Life

Yesterday, I realized that not only do I need to finish up to my first turning point but I need more right now.
I am going to a writer's Conference in March.  The CNYRW Mini- Con and taking the Sunday critique session with Bob Mayer.  The book I am currently working on is the one I want to have critiqued, so I need a Query Letter and a Synopasis all before the Conference starts in March.

At least I have a short brief outline of 'this is what I want to accomplish,' so the Synopasis won't be too hard, its the Query letter that is going to bite me in the ass, so I have lots of work to do.  Time to pull out my The Novel's Writers Toolkit book and get hacking away at the keyboard.

Not only I am trying to write, but my local writers chapter is hosting a contest and I still have a few more entires to judge.  I am helping with some transcibing and of course my favorite, I am a final reader for a e-Publishing company and I have a story to read.  It's time to get cracking.  Lots to do, more to write.

Tuesday

Well, I hope all had a lovely Valentine's Day weekend. My husband isn't much of a Valentine's fan and my birthday the day after results in all the attention surround my day versus 'v'day. Personally, not a bad thing in my book.

My friends and I went on a Wine trail on Saturday...so much fun. If any one is in the Western NY area and want to check out some great wines you couldn't go wrong with any of the Finger Lake wineries, just pick one. But I went on the Truffles and Tastings event tour on Keuka lake Wineries, the wine's were delicious. Beyond superb. As a writer going to different locations and finding out interesting new adventures always sparks the imagination. The key is write what you know. I took some photos of the lakes and bought some wine. I am sure one day soon, the memories I had of this weekend will one day make it into a book somehow in one form or another.

That being said where am I in my novel in year? Exactly where I left off with it on Friday night. So fingers to the keyboard and imagination on full, it's time to get going. Because no one else can write your book, only yourself.

Writing a Novel in a Year

For the past few months I have been struggling with my writing.  But just recently while brainstorming, the characters and ideas popped into my head screaming for a fighting chance.  A chance to tell their story to expect the unexpected.  I have to say, I haven't been this happy in a long time. 
It's a Paranormal Romance, I don't have a title.  I have the characters, I have the reasons, most of the plot but more important I have the drive to write this.
So here is my novel in a year.   I have the backbone written, I have the characters voices were they need to be right now.  So now, it's get to work and write.
So my wood count is just around 6,500 words and I haven't reach the first turning point.
So here's to writing, everyday.

What to write about

I just asked my daughter what should I write about and she said. "How mean Izzie is." Well, that's not going to work, because I can't write about the attitudes of little girls, they fluctuate as much if not more than adults and tend to be more violable. Today and yesterday are no school days do to Parent Teacher Conferences so what us mommies do is pile all the kids in one house while the other mom's get a chance to talk one on one with teachers, it works well. BUT and here is the BUT, this is the second day we have had to do this and the kids are getting onto each others nerves. It's amazing how they love to hate each other at times. The explosion of emotions can play in a great way to expression of characters in a book. I may be quilty of doing it when needing to exaggerate a sence, kids are a great example of how high emotions can run. We all have to learn somewhere.

family

We all have family somewhere doing something at all times. For me, my family is spread across the great U.S.of A. from sea to shining sea. Funny, we are live in states that touch a different border, let it be land or water.
Anyway, my oldest sister is the guru of the family she has her finger on our pulses, knows everything. Always there to turn to when you need someone to talk to, always has an answer o fix the problem... normally the right answer.
My brother just tries to keep from being swallowed up by mommy do lists. He's your typical biker, mechanic type sweet teddy bear on the inside, scary as hell to mess with. But a righteous southern California Raiders loven Gentleman.
And My other sister has 5+ kids... need I say more. The thing is my sister who lives in a shoe, has a blog she writes in everyday. After reading several posts, I realize how much I missed getting to know her. How I never thought how all our lives impact each other. To me she is my older sister who can do all, be all and survive all. Patience and passion, live your life with pride; it's always how I thought of her. Then she writes about wishing she knew how to shoot a point and shoot camera without getting blurry pictures, or how our father loved country music (I didn't know that) or how she fell in love with Piano bars because she went to one for me. I realize there is more to her that I want to know more about. It fun learning new things, better to learn them about family.

Just wrote a Blog for LCRW

I wrote about my experience with the NaNo. National Novel Writing Month of November, it was fun and highly educational. Go check out my blog at LCRW.
I'm off to write another article for Examiner.

The interview

I have been writing as the Rochester Romance Novel Examiner for a while now. The trick is to keep everything relevant to Rochester. This can be hard when getting handed interviews with top best sellers. But when there is a way there is a how. So after talking over with my critique group I came up with a way. Ask Rochester what they would ask the best sellers.
In doing this, I got to complete the interviews and satisfy my requirements. Not to mention got to bring Top Names to Rochester so to speak.
Monday, I released the first interview and wow, the readership on that interview alone was amazing. So it anyone wants to see the interview with Susan Wiggs. check it out here.
Rochester Romance Novel Examiner's Interview with Susan Wiggs
Have to say, it's a highlight of my writing career for Examiner.com