Writerly Ways

I admit it. I have very little going on for this Writerly Ways mostly because it’s three weeks until I’m done with the semester. I have tests to write, lectures to finish, stacks of crap to grade and a looming deadline on a story that I have NO idea how to finish the final battle.

So let me just say a couple things and share some helpful links and move along.

Check out my friend, Tom’s, ebook Live. It IS German-language but I know I have a few Germans on the list and you might enjoy it.

Secondly I’m going to be doing that 100 things challenge in my pro erotica LJ at jana_denardo and it’ll be all on writing. Who knows what? Whatever thing pops into my mind. It sounds like a great platform building challenge for me. Feel free to friend that journal if you’d like to follow it.

time management tips This is one person’s way of balancing writing while you still have a day job. It looks like a good way to keep on track. I think silvrethorn is doing something similar though maybe sans worksheet.

While I’m not a huge fan of Twitter, it has hooked me into a vast network of authors and I come across a lot of helpful articles. Here are two from there.

How to fuel conflict This one is about creating conflict and misunderstandings in a plot. I do admit I’m not fond of plot twists that hinge on people either not telling people something they should have (looking at you Joss Whedon and all your verses). This might be a way of doing it more believably.

Post writing depression Honestly, I haven’t been hit too hard by this (until I look at sales numbers or reviews) but judging by my authors’ list, it is common.

Yearly count –

28503 / 75000 words. 38% done!

I don’t currently have an accurate count on Kept Tears because the files are all over the place and I’ve done no work on anything else. Bad CoM

it got so hot

the chocolate melted on the table! It didn't start out hot. Oh it was hot outside, 70 even before 10 AM but the apt has no insulation that I can tell so it was holding onto the damp. It was sixty in here when I got home from the grocery store. I opend the windows and now it's 20 degrees hotter. I am NOT turning on the furnance and the a/c in the same day!

Whines. Hey shout out to wildrider, I don't know if you have Krogers but they have cinnamon ice cream...sort of. They had chocolate cinnamon which is their brand. They also had honey baklava which I did buy...as terrifying as I feared. It's a texture thing.

This day has been my butt welded to this chair. I finished the rough drafts of two tests and worked at least some on my scarred soldier story.

I'm still seriously thinking of doing a genre writers group with nanomowhinging once this semester is over. I'm getting a little tired of dealing with people who just throw their hands up and refuses to critique fantasy while expecting you to read their stuff.

I ended up on the couch grading 65 tests. I feel wiped out.

I'm going to be doing this:


{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

But I'm going to do it in my other journal because well, Jana needs to get as much exposure as she can. check mine out here

ETA - I got my Remix posted. Got one fma_slashfest up, need to edit one more (and finish one more) and edit the CYA and I'll be almost caught up to the insane amount of springkinks I need to do.