MLE - synopsis

Made nice progress today with 10 more pages. Last line written:

An eeriness crept over her. Someone had obviously not taken time to put things right, and it hadn’t been Adam.

~A

16,641 / 20,000 (83.2%)

MLE -- synopsis

Completed!! Now to relax and have pizza and beer before starting on the final scene edits tomorrow. ;-)

~A

MLE -- synopsis

Feeling a lot better today about getting this done. :-)

~A

556 / 750 (74.1%)

MLE - synopsis

Getting back on track. Don't know why I'm having trouble with this. I usually love writing synopsis.

~A

Remember Summer Camp?

My son's been working on being "good" this week, so he gets to go to summer camp again next week. And I get more writing time. Now I really have a reason to finish MLE's synopsis. YEA! ;-)

~A

DH’s Home - with FISH

What else can I say? Yummy! :-)

~A

The MARLIN

My DH's charter (Sea Hunter) just docked, and they're tired and safely back on Terra Firma. And . . . he caught a MARLIN!!! Those monsters fight like the devil, are extremely difficult to land, and the other guys got video of my DH fighting it for close to eight hours straight! I can't wait to see it and the pictures. Of course since Marlin are endangered game fish, all the guys could do was haul in aboard, take lots of photos, tag it, and release it back in to the ocean. But what a vacation.

Now, about my get away . . .

~A

Fishing BIG

My DH just left on his fishing trip in the Gulf, and I've got my fingers crossed for a great catch. Every year he brings home fish we freeze and eat all year until the next time he goes fishing. Tuna and Dolphin are the primary catch, and sometimes they bring in Amber Jack (my fav!), Barracuda, Snapper, and lots of others I don't recall the names of right now. He gets a vacation, and I get time to write. And check the animal shelter again for Py.

~A

Workshopping

I just completed teaching two more plotting workshops. One was a three-month and one a six-month long commitment. Lots of fun and I enjoyed it, but also lots of work. Bottom line, I'm happy with the outcome. My next teaching dates are in September for the Carolina Romance Writers, and then Dec. for the From The Heart Romance Writers chapter.

~A

Happy 4th of July!

My DH started his vacation yesterday, and I made my goal of $200 extra for him to take fishing. Since it a holiday, we're lounging around in the cool house and gonna take in some fireworks later.

~A

Finding Home

I checked the guidelines, and I think Red Sage would be a great place for me to send MLE and MOTS. I still need to complete both synopsis' and edit a couple of scenes, but I can do all that this month. I also emailed one of RS's authors who's in my online writing chapter about how she got everything on the required "one page only" synopsis. I'm hoping to her back soon.

Fingers crossed.

~A

The breadmaker

Picked up another bread-maker this morning that was offered on my local FreeCycle list. And Py hasn't been found yet. I'm beginning to think my DH's right about my kitty being stolen.

~A

More on Moving . . .

Two whole boxes!!! That's ALL my mom wanted me to pack. Apparently, she just wanted to visit and chat. It was nice, but would've been much more appropriate on a weekend when I didn't have other things I need to do and lots more time on my hands. Grrr...

~A

Moving Mother

Wouldn't you know, right as the heat climbs daily towards the century mark, my mom decides to move to a new aprtment. Now, this wouldn't be so bad if I lived closer. It's an hour trip one-way to get to her, and I'm going to help her pack as much as possible today. I'm hoping the heat isn't too bad for the drive.

~A

Texas Heat

I've sold a few hats, written a little, and my Py is still missing. My other cat, Merlin, keeps walking around the house YEOWING and looking for his playmate. The summer heat's also getting to my car's A/C, meaning it crapped out. Not good.

~A

Father’s Day

Going out to a fav eatery is always fun. My son even signed his own name to my DH's card! :-)

~A

It's official

My Py is still missing. I'm going to check the animal shelter and make posters and flyers to out around the neighborhood. My DH thinks someone stole him, and that makes me madder then hell. I mean, a tabby? I could see a Siamese or Persian getting snatched, but a regular cat?? Geez. I really, really miss my sweet little cat.

