tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710127280503288082024-03-12T21:46:48.855-07:00sexy blatheringwriting tips for erotica, romance, and sci fi, and comedy. a blog by a published ebook writer. come for free advice, stay for the jokes.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-35033551443940044722013-05-21T14:10:00.001-07:002013-05-21T14:11:55.565-07:00i haven't blogged lately but i have a good excuse. i was sick. came home thursday, my day off, felt fine for a few hours, then wham. major nausea. vomiting. diarrhea, which no one wants to hear about. sane people, anyway. oh wait, i forgot, no one reads the blog. i could describe it in detail, but why? humans are gross, especailly when sick. so, i slacked off for a few days. was i home? yes. by the computer, able to type? yes. good excuse? no.
i'm kind of at an odd point, now that the possbile christian novel is done. i think i'm scared of finishing.
also, have gone back to the re edit on whsipers on the breeze, and have hit a major stalling point. i'm lazy. that's the stalling point. we'll see how much i can do.
whew! still amazed i finished the christian novel.
and now i need to get to work on another one.
i'm thinking horror, maybe, this time. i love horror. i must review my many reads for goodreads, soon. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-11175857651181521432013-05-12T19:53:00.002-07:002013-05-12T19:53:06.434-07:00so i have written more than i have been able to post. i am almsot done with the christian book. right now it's saved under hillbilly cross, no working title. and needs lots of re editing. of course. still, that just done feeling? just escaped me. i need like, a cool sentence or some neato saying to end on. a little bang at the end. and i skipped an argurment between two major characters, just got tired. but so much closer. so close to the end. whoooo hooooo.
xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-3516862222930672142013-04-30T21:39:00.001-07:002013-05-21T14:17:21.319-07:00i didn't write much. bad girl. i did finish the new anne bishop, written in blood. a little dark but otherwise very nice.
i found blake crouch's book "pines". i was going to get it on kindle, but found it at the library. amazing. they usually don't have anything i want, and there it was, right in the new book section. had to read it to the end to find out why, but really, i don't know if it mattered. one of those books there were several possible endings. still a great read.
i have been lazy lately. ol aunt flo came to town in a pissy mood, and made me sick. norwegian fish oil by twin labs helps, usually, but this time i threw it up. not so useful. i had a few lousy nights. now, i need to crack the whip. yeah, i lost the feel of the story, but if i want to be a writer, this is the important part. if i skip for a few days can i force myself to go back and finish? that is what makes or breaks most writers. we'll see. i do have a few days coming off, my weekend, but i should have something done by then.
xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-65658678530793797422013-04-22T20:44:00.000-07:002013-04-22T20:44:31.629-07:00wrote some more yesterday. another two thou or so. not a lot, but then anything is better than nothinng. the plot is going slow, but that's okay, need to hit sixty thou by the end or so. still thinkin harlequin, even if the book might not be good enough, still worth trying, and pushing onself that little bit extra.
reading an awesome book called no doors no windows by john shreiber. just a few pages from the end when boyfriend comes home. sob. must finish. later. when quiet. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-54955305046397840362013-04-20T04:48:00.002-07:002013-04-20T04:48:07.497-07:00downloaded what was on the alphasmart, about 6ooo. also have about two thousand on there yet.
haven't written the last two days, lazy of me on my nights off.
better world books still has their sale on. so far, i bougt 28 books. this month alone. and will probably buy more, payday next week. i'm a sucker for some books. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-20753955102872968622013-04-15T20:05:00.001-07:002013-04-15T20:05:52.956-07:00I wrote some last night. picked up a new book but made myself put it down long enough to write. that is what is going to make or break me as a writer, right now, is actually putting the time in. finished reading the radleys by matt haig. great book, loved his use of metaphors, spot on. also finished anno mortis by rebecca levene also a great book. a bit of a zombie novel, but if you like that type, it's part of the tomb of the dead series. quick read, about four or five main characters, great heroine, very much a strong female type. they're hard to do but this author nails it. lots of barbarians, and Romans. what's not to love?
there's about six thou words sitting on the alpha smart i need to download, it makes keeping track of the writing so much better.
