SQUIRREL!!!

I’ve been a bit like a hyperactive small dog lately.  I seem to run from one object/task to another.  Just when I sit down to do something productive writing-wise, something pops up and it’s like a small dog in my brain just saw a SQUIRREL!!!

No, there wasn’t anything I was supposed to be doing.  Was there?

So, I’m a bit scattered. 

Now, I AM a bit behind on some things.  I’ve got a couple of book reviews to put up and I need to add a section here on writer resources.

BUT… until I do, I thought I should mention that time is running out to enter the giveaway at FindStuff2Read.com (as I write this there are less than 16 hours left).  So, head on over and enter to win some free books if you haven’t already. 

 

P.S. WordPress has suggested the tag “Anti-Squirrels” for this post.

 

Manuscript Stages (reblog)

If you’re interested in what the author has to do with a manuscript between writing “The End” and seeing it in a store, check this out.  Established author Lauren Willig gives an overview with the timeline from one of her own books in this blog post.

I asked for details on how this might differ for a first book, so check the comments in case she writes more!

Oh, if you’re wondering why I didn’t put the actual blog post here, it’s in case she gives more good info in the comments – I wouldn’t want you to miss them!

Summer

Guess what?  Today is the last day of school.

I remember the school year taking approximately 1.8 eons when I was a kid.  Turns out, I was just really bored, because it takes about 1.7 seconds as an adult.

The consequence of summer break is that I am not going to be able to post nearly as often or regularly

What’s that?  I’ve been totally irregular <snicker> lately anyway?  Guess you’re right.

Verb It!

I’m heading into the crazy hour before dinner.  I’ve got a billion things to do in this hour, and I’m frazzled and don’t want to do any of them.  Oh, and the day’s nearly out and I don’t even know what I’m going to post on the blog today.

I’m not a planner, can you tell?

So, this isn’t going to be deep or profound, but here we go (and yes, I should be dealing with dinner).

I’ve been thinking about verbs lately.  Nothing terribly exciting, mind you, but they are sort of important.  So, why is it when I’m trying to write, I can only come up with bland verbs (like the two in this sentence)?  I can’t be the only person with this problem (there’s over a billion people out there), so I thought it might be fun and/or useful to “collect” good verbs and categorize them.