~A

Making Things

I'm on a costume binge again, and trying to make more $$$ for DH to take on his fishing trip mext month. Hopefully I'll meet my modest goal of $200.

~A

My Kissing Kitty

Not a great day. My Pywacket didn't come home last night, and I'm worried about him. Maybe he's just out romping with friends.

~A

Butterflies and Plants

At Scarborough a couple of weeks back, we visited the Butterfly House habitat and picked up some info about them. And, wanting more of the fluttery bugs in my yard to look at, I bought some nice Verbena and other plants at Home Depot. No writing, just a lot of watching out the window.

~A

Dashing & Dancing . . .

Okay, that was hairy. Too short on time and dealing with getting my kid to the babysitter. I checked and I'm definitely changing my step class so I can duck out a bit early to shower and change, then get intothe next class. Weeee---summer's so fun. First hand experience is great to put into stories.

~A

Dancing & Exercise

Tonight after my aerobics class I'm making a mad dash to get to the first of my ballroom dance classes at another location, 10 minutes away. The logistics has me nervous about being late, so no writing today. Maybe for the summer, I'll look into changing my step aerobics to the other Rec. center so I won't court any speeding tickets. We'll see.

~A

Summer Camp!!

Happy-happy joy-joy!! My 5-yo is at summer camp all week, which gives me quiet time to write. :-D

~A

Happy Birthday To Me!

Spent yesterday at our local Renaissance faire (Scarborough) and had a blast! I even lost enough weight over the past year to fit back into my old garb. I've also decided I need a new outfit for next year, so the fabric hunt is on!

~A

Cousin Bonnie’s Wedding

I'm so used to writing on my new MobilePro at night in bed before I go to sleep, I took it with me this past weekend to San Antonio. The trip was a huge event in the family. One of my DH's cousin got married in an elaborate Catholic wedding. This was an all-day affair, and everything was gorgeous, especially the bride, plus I was in heaven when I found out I could eat as many stuffed jalapenos as I wanted (I stopped at 10). It's always been one of my favorite snack foods, and an order of only 3 never seems enough. Oh, I was truely in heaven! I ate, danced, took pictures, enjoyed great company, and was even inspired to do some good writing. Oh, and I thoroughly enjoyed raiding my MIL's cookbooks for new recipes.

~A

Making Entries

Okay, so I haven't been as diligent as I should be making entries. But Mercury is retrograde again, characterized by trouble with any kind of communication and/or transportation. And since I work mostly on my computer (when not building costumes or creating other stuff to sell online), that always means problems. Yea, I've got a few computer problems. Like waking up this morning to find ALL MY EDITS from yesterday totally gone from my MobilePro! Yiks!! I've got a full day ahead of me.

~A

Mother’s Day

Got a bit of writing done on MLE, mostly editing. Then I detoured and bought myself a cute litte sapphire blue dragon pendant and told my DH it was from him. Got some nice flowers and went out to eat at our fav chinese place. All in all, a nice day. :-)

~A

MobilePro, My Newest Friend

Oh this one is fun. My DH wouldn't let me go to sleep last night, bugging me about something called a MobilePro up for auction on eBay, and expounding the virtues of this cool little thingy. After an hour, I gave up and testily told him to watch the bids and wake me up ten minutes before it would be over (in the middle of the night, of course!). Promptly at midnight-thirty, his ALARM went off in my ear. I was pretty bleary-eyed and not real happy. But I got up to see what all the hoo-ha was about anyway and bought the little thingy at 12:42 AM my time. (grrr . . .) Then we started collecting the accessories to go with it. Turns out, this cool thingy is a GREAT writing tool, and I confiscated it.

