Very good news. I started writing the second Courier book last week. Not so good news. I have so much editing to do on the first book my head is spinning. Still it felt soooo wonderful to start the next book on my hand held recorder while walking the dogs. I’m going to leave it to an hour a day on the recorder, so I can really think through the storyline in book two and catch up on editing the first.
Cold/flu virus #4 of 2010 has invaded our home. So far I haven’t gotten sick, and am doing all the Voo Doo spells I can, short of signing a contract with Margery, to keep it out of my system.
Now on to my Monday morning whine… Last night I started reading yet another romance novel that depicts the male figure as a womanizing beast. Now I haven’t read many romance novels because they’ve never really been my cup of tea. But recently I had a few paranormal romance authors highly recommended to me. So what the heck, I ordered them up from the library and away I read. I got 100 pages into the one I read last night and threw it to the side, sickened by the set up of a relationship between the heroine and an archangel who was more like a fallen angel. This was another novel where I got to a point I had to ask, how was the author hurt by men and projecting her own experiences into the story.
I’ve had absolutely wonderful men in my life who would fight to the death for me. That’s the sort of guy I like reading about. Prince Charming, who will come and rescue me. Although we watched the Shrek movies over the weekend, and Prince Charming in those movies is even a bastard. Is the strong male figure in romance novels dead? Are we women alone in saving ourselves?
This week’s posts over at the Wicked Writer’s blog were all about where we are in regards to publishing our latest works. It was my week for the guest blogger, so I thought it only appropriate we have a publisher join us. I did an interview the Gaynor Stenson of Vamplit Publishing in two parts. Part 1 was about her company and their approach to publishing. In Part 2 she provided valuable information for writers seeking to publish their novel and changes in the publishing industry.
Read the other writer’s opinions:
- C. J. Ellison, Publish Your Passion
- Greg Marshall Smith, Where am I? On the Road to Hard Knocks
- Supriya Savkoor, Switching to My Editor Hat
Okay, I actually started this week’s whine on Tuesday, just one day after last week’s whine, when I woke up from a nap realizing I was iron and B12 anemic, again. I forced myself into an adrenalin rush to get my index cards done and suffered the rest of the week as a result of it.
First of all, I think this behavior is something we women do really well, especially when we have small children. Second, we get so good at it, to the point it becomes a habit. But in my case, mixing it with the anemia is a recipe for too many crash and burns. I ain’t doing it anymore.
A couple weeks ago I whined about needing more exercise and a better diet. I’m extending that plan to meditation. About four years ago I meditated, a lot. It’s what helped me realize how out of whack my physical body had gotten, and sent me on the path to finding out I have Celiac’s Disease. At that time I slowed, then stopped mediating to concentrate 100% on my physical health and here I am today.
I’d also like to whine about today being March 1st already, and I’m still screwing around with the first book of The Courier. It’s like someone just slapped me across the face with a cactus. ARGH!!
Side note. I’m loving picking the pictures of whinny kids and baby’s every week. There’s certainly plenty of ‘em, and today’s little guy is especially adorable.
This week’s posts over at the Wicked Writer’s blog were all about writing dialog. My post was about writing for a memorable performance.
Read the other writer’s opinions:
- C. J. Ellison, When Life is Like Seinfeld
- Greg Marshall Smith, did he just say “intercourse”?
- Supriya Savkoor, “This Story Needs Some dialogue,” She Gasped
- Steve Liskow, Make ‘em Talk the Talk
I didn’t think I had anything to whine about this week until I put together a list of suggestions for the Wicked Writer’s second quarter blog topics. I mentioned that writing about writing was getting boring in my email to the group. And in my post last Friday, I projected bored. C.J. mentioned I started whining three weeks ago, and I hadn’t realized it until I went back and read the post Rebel Writer without a Cause. Oops! I guess the title even reeks of it. But everyone is in agreement that we’ll start writing more for readers as well, so hopefully my bad attitude will cease. So sorry fellow bloggers and readers.
On a more positive note, Betty Crocker makes an AWESOME gluten-free brownie. My main issue with other mixes has been the consistency being more like a cake. Sorry, but brownies need to be oowie gooie. Even the other non-Celiac’s in the house had kind words to say about the brownies. I’ve tried all the other new gluten free baked goods by Betty Crocker and so far I’m pretty impressed. So kudos to Betty and no whining here.
This week’s posts over at the Wicked Writer’s blog were all about crossing genres. My post explores subgenres, dark fantasy, splatterpunk and cow mutilations. We also had our third guest blogger this week, Heidi Noroozy, a multi-cultural mystery writer born in Iran.
Read the other writer’s opinions:
- C. J. Ellison, Cross Genre = Where Do We Put Your Book
- Greg Marshall Smith, Hey, Some of My Best Stories are Mixed
- Steve Liskow, A Spoonful of Romance Makes the Violence Go Round

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