Wonders Never Cease

Isn't this amazing? I'm posting twice in one week! Actually, the reason I'm updating is because I feel guilty. The last time I posted, which was Tuesday, I told you that I had two things to do and I was going to get them done. Bets on whether that happened or not? Come on give it a guess.

Well, for those of you who that guessed I shirked my duties, you are correct. I got lots of other things done around my house like cleaning, dishes, laundry, feeding the children, but every time I sat down to do anything that required a creative touch, my brain would just wander off. To be fair I was up at 6am every day this week because my children are evil, but since I set a goal and missed it I felt obligated to "fess up" as it were.

I did start working on the review, but it was coming out terrible and I don't want to write a half-assed review of a book I really liked. I didn't even start thinking about the synopsis. Okay that's not true. I did start thinking about it, but it kept glowering back at me like a giant pair of eyes inside a dark closet, so I would get scared and quickly move onto something else.

Then last night I decided that avoiding this stuff was just silly and I sat down to work. However, instead of working on the synopsis, I decided to ease into things a bit and send out another batch of queries and organize my list of agents so I wouldn't double send or accidently query two agents from the same agency. I also tweaked my query and did some other housekeeping stuff on my new computer (Windows Updates take forever!).

Now I feel much more accomplished and with that small boost of confidence, I think I can finally make an attempt at kicking the synopsis monster's butt. Any tips or advice? I asked my writing buddies on Fantasy-Faction who were kind enough to offer their advice, but more advice is always welcome. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Monster Painting by daisypaint

Spotty At Best

The title of this post can describe both my blogging habits of late and the progress of one of the main reasons I haven't had time to post. And that reason is: I'm in the process of potty training twin boys. There, I hope reading that has made you a little happier about your own life.

Seriously though, I have been writing. Not as much as I would like, but the story is coming along. I've also been doing a lot of mental planning, since I'm away from my computer more than I normally am. I think I've got the end of the story figured out scene wise. Now I just have to get from where I am now to the end of the book. Piece of cake! (She says sarcastically.)

I think if I can just get through the scene I'm working on now, the rest of the story will follow. But this scene is kicking my butt and I don't know why! As I said on Twitter, it's like pulling teeth to get the words out for this one. Maybe I'm just too distracted with the kids? I don't know. But I'm not going to let this one scene sidetrack my whole story. I will finish this book! Just wish me luck okay?

Stuffed Animal Twin Monkeys by SewnNatural