Saturday, December 25, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Where Can I Be When It's Summer in the Winter at Year's End?
It's hard to believe how much time has flown by since I started this blog with all of one post. Two weeks ago it was freezing in the mornings, a few early hours registered in the low 20 degrees even. Winter had arrived! We even had a few rainstorms! And this weekend, a mere week before winter officially starts, the temperature soars above 80!!! Mother Nature is severely confused!
In another three weeks it will be the next year... I am not ready! Where did the time go? There's so much more I wanted to get done! Earlier this week I finally stopped denying that Christmas is just around the corner; even purchased a few small presents, some Christmas cards to write, and yesterday we bought a small tree! I even finished decorating it today. So the home is starting to look like the 'season' it's supposed to be.
Work keeps me busy even though business is slower than normal--the economy hasn't moved much in an upward direction yet in California--but there is always the paperwork.
Writing and reading take a lot of my afterwork hours. Trying to tell people about the novel on Amazon.com and Essential-10.com is interesting; I'm not good at self-promotion. And I'm trying to finish three other novels--a lot more work than I anticipated. Seems I'm never happy when I get on the proof-reading mode and spend more time re-writing what's already written and not adding enough new stuff. But it's a big part of writing and it keeps me happy.
I'm also spending a little time on another very short fan-fiction. Sometimes it's easier writing characters that someone else created than the ones you invent yourself. It is a lot of fun, too. And I enjoy the feedback on the different websites I've posted them.
More next time... Hopefully, a lot sooner than the last post...
In another three weeks it will be the next year... I am not ready! Where did the time go? There's so much more I wanted to get done! Earlier this week I finally stopped denying that Christmas is just around the corner; even purchased a few small presents, some Christmas cards to write, and yesterday we bought a small tree! I even finished decorating it today. So the home is starting to look like the 'season' it's supposed to be.
Work keeps me busy even though business is slower than normal--the economy hasn't moved much in an upward direction yet in California--but there is always the paperwork.
Writing and reading take a lot of my afterwork hours. Trying to tell people about the novel on Amazon.com and Essential-10.com is interesting; I'm not good at self-promotion. And I'm trying to finish three other novels--a lot more work than I anticipated. Seems I'm never happy when I get on the proof-reading mode and spend more time re-writing what's already written and not adding enough new stuff. But it's a big part of writing and it keeps me happy.
I'm also spending a little time on another very short fan-fiction. Sometimes it's easier writing characters that someone else created than the ones you invent yourself. It is a lot of fun, too. And I enjoy the feedback on the different websites I've posted them.
More next time... Hopefully, a lot sooner than the last post...
Sunday, October 24, 2010
New in the neighborhood
Finally decided to get into the world of blogging as a way of doing some promoting for my writing. I like, scratch that, I LOVE to write fiction, romance novels mostly. I have one book, "The Right Price" that's actually for sale in the digital world thanks to some wonderful people at http://www.essential10.com/ I'm also working on finishing several other books.
"The Right Price" is a passionate love story about a young man trying to deny a violent past as a way to cope with his everyday life. It's also keeping him from getting close to anyone. For a more detailed description here's a direct link:
http://www.essential10.com/books/right-price-0
I've also written some fan fiction because I was inspired by an awesome character, Chloe Sullivan, created by the "Smallville"
television show writers. I might post them on this blog at some future date. Right now they're posted at fanfiction.net
(http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1597739/Mari2Anne),
at kryptonsite.com
http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2686719
and also at two-of-us
(http://two-of-us.svtometropolis.com/viewuser.php?uid=125)
under my username: Mari2Anne.
That's all for today as my first post in this new neighborhood.
"The Right Price" is a passionate love story about a young man trying to deny a violent past as a way to cope with his everyday life. It's also keeping him from getting close to anyone. For a more detailed description here's a direct link:
http://www.essential10.com/books/right-price-0
I've also written some fan fiction because I was inspired by an awesome character, Chloe Sullivan, created by the "Smallville"
television show writers. I might post them on this blog at some future date. Right now they're posted at fanfiction.net
(http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1597739/Mari2Anne),
at kryptonsite.com
http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2686719
and also at two-of-us
(http://two-of-us.svtometropolis.com/viewuser.php?uid=125)
under my username: Mari2Anne.
That's all for today as my first post in this new neighborhood.
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