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Enough with the rain...

Yeah. It doesn't take long for me to get sick of the rain. And I'm seriously over it now that it's been raining for about three days. :/ Especially since I missed out on seeing the super moon!

I really wanted to see the moon, but because it rained and didn't clear up at all... I missed out. :(

Well, we had a nice weekend. But I must admit that I slowed down with the reading a bit. Mostly it's because I had too many plans and thoughts inside my head that needed to be addressed. So, I picked up a...

Finished Friday!

Yes, that's right. I'm very excited because I just finished the first draft of the novella I've been writing during the last few weeks. The word count's ended up at: 31,547. That's awesome, because I was hoping to reach 30k. Yay.
I'm very excited. And not just because I got the actual story written, but because this story helped me out of a rough-writing patch.
After I couldn't get that YA/UF story idea off the ground at the beginning of this month, and couldn't bring myself to focus on...

Good Morning!

My gosh, I'm so tired today. Well, I was tired yesterday as well.

See, I woke up at 4am on both Tuesday and Wednesday, which takes so much out of me that by 6pm last night I was ready to go to sleep. *yawn*
So, I've been busy writing up a storm as well. I've actually reached 24,163 words (as of yesterday afternoon) and hope to add another nice chunk today. I already know how this novella is going to end. Well, I kinda knew when I started, but while I was walking yesterday, I saw all of the...

CUCKOO by Julia Crouch

A dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama.
Rose has it all - the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams - her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted - is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again...
I found the description of this book intriguing. ...

Busy, busy...

I've been busy with some real-life stuff during the last few days. And also feeling really bad about what's going on in Japan. My heart goes out to everyone whose life has been turned upside down by the earthquake, tsunami, and now this nuclear problem. I can't believe that it keeps getting worse and worse. Some of the images coming through are totally devastating.

I'm a kid of the 80's and spent much of that time fretting about the possibility of a nuclear threat, so I've always had a...

TAKEN BY THE OTHERS by Jess Haines

Once, New York P.I. Shiarra Waynest's most pressing problem was keeping her agency afloat. Now she's dealing with two dangerous, seductive vampires who have been enemies for centuries. The only thing Max Carlyle and Alec Royce agree on is that they both want Shia - for very different reasons. Max is determined to destroy Shia for killing his progeny, while Royce's interest is a lot more personal. That's not sitting well with Shia's werewolf boyfriend, Chaz. As the feud between Max and Royce...

Luci & Damien Excerpt

[image error] He laughed. "You're so darn funny." He paused for a second, as if trying to think about how to tackle the next bit of the conversation. "Well, I guess what I mean is a little more like a gray hair, but on a much bigger scale."
I shook my head. Heck, the gray hair thing wasn't even happening to me yet. "Nope, nothing drastic like that. Why? Are you trying to find out if I'm getting old?"
"No, there's just something…"
"Well, do tell."
Damien looked over my shoulder and then shook his head...

LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.
Told...

Randon Thoughts on a Friday

No, it's not snowing here. It's only autumn.

Plus, it doesn't snow in Sydney. Although it's pretty dark and dreary at the moment. Looks like it's going to be another overcast day. Ugh. I want the sun to make a comeback. The sun makes everything better and brighter. :)
So. I'm still busy writing the first draft of my yet-to-be-titled novella. It's been going a lot better than I thought it would, which is awesome. Yesterday, before heading out to pick my daughter up from school I'd hit 10,568...

Still writing...

Yes, I am. And I have to admit that I'm really excited about how this story is going. So far, I've written almost 8,000 words and the world, characters, and situations are still flooding my brain. It feels so good when that happens.
After losing the spark for the YA/UF story I started last week--yeah, that really got me down--I thought I'd stay in the (writing) dumps for a while. So it's awesome to have re-ignited that spark of enthusiasm for a different story. :)
Also, I had two more...