NaNo Update

So I am totally not winning NaNo this year – there’s no way. My weekend looks horrible, then there’s this whole Thanksgiving thing… Anyway, I am doing what I said I wanted to do, which was get back to the keyboard on a regular basis to do something besides play on Twitter.

NaNo Update – Day 6

The idea behind doing NaNo this year was not to hit 50K – I pretty much don’t have a prayer. However, I’m out of the habit of writing everyday, and I need to get back into the groove of butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard. I’ve done pretty well at that goal, even if my total word count is awful
I [...]

NaNoing!

Finally gotten over my editing and have moved on to writing. Too bad I have no idea what to write about.  But progress should start happening soon. Maybe.

Uh – Whoops!

I meant to post my NaNoWriMo total today. I figured it should be pretty good, too, since I am raring to write.  Well, um, you see, a few things got in the way. One was the time change. It always makes me stupid, and now I’m falling into bed about 9:30 half dead. Secondly… well, [...]

The “Rules”

Years ago when I completed my first “professional” novel, I anxiously scoured the internet to find out how to get it published. I got a lot of advice, from split it into two books to put it on scented paper to get an editor’s attention. Seven years on, I have learned a lot, not the [...]

Goal Oriented

It’s been a million years since I posted – I know. Bad, bad blogger. What can I say? It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Add a cold on top, and the blog gets ignored.
But now the husband is back up on his feet and, if all goes well, back to work next week, so [...]

Catie’s Rule of Threes

I have a thing for the number three. I have three kids, three cats – hell, I’d probably have three dogs if that weren’t a level of insanity beyond even my capacity. I have three candle sticks on my fireplace mantle, three pictures across my wall, and even put out three things every night at [...]

Waiting for the Reviews to Roll In

Every author will tell you they don’t keep their eyes open for new reviews of their books.
Every author is lying.
Okay, maybe not every author says this, and maybe some who say it really mean it. Then again, how many of those same people have a google alert set up on their book? But it is [...]

Join Me at Leah’s Place

I’m over at Leah Braemel’s blog today telling ghost stories. Come on over and win a prize!

Another ATA Excerpt

Another excerpt for you from Another Time Around. Brin’s ready to commit to David, but is he the man she thinks he is?
Brin marched all the way to David’s apartment. It had taken her over an hour to get there, but she didn’t feel the least bit tired. On the contrary, she felt that the [...]