Maybe some day soon
Sep. 24th, 2009 08:37 pmI've been doing a lot of brainstorming for my NaNo project, including trying to find that perfect name. Mostly the reason is it helps get my mind of real life. I haven't opened my current novel since the morning of 9/12. I was doing some editing that morning, not getting too involved because as soon as Mom returned from the store, we were going to tend to my dad. She returned and a few hours later, my dad passed away. I don't know if I'm purposely avoiding my novel or if my heart's just not in it right now.
My life's been upside down lately, but slowly I'm trying to get it back into something that is normal. I don't know what normal will look like with the hole in my heart from missing my father, but we'll adapt. That's what we do.
Last night, I watched the finale of True Blood and couple episodes of Warehouse 13 and Dark Blue. I'm far behind, and then to pour salt in the wound, Fringe started last week. Ugh. Now I'm behind on my favorite show, as well as tonight's episode. One day I may get caught up. And then again, maybe not.
Since my muse is not being very sociable lately it's been allowing me to watch TV. I intend to watch some more tonight.
My life's been upside down lately, but slowly I'm trying to get it back into something that is normal. I don't know what normal will look like with the hole in my heart from missing my father, but we'll adapt. That's what we do.
Last night, I watched the finale of True Blood and couple episodes of Warehouse 13 and Dark Blue. I'm far behind, and then to pour salt in the wound, Fringe started last week. Ugh. Now I'm behind on my favorite show, as well as tonight's episode. One day I may get caught up. And then again, maybe not.
Since my muse is not being very sociable lately it's been allowing me to watch TV. I intend to watch some more tonight.
November is coming
Sep. 10th, 2009 10:52 amI've been missing from the web and my journals because of personal stuff, but I stumbled across some Nano icons on LJ, which piqued my interest and curiosity because November is right around the corner. *happy happy joy joy* Anyway, someone had shared copies of the badges for 2009 Nanowrimo.
These are the two larger ones and then they have smaller icon-sized variations. I have a couple of ideas for my NaNo this year, but I haven't had time to do any proper research. Regardless, I am looking forward to it – all things considered. My current novel is woefully missing me, and I'm missing it. It's been a sad separation.
I shared some writing quotes with the Nano community here on DW and on my LJ so I'll cross post them here.
My favorite: Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. ~ Gloria Steinem
I do not like to write - I like to have written. ~ Gloria Steinem
Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially. ~A. Bronson Alcott
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow
And now we know. :)
These are the two larger ones and then they have smaller icon-sized variations. I have a couple of ideas for my NaNo this year, but I haven't had time to do any proper research. Regardless, I am looking forward to it – all things considered. My current novel is woefully missing me, and I'm missing it. It's been a sad separation.
I shared some writing quotes with the Nano community here on DW and on my LJ so I'll cross post them here.
My favorite: Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. ~ Gloria Steinem
I do not like to write - I like to have written. ~ Gloria Steinem
Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially. ~A. Bronson Alcott
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow
And now we know. :)
Drama llama
Jul. 16th, 2009 06:02 pmIf it's not one thing, it's another. Right now, it's real life drama. Blah. I like to write drama and watch drama but not be physically a part of drama. The drama has semi-negatively affected my muse. She's not a fan of real life drama either.
Writing: I say semi because I'm at post-rescue and haven't moved forward. However, I've gone back to earlier chapters and added descriptions. My bar finally can be visualized now. Yay. I need to give my antagonists last names and descriptions. I have one in mind, courtesy of Koyla from the Stargate Atlantis years, but the other one, I haven't visualized yet, except he's young, mid-twenties - too young to have ruined his life, according to my protagonist.
Reading: I'm still reading Crossfire and it's still enjoyable. I used to read books in a couple of days but with the drama, household chores, and of course my own writing peaks and valleys, reading is a pastime that I don't get to indulge in as much. Anyway, the protagonist of the story has now had intimate relationships with the main male character, one of her ex-partners when she was on the police force, and a guy that could be a suspect not to mention she was divorced and went through an "out of control" state for a while. I learn through these examples what I don't want in my story. My characters have met - four years ago - but no intimacies occurred, other than they were both physically attracted to the other.