I just noticed. going by reading material, you would never guess I’m writing christian romance now. I kind of wanted to get away from some of the erotica, going to try this book for a few months, because, really, any writing is good practice. christian romance can be good because the writing itself can't be boring. throw in a sex scene in an erotica and it's okay (not great but okay) if the descriptions are a bit lame, or characters a tad cardboard. not so with no sex scenes! a real challenge. I noticed since I’ve been rereading Koontz that I’m a lot more wordy. of course his novels are great wordy, mine might be boring. we'll see when it's done and edited, if i can get that far. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-19047095121458424832013-04-12T06:26:00.002-07:002013-04-12T06:27:49.340-07:00i did maybe about a thousand last night. then i was reading the radleys, it'a really good book so far, barely into it, and the teen is thinking how he wants to be a writer but probably never will, and i thought how sad. that's becuase he's not writing. so i ripped the book from my hand ( i was liking it so far) and made myself write something. almost a no go, so easy to quit after a few hundered words. but at last, the flow of good words, a scene coming out to the light, and i did about two thousand or so.
though that's nothing, if i want to write i need to do more, still i'm proud of myself having accompished something, and with a book i was enjoying, and without checking facebook or email or anything. I don't know where I am on the final word count, possibly just shy of twenty thou or so. at least i wrote something. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-32385749484997133952013-04-09T21:13:00.002-07:002013-04-09T21:13:23.026-07:00last night i was lazy. the night before, i did about a thousand words or so, better than nothing, have to focus on the postive to keep the spirits up. but last night, i finished earthblood, by james kisner. overall prety good writing, however, parts of the book were switched. very annoying to read about the girl being raped, then goes to work, then it's the daybefore, pages later she's found in the bathroom, then etc. the characters were great, but overall, the switchroo on the writing was annoying, too bad. i also read what kills by me, by channing. a ya vampire novel. pretty good, better than i thought it would be for an ebook, of publishing qaulity. worth reading. tonight i'm going to try and crack down.
xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-60892399433648253072013-04-06T04:30:00.000-07:002013-04-06T04:30:35.740-07:00finally tore myself away form time wasting farmville 2 (curse you facebooka nd all your tempting games) and wrote about 1149 or so words. okay, not great, but it's getting late for me, and i think it's a great scene, so all in all, much happier than if i had done nothing. now off to harelquin to see thier writing guidelines, and then maybe a few other places. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-85284386661175166032013-04-06T03:06:00.002-07:002013-04-06T03:06:13.635-07:00So I wrote almost nothing lately. So much for good intentions, yeah I know. I did write about another two thousand or so, on um, tue night? Because wed was that time of the month, and I felt sick and decided not to write. What a lazy excuse. Still, though, thur I was feeling sick. Barfy. So I guess it's okay, except that doesn't leave me with an excuse for the next couple of nights. And, that puts me at two thou a week. Sucky. Seriously. Real writers, virtually everyone who is published, writes like eight hours or more a day. And when not writing during those eight hours, they are editing, calling, working. Almost forty hours. I bet if you polled all the writers who have been published, in a -genre, recently, nyc bestseller list, whatever- I bet they spend hours a week. Hours. Not one or two, but hours.
I noticed I stopped on the story I was editing. Was doing it on the weekend, (my weekend, thur and fri, not the real weekend, I work) and that I stopped on a dialogue moment. Clearly it scares me enough to stop writing, and it should, talking is an important way to show character, reveal personality, etc. so I watched some hulu, because I want too, telling myself it was research, and lo and behold. Everyone talked normally. Just talk about feelings, situations, etc. An here I’m rereading koontz. Do I need any better example of dialogue? Richard laymon was all short and sweet, but with lots of sex in his books. I have recently discovered an author called david wiltse. Thank you better world books for your awesome bargain bin sale. When my bank account has died of starvation you will be to blame, and when I die from a book case collapse and the mouse cage is buried under paperbacks, you are to blame. Kidding! It's really a willpower issue. As in I have none where books are concerned. Free shipping! Go now to their site and buy buy buy! xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-51144012750169640802013-04-02T21:41:00.000-07:002013-04-02T21:41:03.436-07:00i wrote about two thousand words last nightm, not to bad, not great. did nothing easter, went gambling with my guy, slacked off at work. what the heck, it was a holiday. back to writing. up to the two main characters talking, scary! what are they going to say to each other? major snag, how to make them sound interesting and etc, that they need to be. hmm. can't fix it though until it's written, even bad writing is better than nothing. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-61226575188675101782013-03-30T15:46:00.002-07:002013-03-30T15:46:29.236-07:00i logged off the internet, then forced myself to log back on. i was exhausted from too many hours of facebook's farmville 2. loser! this is why you don't have enough books written! loser.
