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Dustin wrote: "All right. If you ever are in my area, please do let everyone know.:)"Of course I will!
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9:15pm ET. Chilling out after a very long day and ready to go to Westeros and The North; to see what these blasted Lannisters are doing.. a song of fire and ice, it shall be.... :D
9:40pm PST reading and relaxing. I had a pretty good day!
Sorry to hear that Kyle, feel better. :)9:38am PST Checking GR, drinking coffee and I will do some housework soon.
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Please feel better soon, Kyle.
8:22pm ET. I am making old-fashioned cornbread dressing from scratch. Just waiting for the cornbread to cool off. Ate the biggest brownie ever and actually drinking a mango margharita... with real alcohol in it! bweahahaha... i am soooo lame.Sweet Potato Pies after the dressing, then I am done. We are picking up a Turkey from a soul-food restaurant. Less work this year :D
Alondra wrote: "8:22pm ET. I am making old-fashioned cornbread dressing from scratch. Just waiting for the cornbread to cool off. Ate the biggest brownie ever and actually drinking a mango margharita... with real ..."My dad makes old-fashioned dressing with day old cornbread. Sadly, he just got back tonight from the oil rig, so he won't be making it this year. :( It's my favorite.
Kathryn wrote: "My dad makes old-fashioned dressing with day old cornbread. Sadly, he just got back tonight from the oil rig, so he won't be making it this year. :( It's my favorite. .."
aaww; he must be whooped. hopefully he gets plenty of rest and enjoys his time home with you all. Happy Thanksgiving. :)
Alondra wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "My dad makes old-fashioned dressing with day old cornbread. Sadly, he just got back tonight from the oil rig, so he won't be making it this year. :( It's my favorite. .."
aaww; he..."
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! I'm thankful I met you this year. You're one of my favorite GR friends. Glad your husband ordered some of the food to give you a break. Mine just kept saying, "Don't offer to make anything." haha! He's bad. Hope you get some reading in while you're at it. :)
Happy Thanksgiving, all! :)It's 8:11 am and I'm home waiting for the parade to start. It's not Thanksgiving without it!
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today!It's 10:25 I'm getting some laundry done and thinking about dinner already, I can't decide what to make.
5:10pn ET. Just got back from family dinner on the hubby's side. Held a newborn baby the entire time and bit his cheeks... they were so fluffy!! Had a great time..:)Happy Thanksgiving... gobble, gobble.
Kathryn wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! I'm thankful I met you this year. You're one of my favorite GR friends. Glad your husband ordered some of the food to give you a break. Mine just kept saying, "Don't offer to make anything." haha! He's bad. Hope you get some reading in while you're at it. :) .."reading moreso after today... just gluttony going on right now. your hubby is smart.... just eat and run!
It's 5:13 postmeridian and I'm in a food coma watching Eight Legged Freaks with my cousins:D
It's 7:41pm and I'm watching the Patriots vs the Jets and reading my GR notifications. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and I pray that all are safe and reading. :)
Is everyone able to move? I'm still in one spot after moving from the dinner table. :)
It's 5:50 and I just took dinner out of the oven. I am planning to do a lot of reading tonight and I hope everyone is full and happy after their turkeys.
Lawrence wrote: "Is everyone able to move? I'm still in one spot after moving from the dinner table. :)"i kicked off shoes going from cousins house to the car... then 'rolled' in the house..
I.AM.STUFFED.... *_*
9:09PM I am feeling much less stuffed now! I feel like I should have been walking around saying 'gobble gobble gobble' LOL Checking my GR and reading in between!
12:24 a.m., and I'm about to eat some turkey and wondering how to tackle integrating ideas from critiques into my current short story/novelette--including whether to give up trying to keep it to 7,500 words for the publisher I had in mind and letting it be longer, wondering where I can send it. Does anyone know of a good publisher for historical horror novelettes, novellas, or novels? I mean, one that PAYS? I need to decide fast, unless fate decides for me, because the deadline for the publisher I had in mind is Nov. 30, and I still have a lot of work to do on this project.Had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 5 guests, and two of us to cook the dinner. We watched a video of the dramatic performance I helped write, and kept pausing it for breaks and conversation. I made pie from fresh pumpkin. It's all gone now! Wishing I'd made two!
As for Keep reading, I managed to read a little more of "The Vampire Kitty Cat Chronicles" this week. Does reading over my own work-in progress and critiques of it count?
I don't think I've checked in since I started working like mad on the story, so I don't think I mentioned it to you guys. Scratch that. I did mention it back when Kyle posted the link of the man cutting his own arm off. It's the one about the vampire using his position as a surgeon's mate in the American Revolution to help lead Benedict Arnold in the direction of treason. I'm enjoying it, but the research and reworking is time consuming.
I also just posted my 8th installment of "Manuel Pascal," a short story, on my profile. If you read it, please let me know. The only person I know is reading it is my cousin. And that I just found out tonight. Final post will be Dec. 17 if all goes as planned. (Like, my remembering to post a chapter every Monday.)
Have a good everything, people!
12:42pm ET. Enjoying my day off and looking forward to quality time with the family, book shopping tomorrow and more PIE!!
