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I’ll probably add to the discussion about THE BOX in a day or two.
Yes, I have issues with THE BOX.
I’ve always had issues with THE BOX.
I need to get over myself, or the men in white coats will come and take me away and put me in a different kind of box.
But for the time being, I’m blogging at the CHICAS site today. :razz:
She returned his smile, her hand skimming the gleaming tabletop as it would the chest of a lover. “Sex is always in vogue, Hal. And there are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of lonely people out there.†She artfully lowered her lashes. “Not that you would know anything about that, of course.â€
His eyebrows peaked in astonishment. But when he broke into a raucous laugh, she relaxed, knowing she’d struck just the right note. “Damn, I do like you, doll!â€
“My name,†she added, “is Megan. Or Ms. Morley. Or bitch, or thrill-kill, or ball-buster, or–â€
“I gotcha, I gotcha.â€
From the very beginning of her (unpublished) novella, Megan declared herself to be a bitch. She made no bones about it. It was her defense mechanism, and she had every right to be. She changed very gradually (and favorably) over the course of her story—but, from the first, Megan Morley assures the reader that she is a bitch.
One reader’s response to this approach?
“I find your heroine to be rather unsympathetic.”
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Let’s talk about
THE BOX.
(more…)
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I’ve just noticed that this year—2008—is a LEAP YEAR.
And although I’m not generally very superstitious, there’s one thing I’ve noticed about leap years.
They’re always pretty strange for me. :shock:
Not strange in that there’s an extra-day-to-play strange.
Strange as in extremes.
Either very good things, or very bad things, or very weird things happen to me during leap years.
Yes, I know it sounds crazy. And no, I have no explanation for it. But I’ve noted it over the years.
I think I’ll keep tabs and tally this one up at the end. See if it follows suit. If extremes are the measure, based on this first week of January I should find Publisher’s Clearing House or a fairy godmother at my door any day. :neutral:
And of course, weird seems to come with the territory in this business, so nothing new there… 
The beginning of a New Year.
A time for looking forward.
Let’s see how well you can do.
Grab your crystal ball. We’re making predictions at the CHICAS site today. :waving:
The first blog post of a New Year is a bit difficult to write.
I don’t do resolutions, because I’m too hard on myself if I fail to keep them—and the idea is to do better, not to beat yourself up.
I can think back on a few highlights from the past year, but I don’t think I’m ever satisfied (and if you know an author who IS completely satisfied with the status of their career, I’d ask you when they died).
Goal-setting is fine, but you only have control over what you can do. I can work on making my writing the best that I can, determine to finish as much work as possible, make up my mind to send them to this many publishers or so many agents—but I can’t determine their actions.
So now what?
Last night I started a new chapter in the current wip. The ms at this point is so all over the place that’s the title I’ve given it—”Next Chapter”. (I also have “Son Of The Next Chapter”, “Revenge Of The Next Chapter”, and “The Chapter Strikes Back”, but that’s a different story). It’s rough, it’s crude. The conversation of the characters isn’t focused, the setting is generalized, and although I’ve got a great idea for the beginning of it, I’m not sure how I’ll wrap it up and make the segue into the next chapter.
But I’m moving right along with it anyway.
After all, there’s always the chance it’ll be the best one I’ve written so far. :smile:
