A New Book

One of my favorite authors will have her new book out this upcoming week!

Barbara Samuel's (Barbara O'Neal), new book How to Bake a Perfect Life will be out on December 21, 2010. I cannot wait to get my hands on it!

I work in a local bookstore and so I will have access to it even before it hits the shelves but alas, I cannot buy it until the actual day of release...oh well.

The Girls In The Basement

The Girls in the Basement are making me very aware of their presence lately. I am seriously surprised that the outside world cannot see the girls working, kneading, shaping, forming all the thoughts, ideas, and story lines running through my brain.

While I sit and watch TV Chloe, Ardel, and Vivian sit quietly whispering back and forth to each other working and reworking a plot point, or an awkward paragraph. And every so often a certain point or just the right word will work its way up to my awareness and BAM! I have to turn off the TV and pick up a composition book and pencil and write, write, write what the girls are dictating to me.

Whew!

The girls have been working overtime lately and I Love It!

New to me authors to read

This is so awesome! THE LAST WILL OF MOIRA LEAHY www.theresewalsh.com, Out of the Shadows by Joanne Rendell http://www.joannerendell.com/, How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson http://www.howtobuyaloveofreading.com/, Life After...... Yes by Aidan Donnelley Rowley http://www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/, The Truth About Delilah Blue by Tish Cohen http://www.tishcohen.com/, The Spinster Sisters by Stacey Ballis www.thepolymathchronicles.blogspot.com/,

Good reading for many months to come!

Yeah!

I am so thrilled! I got to talk to Julie today and it was great. We talked about her book (also talked about my book) and I am officially crossing my fingers for her and the query letters she sent out!

Oh and thanks Jules for the "pen name" idea...lol Mona indeed!

Did some more work on the MIP today and filled out a few more job postings as well. I plan to get back at both of these tonight. I really need to find a job or else win the damn powerball...*grin*

Talked with my BFF today from Colorado for just a few minutes and I am happy to report that she and her girlfriend are going great guns. This really makes me happy as I know that she will be taken care of and will have someone to love her and that my friend is what I wish for those who read this blog.

That you find someone that will love you through thick and thin, good times and bad and think of you every second of every hour of every day.

Have not talked with family for a couple of days...am thinking I should probably call.

Oh yeah, gave ownership over of my yahoo group to someone who wanted to update and change it a tad. I had lost interest in it after almost 5 years and well, it was time. I am still a member of the group but now I do not have to worry about trying to keep it updated.

Okay that's enough for today....

Okay, Okay

Well, today I have done about 3 hours worth of editing on my book. I finally worked through some of the trickier (read confusing) parts of the plot. I am very happy that I finally got my head out of my ass or to put it nicer--I no longer suffer from severe cerebral anal inversion.

Now, don't think I have smooth sailing from here on out, oh no, there are still some sticky plot points I need to work through (read that as redundant).

I am finding that in allowing time to go by since I wrote the manuscript I am able to take a big step back and read it with fresh eyes. I tried to edit it like 2 weeks after I wrote it and I thought it was just the best thing ever written and was sure that publishing house would scoop it up as is. Thank goodness I did not embarrass myself and send it out that way. With the passage of time I am able to see the flaws and big huge holes (Grand Canyon size) that I just could not see earlier.

Okay, so that is the update for today...tomorrow who knows what you will get or if you will get anything...so enjoy it while it lasts....lol

Oh and Happy New Year to all...I do hope this year will be better than the last...can I get an Amen!

Reading

Yes, I am reading 3 books at the same time! At times I have read 4 and 5 books at the same time. I do not find this difficult as there is a little trick I use to do this. Ready for the secret?

Here it is:

Make sure each book is a different type/style from the other books.

Examples:
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris is a modern day vampire romance series
Maybe Next Time by Karin Kallmaker is a modern day lesbian romance
The Diamond Secret by Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuel) is a modern day mystery romance

I find I am able to keep these books seperated in my mind. Also another trick I read each one at a different time during the day.

Mornings is the Ruth Wind book, Lunch is the Karin Kallmaker book and bedtime is the Charlaine Harris book.

Easy!