12:58 and I'm at work. I work at a bookstore and there is no rest in retail! Ugh! Thankfully, I do work in the back office, so things will be calmer.
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It's 11:25 and I just made a list of some of the books I have stacked up around here to read. I found close to 40! I really need to get some of them read before I buy more.
7:50PM enjoying some coffee and reading my book!
8:59pm ET; almost 9pm which means reading time... reading time... 8)
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It's 3:15 pm, and I'm researching clever book marketing ideas. One site mentioned slipping business cards into similar books at the library, but I think if I tried that they'd boot me out for spamming their shelves!
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:) Yeah, that might not the best idea. It's funny, though!
4:57pm ET. Just got back from my book-buying excursion and I am whooped!! 5 UBSs; 31 books; a BLT; 1 lg mocha and a brownie. I think I am holding up pretty good. @ Dustin & Janie. Adam and Thr3e are now a part of my library!! :)
Dustin wrote: "J.S. wrote: "It's 3:15 pm, and I'm researching clever book marketing ideas. One site mentioned slipping business cards into similar books at the library, but I think if I tried that they'd boot me ..."But I'm really, really tempted to do it... Maybe I could pull it off if I were extra sneaky. I could even "hire" people to plant my business card in other library branches. }:]
Hi, all, it's 1:28, and I'm thinking I'm insane to be up this late, especially on a Saturday night when I have to get up at 6:45 a.m. for church. But such is my habit until I'm exhausted. My Revolutionary War story is close to finished--just needs some more research to settle on the setting for two scenes that I've otherwise finished writing. And if I or anyone else sees how it can be improved by the deadline, I'll do that, too. Behind on homework, but rarely do any kind of work past 10 p.m. This is my time for me to relax. I found out the publisher is in the U.K., but as they have done an anthology on the Wild West, another story about America should pose no problem. But does anyone know whether it can work for me to be paid in pounds? And how they can be exchanged to U.S. dollars?I feel like working on the story, but until I do more research or someone gives me a critique, I don't know what else I can do.
I feel sleep coming on soon. I hope the tiredness lasts and I drop off properly. It used to take me hours to get to sleep as a child. That was when I started writing novels in my head. Now if I want to write a novel, I do it on the computer (or at least a tablet) so I can remember it. And that is energizing, not conducive to sleep.
This morning in my play writing group I wrote the event in the war story character's childhood in which he got a shocking revelation that started him on a path of evil. That will be read onstage as a monologue next March along with the rest of the writings we choose to use in our production.
J.S., good luck sneaking around in libraries and hiring sneaky people to help you!
Robin wrote: "Hi, all, it's 1:28, and I'm thinking I'm insane to be up this late, especially on a Saturday night when I have to get up at 6:45 a.m. for church. But such is my habit until I'm exhausted. My Revolu..."Thanks! Haha I've already developed a plan. I will find books that are in a similar genre to my own, and I will place a business card on the final page of each. That way people will be like, "Hey, I'm finished with this book. What should I read next? [Spots business card] Hmm, who is this J. S. Bailey person? I'll have to see what she writes!" If anything, maybe they could ask their library to purchase a copy of The Land Beyond the Portal. I know of at least three library systems that have picked it up already!
1:15pm ET. Just finished A Feast for Crows and all i can say is...What the smack!!?! What the hell just happened?? I am going to get book 5 as soon as my daughter gets home from work. I am left with my mouth hanging open and mind wandering and in confusion because i am left with so much information and none at all.. alas, i am bewildered and bewitched...
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@ Dustin & Janie. Adam and Thr3e ..."
AWESOME!!
I haven't read Thr3e (yet,) so you'll have to let me know your thoughts on it, once you're done.:)
Dustin wrote: "AWESOME!!I haven't read Thr3e (yet,) so you'll have to let me know your thoughts on it, once you're done.:) ."
you know i will; i am excited about both books.
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I haven't read Thr3e (yet,) so you'll have to let me know your thoughts on it, once you're done.:) ."
you know i will; i am excited about both books."
Awesome! You SHOULD be excited about them.. he's a fantastic writer, after all, and he's yet to disappoint!
Dustin wrote: "AWESOME!!I haven't read Thr3e (yet,) so you'll have to let me know your thoughts on it, once you're done.:)
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Dustin I know I loved Thr3e. It was a pretty amazing book with a GREAT twist!
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I haven't read Thr3e (yet,) so you'll have to let me know your thoughts on it, once you're done.:)
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Dustin I know I loved Thr3e. It was a pretty amazing book with a GR..."
That's great, Janie. I've yet to hear a negative critique about Thr3e, and actually, I've been told that it's considered by many to be his masterpiece. Would you agree with that?
9:17pm ET. Digging into pie and 2 new books: Thr3e and Bad Moon Rising.. everyone have a great evening :)
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I really wish I could attend, J.S.... Do you know if you'll ever be near Washi..."
That's assuming that I become a suder-duper-mega-bestselling author who has a travel budget. :) Right now I'm with a smaller press that requires authors to pay to be published...I think I need to sell one more copy to break even on what I paid. Maybe someday, my friend!