To all my single ladies

This is why I read and write romances. Because there are guys like this out there. *shudder*
http://melodymaker.posterous.com/the-reason-some-girls-stay-single-very-funny

Awesome video on use of social media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng&feature=player_embedded#

When do you write?

I'm a night person. Always have been. My natural inclination is to go to sleep somewhere between 2 am - 4 am. So while I'm currently unemployed and have all day to write (perhaps to the envy of my employed writer friends to whom I say shut up - I may be living in my car soon), I find that the muse doesn't hit me until 11 pm. Then I write straight through until 2 am. My brain finally gets quiet at 11. Not quiet enough to sleep but it's then in the darkness and silence that the words finally free themselves of my brain.

Isn't the brain a wonderful thing? I sit down to write with a Point A and a destination Point B and things that I never even consciously thought of end up on the page. It's like my outline is a map but the journey is an ever-evolving, random series of events. My creativity is the equivalent of stopping at every giant dinosaur, largest ball of string, and roadside greasy spoon on a whim. And that's it isn't it? Whimsy. My muse is whimsical. She wears flowers in her hair and fairy wings and doesn't blow things up. Or she hasn't yet. Who knows? Next time she may strap on the Doc Martens and a machine gun and do some damage. She's all about the accessories. :)

So when do you write?

New Web Series

I am unabashedly a Bronte girl but I do love me some Jane Austen too. Take a look at the preview of an upcoming web series about a modern girl switching places with an Austen girl. Hilarity will ensue I'm sure. :)http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com/2010/05/sex-and-austen-girl.html

Contracts

While I may be far away from the contract stage in my career (Ok maybe far far FAR away), I have heard about some bum contract deals. Here is a post about what to look out for.
http://chipmacgregor.typepad.com/main/2010/05/the-worst-of-contracts.html

I need this for when the zombies come...

The "Honey, you're not really a princess" files

Every once in awhile, I'm going to post something that just made my eyes cross. Let me know what you think!

http://gawker.com/5525490/the-potential-intern-from-hell">>

There Are No Rules - Why Start a Website or Blog If You Have Nothing to Promote?

There Are No Rules - Why Start a Website or Blog If You Have Nothing to Promote?

Tea and Cookies

Chai tea to be precise. I just bribed myself to sit down and write. One thousand words and in return I get tea and ginger snaps. Hey don't judge. Whatever it takes, right?

You see, here I am, poised at the point where I get into the meat and potatoes of my first novel. Unfortunately my poor brain is panicking over the fact that my rough draft seems to be chugging along the track to what appears to be Novella Station. I keep trying to soothe my brain, whispering that it's okay. Maybe I'm a skinny rough draft kinda chick and my first draft will get all fat and happy. We'll see.

So Beautiful Beast is the tentative title of my first book, a contemporary romance. I'm going for short, 50,000 words. In my head, this is geared toward series or category romance. This particular story is inspired by Beauty and the Beast. It's not a simple retelling of the tale but instead perhaps, a parallel universe, in which a lovely but clueless landscape architect named Rose Merchant finds herself shacked up with a broody and wounded Native American named Alex Blackwing.

And they get it on (I did mention this was romance, right?). And there's fudge. Melty, gooey masses of fudge. Oh, and pizza. Melty, gooey... well you get the idea.

Stay tuned. I'm sure my brain will be looking for many excuses to not be writing. :)