Ramblings of an aspiring writer

For those who aren’t regular blog readers, last week was a big week for me.

Fitness (non-writing, obviously) — I did fall behind another day, but that still leaves me on track for finishing the program by my August trip. Modifications are working well, I feel like I’m getting a more solid workout. (WIN!)
The Devil You [...]

I have a story to tell, but it’s going to be a bit of a long account. So if you’re sticking around, you might want to pull up a chair. Hell, you might want to grab a snack.
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Back? Okay.
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As many of you know, I joined Twitter right around January of 2009. I spent my first [...]

Sorry, sorry. I know I was supposed to post earlier today, but I’m visiting family and we ended up at my sister’s pool and, well, blogging seemed a lot less important poolside than it normally does  Time to keep myself honest.

Fitness (non-writing, obviously) — Got a day behind schedule, but I finished phase [...]

My friend, PJ Schnyder (who recently signed with Decadent Publishing — buy her book), blogged about the submission process today. Since I’m in the midst of it as well, I’m cheating and following her lead.
When I queried my first novel in December of 2008, I had no clue what I was doing. My query letter [...]

Wow. Tuesday again, huh? Hoping this looks better once I get it out on paper than it does in my head.

Fitness (non-writing, obviously) — Still doing P90X. I “cheated” on Sunday. It was supposed to be legs and back, but I did 2 1/2 – 3 hours of raking, digging and weeding outside instead. I [...]

New projects. I love them, and I hate them. As most people who have read my stuff know, even within the same world, I tend to switch things up. Sometimes it’s jumps in time, others locale, but I very rarely have the same narrator back-to-back. On the one hand, this keeps things fresh for me, [...]

and is not quite on target. *sigh*
It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for an update on how I did last week and what I need to work on for the next seven days.

Fitness (non-writing, obviously) — Staying on course with P90X. I finished my second week of Phase 1 yesterday, so I’m still on track to [...]

Most of my friends know about my mad love for TV con-men — Sawyer from Lost, Neal from White Collar, and the entire team on Leverage — I can’t get enough. But over the past eighteen months (roughly), I’ve been into a different kind of con, namely writers’ conventions. Since January of 2009, I’ve been [...]

The past couple months have been a whirlwind (and I haven’t really written or revised anything since I left for RT). With the overseas trip pushed back to fall, the next six weeks won’t be as messy as I’d anticipated, so I’m going to use the time to get my shit back together.
So this is [...]