Good afternoon friends! *gulps
coffee* I'm running way late again today! Here it is afternoon and I'm sitting
in my PJ's trying to get caught up. Thank goodness for coffee! It's another
gorgeous fall day, which is quite unusual for where I live. Usually it's sweltering
in August and September. I'm really enjoying the milder temperatures. Haven't
had to turn the ac back on since I turned it off last week. J The
day was made brighter by this fabulous review from Melanie at Scattered
Thoughts and Rogue Words for Dead Man's Hand, the latest book in my Pulp
Friction series Jack of Spades. I've been stressed all season about how people were perceiving Sabine, and finally I feel like I'm getting it right in showing his true nature and motivations. This review single-handedly renewed my enthusiasm for writing the final installment. Then again... Melanie makes it pretty clear she's expecting big things in book five. The pressure to deliver is on!
Yesterday on FaceBook I
saw this, which really made me smile, and secretly cheer. Authors need to hear
this. 10 Things You Should Regularly Tell Writers. My favorite bit is:
“HERE,
I BOUGHT YOU YOUR FAVOURITE SNACK, AND I’M WILLING TO BE YOUR SLAVE AND MAKE
YOU ANY SNACK YOU LIKE, SO HERE’S A LITTLE SILVER BELL TO RING WHEN YOU NEED A
REFILL OF MINI RASPBERRY CREAM CHEESECAKES.”
Margaritas! Bring me
margaritas and I will write until I pass out. If you're an author, what would
you like to hear? Or what do you need
to hear? I need to hear that people like what I'm writing. Feedback feeds
creativity. I don't know how or why, but it does. So if you read something and
like it? Let the author know.
What kind of coffee do mummies drink?
De-coffinated!
Today I sent the edits for
A Man of Unusual Talent back to my fabulous editor, Jae. Now I have to write a blurb
for it. Blurbs are one of the worst things about writing. I have learned
though- just a bit, in the last five years. For future projects, I plan to write
the blurb first, then the book. I've done it a few times, with Cranberry Pi and
some other stories. Staring at this blank page today makes me think I should
enforce it as a general rule of writing. After that, I'll be tackling the next
section of Mum's the Word. Look for that to be posted here tomorrow.
I was all set to share an
article on the role of the audience in writing this morning, but then when I logged into G+ to hang out with my fellow PF
writers, this happened:
The blogger's point is
well taken. We've all seen a multitude of covers that use the same models. How
many Jimmy Thomas covers are there out there? Fabio? What I find off-putting
about this article is not that point. It's the abusive tone and derogatory
comments like "Butt-ugly". The post in general makes me regard the
site in a different light. What do you think?
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