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Day of Rest

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

I can happily say, yesterday was my last day of work. :D I am now officially on ‘summer vacation.’ So how did I begin my first day of vacation? Sleeping in, of course. After months of waking up at the evil 6am (especially on late nights with my WIP), I just about sunk in the bed today.

I had a plan to wake up at 11am. But of course, most well laid out plans end up… well, you know. I got a call at 9:30am. Hubby said he wasnt feeling too great. His job were calling an ambulance to take him to the ER. Umm… that sounds pretty serious for ‘not feeling well’. So I called him back. I tried to figure out what hurt. Tried to make some sense of it. He threw up. He had sharp pains in his stomach. I thought about the 3 fudgecicles he had last night. Nope. Those are a pretty common thing. Yesterday’s dinner? Chicken and broccoli. Chicken on the Foreman, made by me, fresh out of the fridge. Still good as far as I could tell… hadn’t been out long. Broccoli wasn’t a large serving. Maybe gas? So I start to try and talk some sense into him. Tell him that a trip to the ER will cost us about 120 dollars, and the ambulance ride… well they might as well come and pillage our goods.

I somehow manage to convince him to call his mother, who was out and about today, to see what she says. She convinces him to let her take him to the DR. Thank goodness. By the time he got there, he felt better. They did bloodwork, and now its a matter of waiting.

Did I tell you this happened in a series of like 4 phone calls? I woke up, fell asleep, woke up, fell asleep, woke up… yea. Not very restful. Hubby is home now though. I’m glad they sent him home. He probably has a bug and it makes no sense to have him out and about feeling so crummy. We got some gingerale and crackers. But I really just think he’s dehydrated.

Anyway, on a completely different topic, I have a lot of cleaning to do today. I have ignored it long enough, especially because of the last few days of work left. Now that it’s done, I have no excuse. ;) Once I do that, I plan to jump back into my WIP, which of course, now that I have time to write it, I don’t feel as motivated/inspired. How typical, right?

I hope you’re all having a great week thus far. It’s hump day! Enjoy it! Only two days left before the acclaimed weekend! :D

First Things First…

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Thanks to some awesome brainstorming help from my CP, Miranda Heart, and some loving souls over at the Romance Divas Chat room, I think I’ve figured out the world in my Fantasy WIP enough to work it out.

FINALLY! This little bugger is one that has haunted me for two years. The heroine came first, quite clearly actually, and I knew she would be interesting to write because she makes many sacrifices in this story. But the hero, although he came later, is the one who has really come alive in my mind. This story has, in all respects, become his story, and his journey is so emotional, and so truly heartbreaking that I’m absolutely enamoured by him. He has so little to lose, except really everything, but he takes the leaps of faith completely unafraid. He never questions his instinct or his loyalty. He simply follows his heart. And in a world where things are quite rigorous and traditional, this is something that causes quite a stir.

So I’m incorporating some little things here and there throughout what I’ve already written of the WIP so that I can build that world properly. It’s so complicated when you’re creating a universe all in your head. It’s not enough to know what it looks like geographically. It has to have a culture, a government, a set of laws and natural laws, certain types of people… although I’d done part of this, I hadn’t done enough, and when the time came, I found myself stuck because I didn’t really know what went on outside the walls of the building my characters spend most of their childhood in. Now… the world is coming alive for me, and I hope to help it come alive to the reader as well. So stay tuned. Maybe this one will keep a steady flow.

The writing challenges in RD definitely help. Any of you looking to spruce up a wordcount and feeling utterly distracted by the alluring email, internet evils, go there! :) In the meantime, big congrats to Cora Zane who just got a horror accepted over at WCP! Yay Cora! May there be many more!

Just Made It!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

It’s 11:50pm, which means I made this post in just enough time to have it considered my Wednesday post! *phew* I was a little worried I wouldn’t make it here today. I took a nap after dinner today, hubby was out doing some important work, so the allure of the silence and the rain splattering on my window knocked me out on the couch. When I woke up it was past 8pm! Then, I tried watching American Idol, only to find out no one got voted off. What’s that all about? That show just gets weirder each year.

On the other hand, I had an appointment with CP and friend, Miranda Heart, tonight. She was going to browbeat, *cough* I mean, encourage me to write the next chapter of my WIP which has been giving me a wicked hard time. I’m taking a quick break from it right now actually, to get this up for the day. It’s going rather well. I’ve written about 2 pages thus far, and although it’s a bit slow coming, it hasn’t hit midnight yet. ;) We all know how crazed I get after midnight. So I’m not worrying about it.

On another equally exciting note, I have discovered the magic that is Rhapsody. I don’t know if I mentioned this, but I recently got cable modem. GOODBYE DIAL-UP! As part of the package, the cable company provided me with 25 free songs a month, and all the free radio play I want. And some of Rhapsody’s stations are INCREDIBLE. I listened to New Age all afternoon. And tonight, for inspiration, I’ve been rocking the Baroque station. Ha! You didn’t know you could jam to classical music, but you sure can. I’m in love with it now. The radio is on all day. If you’ve never checked it out, give it a listen. It’s worth it.
Funny story. There’s this substitute teacher at the school I work at, he’s quite handsome, but obviously very uptight and serious. I watch him sometimes, because he amuses me and reminds me of the guy from the Campbell’s soup commercial, the one who leans back in the chair and drinks from the cup and then falls backwards! Either way, he’s just much needed eye candy at such a generally bland place. Anyway, for some reason, today he was filling in for the secretary upstairs and when I went to sign in, he actually looked at me and smiled, which totally caught me off guard, cause the guy totally keeps to himself. But, hey, I smiled back. No funny business, just a genuine smile. ;) It was really weird, because he went from being this character in my head to a real person. Hubby says I characterize way too many people. I think he might be right. I’m strange, I know, sorry.
Anyway, it’s hump day! YAY! Finally. Only two days left for the weekend. Won’t lie to you, I’m anxiously awaiting it.