess what?
I'm sick. Sore throat, aches, bleh. I don't WANT to be sick. I don't have TIME to be sick! Also, I have no medicine. I guess I need some Theraflu? Maybe I'll send the boy for it when he gets home from school.
I enjoyed SPN more last night, maybe because...
October 1, 2009
Book Buying Frenzy
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So I'm now addicted to Fictionwise. The cool is that they offer rebates for most books you buy. The other cool is that they send you coupons. So I've bought...5 books, I think, and gotten 4 free, and I still have over $8 in credit. I love reading on my iPhone. It's back-lit and I can make the font huge. So even though I want the new Michelle Rowen books and Covet by JR Ward, I want them in e-book so I can read them on my phone. I have a 30% off coupon at...
