Drowning Out the Doubts This Week…

Linkin Park and Steve Aoki’s “A Light That Never Comes.” 

Kick Me When I’m Down!

This sounds like an invitation to a pity party, but it’s not. It’s about needing to be kicked, and often. Reevaluating and prioritizing, essentially. I’m a firm believer that life is a road paved with lessons, and when we’re not paying attention, it doesn’t hesitate to slap us in the face. Sometimes backhand us. Hopefully we land on our ass, take notice, enjoy (or decry) the epiphany, get up and move forward in a better direction. Most times, flawed beings that we are, we slip back into old patterns and habits and cease paying attention, begin missing the signs, until it’s time for another Krav Maga takedown.

About the Art…

I posted works from some of my favorite contemporary artists on this site because they’ve been inspiring me for some time now. I don’t see their piece and start writing, however. What I mean is, I work backwards. I’ll see something that reminds me of one of my stories and keep it with me. All too often I sit in front of the TV wishing I could just watch that new scene I wrote earlier. My characters feel real, it’s mind-boggling to think I can’t just press a button and make them Stranger Than Fiction. Alas, until I get that crazy book deal and Hollywood calls to turn it into a blockbuster, jpegs will have to do. (I can’t afford these guys, with the exception of Alex Cherry who sells prints).

What Are You Sick Of Reading?

I ranted in another post about my dismay that agents are trending away from vampires (zombies, witches and other monsters, too, technically). That being said, we all get sick of something. What’s got you fed up?

Who the Hell am I?

I’m not looking for an actual answer from you. Perhaps the more accurate question is, what the hell am I doing, thinking I can sign with an agent and get a book published? Why couldn’t I be a woman with sound goals easily attained through hard work and dedication? Buying a house, traveling to Peru (though I still want to do that) or learning the Electric Slide (and actually remembering it when I need it)? Why am I the dissatisfied chick with the big imagination and even bigger dream of doing something with it? 

What’s Drowning Out the Doubts This Week…

To focus, to block, to get inspired, or to just not have to hear anything but the voices (of your characters) in your head. Here’s what’s inspiring me this week…

Are you serial or monogamous?

Is the pasture greener here or there? Is it love or lust?

What I’m Watching This Fall…

A great season for spooky shows.

Drunk Writing – Better Writing?

I am certainly not the first who’s noticed the switch-over in writing skill and style once a glass (or two) of wine takes hold. (Substitute your beverage of choice—I might have said scotch but that gives me the munchies and then I get up from the computer). Didn’t Hemmingway say “write drunk, edit sober”?

What’s on the Nook Now…

One word: series! Two new sequels.