Tell Me Tuesday

Phew, Motherhood Madness is almost over! In fact, I’m over the biggest hump and can now put most of my focus toward writing again. All last week, when I was able to sit at the computer, I was headed off on the wrong tangent on my WIP. I implored Elle Muse for an answer. Finally, and quite suddenly (while I was driving, of course, and didn’t have a notepad handy—bad writer), the answer came to me. I was writing the wrong damn scene. As soon as I admitted such, ideas for the scene I should have been trying to draft came flooding in. I didn’t get a chance to fast-draft the scene until yesterday, however, I’m already onto revisions (I’m a revise-as-I-go writer). Praise be to Elle!

Anyone else? Is your writing going smoothly? Hardly (as in hardly at all)? Or some variation of the two?

Oh, and before I forget, editor Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks is taking questions at the Casablanca authors blog today. Deb is very approachable, so if you’re interested in Sourcebooks, hop over and have a gander at the sub-genres she’s acquiring, ask a question if you’re so inspired.

Now I must get back to those scene revisions. Tally-ho!

By the way, if anyone knows how to use the Visual editor for WordPress 2.5.1 to insert links, please tell me. What was once so simple in 2.3.2 (or whatever I was using before—that’s close enough) is now impossible in WP 2.5.1. I keep having to go to the HTML editor to insert my links (yes, I’m lazy).

Okay, now I’m really leaving.

More than Magic Results!

I’m very excited to announce that BORROWING ALEX took second place in the Romantic Comedy category of the More Than Magic contest. This is the contest where I was up against Vicki Lewis Thompson in the finals with her single title, OVER HEXED. ‘Natch, Vicki won. Congratulations, Vicki! I fully expected to beat your pants off. Yes, yes, I did. Uh-huh. We all believe me. 😉

Maybe next time. Watch out! (heh, heh).

I’m Still Here!

I love Friday the 13th. For years I thought I was born on Friday the 13th, hence my fondness for the day. When I was 13, I learned I was really born on a Wednesday—how woeful! But it hasn’t stopped me from loving Friday the 13th.

Youngest Son graduates high school today. Hence the quick and dirty blog post. Oh, I have a lot of drafts of good posts I could post-date and put up, however, in the event that my blog upgrade does not go well, I’m saving them.

Have a great weekend, bloggers. Enjoy your Friday the 13th.

Update 11:30 a.m. – My WordPress upgrade went off without a hitch! Next week it’s back to blogging as usual (well, I still have computer issues to address, so there’s a possibility I still might disappear, but I hope not).

Early Happy Father’s Day to all you wonderful dads out there. It looks like it’s gearing up to be a bee-oo-tiful day for Y.S.’s high school grad. Over and out!

If I Disappear…

I’m having computer issues (no wonder my muse is in hiding!), so if I disappear for a few days, that’s why. I’m also updating the blog sometime between now and Monday, so if you visit and it looks like someone tore through the place with a roto-rooter, that’s why.

Cross your fingers that my updates don’t destroy the layout.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

I am so tired of rain, I can’t tell you. It rained most of May. It’s been raining for most of what amounts to June so far. Sometimes it feels like someone is standing in my driveway with nothing better to do than chuck huge buckets of dirty water on my house. Now, June is often rainy in my neck of the continent, but this is getting ridiculous. Usually, when June is rainy, we’ve had a pleasant spring. Especially our Mays, which can be gorgeous (but not this year). However, this year I feel like we’ve missed out on spring entirely. When the rain stops and I turn off the furnace, within a day I need the air conditioner, because the weather hops from cold, cold rain to hot, hot sun overnight. Then back again.

I have weeds in the concrete that need spraying. I have to blow/sweep the driveway. Neither of these tasks can be accomplished in the rain. And, gee, wouldn’t it be nice to take the writing outside once in a while?

How’s the weather in your part of the world? As out of whack as mine? If you’re a writer, does the weather affect your progress? Would you rather edit when it’s cloudy out, write new pages when it’s sunny? Or does it not matter? My creativity is tied to the weather to a point. The weather isn’t an excuse not to write (or try to write, as the case might be). But I admit my muse would rather play (as in work) when the sky is blue. It can be colder than a witch’s you-know-what, I love those blue skies!

 

Tell Me Tuesday

It’s gearing up to be another Motherhood Madness week. Youngest Son has his high school graduation ceremony and all-night dry grad this Friday. My Liege and I are on the entertainment committee and will be at the dry grad for part of, if not all, the night. Imagine, getting to graduate on Friday the 13th. I love Friday the 13th. However, there’s also exams upon exams this week and the next for Y.S., plus “back-up” university registration on Thursday. Eldest Son is between summer jobs and his laptop hard disk just died. What fun. Next week is his university registration.

As a result of all the family stuff landing on my plate, yesterday was pretty much wiped for writing, although I did edit several chapters and, while spacing out during my bi-monthly massage therapy appointment, I brainstormed several approaches to what I believe is the last scene I need to write totally fresh before I get to revise a big ol’ whack of NaNoWriMo-drafted scenes. Yes! I’m a little worried that the NaNo scenes won’t quite mesh with the scenes I’ve been writing these last few weeks, but I know Elle Muse has my best interests at heart, and she’ll come through for me, won’t you, baby? Elle? Elle??? Elle!!!

I think she’s taking a nap. Time to go kick her in the butt.

Anyone else have news or writing progress/lack of progress to share?