TV: I'm loving Warehouse 13, and Leverage debuted for their second season last night. I saw some of it and liked what I saw. I also have the first DVD from season one X-Files. I don't know about Dark Blue yet. I read some negatives but the review was still hopeful. I haven't watched the episode yet so I have no opinion.
I love my new layout. Credit is in my profile.
I'm so happy tomorrow is Friday. Yay for almost the weekend.
Writing: I say semi because I'm at post-rescue and haven't moved forward. However, I've gone back to earlier chapters and added descriptions. My bar finally can be visualized now. Yay. I need to give my antagonists last names and descriptions. I have one in mind, courtesy of Koyla from the Stargate Atlantis years, but the other one, I haven't visualized yet, except he's young, mid-twenties - too young to have ruined his life, according to my protagonist.
Reading: I'm still reading Crossfire and it's still enjoyable. I used to read books in a couple of days but with the drama, household chores, and of course my own writing peaks and valleys, reading is a pastime that I don't get to indulge in as much. Anyway, the protagonist of the story has now had intimate relationships with the main male character, one of her ex-partners when she was on the police force, and a guy that could be a suspect not to mention she was divorced and went through an "out of control" state for a while. I learn through these examples what I don't want in my story. My characters have met - four years ago - but no intimacies occurred, other than they were both physically attracted to the other.
TV: I'm loving Warehouse 13, and Leverage debuted for their second season last night. I saw some of it and liked what I saw. I also have the first DVD from season one X-Files. I don't know about Dark Blue yet. I read some negatives but the review was still hopeful. I haven't watched the episode yet so I have no opinion.
I love my new layout. Credit is in my profile.
I'm so happy tomorrow is Friday. Yay for almost the weekend.
Thou shalt prevail
Jul. 9th, 2009 11:20 amI got the rescue scene completed.
This scene was intimidating because I didn't know how to write everything that was happening. There were four different things going on at the same time and they all led to the rescue. I basically ignored two of the four other than mentioning the breach and did OK on the other two. I'm not happy with it as it is right now by a long shot, but the basis is written. Now, I can breathe and edit 'til my heart's content.
My weekend is wide-open so I should have lots of time to get this part how I want it and I can move forward to the last part of my story.
This scene was intimidating because I didn't know how to write everything that was happening. There were four different things going on at the same time and they all led to the rescue. I basically ignored two of the four other than mentioning the breach and did OK on the other two. I'm not happy with it as it is right now by a long shot, but the basis is written. Now, I can breathe and edit 'til my heart's content.
My weekend is wide-open so I should have lots of time to get this part how I want it and I can move forward to the last part of my story.
Tonight is the night
Jul. 8th, 2009 06:07 pmI worked on the first part of my action scene but keep trying to figure out how the final showdown between my villain and my protagonist ends up. I have two theories, but my heart keeps telling me to go with the one. I just need to get it written and see how it flows.
Oh yeah, my male character got shot. He wasn't supposed to get shot. That was nowhere in my outline. At least it is a flesh wound and won't stop him from saving my protagonist. But still…Characters - Please, stop taking over my story. Thanks.
I saw that Sci-Fi changed their name to Syfy. What's amusing is some of the things I read on this change. The most humorous was "That wasn't an April Fools joke?" I really don't have an opinion. I haven't watched anything on Sci-Fi in awhile, but I saw something about the new show Warehouse 13 so I programmed my DVR for the pilot episode, which re-airs tonight (I think) and saw the name change.
Speaking of new TV shows, I'm curious about Dark Blue, and of course, Leverage returns next week for its second season. True Blood has been keeping my interest too. I read that Sam is going to be explained more so that is exciting.
I finally got the Fringe widget to work on my livejournal, and I just added it to my profile at DW. This show is the one that I cannot wait for its return September 17.
