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Mechele

Thursday Thirteen

13 books on my TBR list or TBB list Mechele 1. Broken by Megan Hart 2. Duma Key by Stephen King 3. Passionate Ink, a Guide to writing Erotic Romance by Angela Knight 4. The Erotic Bondage Handbook by Jay Wiseman 5. Suncatcher A study of Madeleine L”Engle and her writing (appropriate since I just introduced the oldest to her) 6. Wolf’s Heart by Jenna Leigh 7. Bound for the Holidays by Mackenzie McKade 8. Rode Hard and Put up Web by Lorelei James. 9. Anything new by my critique partners, Melissa Lopez, Marissa Alwin, Corinne Davies, or Shy 10. Tempted by Megan Hart (On my TBB list) 11. The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (either library or TBB) 12. Ally Blue just announced she has a print book coming out. Need to get that *G*. 13. Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong (not due until Oct 2008 but I can’t wait)

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That's the way uh uh huh I like it

Made the most of the time Ihad today and wrote 1500 K on Seek and You Shall Find, the novella that has me nervous.

After reading through it yesterday, I'm feeling pretty good about the story. Need to pass it along the critique partners *bites nails*.

Have I mentioned Loose Id contracted the Sixth Cursed Halloween? *G* It finishes out the Deidre trilogy. I rather enjoyed writing her. She's so cranky.

I've also been critiquing for both Corinne Davies and Marissa Alwin. Lots of great material.

May the muses have writing time
Mechele

You Gotta Have friends

I’m truly truly blessed. I have the best friends in the world. Melissa Lopez, Mari of Marissa Alwin, and Shy have all done things the past week that have meant so much to me. It's a mopey time of year for me, so it is much appreciated.

My very good friend, Corinne Davies, who knows I’m nervous about the new story, sent me a note to cheer me on today with pom poms and everything. I soooooooo needed it. It made me smile and yes, it will spur me on to continue, despite my anxiety. I'm pinning it by my desk. For inspiration.

Long live 70 Days of Sweat! It's a coming...

May the muses have good friends
Mechele

Check out my new cover! And a new guest blog

Isn't it lovely? And a banner? *G*

I'm also guest blogging today at Shelley Munro's blog on Sweating the Small stuff. Go check it out and comment.

Mechele

Thursday Thirteen

(because tomorrow is a busy day)

13 songs I like right now Mechele 1. Working for a Living by Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis—Liked the original, Huey was my first concert ever *G*. 2. Love doesn’t live here anymore by Lady Antebellum 3. Stay by Sugarland 4. Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace by Big and Rich 5. Get Ready Get Set Don’t Goy by Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus 6. All I Want Is You by Barry Louis Polisar (from the movie Juno, not that I’ve seen the movie…) 7. Cleaning this Gun by Rodney Atkins 8. Gunpowder and Lead by Miranda Lambert 9. Things that Never Cross a Man’s Mind by Kellie Pickler 10. The Best of Both Worlds Hannah Montana *big sigh* 11. Edna the Elephant by Seth Decker 12. I gotta go my own way by Gabriella on High School Musical. 13. I’m with the Band by Little Big Town

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Topics and chat

Okay, you have to go over to Loose Ends and chime in on the Hot Topic. Blow jobs big dicks and aching jaws. Check out Anne Douglas's picture examples LOL.

Tonight is the chat at M-Spot at 9 PM EST. I will be there with Mari of Marissa Alwin, talking about the release of Ingram's Charm as Melany Logen, the release of Candy Cravings which included a story by Marissa, and both Melany's and my impending March releases.

Oh, did you hear there's another round of 70 days of Sweat? I'm soooooooo up for it. It starts March 1st! And I plan to rock, baby. My goal is at least 1000 words per day, except the week I'm at RT.

May the muses have challenges
Mechele

Happenings

I'm not dead btw. LOL just in case anyone was wondering.

Over the last two weeks, I've had two sick kids (both had a horrid cold and one ended up with a double ear infection), a sick hubby (the horrid cold), sick me (the horrid cold where I feel like my head is encased in two inches of shrink wrap most of the time), double edits (for Melany on Bold Bride & Mechele on the Sixth Curse of Spring), planning for a bridal shower (the hubby's brother is getting married), invitations for the bridal shower, various interviews for various blog and websites, finishing up Settler's Mine 3: The Woman, RT plotting (costumes *sigh*), doing Valentine's with the kids for their class, a project on Harriet Tubman (which involved a 3-5 minute speech and a timeline), an outing with friends, a trip to my sister's to see both sisters, and finishing reading my Rita entries. Few other things are going on, too.

If you haven't already joined my newsletter, The Crayon Chronicles, *G* do so. I have a lot of news to announce, and I will do it there first.

Tammie from Night Owl Romance interviewed me! I had a lot of fun answering her questions. Check it out here.

Mechele

Happy Valentine's Day!

From Mechele, who's been super busy for some reason

Wow! An interview with me *G*

At Loose Ends, the unofficial Loose Id author's blog.

Take a peek.

Mechele

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons I Love Writing for a living (right now, part time) Mechele 1. No dress code. I can write in my pj’s if I want. 2. I can make up my own rules *G*. I write the world my characters play in. I love the control. 3. Good friends are only a thought away. 4. I don’t have to leave my house to do my job. 5. I don’t have to get it right the first time. I get a few passes to fix what’s broken. 6. I get to use words as my building blocks. I love them. Like to find new ones to use. 7. It’s a different job every day. Every character has their own nuances. Each story has its own vision. 8. Going along with 7, I never get bored. There’s always something else to create. 9. I love to tweak. I love to see my story come full circle to its full potential. 10. In writing romance, I get to write happily ever afters. It’s incredibly fulfilling. 11. The research rocks. I love going to new places, learning different things. I’m taking a class on Ireland right now. Thinking of taking a class on serial killers soon. You never know when something might pop up for a story. 12. Other authors are wonderful. Yes, I know all of them aren’t, but I’ve met soooo many wonderful people along the way. Melissa Lopez, Mari of Marissa Alwin, Flesa Black, Raine Weaver, Lyn Cash, Lauren Dane, Shara Lanel, Donna Dalton, Shelly Munro, JC Wilder, Sarah McCarthy, Angela Knight, Robin Schone, Sherrilyn Kenyon. And so many others. I’m sometimes in awe when I go to the bookstore and can point to a book and say “I know them online!” 13. It’s a wonderful creative outlet for a mind that’s busy. Instead of creating nightmares in my closet, I take up time making new words and new characters.

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So, do you like the word so?

I do. Good grief, how many times could I use it in one dang story?



Settler's Mine: The woman is up to 63700 words. Even with eliminating many uses of the word "So." LOL I picked one character to start her sentences off that way.



May the muses have Find in Word

Mechele

Tweaking

Oh, how I love to tweak! LOL I love to go through, add to and strengthen what I've already written.

I tend to layer as I go along. First, I write out most of the plot, laying in some things. I end up making a second pass for emotion and dialogue. I also check character's voice, for typos, and grammar on that second pass.

I'm doing the second pass on Settler's Mine 3: The Woman. I really really like the story. It's grown over 3 K and I expect a little more growing room.

I'll have some very good news to announce really soon *G*.

May the muses have editing.
Mechele