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Monday, July 25th One More Thing...
One of my best buds that I'm looking forward to connecting with in Reno (well, technically, we catch the same connecting flight out of Dallas so I'll actually connect with her in Dallas :hehe  National Bound
Hey! I won an award. How cool is that? Sunday, July 24th MIA
I've been missing in action courtesy of a thunderstorm last week. It fritzed my broadband box. I finally broke down and did the dial-up thing. Tuesday, July 19th Waterparks-R-Us
I've got the cooler packed with sandwiches, a salad pour moi, drinks and snacks out the wazoo. I have my backpack with a notepad so I can work on my proposal and my workshop, The Future Widow's Club by Rhonda Nelson (which I will read until I'm through--I've got to find out what happens!!), and Janet Evanovich's new Stephanie Plum novel. I'm ready. I'm armed. I'm prepared to brave the water park with The Girl and her friend. Friday, July 15th Finished
I'm back in the land of the living. I've resurfaced. And the revisions are done and the book is gone. Honestly, it only took about twice as long as I'd planned to spend on them. And at this point I've totally lost perspective as to whether it's any good at all. Even this morning, when I was getting the manuscript ready to send, something would catch my eye and I'd start tweaking. Honestly, I could spend the next three days *tweaking* (annoying Virgo perfectionist tendancy). I had to make myself stop looking at it and just let it go. Monday, July 11th Dennis and his Aftermath
This is hoping that everyone in the path of Dennis has suffered minimal damage. I can't imagine *riding out* a hurricane or even dealing with the destruction in the aftermath. We've just had some fairly torrential rains and I went downstairs this morning to find my laundry room, bathroom, and part of the basement flooded. Considering what some people in Florida and Alabama are dealing with, it was not a big deal--nothing a sump pump and wet vac couldn't handle--and hey, it's one way to get the laundry room cleaned up and cleaned out. Friday, July 8th *Real* vs. Real
Just a caveat on yesterday's blog entry on *real.* I know that I create fictionalized people that live in fictionalized places--yahoo, guess that means I'm not totally over the edge. Thursday, July 7th Why I Write Romance
This morning I'm really struggling to find my sunny side. I'm angry. I'm angry about terrorists' blasts in London. I'm angry about Shasta and Dylan Groene and that anyone, but especially children, are touched by such evil. I'm angry that women endure gang-rape in Pakistan because their fathers, brothers, husbands, and/or male cousins do something stupid (pardon me for not fully comprehending the deterrent factor there). Tuesday, July 5th After the 4th
Hope everyone had a great 4th. It was a fairly low-key family day and some catch-up time with friends. Saturday, July 2nd The Week-end and AT pics
I hope everyone's gearing up for a fun week-end, whether that translates to cookouts or spending a quiet afternoon by the pool or plonked down on the couch reading or some combination of the above. |
"Go out as far as you can in your writing. I can rein you back in, but
I can't take you out there."
Writer Buddies Anna Adams “Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
Writerly Links DoBelieve "Some men admit they avoid confrontation (about breaking up) because they’re afraid we’ll cry. Of course we’ll cry; we cry at Hallmark commercials. What they don’t understand is that we’re not crying because of them, we’re crying because now we have to get naked in front of someone else.”
Fun Links "If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
"Sex is not a sin. Many people have complained that this is taking all the fun out of sex.”
"I know the difference between a good man and a bad one, but I haven’t decided which I like better.”
"Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”
“Men make love more intensely at twenty but make love better, however, at thirty.”
“My sister was with two men one night. She could hardly walk after that. Can you imagine? Two dinners!”
“A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin.”
“I used to think I had ambition...but now I’m not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They’re easily confused.”
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, is the incredibly talented and witty Rhonda Nelson. Rhonda just got her blog up and running so stop by and check it out at www.booksbyrhondanelson.com. I love Rhonda and you will too!!
GETTING REAL (January 2005 anthology with Vicki Lewis Thompson and Julie Elizabeth Leto) has been named CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award for Signature Select. Woohoo!
Not that I'll be dressing like the glamour queen -I'm about one step shy of being fashion challenged, but I actually have to pretend to be an adult and dress like a professional. Scarey. And I figured out many conferences ago that I can't attend the luncheons. Let me give you a glimpse of Hell -- 2,000 people, mostly women, all in one room with high ceilings which bounce back what sounds like a massive twittering. HTG, it was like being in some freaky update to Hitchcock's The Birds. I don't like crowds anyway and that just sends me over the edge. I know--can you say neurosis?
However, each one of my characters is very real to me--their heartaches, their insecurities, their triumphs. And I can clearly see each of them and where they live. They're old friends. However, unlike my *real* world, they all find their happy ever after. 
The Girl was surprisingly gracious about having our beach trip cancelled. Of course, the promise of a when-I'm-finished-trip-to-the-water-park helped soften the blow and we still have our family beach trip later this summer. 
My poor DH has long-complained that when we go out to eat I'm always distracted by the people at the tables around us. More than once he's kicked my underneath the table because he says I'm staring. I'm usually just trying to figure out the dynamics and the story behind the people. 