UPS delivered my books I ordered. FUN. True Evil, One Scream Away, and the GI Joe: Rise of Cobra novelization. There's also a GI Joe graphic novel in there. Scarlett was on the cover - I had to buy it.
Back to writing.
Oh yeah, my male character got shot. He wasn't supposed to get shot. That was nowhere in my outline. At least it is a flesh wound and won't stop him from saving my protagonist. But still…Characters - Please, stop taking over my story. Thanks.
I saw that Sci-Fi changed their name to Syfy. What's amusing is some of the things I read on this change. The most humorous was "That wasn't an April Fools joke?" I really don't have an opinion. I haven't watched anything on Sci-Fi in awhile, but I saw something about the new show Warehouse 13 so I programmed my DVR for the pilot episode, which re-airs tonight (I think) and saw the name change.
Speaking of new TV shows, I'm curious about Dark Blue, and of course, Leverage returns next week for its second season. True Blood has been keeping my interest too. I read that Sam is going to be explained more so that is exciting.
I finally got the Fringe widget to work on my livejournal, and I just added it to my profile at DW. This show is the one that I cannot wait for its return September 17.
UPS delivered my books I ordered. FUN. True Evil, One Scream Away, and the GI Joe: Rise of Cobra novelization. There's also a GI Joe graphic novel in there. Scarlett was on the cover - I had to buy it.
Back to writing.
It's a ride in a Chevrolet
Jul. 3rd, 2009 05:07 pmThree day weekends are love. The laundry is done and I've been writing so all is well and content. It's overcast out but warmer than it has been all week. This is summer. I want sunshine and hot temps. Yeah, I may complain about the heat, but 65 on July 1 is not summer weather. 65 makes me think of fall and I don't want to think about fall weather for several months. I like fall but the downside is winter is on its heels. :(
I started to watch X-Files: I Want to Believe the other night and think I'm going to watch it in its entirety tonight. I updated my livejournal with X-File icons and may look around the communities more here. It's great to reacquaint myself with old fandoms and friends. :)
Doctor's bills are expensive.
My Howdunit books, set of three, arrived the last few days. I really liked the police procedure book but then the book of poisons arrived and wow. So many fun ways to be cruel to my characters. Unfortunately, since the direction of my story changed, I'm not sure there will be any poisoning. Maybe but not sure yet. I really wanted to insert a snakebite but that may have to wait. I have to finish this scene first and get my characters out of the gorram airport. *grins*
Time to write some more. Happy weekend.
I started to watch X-Files: I Want to Believe the other night and think I'm going to watch it in its entirety tonight. I updated my livejournal with X-File icons and may look around the communities more here. It's great to reacquaint myself with old fandoms and friends. :)
Doctor's bills are expensive.
My Howdunit books, set of three, arrived the last few days. I really liked the police procedure book but then the book of poisons arrived and wow. So many fun ways to be cruel to my characters. Unfortunately, since the direction of my story changed, I'm not sure there will be any poisoning. Maybe but not sure yet. I really wanted to insert a snakebite but that may have to wait. I have to finish this scene first and get my characters out of the gorram airport. *grins*
Time to write some more. Happy weekend.
The weekend
Jun. 19th, 2009 05:54 pmThe work week is over. Finally. It was another long one, but overall, not as bad as the last two weeks. This week was 5 days of morning Mondays and then the rest of the day after noon wasn’t so bad.
We have major storms headed our way. They've been coming out of Chicago and then building as they come in my direction. Wow.I think it's thundering, but not sure. It's definitely thundering. Here is comes. :)
I watched Pitch Black last night. At first, it was odd and reminded me so much like Aliens, but it grew on me. Vin Diesel plays a good badass. I was surprised at the speculation of the ending by fans.
Tonight, I want to write. At lunch, I drafted a scene that will be toward the end of the story. It was fun to write – now I just hope it sticks. :) I also should take care of some of my weekend chores since I won't be around this weekend much.
