Back from the SiWC

so i'm back from the writer's conference... it was lots of fun, i saw a lot of interesting writers in the workshops i went to over the past 3 days and took a lot of notes... i also got 10 minutes with a literary agent and plugged my last year's NaNoWriMo novel... she said it sounded interesting, that it was marketable, and that i should possibly break it up into more than one book before contacting them and submitting something

now, i realize this isn't a guaranteed offer of 'edit what you have and ship it to us so we can send it out to a publisher' but it is 'edit what you have and look into sending us a query, because then we might ask to read part of it'... this is good news... and i was more than a little thrilled when she said that 'werewolf novels are still hot right now'

of course, being told to edit sucks a little because i'm trying to write something different right now... but i've told myself that what i'm writing now has to be finished at the end of November, or at least a few days before my final papers are due, and that the edit starts on December 13th after my last exam

in the meantime, i'm going to write as much as i can before i have to stop and write some papers for school, and hope i don't lose my mind

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song: "Stand My Ground" by Within Temptation
book: "Blue Bloods" by Melissa De La Cruz

SiWC time

so, i haven't blogged much... darn... o well, it's happened before, and it might happen again

the SiWC happens on Friday... wooooooooo... i hope it's bunches of fun... with any luck, i'll get to meet with some literary agent, plug my books and books-in-progress... i think there's like, 3 or 4 of them

and NaNoWriMo starts soon... i have no idea what i'm going to write about this year, maybe just use it as an excuse to write 50,000 more words on what i'm working on right now, or start something new... i don't really want to start something new, i like what i'm working on right now, but i have an idea for a new book

darn my creative brain

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song: "All The World" by Fauxliage
book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

What I've learned about my writing

#1. people are interested in what i'm writing... proof of this is the current number of published books out there featuring werewolves and other supernatural/paranormal creatures... i'm starting to get the urge to write a vampire book... also, proof is other people saying that they enjoy the little bits i've given them to read

#2. i am going to finish this darn thing before September so i don't go insane, and i am going to book an agent appointment in October at the SiWC, once i get the money

#3. i can't write in front of the TV anymore because it distracts me too much, but i can write to music

#4. once i finish, i have to take the time to edit... make sure everything makes sense and follows a timeline and everything... and this could take a while

have a good week, peoples

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book: "Hot Blooded" anthology
song: "Sleepless Nights" by Faber Drive

What to do now?

well, i know what i should be doing... studying for my Tuesday evening exam... barf... not today... or tomorrow... i know, i know, i'm slacking, but come on, who wants to study in the summer

no one, that's who

meanwhile, in the more interesting part of my life... i've submitted something for the SiWC writing contest... i can only hope that they don't hate it... i was writing something, and realized that I couldn't get it finished in time unles i wrote for about a day or two straight... instead, i sent the first chapter of a novel i started last spring, before my grandmother passed away... afterwards, i couldn't really get back into it, i tried to, but it's been sitting around in my Word files unfinished for about a year... i'd be happy if i just got one of those honourable mention thingys

also, there's a new blog in my list to the right, Starting Write Now... it's done by a bunch of different people, blogging about their writing experiences, goals, and writing while dealing with real life... this blog is really interesting, and everyone should stop by it to read it

and hugs to my Jeannie... you deserve everything you want and more, i just wish i could send you those oiled hunks/assistants

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books: the Stanislaski books by Nora Roberts
songs: "Alegria" from the Cirque du Soleil show and "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles

Writing update... number however many it is

so... i've done almost no writing since early July, which pisses me off just a little... i mean, i wanted to finish this darn thing, so i could maybe do an editor/agent interview at the SiWC in October... now, i'll be lucky if i finish before classes start again in September

exams happen in about a week and a half... hopefully they won't be terribly impossible... i don't think they will be, but you never know... this pretty much means i have until Friday to write as much as i can, then study my butt off... i think i can do it... this one distance class just made no sense half the time, but with some luck, the exam won't suck

now, i'm going to try and get some writing done, get some people through some realizations... and props to Wendy for continuing with her script