anyway, i wrote about 2,400 or so on wed night. so there's that, then didn't get off my lazy butt to blog until today. hmm. and spent the weekend playing slots, via facebook. hello, time waster. just started a clive barker novel, pretty good. finished the dean koontz, going to start another of his classics. think, maybe, i can see the difference in the writing, how i have more details, not as afraid to talk about the characters. nowhere near his level of writing, mnay never get there, but any improvment is good. I must write some tonight, at work. here's hoping. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-51456211890100632372013-03-26T21:23:00.000-07:002013-03-26T21:23:25.371-07:00this morning i was at 6646 for a word count. downloaded it from the alphasmart. still not sure how to end it, and decided to put in an earlier scene, but all good. keep telling myself, you have to write it to add to it. you have to write it to edit it. no excuses. i'm lying, i'm full of excuses. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-84415936244204333192013-03-25T09:13:00.000-07:002013-03-25T09:13:05.440-07:00was too lazy to write last night. shame on me. read some bentley little, normally i love his books. the store was my favorite. this time, i had a hard time getting into it. kept hopping through differnt characters, like every chapter. at least i'm doing better with posting. yeah, boring dry stuff. now it's a problem with qaunity over qaulity. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-61750444826929318452013-03-24T08:59:00.002-07:002013-03-24T08:59:30.479-07:00didn't do much writing last two days. good news, the guilt worked. i noticed i didn't write, and acutally put some thought into the book. worte a bunch of notes out. soon, i need to do a timeline and go from there. and i managed to blg today. okay, not a big deal, but at least it's heading for the goal of writing every day and blogging more. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-11165623202662202742013-03-23T01:41:00.002-07:002013-03-23T01:41:17.204-07:00so much for posting every day. my non existent fans will be upset. anyway, i have been writing for the last three days. up to about 3300 or so on the christian romance. i decided to go with the female heroine. i would love a guy, but women buy books, and prefer women characters. and maybe, some day, i'll do a backwards one, where the guy is in trouble, and the woman saves him.
saw croods. okay film, great art, little slow for most adults.
rereading old dean koontz. i prefer the oldies, more horror, less drama, i don't know. but love his writing, so intense. every so often i stop and study it. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-90910660879517363552013-03-19T21:07:00.001-07:002013-03-19T21:07:30.588-07:00I tell myself over and over, I’m going to write. I'm going to sit down and do that stupid blog today, because it's been ages. And when I think about how long it's been since I have done this thing, it's just so much easier to go do something else. Well duh. Most of the human race knows that.
It's not procrastination, it's inertia.
So, I’m going to force myself to write. Even when it's not funny, long, or great. Just write. Something. Anything.
Ta da.
One idea, for a christian romance, which i've been sort of wanting to get into, about a woman who goes for a caregiving job and ends up with a horrible family, almost slavery.
I think it has some potential, for a great story, tense moments, great drama.
I hate drama.