Tomorrow, my boyfriend and I are taking my parents out to eat and then maybe play some cards afterwards. The food is the best and the dessert comes with. Mmmm…probably chocolate mousse pie for me but I'm craving raspberries. Not the seeds in my teeth though.
While I'm there, I want to look for some patterns or material for some neat crafting projects I like to do. Once I figure out how to post images, I'll do that.
Sunday, I'll go spend the day at my parents and see what they need me to help with around the place.
Have a great weekend.
We have major storms headed our way. They've been coming out of Chicago and then building as they come in my direction. Wow.
I watched Pitch Black last night. At first, it was odd and reminded me so much like Aliens, but it grew on me. Vin Diesel plays a good badass. I was surprised at the speculation of the ending by fans.
Tonight, I want to write. At lunch, I drafted a scene that will be toward the end of the story. It was fun to write – now I just hope it sticks. :) I also should take care of some of my weekend chores since I won't be around this weekend much.
Tomorrow, my boyfriend and I are taking my parents out to eat and then maybe play some cards afterwards. The food is the best and the dessert comes with. Mmmm…probably chocolate mousse pie for me but I'm craving raspberries. Not the seeds in my teeth though.
While I'm there, I want to look for some patterns or material for some neat crafting projects I like to do. Once I figure out how to post images, I'll do that.
Sunday, I'll go spend the day at my parents and see what they need me to help with around the place.
Have a great weekend.
Rain rain go away
Jun. 11th, 2009 12:43 pmIt has been raining nonstop since 6:00 this morning. What a gloomy, dreary day, but we should be thankful for the rain. It makes the grass green and the flowers grow and bloom pretty.
I've been in a really depressed mood most of the week. I'm not sure why, other than lots of worrying about those I love.
I'm meeting my mom for lunch to pickup some fresh strawberries from her garden. Mmmm. I love the taste of strawberries.
Work's been keeping me hopping and my writing has been advancing smoothly. I'm working on descriptions, connecting scenes, and making chapters. I worked on an info drop last night, but intend to separate that throughout the first few chapters so it's not an info drop per say. It was something I needed to do because I've neglected descriptions and backstories. As I was reading Crossfire, I came across a section, several chapters into the book, that used almost an entire chapter to flashback as to how the two main characters met, which overjoyed me since I had a scene with my characters started (and abandoned) when they first met. That's now been finalized and I'm happy with it so my next step, after the above additions, is picking up where I got sidetracked and continue my plot and subplots.
I'm going through a Vin Diesel stage right now, and have the first Fast & Furious from Netflix. Next will be Pitch. I saw the newest Fast & Furious in the theaters the other week and realized I had never seen its predecessors.
Cutest movie I've seen recently: Waitress with Kerri Russel and Nathan Fillion. I adore Nathan (Firefly and eventually I'll watch Castle) and I've always thought Kerri was cute, although I never watched much of Felicity - full time college and full time work made TV watching nonexistent.
The movie I've seen too many times the last few weeks: Gone in 60 Seconds. Thank you cable for running the marathon and melting my brain with action and beautiful cars.
True Blood season 2 starts Sunday. Yay! HBO's been running season 1 eps, so they've been owning my soul too. I'm still catching up on Fringe. Love that show.
Have a good Thursday.
I've been in a really depressed mood most of the week. I'm not sure why, other than lots of worrying about those I love.
I'm meeting my mom for lunch to pickup some fresh strawberries from her garden. Mmmm. I love the taste of strawberries.
Work's been keeping me hopping and my writing has been advancing smoothly. I'm working on descriptions, connecting scenes, and making chapters. I worked on an info drop last night, but intend to separate that throughout the first few chapters so it's not an info drop per say. It was something I needed to do because I've neglected descriptions and backstories. As I was reading Crossfire, I came across a section, several chapters into the book, that used almost an entire chapter to flashback as to how the two main characters met, which overjoyed me since I had a scene with my characters started (and abandoned) when they first met. That's now been finalized and I'm happy with it so my next step, after the above additions, is picking up where I got sidetracked and continue my plot and subplots.
