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

Re-organizing my brain

so, after some thought, and no new writing, and finding some new music to listen to, i've decided to re-write the beginning of this new novel i'm working on... instead of waiting for when it's time to edit, or switching gears and editing the one i already have finished

well, it happens... i think i wrote myself into a weird spot, and have written little to no back story on my narrator/main character... i think i need to do that and flush out my brain and make sure that everything's going to make sense

so, now it's like i'm writing it over again, but i think i'll keep some of the bits i've already written

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song: "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Sarah Brightman
book: the Key trilogy by Nora Roberts

Why school sucks

it sucks... i've barely gotten any writing done in the past few days... maybe after i get home from class tomorrow i'll just hide out in my room and write until i fall asleep... of course, i'll have to listen to a bunch of music to get my writing groove back... i get into different moods when i listen to music

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song: "Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzy
book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

The time of death

my classes have started again... darn... o well... maybe it won't be so bad this time around... at least i met some interesting people today in my tutorial... they seem pretty nice

i've been writing the new book... which needs a better title... i wanted to mention both the fact that she's a photographer and that he's a vampire... i've been listening to a lot of Evanescence as i write this... i think that when i get a better feel for what i'm writing, or when i finish, i'll put up a theme playlist for this new book

have a good September, peoples

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song: "Your Star" by Evanescence
book: "Sabriel" by Garth Nix