The sickness seems to be leaving me slowly, taking it’s sweet damn time about it. It’s made being productive very tough, so needless to say, I haven’t gotten much done on the writing front. But in an effort to help out with that, I’ve decided to start participating in Excerpt Monday, starting on on October 12th. Follow the link to find out more about it and come back here to my blog on Monday the 12th to see what I have. Hey, anything that will make Monday a better day is alright by me!
In the meantime, I’ve dug back into my sci-fi romance (lovingly (I think) called sci-mance by hubs) that is currently a 27K short. It’s not enough to tell the story I want, so it needs expanding. Espesically since I jotted a bunch of stuff down yesterday that altered the back history I had for the main characters. This one probably won’t be my usual word count level (around 90K), but it does need lengthening to properly tell their story. This, of course, comes about when I’m trying to work on the next book in the Rebirth series. Isn’t that the way it always happens? It’s like my brain gets opened up working on something and something else just slips its way right on in. I’m not one to juggle multiple stories like that either, just like I usually can’t juggle multiple books to read – one at a time please. It’s not that I can’t focus on multiple stories, I just like to give my full attention to whatever it is that I’m reading and/or writing.
I see the RT Convention is open for registration. I’ve been entertaining the idea of going, but not sure yet. Still waffling more towards the “no” side, but, so far, it’s been changing hourly. It’d be a nine hour drive for me as far as driving goes – so that’s the biggest deciding factor, well that and call me silly, but I don’t want to go by myself. Rather have someone I know with me so at least I’d feel a little more comfortable, since I’m not – oh who am I kidding? I’m not very social at all. Had that displayed right in my face earlier this week at a work function I had to attend (where I was getting an award no less). The VP of my whole division sat at the table with me and aside from introducing myself, I didn’t say a word during the meal. Can you imagine if I had to speak?
That’s something I really have got to work on.
Scimance- LOL
I totally know what you mean with the social thingies. I think I’ve got the problem reversed. I hate stretching silence- makes me really uncomfortable and to avoid it I’m getting all chatty and can’t seem to stop. Bf always says he can’t imagine that I was a real silent type as a kid. But I was and at one point I just thought wtf and started to talk. If someone doesn’t like it. Not my problem.lol
Hope you have a nice weekend!
Yeah, scimance. He gets that stupid smile when he says it like it’s the greatest thing in the world.
Those stretching silences make me even MORE quiet because then I feel like I really don’t know what to say. I’ve gotten a lot better than I used to be, but I’ve still got a ways to go.
Thanks! Enjoy your school free weekend!
Hey Sara!
I did Excerpt Monday last month and it was totally worth it. I got to follow new authors and read their work and more excitingly for me, people actually came to my site and read my stuff. They left me comments too. I was rather thrilled at the result. (I am such a newbie, most people don’t even know who I am, lol) So, if you do it, I believe its totally worth the time.
I have been mulling over going to the RT as well. For me its a nice long flight though. I read the conference schedule and some of the topics sounded awesome! But I think the vampire ball is what got me really eager to go. I am a bit quiet as well, so I understand how you are feeling. Also, I am a debut author so I keep thinking, do I actually have the right stuff to go as an author?
Good luck on your sci-fi story.
Christa
Reading yours was one of the reasons that I decided to do it!
I’ve been mulling RT because my book isn’t even out yet – it’s still in edits. I’d like to think it’d be out by late April/early May, but I’m still new like you and don’t know how the timelines are working. So, I guess it seems a little weird to me to decide about going to something like that when I don’t have anything out with my name on it yet!
Thanks!