I called the police this morning. I’ll have to tell you about that next time (it’s nothing disastrous). This post has to do with writing my novel — where I am, where I’m going.
This past weekend, I realized a few things:
1. I really, really love this story and these characters. I mean, of course I always [...]
Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
8 Oct
What I’m Thinking Now
5 Sep
Making Up for Lost Time
Looks like I’m neglecting the old blog again, doesn’t it?
A lot has been happening around here. First, we went on that trip to St. Pete Beach. We had a great time—I celebrated my birthday while there, we swam in the pool a lot, I went shopping with my mom and sister, the boys played with [...]
7 Aug
Writing by Faith (and not by sight)
After two days of reading loads of literary agent blogs, my head is spinning.
I’m not one of those who writes with the goal of publication. I write because I can’t help myself. Just ask my friend Sabrina, who could probably show you whole boxes of letters I’ve written her over the years—letters about nothing, letters [...]
6 Aug
The Spaces Between
Last night, I began revisions on chapter six, the one that was giving me fits in yesterday’s post. I think I figured out why it wasn’t working. Two main reasons:
1) I had an important scene shown from my female protagonists POV (point of view); then I switched scenes and went into my male protagonist’s POV and [...]
5 Aug
P.O.V. Peril: Questioning My ‘Wise Guides’
Chapter Six is giving me fits. It should have been done already. I should be typing it up, getting it ready to send to my critique partners. But no. It’s sitting in my red binder, looking really really bad. A big mess. It’s only “sort of” done. All the scenes are there, but the last [...]
1 Aug
Flicks
Only managed to get one-and-a-half pages written yesterday, because I got wrapped up in movies.
First, in the afternoon, I saw that Gospel Movie Channel (or is it Gospel Music Channel?) was showing the 1996 made-for-TV movie Home Song, based on the novel by LaVyrle Spencer. Spencer used to be my absolute favorite author ever, and [...]
28 Jul
Discovery: Part Two
This came to me Sunday night at Mass as I listened about the feeding of the five thousand. One boy’s small offering, transformed into a substantial meal for all those people. We do what we can, we give what we have and offer it to the Lord, and He transforms it into something that will [...]
26 Jul
Discovery: Part One
I’ve been thinking it’s time to either pay attention to my blog or call it curtains.
What, after all, is there left for me to say? You’ve all seen photos of my kids, my yard, my flowers. You’ve heard about my favorite books and been subject to waaaaay too many rambling posts about my faith and/or [...]
