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I’m Such A Fan Girl

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I adore Elizabeth Scott.  Her writing reminds me of Sarah Dessen’s, but not quite.  She writes in a way that makes it seem easy and flawless.  Her Pub Story reminds us that the road to publication is not an easy one at all.  It’s full of quirky twists and turns, setbacks, triumphs, and more. So… I’m OK where I am. Because deep down I know that I will make it. It’s just not time yet.

I’ve been back into the “generating ideas for writing” mode.  Characters are forming in my head, and I’m falling in love with them, which is a #1 indication that a story is going to burst out of me before long.

While I am in this “writing limbo,” I am trying to stay in the writing world as much as possible.  Just being surrounded by the writers is giving me enough of a push to remind me that I won’t be quitting.  I cannot quit, I absolutely cannot.  I’ve hit a bump, but it’s not insurmountable. There is a lot of inspiration in the writing world, and Elizabeth Scott is one of mine.

I added Elizabeth as a friend on Facebook a few months ago, and I spent a delightful several days exchanging Arrested Development quotes with her.  An author who appreciates Arrested Development.  Could she be any more awesome?

And now, there is a Facebook Fan Page for her, so I definitely joined that.  Now I can be totally up-to-date on what she’s up to.  I am very much looking forward to her next book, due out June 2nd.

OR, if I win this awesome contest, I can have it EARLIER, and signed even.

SQUEEEEE!

The fan girl in me surfaces once again!

See, I got to meet Meg Cabot in February of this year, and I was so freaking nervous I was shaking.

Seventh Annual Children's Literature Breakfast

You guys don’t understand.  Most people freak out when they meet someone like Zac Effron or RPattz, but I freak out when I meet Meg Cabot.  You know why?  Because she is a goddess in my eyes.  She churns out so many books.  She does the fun vlogs.  She blogs regularly.  She tours.  And she looks absolutely FABULOUS all the time.  I have never seen someone wear so many cute dresses.

But OK.  Enough gushing.  I have to remember to post here more often.  And I NEED to write more often.  I’ve been busy with work, doll collecting, planning another trip to Disney World, and um… yeah, playing Word Twist on Facebook, so I haven’t been making much time for actually getting writing done (besides that mental writing one does when developing characters, etc.)

Time for bed now.  Til next time.

Immersion

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As long as I was allowed to choose my own bedtime (sometime during my sophomore or junior year in high school), I’ve been a night owl.  There is something about the dark that makes me come alive, and something about a bright, sunny day that makes me want to curl up under the covers and read or sleep.  

Lately, writing ideas and characters have been waking me up at night.  Ideas that run through my head and make my heart pound so much that I’d toss and turn if I knew it wouldn’t wake Adam.  Nothing solid yet, just characters and fleeting plot lines.

I’ve been reading like crazy.  Letting authors inspire me with the way they put together words and craft stories.  Some nights I burst out of bed and get to the laptop, slap down 1500 words or so, but then the next morning, decide that it’s not good enough.

I read my old writing, picking and choosing the stuff that sounds good to recycle, and I shake my head at some of it, silently mouthing “What was I thinking when I wrote that?”  

I miss the writing community.  I want to get involved again.  I met my husband because of writing.  I can also realize some of my other dreams because of it.

I have the time now, so it’s time to finally focus.  If I want to eventually make a living off of this, I need to treat this as a job.  But I still want to enjoy it.  I’ve gotten so far before–I can’t let the disappointment in the nonsale of my first ever submitted novel hold me back anymore.  It’s been years.  GET OVER IT.  I need to stop navel gazing so much and WRITE, dammit.  No matter how hard it might be, just GET IT WRITTEN.

No more excuses.  Just do it. 

Swift kicks in the butt will be greatly welcomed.

I Miss It

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I haven’t been doing great with my writing, and I miss it. Every morning, Adam rolls out of bed and heads to Sip, where he buries himself in whatever project he’s working on for 3 to 4 hours. I think about MAYBE writing something, then I turn over and go back to sleep.

I miss being so into a project, not being able to wait to get home and in front of the keyboard. I miss having an idea, and characters I am in love with, and a plot that just goes on and on. I miss the excitement of having something on submissions and hoping someone will love the work as much as I do.

I don’t know how to get back into that mode without forcing myself and making myself hate it. I get inspired. I DO write. But then the self-critic FLARES up and discourages me, and I give up again. I fight like this weekly/daily/maybe even hourly.

I need to just DO IT because I MISS IT and I want it.