Good thing my DH woke me up. ;-)

~A

Spring Cleaning

It's that time again. The birds are singing and winging their way back north. Warmer days are here. My beautiful roses are blooming like crazy. And I'm sneezing my nose off with allergies. Guess I'd better go take some meds and move some dust bunnies around. ;-)

~A

Judging - the big push

Finishing up judging the Lories and getting started soon on the Prisms! Not writing as much as I'd like, but I'm still plugging along working on the synopsis on My Loving Enemy.

~A

Taking Over

I always try and make sure I have time when I volunteer to do a job, and I think everyone should too. I love helping out in my RWA chapters, and I have a lot of experience judging and coordinating contests. So, I jumped in head-first when the overall coordinator went AWOL and left us category coords with only a general list of info and no breakdown. It took three full days of deciphering, dividing and rebuilding that list in a useable form, and with the help of my wonderful fellow category coords, I got it done and we're off and running with the contest!

(whew!)

~A

Quiet

MIL's gone home, and I'm coming up for air and to yell at the idiots about a web hosting problem that I called about last May (and subsequently canceled my account). I don't even want to know how many emails are waiting to be read. :-/

Not a good day, but I did find my bread paddle that has been missing for the past 3 years.

~A

MIL

I was just informed my mother-in-law's coming for a visit. Great for my 5-yo son, bad for my writing time, as my DH can't take off work. Lots of house cleaning to do too before MIL arrives with the white glove test.

Mercury's also gone retrograde today. I just have to lie low and hold on until it turns direct on the 25th.

Don't expect to hear from me for a while.

~A

When It Rains

Got another form rejection with no explaination. Yep, this was the story I had the great feeling about when I turned it in 2 months ago. According to my crit partners, the story's tight, concise, good character and story developement, full of depth and emotion, action-packed, and has a good HEA.

What the hell am I doing wrong???

~A

Another Bummer

You know, it's really discouraging when you work and work for literally YEARS, take writing classes and workshops, listen to critique partners, and read about grammar and technique and writing tight and how to to refine your writing and create/edit/polish a story, then get shot down. I just don't get it. :-(

Neither did all except one of my GE judges. They mostly had opposing opinions, which doesn't help me any. They couldn't even agree of WHAT was wrong (?) with my entry. And by the strange comments, I wonder if one judge even read MY entry. Most of the suggestions I received had me scratching my head, because much of what it was already in the story. So . . . ??? I pride myself with paying attention to the entries I judge, and I expect the same consideration to my work. Unfortunately, this has happened before, and apparently my opinion about judging is in the minority. Makes me want to go on and on and on and yell bad words. (snort, snark!)

Oh well, I still have one story out there, and I had a great feeling about it when I submitted it to the publisher.

~A

Busy-busy-busy

I'm taking this week-long workshop that "requires" the students to be on individual emails, rather than Yahoo's digests. I hate weeding out the lessons and comments, and worrying about missing something that ends up in my Bulk (junk) folder. I normally get about 100 emails a day to go through, which usually takes 1 to 1-1/2 hours. I think all SOB spammers should receive 10 junk emails for every one they send out.

I've managed to stay up with everything the past few days. So far, so good with the workshop, and I'm enjoying it. But it's taking *all* my time to do it.

~A

Bummer

The finalist were announced for the GE. I'm not one of them.

~A

Still More Ice

I'm really enjoying this freak cold (thank you north winds from Canada!) Being borna and raised in Texas, this is a nice change for our usual wet and cold winters. It's hovered around 15-20 degrees F the past few days (great writing weather :-)), but it's supposed to jump up to the 40's by tomorrow. We'll see.

~A

More Ice

More came in last night, and we can't get out of the driveway. You know how difficult it is to make an ice angel? Snow's so much easier. This week sometime the GE scores will be announced. I'm excited and hopeful. :-)

~A

Lazy Days

My local writing chapter canceled this morning's meeting because of the bad weather. Everything is covered in ice outside, and there hasn't been a car in sight since last night. I'm surely not going anywhere soon, but can't even have a descent fire in the fireplace because there's still a burn-ban in place due to lack of rain. Maybe I'll curl up with a cup of hot Mocca-coffee and get some writing done.

