Dude, Where's My Muse?

I just noticed how long its been since I posted on here. Eeks. Sorry for the silence. But the flu stayed around longer than expected. Add that to the desktop that likes to randomly freeze up and yeah, blogging hasn't exactly been #1 on my to-do list.

Moderated the YA chat at Enchanting Reviews last night. Was fun, we chatted with Lauren Henderson, who's first YA came out in January. I have one more chat next Wednesday with Robin Benway then none until the 27th I think.

Other then that, still busy editing/aditing to various ms/wip.

It looks like spring might actually be here (watch, I'll have just jinxed it) so I might try and start two of my flower pots this weekend. Actually went through and put all the seed packs that I want together in a pot in separate ziplocs last week when I was sick so I should be good to go. Just grab a bag, throw in the seeds and voila, pretty flowers in 45 or more days *g*

Totally looking forward to the start of the conference finals tonight, though the east I think should be more exciting than the west and Pittsburgh isn't playing till tomorrow.

Janet Reid's critiquing queries. Good procrastination activity :o)

http://queryshark.blogspot.com/

I've been sick the last three/four days. It started Saturday afternoon when I felt really yucky at Costco and its gotten worse from there. Though however, Saturday I did discover the loveliness that is the Harvey's cheeseburger. Yum! Wouldn't mind another one of those. But since we're all sick, the likelihood of getting one is slim to zilch.

I've been trying to do some work, but really, there isn't a lot happening with the way I feel. Did spend some time reading on the weekend and finished a new book last night. It comes out next month, LIKELY STORY by David Van Etten. Really cool YA.

Anyways, quick update to let ya know I am still breathing just well, feeling pretty craptastic at the moment.

Despite everything that possibly could go wrong this morning going wrong -- getting booted from the pitch after the first question; computer locking up and becoming unresponsive, my dad bringing me the laptop and tripping on his way downstairs... I did manage to get a request for Dark Intent.

I'm feeling rather eh about the whole thing--not the request, request is always good but I think I'm having post traumatic shock about the rest of it.

So there you go. If I go in silent mode for awhile its because I'm putting the finishing touches on Ryder and Arabella and trying to get over my guilt for having my dad fall, trip and go boom and hit his head this morning.

Labels: nocturne, requests, Writing

Got the detailed info yesterday on the pitch. Need to check tonight and make sure I can get into the chat room and decide which browser has less chance of freezing up. But according to the list, I'm going fourth. Works for me. :o) I think I was fourth too last time I did the temptation pitch.

Still trying to think what I don't know about the story and trying to figure it out. Probably spend the weekend writing notes and putting them on the computer. I know someone on the thread suggested having it handy for copying and pasting. Sounds good to me, because my mind just might go blank and I could start calling Arabella Ryder by mistake, or messing up their character. Plus there's a few more research points I need clarified too that should be worked in.

So you know if the blog's silent the next few days, I'm busy rereading, editing and trying to brush up on my characters! :o)

Labels: nocturne

Some really good news just hit my inbox a couple minutes ago. Remember how I entered that nocturne pitch? Well, I'm one of the 5 the editor picked to pitch.

I still grinning like an idiot. And now I have to try and figure out what I don't know about Ryder and Arabella so I can be prepared next week. :o)

Labels: nocturne

Had a good day today, despite missing my Nocturne folder for a good most of the afternoon. See, most of the ms is handwritten and in one of two binders. My research notes and some of the handwritten scenes that I need to put the info into are in the folder, which has been always with the blue note-tote binder all week.

So this afternoon, I have the house to myself. I have my binders on my desk ready to work. I find the first group of pages to type in the binder and get to typing. Finish those, go to grab the ones out of the folder so I can double check what else I need for a few others scenes so I can email a few more questions and there is NO folder. Nadda. Nothing. So picture a panicked writer, thinking what if it fell somehow into the newspapers in the living room and got scooped up for recycling (total fear!) so for three hours, every time I took a break from straight writing and taking loads in and out of the washing machine, I'd go take a look. Not in the living room. Not in my room. Not anywhere.

Then mom comes home, lifts the papers up on my desk, the ones I'd gone through twice that afternoon and there it is.

*sigh* How's that for ironic?

But all the pages are typed for the day, so tomorrow I can veg out on the couch with the binders, do some editing on the printed out pages and watch the flames-sharks game :o)

Well the nocturne blurb for the pitch is in, after spending the weekend brainstorming up titles (and oh some of them were B_A_D). So I can relax on that part and work on getting the research notes I got from a q&a into the ms. Fun! Actually the lady who answered my questions gave me tons of info which actually got me another scene idea for the novel. Should be good once I get it all down. Plus I get to spend the time typing up the handwritten pages, which unfortunately for this one, there is a lot of.

In other news, its that fun time of year. Playoffs. And yay Sidney and the Penns!! And Big Georges for setting up that lovely first goal last night. Just too bad he didn't get the goal, but at least its an assist and I watched a bit of the press conference after. Really wish I'd had capture going since SC looked HUGE in that t-shirt. Dad thought he looked more like a linebacker. So I'm googling for awhile tonight trying to find a pic of that. Planning on watching game 2 of the Flames series, don't get why they're playing back to back the first two nights, but hopefully the result is the same as last night. Go Flames Go!

And in the big yay, I got more review books yesterday :o) My bookshelf is threatening to overfill at the moment, but I'll tidy it up some more soon. Looks like some great ones to add to the to-be-reviewed pile. 4 YAs from Simon and Schuster and Alyssa Day's Atlantis Awakening. Can't wait for that one.