…And Research Derails A Perfectly Good Bad Mood

I had a good foul mood going this morning due to too much to do.
And then I found this.
It’s a YouTube gem. If you know me well enough — and most of you do by now — you’ll understand why this had me rapt for the entire, glorious 5 minutes and 41 seconds.
Listen. Watch. Understand [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

:whatthe: Entire weeks can go by waaaaay too quickly around here.

:feint: Taking a whole weekend off will not, in fact, kill me. Close, but still.

:tissue: There is no such thing as a whole weekend off from Mt. St. Laundry.

:banghead: .rar and .7z files suck.

:drama: In this town, 9 pm Sunday night is a very bad [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

:yeyas: A book title

:whine: Every story seems to have its own unique set of overused words. Killjoy’s current leaders are:

might
a bit
little
though

I uncovered the cause of “Franken-tags”. They happen when I carve the living frejoles out of a dialogue scene and fail to notice every line left behind has a tag. Ugh.

:wtf: We [...]

Ain’t That Always The Way

Never mind. In typically perverse writing fashion, as soon as I opened my fat mouth… Voila. :cheer:
Book 2 has a name. “Killjoy”
If you hate it, please don’t pick today to tell me. :karate:

So Much For That Whining Thing

Well. For all my whining, I’ve actually managed to make some progress.
I took a HUGE bite out of Book 2 today. I was supposed to be toiling away on the free read too and never got to it, but I’m cool with what I got done.
Now, if only this book would cough up a title… [...]

Here We Go Again

It’s my day over at the Romantic Suspense Blog.
Therefore, there is — of course — a quiz to be taken. It’s one of my favorites so far. :teef:

The Lessons Of DOOM

Trying to write while surviving my children’s first day of vacation, I issued THE THREAT. You know the one, where you say, “Find something to do or I’ll find you something to do.”
Now, normally this works because they know I’ll make them clean up after themselves. God forbid, right? But only the older two ran [...]

Conference Week

If you’re a Mom, you know the dread meaning behind this post title. Conference week is a time where life’s normal laws cease to apply, and I can prove it with this simple theorem.
3 kids + 3 conferences + 3 days of school + 2 books to finish = 0 time
Something’s gotta give this week, [...]

…And There Was Much MORE Rejoicing

:yeyas:
I am SO spiking my mouse right now.
The rebuilt site is up and running, and everything appears to be working. I still have some housekeeping to do in the stylesheet but so what? It’s up!
If it weren’t 8:20 am, I’d be getting drunk.
Sadly, it is 8:20 am, people think I need to make them breakfast, [...]

News? What news?

For Dayna, who’s sick of me not posting any news…
Sadly, I’m boring right now. Book 2’s just not “there” yet. Something’s lacking and it’s kind of hard to put my finger on, so I’ve been working on Book 3, the free read, and the site in between pondering bouts.
I’m not officially signing on for Sven [...]