I'm going through a Vin Diesel stage right now, and have the first Fast & Furious from Netflix. Next will be Pitch. I saw the newest Fast & Furious in the theaters the other week and realized I had never seen its predecessors.
Cutest movie I've seen recently: Waitress with Kerri Russel and Nathan Fillion. I adore Nathan (Firefly and eventually I'll watch Castle) and I've always thought Kerri was cute, although I never watched much of Felicity - full time college and full time work made TV watching nonexistent.
The movie I've seen too many times the last few weeks: Gone in 60 Seconds. Thank you cable for running the marathon and melting my brain with action and beautiful cars.
True Blood season 2 starts Sunday. Yay! HBO's been running season 1 eps, so they've been owning my soul too. I'm still catching up on Fringe. Love that show.
Have a good Thursday.
I'm begging, darling, please
Jun. 2nd, 2009 08:33 amYesterday was a stormy day, but today is just a dreary, rainy day, which means I have a sinus headache.
There is one particular section of my story that my characters hijack and do their own thing. Before I know it, the scene is no longer mine but all theirs. Over the weekend, they decided that they weren't going to wait for their first kiss. I think it may be too early in the story for this kiss, but I let them "act" it out. The scene is written in a way that I can snip that part out, but sshhh, don't let the Muse know this. The problem is that if I lose the kiss, it'll be a while before I can write it back in since they will be separated and in the mix of a dangerous situation.
I started reading Crossfire by JoAnn Ross last evening. It's interesting so far, and of course, I'm looking forward to the two main characters meeting. :)
Time to focus on work.
There is one particular section of my story that my characters hijack and do their own thing. Before I know it, the scene is no longer mine but all theirs. Over the weekend, they decided that they weren't going to wait for their first kiss. I think it may be too early in the story for this kiss, but I let them "act" it out. The scene is written in a way that I can snip that part out, but sshhh, don't let the Muse know this. The problem is that if I lose the kiss, it'll be a while before I can write it back in since they will be separated and in the mix of a dangerous situation.
I started reading Crossfire by JoAnn Ross last evening. It's interesting so far, and of course, I'm looking forward to the two main characters meeting. :)
Time to focus on work.
Crash and Burn
May. 23rd, 2009 09:02 amI have a horrible case of writer's block. I thought I had an idea the other day, but I didn't have time to get it on paper because of real life. Now, it's a smoldering pile of ash.
I guess it just wasn't supposed to be. I have a lot I need to do this three-day weekend.
I guess it just wasn't supposed to be. I have a lot I need to do this three-day weekend.
The first post
May. 21st, 2009 08:20 pmThank you to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
iheartnickcath for the invite. I haven't decided what I'm going to use this journal for. I'm biased when it comes to journals. LJ was my first and I have a permanent account, but I might use this for…hmm…I'll think of something.
I love to read, watch TV/movies, cross-stitch when I can, craft these little quilt blocks things (that I have no clue what they are called), and am working on writing an original novel. I love nature, animals, and the weather. My mood deteriorates when it is raining for long periods of time or cloudy. I need to see the sun. I do love thunderstorms and then the rainbows they sometimes leave behind. I also like to take pictures and share.
I'm looking forward to this three-day weekend. I hope everyone has a great holiday.
iheartnickcath for the invite. I haven't decided what I'm going to use this journal for. I'm biased when it comes to journals. LJ was my first and I have a permanent account, but I might use this for…hmm…I'll think of something.I love to read, watch TV/movies, cross-stitch when I can, craft these little quilt blocks things (that I have no clue what they are called), and am working on writing an original novel. I love nature, animals, and the weather. My mood deteriorates when it is raining for long periods of time or cloudy. I need to see the sun. I do love thunderstorms and then the rainbows they sometimes leave behind. I also like to take pictures and share.
I'm looking forward to this three-day weekend. I hope everyone has a great holiday.
