3rd book accepted!!!!

Whispers has offered a contract for the third book, thief of heart! Isn't that wonderful? The editor said it still needed a lot of work. I'm lucky they're willing to help an author out with tips and stuff. I absolutely love whispers editors! They do such a great job.
I just hope each book is getting better. I figure a new writer gets about five thousand per published print book. (I made eight bucks off my first ebook, and so far, three bucks off the second.) so anyway, if I can get to be a good enough writer, I think about one or two books a year is comparable to what I make now. (sob.) so I just have to keep getting better and better.
The last editor suggested a writing classes. Not going to happen. Money issues. There was also suggestions of learning more grammar, and I would like to say not going to happen. Brain issues. I'm an idiot. But, darn, I've been speaking English for like almost my whole life and should be able to master basic speech. So, I'm to try and brush up on some editing rules.
Humans lie, for instance, things lay. as in, i'm going to go LIE down. LAY the pillow next to me.
Apparently little things the average person doesn't notice drives an editor nuts.
Still. my third book, whoo hoo!

I am almost done with nanowrimo!!!!!!!
less than two thousand left. finally.
the first part is pretty good, I think. there are some rocking hot sex scenes. and then, the ending kind of peters out. that's okay. I'm starting book two, which will be part of book one, as far as nanowrimo knows. really, the first book kind of doesn't have an ending. so, I'm going to keep writing, and combine the two before it ever sees daylight, otherwise known as an editor.
and, I have made payout at helium again. if I had thought ahead, i could have used some of the money for nanowrimo donation. but still, another ten bucks probably wouldn't matter.
at least I made one donation this year.
as authors, we should support literacy sites, and as readers. and, bookstores. I can not support a book store enough. seriously. I need more money. or a larger library selection. nah, more money.

The cat is now hiding in terror. The dog has fled. Is it some new horror creature? No, it's me trying to figure out how to upload a picture at myspace. I hate computers so very, very much. You would think it is as easy as point and click, but no. I can't find the file. So I have to manually search for it, on a computer that is slightly slower than a molasses covered snail in winter. I can't justify the expense of a new computer, not even when the old one is slow I think it was chipped out of granite in the stone age and put together by half blind monks. No, I have to put up with about a minute between page loads. And as I am swearing, I remind myself, I have no patience.
True.
I'm very immature when it comes to getting what I want, like a webpage in under five minutes. Living out in the boondocks is great for the lower crime rates and lower rents but sucks when every technical wonder like on demand video through cable or high speed internet pass you by. Oh we have high speed. It's just not high speed. It's only called that so losers like me on minimum wage wills hell out the big bucks so we can squeal, oh look at the loading bar go, you can almost see it move.
After banging my head a few times (and disapproving a slap along side the head makes you smarter as I am still computer non savvy.) I finally get the picture loaded. Thank god for the wonderful folks at whispers. I love that picture. It is romantic without the typical jokes made at romance reviews (smartbitches.com). I have seen some photoshop horrors, really. And whispers picture is awesome.
So now, after swearing a lot and vowing I hate my computer (it's amazing how many new swear words one can think up while waiting for the computer to load) I have finally got two blogs and no idea on what to say on either one. Whoopee.
Oh, three blogs. Whispers has a blog and I said I would blog on it. Hey, I may not know how to advertise my novel but thankfully they are busting butt helping their authors.
thief of the heart is now in it's third review for being published at whispers. fingers crossed, here's hoping it might be good enough.

It's time for nanowrimo again, and I wish I could say that I have been too busy writing to be blogging. It's a one month challenge to write fifty thousand words for one book. But really, I have just been dogging it. I don’t' know why. It happens. Hopefully, nanowrimo will pull me out of this slump and back onto the writing track.
I just resent thief of the heart back out to whispers for the third time. I love those people, they put so much of themselves into each book, even from a crappy author like me. okay, like a lot of artist, I don’t' like my own work. On every book, I swear I like the endings better than anything else written in the book. Weird.
Anyway, this is the third book sent to whispers and hopefully they will soon be accepting it. I still haven't gone back over the paramedic story because I'm lazy. There's just no other excuse for it. Okay, so I have written about three chapters, or five thousand words, on a new book for nanowrimo, so even though I am a little bit behind on the word count hopefully I will soon be back in the habit of writing more often. Good writing takes practice and I need all I can get. I don’t' mind being a bit behind on the word count I can type a lot. Some days I can do five thousand in one sitting. true, it's hopped up on starbucks (do you caffeine is considered an upper? It sounds so illegal to call it that.) but still, I have a few days off coming up and it will be a perfect time to hang out in a few choice spots on peck away on my alphasmart.
I love my alphasmart.
I just haven't found anything better yet.
When I get paid I think I will donate something to the nanowrimo. They are a charity and encourage kids to read. If you want to write, you need to get involved in all parts of reading. Including supporting those wonderful people who encourage readers.
check out the lack of typos. yeah, though the snarky commetn pissed me off and was irrelevant it did remind me to make an attempt at being more professional.
though once again, blogging and writing are two differnt things. sheesh.