~A

WooHoo!

One of the entries I judged for the Wallflower contest finalled! :-) It's great to see good writing advance to the next level.

~A

Brrrr!!

Wow, we've got cold and ice, and it's supposed to get worse. Not a usual occurance for Texas. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. ;-)

~Ann

Expecting and Waiting

I turned in all my judging scores for the GE contest. I also entered my work (the updated version :-)) in a different category, and now I get to wait for the results.

~Ann

Uping the date . . .

Trying again to update my website. Seems like every time, there's always something else toget in the way. But today I'm working on it. Really. ;-)

~Ann

Progress Anyone?

St =





BIAQ Goal --

25,000 / 250,000 (10.0%)

~Ann

More Fun . . .

Actually, I'm taking a tiny break from editing. Really I am.


Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in?




You scored as Serenity (from Firefly). You like to live your own way and do not enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you that you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.

Serenity (from Firefly) -- 88%
Nebuchadnezzar (from The Matrix) -- 82%
Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars) -- 81%
Moya (from Farscape) -- 75%
Stargate SG-1 (from Stargate) -- 69%
Galactica (from Battlestar: Galactica) -- 56%
Enterprise D (from Star Trek) -- 38%
Bebop (from Cowboy Bebop) -- 38%

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? v1.0
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I'm finding all these quiz distractions interesting, and I'm not cheating to get the same answers. I am really a huige Firefly/SERENTIY fan.

~Ann ;-)

Back to the Biggie

Today it's back to editing my 110K novel. My goal is to have it polished and cut to 100K by the end of this month.


ST -






BIAQ Goal --

6,250 / 250,000 (2.5%)

~Ann

MLE -- Update

Well, I did it. I just sent my story to an e-pub. Now I get to forget about it until I hopefully hear some good news soon.


~Ann

PS: I dunno if this is a coincidence, but Astrologically today's color is gold and the pub I sent MLE to has "gold" in their slogan. ;-)

MLE

Both readers LOVED this story! I can hardly believe they got it back to me so fast! :-)

~Ann

MLE

Just sent the final of MLE to two readers. The nervous wait begins . . .

~Ann

MLE

Completed editing. Final count 12,044 words.

~Ann

MLE

THE END!

14,045 / 12,000 (117.0%)

~Ann ;-)

MLE

Still not quit done.

13,257 / 12,000 (110.5%)

~Ann

MLE

10,056 / 12,000 (83.8%)

~Ann

MLE

8,145 / 12,000 (67.9%)

~Ann

MLE - Update

Busy over the weekend and still going strong.

7,459 / 12,000 (62.2%)

~Ann

MLE

Almost halfway done.

4,775 / 12,000 (39.8%)

~Ann

MLE

I've done 3355 words so far.

3,355 / 12,000 (28%)

~Ann

Reindeer Games

Okay, needed cheering up, so I played along. Look what it got me . . .

You Are Comet

A total daredevil, you're the reindeer with an edge! Why You're Naughty: You almost gave Santa a heart attack when you took him sky diving Why You're Nice: You always make sure the sleigh is going warp speed

Which of Santa's Reindeer Are You?

Rejection, ha! I'm feeling better.

~Ann

Rejected . . . Again

I just received my first rejection of 2006. Phooey. It was from the last agent on my list. Now I get to start all over and make another list and continue my search for representation. That'll have to wait until I write more on MLE. And eat some chocolate.

Oh well. Back to square one.

~Ann :-/

My Loving Enemy

New project: a short story that won't leave me alone. Goal is 10-12K, to be finished by this coming weekend. I just started today, and hopefully, I can complete this story quickly and get back to editing the biggie. ;-)







~Ann

Six in '06

Happy New year!

