Showing posts with label random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label random. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

Fish do the darndest things

I write Lucifer in the Sinners and Saints series to be witty, amusing, puntastic, but not to be taken lightly. When he gets serious, you better watch yourself.

I bought two Betta fish a few months back. One lives at home (Dexter) and the other lives at work (Lucifer). Fish!Lucifer is not like Written!Lucifer at all...except the crafty part.

For the past two weeks, this is what has greeted me on Monday morning:



Written!Lucifer finds this hilarious. I think he wants a pet Betta, too.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Baby, it's cold outside!

The wind-chill is something like -12. Needless to say, we’re freezing our nips off. It does make for slower traffic where I work, however, and more time to pretend like I’m actually contributing around here. The fact the boss is out of town helps as well; his daughter, my BFF of 10 years, and I pretty much checkout when he’s not here.

I wrote around 5k on a WIP that quickly lost steam, but I haven’t given up on it. At the moment, I’m applying focus on two WIPs: the same paranormal romance I’ve been talking about for over a year (progress, baby!) and the second installment in a new series. I’m still making a decision on LWoS. As I said in my last update, I really, really, really love the pub that offered to contract it and the other one is fantastic as well. I’m taking advice on all sides and should (hopefully) know something certain in about a week.

In the meantime, I’m working edits for the press for which I line edit. And on that topic, I blogged at Romancing the Muses about writing do’s-and-don’ts.

I also have an introduction to make. The BFF I mentioned earlier is (at last) dipping her toes into the writing pool. She’s established a blog and plans to write under the name Nikki London. She’s been a dear friend of mine since high school, the closest thing to a sister I’ve ever had. With a degree in politics and government and a resume full of volunteerism for local and national candidates, you’ll likely notice a common theme in her works, and she writes her topics with knowledge and experience. Her writing is genuine and funny, and I can’t wait to see her take the literary world by storm. If you get a chance, drop by and say hello. You’ll be glad you did.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Status report

Well, I had a very good weekend, but it wasn't particularly restful. My best friend of 10 years and I ventured to Washington DC for Jon Stewart's March To Restore Sanity. The actual rally was too packed to watch, but I got to hear Ozzy play a bit of "Crazy Train" and listen to good parts of Stewart and Colbert's talks and banter. Whatever I missed will be covered by TiVo.

In the meantime, my friend and crit-partner, Jaime Saare, finished reading "Lost Wages of Sin," and I've both completed and edited my synopsis. I plan now to reread at least the first five chapters, but otherwise start preparing for submission. I've also begun plotting the next book in this series. I just can't help myself.

Today is my blogger day at Romancing the Muses. My topic: Stealing The Show: Writing People v. Writing Characters. Hope to see you there!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Mostly curious...




Regarding this project, I wrote another 1200 words last night. I'll update my progress bar this evening.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Halloween Giveaway

I'm giving away a copy of Ripples Through Time and Possession in my good friend J.A. Saare's Halloween contest. Check out her blog and author's group for details.

I'm thinking about opening a Yahoo! Author's Group. I don't know if I have enough people who would actually join, but hey...I suppose I could post excerpts and details and whatnot pertaining to my new WIPs.

What say you? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Facebook throughout the ages

I received this in an email and decided it'd be cruel to keep to myself.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Funny video

I normally won't post YouTube vids here, but this one, IMO, deserves a mention. Then again, I love corny humor.