A writer's high

Hello Fellow Writers,

I've been busy working on a new story. I just love the part when a story idea goes from brain image to computer file, a writer's high.

On Monday night, I went to hear Greg Frost read from his fantasy novel at the Bellevue Library. Then Connie Willis talked about researching her latest novel set during the Blitz. She told us lots of great stories that she couldn't work into the book.

As for story consumption, I watched Nottinghill with the other members of my writing group last week. Awesome secondary characters! Last night, at midnight, no less, I went to see Eclipse with my teenage daughter. I think this may be the best of the Twilight Saga movies so far. I'm reading Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn and listening to Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks in the car.

Until next time,
Write on!

Nanowrimo is over!

Hi Folks,

Nanowrimo is over! And I'm still writing up a storm! I finished Nano with over 185,000 words on my latest story for November! Since then, I wrote 120,000 more and broke the saga into 4 stories. Wahoo!

And as often happens when I finish the first draft, I begin to think about the next story. So off, I went to my favorite Irish Pub, the Wilde Rover, to hear my favorite Celtic style band, Geoffrey Castle's, with mini-me, my netbook, and a brand new ideas journal. The Rover was cozy. My netbook battery was completely dead! Out came the handy compostion notebook. The band was awesome, I think they're my muses, and I left with 40 new story ideas. Double wahoo!

Until next time,

Write on!