Well, I've survived another hectic holiday season, an I'm eager to get back to my writing. Resolutions aren’t usually my thing, however this year there are several things I really want to accomplish. Currently on my desk are three completed manuscripts and one unfinished story. For this new year, I’m devoting the first quarter to completing and polishing all four, plus I’d like to write two new stories. Hence the “Six in’06.”

Of course there are other small projects like articles I want to write and classes I’d like to teach (one is already approved, yea!), plus I want to post here at least once per week instead of once per month. I’ll have to see how everything shapes up and post it here so I can stay honest about my progress. ;-)


BIAQ Goal = edit 4 projects:

Jan - 110K novel
Feb - 90K novel
March - two 25K novellas

0 / 250,000 (0.0%)

Happy writing,

~Ann

Missing Posts

Okay, I just noticed I'm missing some posts, so I'll dig the drafts back up and republish them.

Married with . . . Cats

Forget the Christmas list. Forget ever getting the entire house clean at one time. And forget ever writing undisturbed again.

About two weeks ago, unbeknownst to me, my loving DH decided in his infinite wisdom to give me very special gift this year. We were blessedly down to only one pet (German Shepherd) after our Norweigen Forest cat, Tinker, died 1-1/2 years ago. Since we also have a pre-schooler, cleaning up the mess of a small family was fine with me.

Not so with my DH. It just so happens, he works with a gal who also runs a cat rescue. And she had 2 dozen animals to find homes for. For all his masculine bravado about not missing Tinker, my DH covered his soft spot for our dearly departed pet well. Fast forward to about one week ago. A lunchtime phone call interrupted my concentration and flow of new words to the page when I heard, "I'll email you a picture of Bob."

I opened my email page to see "Bob." The cat. A very big fluffy black and white cat who was obviously part Ragdoll/Norweigen. A pretty cat. A cat with a big scowl. He apparently doesn't like having his picture taken.

"Sure, we can go see Bob," I answered my excited DH, who'd previously expounded on the benefit of getting an outdoor cat to help curb the population explosion of squirrels nesting and feasting in all our pecan trees. I saw this as a definite asset, especially since I wouldn't have to do cat-pan duty.

The next day we visited THE CAT LADY.

Even though I'd popped an allergy medication (I'm mildly allergic), my senses were assaulted when we walked into The Cat Lady's home. I've never seen so many cats in one place except in a shelter. They were all running free. They were curious and talkative (meowing like crazy). All were happy and some quite content to remain at least an arm's distance from us, especially my preschooler. I understood why my DH was so eager to adopt. He'd related horrid accounts of news reports he'd read about old people dying and not being found for a week and the cats snacking on them because the animals had no other food. EEWWW!

We had no choice. It was our humane duty to adopt.

So, we sat, and the cats came to us. They talked, rubbed on our ankles, and looked into our eyes as if to say, "pick me!"

Bob ignored us, of course. He wanted *nothing* to do with us. He wouldn't even let The Cat Lady pick him up and bring him to us.

My DH was disappointed. My son laughed and played chase up and down a hall with one cat. I calmly sat watching the whole process and dutifully petted two little domestic short-haired cats (aka, mutts) who'd curled up comfortably in my lap and didn't want to leave.

An hour later, my sinuses clogged, my nose running and my eyes swelling, we decided it was time to leave. Then my DH made the astute observation, "those little cats really like you."

Duh. They'd been in my lap almost since the moment I'd sat down.

We adopted them. Both were already neutered, thankfully, and had all their shots and leukemia tests. They get along with the dog. Merlin is black with an interesting counter-ermine pattern (tiny white hairs in a few places all over his black hair). The little cream colored cat (like light brown sugar) started life as Blondie, then became Sugar. Now he's answering to Pywacket.

So, this year instead of a new CD or Witches Almanac or a book about writing, I got cats for Christmas/Yule.

