Ideas for the Future

It's been a lovely vacation. I'm very relaxed. In fact, I am pain free. For me, that is very unusual. But tomorrow, we head back to reality. And reality will have a lot on its plate tomorrow. First there is the inevitable packing up and driving home. Then there is the inevitable piles of laundry and getting back into the "school/work/writing" mode.

I'm looking forward to writing.

I am NOT looking forward to laundry.

Tuesday will be a laundry and a writing day. I'm pulling together my first entry for the GH. Easy enough to do as it's pretty much done and it forces me out of the house.

I am also pondering the things I plan to do with this blog when I return.

Ideas:

*Wacky Wednesdays: words, synonyms, writing conundrums, and more

*ask a PRO

*ask a writer

*motivational moments

*promoting newly published authors

*more?

Just tossing around ideas in my head and out to the readers (I figure there are more readers than commentators).

The main goal is promote the art of writing from a published and unpublished perspective.

Stay tuned.

To-do Lists and Moving On to the Next Project

The to-do list is shrinking--wahoo!

HOME:

*box up books for my adopted mom in Australia DONE

*mail boxed books DONE

*meet a friend and reconnect cause I miss her sunny disposition: We talked and trying to reschedule

*organize a trip to Asheville with a friend. CALLING TODAY

EXTRA ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

*letter to newspaper watchdog group regarding our HOA being held hostage by our subdivision's developer

*phone calls regarding the situation

*emails to some people regarding the situation/planning ahead

WRITING:

*read through MS and look for white spaces and odd typos SKIPPED IT -- can't face the pages for the zillionth time

*read through and edit synopsis again DONE

*letter for submissions DONE

*put together submissions for the people who requested DONE

*send away and poof, gone... DONE

*write a quick and dirty story without worrying about structure for fifth MS TODAY

*print out the LHAofE grid WILL DO TODAY

*deliver more HOD Workshop flyers. WILL DO TODAY

I received my scores for another contest today--I averaged 103/120 -- 5th in line. Two judges scored me in the 100s and one gave me a 62/120! Ha ha ha...good thing I've had more positive feedback about my sex scenes in the past--but it was an excellent exercise and the other two judges did give me major kudos for the sex scene (published author and award winning unpublished author). It was a contest about sexual tension, and I sent in an actual sex scene. Next year, I'll send in a tension scene if I am not published. Oh well, I know the writing is solid and it is for the book that finaled in the MAGGIES, so I am not feeling too bruised about the bottom dweller score. I looked at the other sets of scores and the comments were about the same--so I guess I'll focus on the positive aspects and punt the negative ones.

I don't want to fix the book again unless someone pays me to do it, or any agent asks me to do it to help her pitch it to a certain publisher. Starting today, it's all new stuff. FINALLY MOVING ON and I CAN'T WAIT!! I am glad I have something new to focus on as I wait for the publishers and agent to read my material and get back to me with their comments.