This week has been a joyous
week in my writer kingdom.
I am going on a writing
journey. No, seriously, I’m flying to Spain tomorrow to spend a week with one
of my writing besties, Nina Croft. Drop by and see this
author’s amazing books by just clicking her name. You’ll go to her website and
see some pictures of where I’m staying. I’ll be on her almond farm a whole
week.
We plan to sprint, write,
brainstorm and do all those wonderful things that writers do when they get
together. It will be amazing and awesome and just downright fun. I’m getting
more excited as I type this. And yeah, this is being done early as in early
Saturday morning because I leave Vienna at 8:50 am. Check my Facebook Page
to see what I’m up to in the writing department. I guarantee that I will be
posting a few things here and there.
As if my trip weren’t enough…remember
last week when I submitted a proposal to my agent? I said that I was hopeful
because it was one of my favorite stories. All right, I might not have said it
exactly that way but that’s what I meant. And you know what? That enthusiasm
paid off as that’s the next series my agent wants me to pursue. I know you can’t
see me but I’m truly jumping for joy. This is so awesome! You have no idea just
how much I love that story.
But now the hard work comes
in. I have to finish polishing the first novel and believe me, it’s not going
to be an easy task. I’d been working on it off and on for a few years. Part of
the issue is that I made up a language and then realized I didn’t know what the
hell I was doing. At least I tried. Then I realized that I needed to take a
language I knew, or wanted to know, and bastardize it a little. Or a lot. I
think I’ve finally come up with a solution that will work well for me.
Unfortunately, these things
take time and as soon as I can get that first book to her, then she wants to
shop it around. That means, Deceiving the Scotsman has sunk to second spot and
won’t be worked on as much as I thought. I’ll still have it as my NaNo book but
the priorities have changed a little bit. This is good because it isn’t boring
and makes me do some juggling.
See, I’m a writer that loves
to be extremely busy but I do have to have a plan. One of the things that will
happen this week with my friend this week is doing some planning along with
brainstorming. There is nothing better than having another writer face-to-face
to work out some problem you’re having with a project.
So, I’m happy and jazzed
about a variety of things. I’ll keep you posted on all of them. See you all next
week. Until then…
Lynn
No comments:
Post a Comment