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song: "Bitemarks and Bloodstains" by Finch
book: "Parallel Heat" by Deidre Knight

New blog alert

so, there are some new links to the side, and i'd like to go through them all, just so you people know what they all are

first is Wendy's blog, which has been redecorated recently... Wendy's a blast, and her blog is always amusing... second is Lory's, someone i met through Wendy, and is someone i do online RP-ing with... next is Nancy's, which has a lot of pictures

next is the blog of a literary agent i've been visiting for a little while now, her name is Kristin Nelson, and i heard she's going to be at the SiWC in October, so i'm looking forward to going to the workshop she'll be instructing... next is Elizabeth's blog... i found her through Kristin's blog, and found her comments on writing and wanting to be pulished and life very interesting

the Plotastic blog is interesting... the idea that Mark, the creator, had is to write a first draft of a novel based on plot elements that received the most amount of votes... his site explains it better than i can... next is the link to Paula B's Wrting Show podcast, in case no one listens to podcasts through iTunes... last is the blog of Jamie Sobrato, a published author... i don't know her or anything, but her blog is interesting and talks of her upcoming works

so, that's it, people... enjoy the rest of the week

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song: "Change For Me" by Low Level Flight
book: any Winston brothers story by Lori Foster

Sunny week-end alert

well, for all you people experienceing summer and it's going to be sunny, enjoy yourself... if you're not any of those people, well, watch a beach movie and pretend it's sunny out

it's looking like a slow week-end here, haircut tomorrow, nothing on Sunday... hopefully i'll get a chunk of writing done before the essay rush happens mid-next week... i hate it when i have 2 papers due the same week

so, i started on my writing contest submission for the SiWC... i just want to finish the darn thing and submit it... i don't exactly care if i win or get an honorable mention... i just want to send in the little story and have actual authors read it

now, i'm going to try and keep on writing... if i don't, then i'll lose my train of thought, and i'll end up forgetting about it completely

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song: "The Grace" by Neverending White Lights
book: "Bet Me" by Jennifer Crusie

Writing update

hi-ho peoples, it's been a while... right?? i forget how often i actually write to this darn thing

so, i'm almost at 86,000 words for my novel, which is about 334 pages double spaced... sometimes it freaks me out when i see the little total page number scroll up when i open the file... the rest of the time i'm all giddy :D... i'm still surprised i've written that much since November... of course, i took December off, and most of February and March and half of April... but my goal is to finish by September... which'll be hard since i have essays due in about 3 or 4 weeks and exams after that hee hee hee... secret message time

the SiWC registration starts in July, and i'm debating whether or not to book an appointment with an editor or agent... i mean, i'm most of the way through this darn book, i have about 3 more chapters to write (i kind of planned out what each chapter would be about so i wouldn't go off track)... my mom said i should make the appointment and just bring the first couple of chapters, but i told her i want to edit the whole thing once before i do that... tell me what you think, people, or just Wendy, if you end up being the only person to read this

i was listening to an interesting podcast from The Writing Show with Paula B... head to http://writingshow.com/ to listen to it... it's the latest one, and very interesting... and it got me thinking that i want an interview like this done with someone talking to me, but maybe i'm just jealous that no one's interested enough to interview me

i guess that's it for now... maybe i'll blabber some more tomorrow... have a better Monday than me, peoples, i had to finish an essay this morning... ewww... why did i chose to major in English??

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song: "Time is Running Out" by Muse

Not just big news... GIANT NEWS!!

there's a writer's conference here in October, and i just saw that i can make an appointment with an editor or agent to plug 'Full Moon Falling'

can i just say OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!????

this is just amazing, and now i'm totally nervous because i'm not sure if i'll be ready, or they'll even like it, or if i should even do it or wait and do it next year so i can get a chance to edit it and re-work some parts and get rid of what i'd call the 'extra crap i might not need'

cripes, now i'm panicking... okay, let's just calm down here *breathing while trying not to hyperventilate*... i think i'm okay now