Good day yesterday. Passed my word goal by 767. 2767 words total. And this was around driving around with errands, dealing with calls from kids, a BUNCH of family members, freaking LONG basketball tryouts and catching up half the laundry. Oh and fighting to figure out where I vote now that I moved and then…
Category: My Writing Life
Unofficial Work (And Fun!)
Why unofficial? I’m not technically signing up for the NaNoWriMo this month. I never have actually, but I had planned to this year because I want a roughdraft finished by the end of November. I should have finished this particular book some time ago, but had been struggling with it and two other projects.(Okay and let’s…
Agents, CPs and Nudges off Diving Board
Had a long talk on the phone with my literary agent yesterday. I’ve been struggling with the new projects and I think she’s grown to know me over the last couple of years because she asked, “So, which one do you really, really want to write–besides the Norse YAs?” LOL! She knows I want to…
Baby Zombies and Scrivener
So, last night the hubs and I shopped with our son to find his Halloween costume. He always comes up with something witty (This year it’s a blind crossing guard.) and then we work to find the pieces. Our trip took us to three different stores and my husband made part of the costume when we…
Come and Play!
The Readers on Deadline this month is a Halloween Celebration! I LOVE this image and the Dames have dared readers and writers to scare us. Two prizes! Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler and Magic at the Gate by Devon Monk. And have you checked out our new look? Took me a long time to find…
Football, Shouting and Repairs
Don’t know what it is about football. I can’t get into the game and believe me, I’ve tried. My husband loves it so much, he wishes his family shared in the experience. Poor dude–none of us enjoy the game, not even our son. But it does make the PERFECT background noise for writing. (Okay, husband’s occasional shout…
Deleted Post
I had a music post about some of my favorite songs from the band, Massive Attack. But it was all wonky and not loading, so I trashed it. I’ve got a deadline and friends and family stuff all weekend, so I’ll work to come up with a decent post Monday. In the meantime, check out…
An Agent’s Enthusiasm is a Good Thing
We have some fun stuff going on behind the scenes at The Deadline Dames. Stick with us and soon there will be better load times on the site and possibly other surprises. I’ve been talking projects with my literary agent, Miriam Kriss. I do have several ideas in the works and her enthusiasm for my…
Highly Amused
It cracks me up that this post gets the most traffic. <g> http://relliott4.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/nyqul-hot-fuzz-bizarro-dream-hell/ This post comes in second. I believe it’s due to the searches on the icarly picture I used to have in this post. I took it out, hoping it would take away some of the icarly traffic. Kind of messes with my…
Rinda? Hello?
To all my lovely readers, sorry for the continued silence. I’ve been strapped into a publishing roller coaster (Did you know that roller coaster as two words is a noun, but as one is a verb or adjective? Yeah, I had to look it up. It’s one of those terms that doesn’t stick like glue…