But anyway, worth trying for a bit. xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-32271130896187848712012-08-08T17:35:00.000-07:002012-08-08T17:45:47.612-07:00I now very thoroughly hate blogger. It has made me change my password suddenly (freaking security! Agh!) which I then, of course, did not write down, because it was such a swearword ( I don't like surprises or the frustration of things not going easily, as in I just want to see my blog page OMG without the hassle!! double agh!!) and now I forgot it. So all the fun of redoing the cursing- I mean, password resetting in a calm adult manner ( don't ask why the keyboard is almost broke in half. Really. Don't.) and then a whole new slew of choices. And everyone I want is weak. Weak. Like cartman on south park weak, dude. (triple agh!!!) so I had to make up a new password and this time write it down. Of course you're not suppose to write down passwords because someone might find it and alter an otherwise boring unread blog. Oh the horror. So I dicker around with it for a few minutes and then finally, come to the conclusion I won't remember the new password, I was lucky the old one stuck for as long as it did, so there. I have a new password and wrote it down. Yeay me. For about a few months, when this will crop up again with some other system. ( agh to the, what are we up to, fourth? Sure why not. Four aghs!!!) and that's one of the problems with crime. Not just the victims etc are affected, but little peripheral people you don’t' think about, in more ways than just changing passwords all the time. Security is a heavy influence in ease of getting bank info, vital documents, etc. it's just annoying even as we're grateful for the security blanket that smothers us in our sleep. I mean protect us, o great big brother. Ahem. <br />Everything is going great with total ebound, I will get a new eamil address for their fans. Security, you know. I don't want anyone to have my old one, it's got enough spam and I have had it forever. Like. Almost. Okay a few years, but I like , it's stuck in my old decaying brain and is the only I remember to check. Mostly because it pops up when I log on and mom emails sometimes. To borrow money.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-3120420102551068572012-07-04T03:18:00.002-07:002012-07-04T03:25:04.809-07:00total ebound accepted vision of love. all right!!!<br />and check out romance reviews.
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http://www.theromancereviews.com/xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-43227226262477652772012-06-18T14:39:00.001-07:002012-06-18T14:39:15.354-07:00I heard back from total ebound. The editor suggested a few changes before they want to offer the contract. Not a definite yes, but a very good maybe. Yippee! Another book to suck up advertising. <br />Speaking of, the romance reviews sent me a bunch of stuff to go over, okay two pages, not a lot. And right in the middle of it, my boss calls to offer me overtime, if I want to come in four hours early. (it's a night job, coming in early is not as bad as it sounds. My condolences to you AM people.) so finished with that, good for me, did it first time I got my lazy self to check for emails. <br />And the redo on the submission for total ebound, hmm. I don't have word, so will have to go to mom's and get it done. Great.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-32709090399647105652012-06-06T05:04:00.003-07:002012-06-06T05:16:27.845-07:00I moved, and probably should have blogged about it. <br />Much like a romance come to life, I moved from a one room sort of commune like setting (no not a cult.) to a house with my boyfriend. Yikes! This living together is new. So far fun, though. <br />Anyway, now I have the internet back and bought advertisement credits with romance reviews. Pricey, but hopefully worth it. <br />On a side note, I started a book, highwayman, was going to be a short, can't believe how funny the first part is, totally forgot, and now I want to finish it. I might, I think I have some of the plot worked out. Will it be long enough? Who cares anymore? The important thing is to write will so I can write better each time, and to finish something so it can sell. Hard enough without worrying about length, I'm still trying to focus on quality. Will harlequin or a mainstream buy it? Who knows? If I write good enough, practice enough, I can get there, I hope. We'll see. <br />Anyway, will let everyone (going by readers, that would be a big fricken zero) know how much the book sells with this advertisement. With the free credits for joining and the discount, it cost 38.00 bucks. From my dwindling savings. Moving is not cheap. <br />At least the cat can go out now instead of living in a one room tiny spot. <br />And you animal lovers can shush it before you say anything. Great, you love animals, I’m a peta member too, I tried to take the cat home to mom but she was miserable. Loved to stay with me, even if all she did was eat and sleep. Now, she's up two pounds from last vet visit and can finally stroll outside our gated front yard. And out the back where I end up chasing her home. Still, she's happy, i'm happy, my man is happy. We'll see how it goes.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-8810096506566550102012-05-17T04:52:00.000-07:002012-05-17T04:56:05.702-07:00Sent it off. Tonight. Made myself finish it, even though I just went to the library and has so many books. <br />I did read sophia kinsella newest book, I got your number. Just as totally awesome as any of her other novels. Took me about three to four hours, worth it. I had the night off so finished it one sitting. <br />And then made myself redo vision of love, adding enough to meet the 10,00 word guideline and forced myself to send it off. So scary! Really, there's the worry I screwed up something stupid and won't be hearing back from people that would have accepted it if I had just done one little thing-no, stop it. Don't go there, you'll never send anything off again. Yes, some of the world is a horrible place with awful people, but most of us are nice and understanding of idiots like me. I hope. <br />We'll see, there like a three to four month turnaround before hearing. So, end of august, thereabouts. At least it's done. Wheh. Sigh of relief.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-77501347564658087802012-05-01T14:34:00.000-07:002012-05-01T14:37:32.472-07:00I haven't posted much because I strongly suspect no one is reading. Mostly, because the little counter at the bottom is only going up by one when I visit. Sob. <br />Anyway, heard back from whispers, vision of love was rejected, not sure if it's a form letter or not. <br />Double sob. <br />Moving on. Total e bound sounds perfect for it, they want short stories of that length, any historical period. Bingo. Maybe. Worth a shot at least, since I have the pirate short done, just not re edited. <br />I must try and submit by this weekend. I'll just set myself a dead line I know I'll ignore but what the heck. Worth a try.
