December 14, 2004
This is my last entry for the year and the first thing I've
written all week that wasn't a shopping or holiday card
list! I've been busy doing to Crazy Christmas Prep Thing, as
I'm sure you have too. I hope hope the joy of the season is
a blessing to you and carries over into the coming year. I'm
asking Santa to bring me some motivation and discipline! |
December 3, 2004
I'm back from Switzerland, where I did no new work at all,
but the opening chapters of the mystery are revised and
polished and ready to be submitted once I get back enough
confidence to send it out again. I think this time I'm going
to wait and finish the first draft so that the situation
doesn't get away from me like it did before. Maybe that
should be my New Year's resolution- be patient and let
things happen when they are ready.
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November 18, 2004
Things are still going well, I think. I've really been
struggling to revise the first three chapters of my mystery.
My CP Lisa kept saying it sounded 'category' and for a long
time I didn't understand what she meant. But after
re-reading some of my favorite mainstream authors, I think
I've figured it out. On to the next chapter!
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November
9, 2004
I'm writing again! I'm back to work on my mystery novel and
happy for the first time in weeks! I sold three more books
to Blaze today, but they won't be out until 2006. I made
sure I have the next few months to keep working on Midnight.
To quote from the movie Bull Durham, "Never f*** with a
winning streak." Now that I have my enthusiasm back,
I'm going to concentrate on what is turning into the project
of my heart.
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October 30, 2004
Happy birthday to me... Sort of. No word from Harlequin and
I'm still struggling with writer's block. I know it's a
result of depression but I can't seem to snap out of it. I
don't know what I'm doing, I'm not sure what I want to do
and so I'm doing nothing. Always a good solution (sarcastic
frown) Well, not nothing. I signed up to do the NaNoWriMo
that begins Monday. I'm hoping that will help me to break
through this.
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October 12, 2004
I've got writer's block... Again. On the positive side, I
know the reasons behind it and the novella isn't due until
the end of December. But I'm really struggling to stay
motivated. My husband says, this is how you know writing has
become a job...
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September 27, 2004
My editor is anxious to get me writing for Blaze again so I
turned in eight- count 'em- eight story ideas today. Some
are traditional, some are edgy and two are a little out
there. but hopefully there is something among them that
Kathryn will like. Wish me luck!
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September 14, 2004
The bad news is that while the exec editor at Signature
loved my voice and concept, she didn't think I have enough
story to carry through the book. This combined with other
comments from my critique group lead me to realize that as
much as I wanted that sale, I'd be better off in the long run
getting the story right and making this the best I can.
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September 8, 2004
I still haven't heard anything on the Midnight project, but
I did send a proposal to NAL for a novella that might be
included in an anthology!
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August something
Things are not at all working out the way I'd hoped
regarding Midnight. For reasons I can't go into, I have
seriously lost my excitement for this project and I'm not
writing anything at all right now. I can't concentrate due
to stress and anxiety. There are some very hard decisions I
have to make and I don't know how they will affect my
career. I may come out of this stronger but the growing
pains are killing me.
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August 15, 2004
Can you believe this?? This week I had not one, but two
publishers wanting the Midnight series! It was as stressful
as it was exciting, but I finally had to choose. I won't say
how it turned out yet, because the house I chose asked for a
major revision and I submitted a proposal for something else
to the other house. Cross your fingers for me that it all
works out!
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August 2, 2004
Well, my agent pitched Midnight to several editors at the
RWA conference in Dallas. He's going submit my
proposal and I'm going to make myself sick worrying and
waiting to hear something back...
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July 19, 2004
It's done! I finished the proposal for the mystery series
today and sent it to my agent. Now the nerve-wracking
waiting begins. I want this to sell so badly! If you want to
know what I'm working on, go to www.steelemidnight.com
for a sneak peek.
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July 5, 2004
I sincerely tried to rewrite my current WIP in third person.
I just couldn't make it work. It's not my voice for this
story, which I felt was being strangled by trying to force
myself to do something that isn't right for me or for the
book. Now that I'm being true to my voice, it's going a lot
better. |
