Well, I know I've been so so so lazy with this blog. I really need to get a schedule down for updating my blogs. Yes, you read that correctly. I now have more than 1 blog.
Actually I contribute to one already established blog and my other one is indeed mine. I contribute to a blog called, "The Book Bundle" which is actually run by a couple of my online writing friends. I have done a couple posts on there. You can check it out here. The Book Bundle
My other blog deals with more than just book reviews. I started what you could call an "ET" or entertainment blog. Right now I deal with movies, music, television shows and some entertainment news. You can check this blog out here. Evaluation Station
Just thought I'd keep you all updated on those things. Check them out. If you want to contribute to my ET blog, just let me know and we'll chat about it.
As far as my writing goes, well, these blogs keep me writing while I'm under my nasty nasty block. For some reason I believe I need to work on my vampire stories but completely start over with new outlines and a new way to show my story and the characters that drive my mind batty. But with the holidays and seeing as I didn't finish NaNo this year...I think I will be thinking about how to handle my block soon.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
So Long Ago
Wow, it feels like forever (probably has been) since I've blogged about anything on here. I tried doing National Novel Writing Month for the 3rd year in a row but the plan was foiled by a trip to California for a few days and then being so behind I wouldn't be able to catch up unless I didn't take care of my family or slept.
But now that I am home and almost fully recovered from all the time changing in a short period of time, I am ready to get writing again and working on my blog more.
So for now, sayonara NaNoWriMo. I tried and failed once again. Next year, maybe something will come or maybe I'll just be working on all my current stories and finishing them up to be published, who knows really?
Ciao and I'll be back!
P.S. I promise I'll be back sooner rather than later this time. ;)
But now that I am home and almost fully recovered from all the time changing in a short period of time, I am ready to get writing again and working on my blog more.
So for now, sayonara NaNoWriMo. I tried and failed once again. Next year, maybe something will come or maybe I'll just be working on all my current stories and finishing them up to be published, who knows really?
Ciao and I'll be back!
P.S. I promise I'll be back sooner rather than later this time. ;)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Here It Goes Again, Oh, Here It Goes Again
It's coming in 28 days! National Novel Writing Month is arriving quickly. http://www.nanowrimo.org
Well, this year I've been doubting myself a lot to do NaNo because well, the last two years I barely did anything. Although I have 2 stories now that I will continue to work on when the need comes.
But after my family's move and getting mostly settled, I'm going to do it. I am going to do NaNo for a 3rd year in a row. Usually 3rd time's the charm right? I sure hope so anyway. But I'm also very excited to do it. I get to work on the sequel to one of my current stories. Everything to prepare though for NaNo is what frightens me the most. So much plotting, character bios, my main character's family history, historical research from real history, and the outlining of the actual story to do.
And I promise to get back to the "Be's" next time. But if you're interested, get started to be ready to for NaNoWriMo 2009!
Well, this year I've been doubting myself a lot to do NaNo because well, the last two years I barely did anything. Although I have 2 stories now that I will continue to work on when the need comes.
But after my family's move and getting mostly settled, I'm going to do it. I am going to do NaNo for a 3rd year in a row. Usually 3rd time's the charm right? I sure hope so anyway. But I'm also very excited to do it. I get to work on the sequel to one of my current stories. Everything to prepare though for NaNo is what frightens me the most. So much plotting, character bios, my main character's family history, historical research from real history, and the outlining of the actual story to do.
And I promise to get back to the "Be's" next time. But if you're interested, get started to be ready to for NaNoWriMo 2009!
Monday, August 17, 2009
All These Promises...
Sorry to keep ya'll hanging for a while on these Beatitudes of Writers. I will continue them at a later date because, 1) I haven't been writing anything much lately and 2) in the process of moving and trying to catch with friends before going far away and packing up. I will definitely be back in another month though!
Monday, June 1, 2009
5. Be Persistent
My fifth "Be" is persistance.
I know I need this as much as everyone else does out in the writing world.
With writing, it is easy to give up. It is very hard to get your work noticed. But persistance is the key to it all. With any career really, persistance makes it all worth while in the end. It makes you feel as if you have accomplished something huge.
In writing, you want to be persistant but not to a point where it will drive you insane and time becomes unmanageable and you end up hospitalized from stress. That's just down right crazy in being persistant.
To start off with this a writer first needs persistance in their story idea. You have to believe in it and your characters to keep going. If you work on an idea you don't believe in--nothing will come out of it. It will be bland. That persistance to finish a bland idea doesn't pay off.
If you work on an idea that you believe in and can be published--that persistance pays off. As long as you work with it.
The biggest thing that is needed with persistance is the time to write. Create that time. Some famous authors have set schedules for writing every day. Others do it during the National Novel Writing Month held in November so that they have more time to edit. But no matter how you create the time--time is what is needed most in writing. Without it, a story cannot be born. You can keep on thinking your story is an awesome idea and belive in it and that someday it can be published but without that time created to write it all down, that story will not come to pass.
Along with being humble and learning more of your craft, there is persistance in this as well to perfect your craft. You can't become "perfect" overnight. No one is. Keep learning, keep writing, keep making time to learn.
One last thing about persistance. Querying to agents is tough. I have sent some a long time ago with a short story I wrote in my college creative writing course as the final for the class. They were all rejected. I had promise with one but it didn't go far at all. I didn't mind because I didn't want that story published because I didn't feel it really should have been. But with persistance, I have now written a full length novel and with more persistance I can get through editing and then sending it out to publishers and agents.
I know of a couple people who have been rejected so many times with querying to agents. Most people...give up. They believe their work will never make it after so many rejections. But only those who actually keep in their persistance and keep sending those queries out and keep editing their story with advice from peers...those are the ones that will be published in the end because they kept going and didn't get discouraged.
I know I need this as much as everyone else does out in the writing world.
With writing, it is easy to give up. It is very hard to get your work noticed. But persistance is the key to it all. With any career really, persistance makes it all worth while in the end. It makes you feel as if you have accomplished something huge.
In writing, you want to be persistant but not to a point where it will drive you insane and time becomes unmanageable and you end up hospitalized from stress. That's just down right crazy in being persistant.
To start off with this a writer first needs persistance in their story idea. You have to believe in it and your characters to keep going. If you work on an idea you don't believe in--nothing will come out of it. It will be bland. That persistance to finish a bland idea doesn't pay off.
If you work on an idea that you believe in and can be published--that persistance pays off. As long as you work with it.
The biggest thing that is needed with persistance is the time to write. Create that time. Some famous authors have set schedules for writing every day. Others do it during the National Novel Writing Month held in November so that they have more time to edit. But no matter how you create the time--time is what is needed most in writing. Without it, a story cannot be born. You can keep on thinking your story is an awesome idea and belive in it and that someday it can be published but without that time created to write it all down, that story will not come to pass.
Along with being humble and learning more of your craft, there is persistance in this as well to perfect your craft. You can't become "perfect" overnight. No one is. Keep learning, keep writing, keep making time to learn.
One last thing about persistance. Querying to agents is tough. I have sent some a long time ago with a short story I wrote in my college creative writing course as the final for the class. They were all rejected. I had promise with one but it didn't go far at all. I didn't mind because I didn't want that story published because I didn't feel it really should have been. But with persistance, I have now written a full length novel and with more persistance I can get through editing and then sending it out to publishers and agents.
I know of a couple people who have been rejected so many times with querying to agents. Most people...give up. They believe their work will never make it after so many rejections. But only those who actually keep in their persistance and keep sending those queries out and keep editing their story with advice from peers...those are the ones that will be published in the end because they kept going and didn't get discouraged.
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