currently counter is at 1065xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-18675389280031540192012-03-31T21:08:00.001-07:002012-03-31T21:15:55.542-07:00I finally sent off the Indian short story to whispers. Haven't heard back yet, it can take a few weeks. Plus I sent it off form mom's computer, so maybe it has a different email address. We'll see. <br />I swear I will resist, for the most part, taking cute cat pictures and posting. Really. Except for this one, because she's leaning on the computer keyboard. If this blog degenerates to cute things my pet did, someone track me down and whack me on the back of my head. Yes, I love my cat, but no one else does. Except for mom, who's seen her. Does the public care? no. do I care about the cute things someone's else toddler did? Usually no, it has to be exceptional. I'm reading a blog to hear about the main topic, not every digression and side track. So yes, I will continue to blog about writing, even though I suspect I have no readers. <br />Still, here's the cute thing my kitty did!!!! isn't we adorable?????? (smack.)<br />I mean, here's one of the few pictures I will ever post. Ahem. <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zNZ_V8ZoRYA/T3fWW2dX_SI/AAAAAAAAABk/Xs6ln4gZ1XI/s1600/SANY0004%2B%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zNZ_V8ZoRYA/T3fWW2dX_SI/AAAAAAAAABk/Xs6ln4gZ1XI/s320/SANY0004%2B%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726281139289062690" /></a>xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371012728050328808.post-43697938342758110362012-03-25T08:57:00.001-07:002012-03-25T08:57:43.753-07:00So I haven't blogged as much as I could, but I have been doing some writing. I finished the pirate short, now I need to go over it. I think I should maybe concentrate on shorts. I liked it well enough to want to do a book, thought about the ending, and realized I had no middle ground, no way from point a to z. so I tacked the ending onto the short and wove it in seamlessly. I kind of bogged down in reediting space pirates. Don't know why, maybe it's just been around for a while and so it's old hat. <br />I read about a book a night. Some great, some not. <br />“after the golden age” by carrie vaughn. A+<br />loved it, love anything to do with superheroes, great character to tell the story from, some nice subtle romance, bold heroine. Handles her kidnapping well, very nicely done. I think sidekicks is my favorite super hero novel, but this book was still really good. I went to go to the library, and they closed early on fridays, so ended up shopping fred meyer for some new books. Ouch. But worth it. <br />I also read, from my stack of used that I get cheap, “the white night” by stella bagwell. A<br />modern romance, a harlequin. Surprisingly, I really liked it. Not a lot of intense plot like I normally like, no major kidnappings bomb, etc, but I really wanted to know how it ended, and read it in one night. This was a quick, good romance, what they should be. If I had read this years ago, I might like romance. Seriously. You read bad romance, it sucks. You hate the genre. One bad book in high school turned me off of it for years. And people would point out that I was reading romance, and I would be like, “what? No, it's got werewolves. Or vampires in it. Not romance at all.” You can't escape the pink clutches of romance, really. It's everywhere, buried behind adventure plots and under space aliens. Sigh.xssa annellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10878316157526542669noreply@blogger.com0