I'm still popping allergy meds and hoping to quickly rebuild my tolerance. Merlin and Pywacket like to sit in my lap purring like endless chainsaws as I write (yes, they're both there now ;-)) I'll probably still get the CD and books I asked for. I'll even accept the additional cleaning up in the house plus daily cat-pan duty because I love the cats.

But not when they jump onto the kitchen counter.

More Amusements

Okay, just a couple of sidetracks . . .



"The Captain"


Which Firefly character are you?
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You're Mal, the Captain of Serenity. You fought
(and lost) for the Independents in the war.
You're a natural leader, and a rebel with a
heart of gold.


Which Firefly Character Are You?
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(Do I sense a pattern emerging??) Now I'm going to go write. ;-)

~Ann JR

Maab's Not Amused . . .

Today I'm about 30 pages behind my self-imposed weekly goal, because yesterday instead of writing I re-edited the previous day's work. I really need to learn to quit doing that so I can get this story totally completed, to my CP, then out the door!

Geez, my Muse (Maab) is NOT amused. After keeping my up for the past two nights with a great unexpected plot twist, I haven't rearranged the time to actually write down the scene. That was supposed to be my 10+ pages written yesterday. :-/ I'll make up for it this afternoon. I have a whole entire hour to myself (sans my 4-yo and DH) for peace and *quiet* to write everything down as fast as I can.

So, what am I doing writing this stuff . . . ?

Bye-bye 'til later!

~Ann JR

Writing Heaven

I love it when time, productivity and creativity come together. Yesterday brought me 16 pages closer to my 100 page goal for this week.

And motivation can be found in the strangest places. I took a little sidetrack this morning and click a link that asked, "Which Pirate Of The Caribbean Are You?" Here's my answer:

Which Pirates of the Caribbean character are you?


Arrr, arrr matey! Time to go pillage the pages and plunder my Theasaurus! Arrr!

~Ann JR


PS: Don't bother leaving me stupid advertizing links as comments, because I'll delete them! Arrr!

Rants and Roasts . . .

It turns out last Saturday wasn't as smooth as it seemed. The gal who invited me to participate in the demo apparently got a nasty bee in her bonnet about a few things I won't go into. Needless to say, my spinning time will probably not include that demo next year. 'Nuf said, or I'll go into a ranting fit about unappreciative snobs, illiteracy and the fact my spinning wheel broken 5 minutes into continuing my project when I got home. (grrrrr . . .)

Good thing my DH's cooking dinner.

On a better note, I've pledged to write 40 new pages and edit 60 pages for my online chapter's BIAW this week. Okay, those blank pages are waiting, and my Muse is babbling!

~Ann JR

Dead Tired

Wow, yesterday's demo was *interesting.* I spun, I talked, and I even warped uo my Inkle look and did a little weaving for one gal. Amidst all the activity (it was also the library's yearly Craft show), there was the usual beginner questions and distractions. Hopefully all the folks had fun.

~Ann JR

Spinning Yarns . . .

Once upon a time, storytellers told stories verbally, or "spun their yarns" to those who would listen. I haven't personally researched it, however logically I think this practice can probably date back to an earlier time when spinning and weaving were common daily activities in a household. A spinner could both fascinate their audience by the art of making yarns and threads from fibers, and at the same time expound a tale to the captive audience.

Spinning and weaving are other hobbies I enjoy because they're relaxing and productive. And that's why I agreed to participate in a demo this coming weekend. I'll probably not "spin" and yearn tales, just get started on a new Christmas project, meet new people, and gather more interesting ideas to write about.

~Ann JR

Dragons, Dragons Everywhere

Well, I've been doing more creating this week then writing. One hobby is dragons, unicorns and other fantasy creatures, which I've been making a lot of lately for this coming weekend's local Celtic Heritage Festival. After this weekend, things'll calm back to normal again. (hahaha!!)

~Ann JR

No Power In The 'Verse Can Stop Me!

From writing, that is. :-)

Last night SERENITY was AWSOME!!! Great plot, believeable characters, ambitous goals with strong motivations, fantastic conflicts and a hellova 'Black Moment.'

