| Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
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I'm sore. Yesterday I worked on a painting project over at my mother's house. I've decided that I like to paint. The weather was absolutely perfect and despite the annoying black flies that are now out, I really enjoyed myself and could have continued, but I had to stop so the kids, my mother and I could participate in her town's roadside clean up. We were assigned to the cleanest roads in town because for the two hours we spent on these endless dirt roads, we filled maybe one large garbage bag. Don't get me wrong, that's a good thing, but didn't win us any prizes at the end of the day.
Still, I enjoyed doing it. One of the roads we walked would've been perfect for horseback riding and the kids and I found little ponds full of frog eggs and cellar holes galore. Two hours went by much too quickly. After an ice cream sandwich we went home and I returned to painting for a while.
Of course today is gray and will be drizzly so continuing the painting project is out. Do have some gardening to do.
I've sent in all my paperwork to The Wild Rose Press and I've been added to their list of authors. I've begun to introduce myself to the other authors, and am looking forward to the next step. Okay, so editing isn't exactly my favorite part of the process, I'm still psyched to see That Kind Of Magic transform itself into the final version that will be published.
I've also received my copy of my contract for Best Man from Sapphire Blue Publishing so I'm sure I'll be doing the same for this story as I'm doing for TKOM. I'll be a busy little writer! Now if I only could figure out how to work on my webpage. It needs sooo many updates it's not funny. My web designer isn't available too much so there the page sits. I'd love to revamp the entire thing. I'm not crazy about the layout or graphics. I want something that'll grab people, not put them to sleep.
Guess I'll have to play around with it.
In the meantime it's off to play in the dirt.Labels: gardening, new publishers, picking up garbage, web design |
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| Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| New Week New Spark |
I think I beat the blahs. I went through a phase last week where I really didn't know what I wanted to work on. I flitted back and forth from wip to wip. But I think I have a reasonable plan. I've resurrected a short story to work on, I hope to send to Samhain at some point, and I'm again working on Dreamer's Sea. Thanks to lots of advice from my JaNoWriMo companions I have an idea that may carry me through, along with the other changes I'm implementing.
So, I'm looking forward to a good writing week.
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What a hot weekend! We've gone from April to July in a matter of 2 days! Saturday the temps reached 90. I finished planting the veggie garden and then lay in the grass and stared at the sky. It was so relaxing. After that DH, DS and I attempted to do some geocaching but our GPS doesn't go into enough detail to lead us directly to the spot we need. So we ended up drivng down some really pretty roads where I practically drooled all over the homes and farms we passed. It was a pleasant way to spend the day.
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And now it's back to work. Back to school for the kids who were on spring vaca last week. Joy to the world!Labels: gardening, Geocaching, hot weather, spark is back |
| posted by Ceri Hebert @ 2:47 AM |
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| Saturday, April 4, 2009 |
| Breakthrough-Well, I Hope |
I've had a wonderfully productive morning. Even though I'd love to sleep in I was still up before 430am. I find I can get a lot done early in the morning. Today was no exception. In fact got over 1000 words written by 530am. I call that a good morning! But I'm going to have to take a break soon to take DD #1 to school. She's off for the state Special O basketball tournament today. Then I have spring cleaning plans. Then have to go help my mother pick up a table. Oh, and plot out a garden (help!!)
We've decided to put in a veggie garden at my mom's. I'm not known for my green thumb. In fact I have no plants here in my home. My kids gave me seeds and little pots to plant them in a few years ago for mother's day but I just can't bring myself to plant them, knowing that they'll die a slow torturous death. Herbocide. That's what I commit on plants in my care. I'm hoping that, with my mom's help (plants love her, they thrive in her presence) we can make this garden work. I'm really wanting fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, peas and beans and zuchini.
Anyway, my breakthrough. I've been trying not to think about Dreamer's Sea. I feel horrible that I wrote this long story, which I really do love, but it has no zap, no zing, no pizzazz. Not that I found the missing element, but I've been playing around with the basic elements, like giving my hero a son who he's raised on his own since the boy was an infant (I have a reoccuring abandonment theme, I think). And now I've written a prologue that'll change the relationship between my hero and heroine. Before they didn't know each other before chapter 1 but now they were childhood summer sweethearts. It'll give them a foundation I can build on
Boy, I hope this works. I really want this story to be good. I still need that zip zang pizzazz, but at least this will build the romance between the two characters.
Just need to finish the prologue and brainstorm the rest of it.
I will NEVER give up!Labels: Dreamers Sea, gardening |
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