I heard back from whispers again. They like the changes, but think the main hero is still a bit wimpy. So much for going for realistic. From now, I'm thinking sex fantasy. Forget reality, it probably doesn't sell many books. We all want fantasy, right?
So I'm thinking, maybe a perfect guy for the next book. Nanowrimo is coming up and I need an easy plot to churn out fifty thousand words in one month. I need to practice my sex scenes, anyway.
So I have a week or two to real tough up my character, which has given me some ideas to know if a hero is a character or cardboard.
here's what I'm going to do to my characters. First, the male is going to be total fantasy. Never mind if real men don't work out that much, or kept hat low body fat. Don't care. Plus, I think characters have to be so great you could put them in a series. Don't be bored with them, or glad to see them go. they got to be great interesting characters. Plus, you should feel like saying, he wouldn't do that. she wouldn't act like that. that means your characters have personalities. If they can do anything in a sequel, you might have cardboard characters, or not well defined ones. Ask yourself if your hero would do a variety of odd tasks. You should know, and your hero should be talking to you, or maybe you just don't know your characters well enough.
You'll notice the lack of major spelling mistakes, this time. I have started using word to type in and transfer it over.
Yeah, a blog is nothing like a book. There are no dead people sitting up or snappy comebacks. Yet, people often tune to a blog to check out the author before reading. So, even though whispers would never publish a book with the typos found in this blog, I should still show some more professionalism.
So in a way, thanks to the loser with the snarky comment even though it's wrong.

Check out the snarky comment from the third. At first I thought someone who didn't like me figured out who I was because the comment seems personal, but I think maybe it's jealousy.
Yes, there are typos, you find them in every blog, proof that typing very fast is not perfect. quick, maybe, but not perfect. and proof that blogs need spell checker also.
And another fine point I can make-I have read some great books that have boring blogs. And great blogs that are done by boring authors. The blog is about writing, non fiction, occasionally funny writing. It is not how I write, as it's not a blog meant to scare people, or be romantic, or transport you to another world like a book does. Blogging and reading are not the same thing.
I also do not talk like I write, either, since I stutter a bit and edit what I say as I say it, like everyone else. Check out author blogs, a great list of many authors with blogs that are not what the books are like.
It's a good point, though, that I do not write that sloppy, and I do not blog like a professional. I don't spend hours editing the blog like I do the books.
Okay, it's a blog. I will stick to blogging about writing topics because other people's blogs that talk about their kids are boring. Sorry, but they are, sometimes. Are their books boring? Heck no.
But I could use the spell checker more often in word then transfer it over, uh, maybe I'll just ignore the petty comment.

I read this funny review from smart bitches complaining about whiplash characters, characters that say yes then a paragraph later change their minds for no reason. Now, I'm just starting the Sarah langran novel, missing. The main character, Lori, says yes to a marriage proposal and decides not to go to college and immediately knows it's wrong. Does she have the brains to call him and say oops? No.
Yet the book is a great read so far and I don't know how this talented author does it. There's like almost a whole chapter on this character growing up and stopping by a bar and meeting this guy and not going to college and seeing him getting married after he proposes to her then breaks up with her, and I want to read more. Could hardly put the whole book down.
How does she do it?
I wonder that when I was reading, because the metaphor or analogy or whatever they are awesome, she picks out the best detail to focus on and great characters. Yet, so much personal history and it is still a great book. I can't wait to finish it, but I will have to because I have to work later. Darn it!
I had a few more ideas for space pirates, but ended up writing a good chapter for clueless sally. I don't' know why, I just get excited about different books at different times and so I write what I feel like. Three thousand words in two hours.
And nanowrimo is coming up.
Fifty thousand words in month, which I've done barely the last two years, and should find easier know that I write more and faster.
Still haven't heard back from whispers about the thief of heart book, but it takes a while to reread the whole manuscript. There were little flaws like words left out, and things I decided to change, even though I had edited the book a lot.
It's never enough, there's always something to fix.