Did they survive?

I'm not telling. But you can be sure, Captn Mal and the FireFly crew are wiser and will fly again into new adventures. And in the mean time, I'm going to see that movie at least a few more times.

VIVA SERENITY!

(I'm definitely inspired to go write . . .)

~Ann JR

Peace and Serenity

I've sat on my hands all week (not good for productive writing, LOL), because I'm excited about going to the SERENITY opening this friday night. We're even planning on attending in costume and are going to meet up with about a dozen other FireFly fans. Ooo, great SF stories can be such a distraction! (thanks, Joss ;-))

I'll tell you how it turns out.

~Ann JR

Flying High

I just found out my DH has a fear of flying, especially in small commuter crafts. My first memory of flying is when I was 8-years old, and my family visited Colorado, Washington state and then up to British Columbia Canada in June. I remember the flight attendants (known as stewardess' back then) in their pink and metallic silver uniforms with go-go boots, their perfectly coordinated movements in flight and thinking "what an interesting job!" And when I first stepped off the Boeing-747 at the Denver airport, it was cold! No one but me seemed to notice.

Even after all these years (not going there, so don't ask), those little visual details are still with me. For me, details are what flesh-out a picture, or in a writer's case, a scene. It's those nuances that play in the mind to create an expectation. Like excitement, joy, and fear of could happen next.

I'm in for a long week of (hopefully) productive writing before my DH returns from his business trip. And maybe I can get him to relate the details of his journey for my future reference so I can visualize what it's like in a small commuter plane.

~Ann JR

Still rearranging

I do have time to write . . . I do have time to write . . .

Still working on those new pages, 'cuz I really need to finish the edit on this story. (sigh) So far, all small tweaks and no big rewrites. Life is getting better.

~Ann JR

To Write . . . or not . . .

Ever wonder where all the crazy ideas come from that float around in your head and keep you from doing what you want to do (like writing)? Too many things going on causes my lack of focus. I have time to write. I always have time. Whether or not I rearrange the time to write is up to me.

So, I'm going to do some housecleaning and rearranging now.

And write a few pages. ;-)

~Ann JR

Welcome To My Jungle

Good morning! Time to suck up some coffee and write! Lucas Brunelle's vid of the NY drag race set to G&R's Welcome To The Jungle has got me pumped. These guys are extreme, adrenaline junkie every one, and I love it. Every time I watch it, I'm reminded of a bunch of Alpha males vieing for superiority, it revvs up my creativity and I channel that go-getter attitude into my stories' hunks. Yummy, all of them. Daring, courageous and gung-ho with an attitude, that's these guys. I wouldn't have it any other way. And my heroines love every one of them and their soft scorching touches . . . Oh, geez, I gotta ago write! Have a great day.

Ann JR

Taking the plunge . . .

Yesterday there was a wonderful lecture by a local designer at my local writer's meeting about creating and maintaining websites. Since every minute of time is precious to a writer, I'm always up for learning new tips and tricks to help to make life easier. That's why I started this blog, to get all (or hopefully at least most) of those little things and ideas floating around in my head written down so I can concentrate more on getting my current work-in-progress, a paranormal romance novel, finished. I'm also hoping to work on updating my website next week and add this link.

So, okay, a little about my Muse named Maab (yes, like the Irish Faery Queen ;-)) She's fickle, a major Diva, flighty (and hated it when I say that), and very inspiring. She leads my usually in several directions at once, which means I'm ususally plotting out or working on at least 2 writing projects at the same time. Maab is a wonderful chatterbox of information and eloquence. When the words flow, they stream like a rushing river I sometimes have to type for dear life to get them all written down.

And when Maab shuts up and won't talk to me, I feed her yummy chocolate, usually dark. ;-)

'Nuf for now, and I'll post more when I take another break from writing about my sexy vampire hunk.

Ann JR