Procrastinating

Captain’s Log, Stardate 03.16.2005

Okay, I freely admit I am procrastinating. I should be working on my ms but I’m not. Ha!

Actually, I did work on it a little earlier tonight.

Knee update: Doctor said to stay off the cycling to see if that causes the swelling to go down, in case the exercise is causing it. The ultrasound and interferential something-stimulation that the PT did on Monday seems to have helped, or maybe just the extra attention after I’d missed PT for a week. Regardless, since I have Mt. Hermon this weekend, I’ll see how the swelling is without the cycling and other stuff. I go back to PT on Friday next week to see how things are.

Chicklit: Okay, the girl who only window shops was a stupid idea. Why? Because she was lonely but distanced herself from people on purpose. I didn’t like her, and if I don’t like her then the reader won’t either. But I came up with an idea about how a girl feels when people only window-shop with her--they only see the surface, they don’t bother to see the beautiful woman inside.

One of the most impactful songs I know is by Zoegirl, “Plain.” Many times, a woman’s inner beauty gets dissed even by the woman herself. I remember feeling plain, I know there are other women who have felt that way, too. I want to write to them. I want to show them a heroine strong but vulnerable, who learns how to roll with the punches, who feels pain but rises joyous from the experience.

I am talking with Heather about why we enjoy blogging. She had a very insightful observation:

“[Blogging] allows you to not connect with someone when you are venting or what not. but at the same time many people see it. it is a weird thing.”

That’s so true. I can unload and yet be distanced from a living body who takes the brunt of my emotions, so I don’t have to worry about the hard edges. Of course, editing is necessary so I don’t get in trouble.

Okay, I think I am ready to get back to my wip. I don’t know if I’ll finish it by Mt. Hermon, but I’ll sure try.

Comments

Heather Diane Tipton said…

Awwwww you quoted me! LOL Now I wish I would have worded that a little more eloquently! ;-)

Wed Mar 16, 11:05:00 PM 2005

I GOT A CONTRACT!

Captain’s Log, Stardate 03.29.2006 I had a wonderfully funny blog post planned for today, but I got sidetracked by some news yesterday! Zondervan has offered me a three-book contract on my Asian chick-lit series ! I’m still stunned by everything that’s happened. The series is actually a 4-book projected Asian chick-lit series about four cousins who fall under the infamous family title "Oldest Single Female Cousin," and their ruthless, wealthy grandma applies pressure on each of them to improve their lack of love interests. I think the first book is tentatively scheduled to be released in August 2007. The blurb on the series is on my website here . Brandilyn Collins posted to the ACFW loop about my writing journey, and Tamara Cooper asked that I share it. And since you all know how much I like to talk , here it is. My writing journey: Like most writers, I have wanted to write since I was very young. (In high school, I wrote a fantasy novel that will never see the light of day ...

I’m done

Captain’s Log, Stardate 05.17.2006 Blog book giveaway: My Thursday book giveaway is THE PREACHER’S DAUGHER by Lyn Cote My Monday book giveaway is BLIND DATES CAN BE MURDER by Mindy Starns Clark . You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned. I’m done. At the beginning of the year, I made a goal of three books this year. That’s four months per book. I started this manuscript January 15th. I finished in the wee hours of May 17th, so it took me about four months, a day and a few hours. Yay me. I’m going to bed now. Yes, this is the espresso maker on the right, and a professional coffee grinder on the left. By the espresso maker, I mean the one I promised to my long-suffering husband if I got a book contract, as a reward for letting me quit my biotech job and write full-time.

Window shopping

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