http://journal.celestialchicken.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:21:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a strange form of insomnia.  I can go to sleep at night, no problem.  I go right to sleep, as long as it's after 9 and before 11.  I stay asleep until sometime mid-early-morning.  Sometimes this is as early as 2:30, and sometimes as late as 5 a.m. Thursday ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=388 Sheesh, I should look over my work a bit better before I hit "publish."  Going to have to fix all the typos and bad grammar in that last post and put it back up.  And I like to tell people I have a minor in English...butchering of the English language, ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=384 I have a new neighbor, Missy, who is a voracious reader and wants to be a writer.  We made a pretty quick connection, despite our differences (she likes Scottish Highlander-type historicals and paranormals, I like contemporary romances and lit-fics, she smokes and I'm allergic to it), she's been a great ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=381 Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava, Emily, Madison, Abigail, Chloe and Mia These are this year's most popular baby names for girls.  And I have a problem.  A big problem. Three of the names on this top-ten list are the names of FMC's in the stories I'm working on right now.  All ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=379 As I continue on my Circus novel, I find myself bogging down in the details, the building of the story and the characters.  I write so slowly, this stuff is just...boring. And I worry, if it's boring to write, is it going to be boring to read? So, to get myself energized ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=377 So, this week I decided that I should close and hide both of the open circus story files, and start from scratch.  I know I risk losing some great wordage in there, but the fact is, I was never going to be able to combine the two documents without a ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=375 I had hand surgery on March 17th. I have bad carpal tunnels. All messed up. So I had the right one "released," and am in the middle of the healing process. The surgery went well, but the recovery has been slower than I would have liked. ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=372 So, I paid someone to create my web site, which is just about ready to launch. It is basic, but that's okay, that's what I wanted. I still need to come up with a newsletter, because that page is blank right now, but other than that, I'm happy ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=370 Unfortunately, for all my grumbling about not having an agent, and not having this, and not having that, all of that is my own fault. My own damned fault. I just have not put the time into it that I should. How can I realistically think I ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=368 One of the hardest things about the end of Nano is finding personal motivation to keep going in December. Never mind January. Here it is December 15th, and I've barely touched my novel since November 30th, only adding a couple thousand words to what I already had. ... http://journal.celestialchicken.com/?p=366