Friday, March 4, 2011
Hot Topic
I received an email this afternoon from XM Radio. Believe it or not, but they're going to have a radio station dedicated only to Charlie Sheen's antics. Goodness. Enough already. The guy's lost it.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
RT BookReviews
I got in my newest copy of RT BookReviews yesterday. When I first started getting this magazine, it actually looked more like a newspaper, black and white, large. Then they changed to a black and white magazine format and then eventually to the colored format they have now.
In the early nineties, I paid the registration fee to go to their Booklovers convention. My sister planned to go with me and then backed out. At that time I was too insecure to go by myself. So I canceled and got my money back. Needless to say but I will, I was disappointed.
Well, one of my buddies invited me to go this year. Boy, oh, boy, I wanted to go. But funds are tight. It's been over two years since I received a bonus. That was my mad money to do such things. I had to turn it down. Really hated that. Not counting, I would've really liked to hang with that certain buddy.
Plus this year, my family (two daughters, one SIL, grandson and hubby) are going to the beach and I'm paying for the three-bedroom condo. I remember how it was when my kids were young. We didn't have the money for much, no less nice vacations. My mom didn't have any extra money at all and my dad was doing his own thing. In other words, all my extra money (what there is) is going toward this vacation. I have to say the last two times we did this, it was wonderful and I hope it's repeated again.
Maybe next year I'll have some funds for conventions or conferences. Family first.
In the early nineties, I paid the registration fee to go to their Booklovers convention. My sister planned to go with me and then backed out. At that time I was too insecure to go by myself. So I canceled and got my money back. Needless to say but I will, I was disappointed.
Well, one of my buddies invited me to go this year. Boy, oh, boy, I wanted to go. But funds are tight. It's been over two years since I received a bonus. That was my mad money to do such things. I had to turn it down. Really hated that. Not counting, I would've really liked to hang with that certain buddy.
Plus this year, my family (two daughters, one SIL, grandson and hubby) are going to the beach and I'm paying for the three-bedroom condo. I remember how it was when my kids were young. We didn't have the money for much, no less nice vacations. My mom didn't have any extra money at all and my dad was doing his own thing. In other words, all my extra money (what there is) is going toward this vacation. I have to say the last two times we did this, it was wonderful and I hope it's repeated again.
Maybe next year I'll have some funds for conventions or conferences. Family first.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Happy Birthday, Grandmother
Every February 28, I think of my grandmother. She's the only grandmother I ever met and she was a humdinger. In her 60s she would go hiking with us grandkids and we would tramp all over the mountain on her farm. I remember her taking me to where the spring that ran through their property came out of the mountain. I've never drank such clean, cold water since.
The view was beautiful from the huge rock that jutted close to the top. My favorite thing was reaching that top. My grandfather planted corn in the field up there. After walking along a path with trees shading the way, dark and cool, to emerge in the field with tall, green stalks waving in the middle with the sun shining down, it was a beautiful sight. Maybe a little bit of a miracle.
Happy 115th Birthday!
Love, Carla
The view was beautiful from the huge rock that jutted close to the top. My favorite thing was reaching that top. My grandfather planted corn in the field up there. After walking along a path with trees shading the way, dark and cool, to emerge in the field with tall, green stalks waving in the middle with the sun shining down, it was a beautiful sight. Maybe a little bit of a miracle.
Happy 115th Birthday!
Love, Carla
Sunday, February 27, 2011
What's happening?
I've gotten two manuscripts off to three editors. Let's see what happens next. I have a book to finish in case one editor asks for a full.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Writing Men
I like writing because it’s as close as I can get to bossing all the men around in my little world. Of course, occasionally they stage a coup and do what they want, but I usually get them in line pretty quick and have them apologizing on their knees to their women.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
What's Been Happening?
I wish I could say something wonderful has happened to cause me to be absent from my blog. But there hasn't. At least, nothing bad has happened either. Just been concentrating on writing though I feel as if I'm running in water. Slow. Awfully slow.
It's the usual dilemna I face every year. I have no one to write for but me. Published authors all the time say this is a wonderful time. No pressure to finish something certain in a limited time. But it makes it hard to concentrate on one project. I'm one of those people who enjoys boundaries.
Of course, you're thinking, but how can she write by the seat of her pants if she feels that way. Well, it like this. All my stories have happy endings. So I know where I'm going in that regards. Only I like to write contemporaries, historicals and paranormals. If I sold a story, I would then know the type of story I needed to concentrate on. See. My usual dilemna.
It's the usual dilemna I face every year. I have no one to write for but me. Published authors all the time say this is a wonderful time. No pressure to finish something certain in a limited time. But it makes it hard to concentrate on one project. I'm one of those people who enjoys boundaries.
Of course, you're thinking, but how can she write by the seat of her pants if she feels that way. Well, it like this. All my stories have happy endings. So I know where I'm going in that regards. Only I like to write contemporaries, historicals and paranormals. If I sold a story, I would then know the type of story I needed to concentrate on. See. My usual dilemna.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Same Song Different Verse
The other day I received some comments on a contest I finaled in. Here's a couple comments.
You write WELL. I can see Olivia breaking down the gun, see her in her black silk outfit trying to be cool on the plane, sizing Joe up, offering him a particular smile…
I’m caught and reeled in. I’d enjoy reading the rest to see how you worked out the conflicts and got the two on the same side and into each other’s hearts.
You write WELL. I can see Olivia breaking down the gun, see her in her black silk outfit trying to be cool on the plane, sizing Joe up, offering him a particular smile…
I’m caught and reeled in. I’d enjoy reading the rest to see how you worked out the conflicts and got the two on the same side and into each other’s hearts.
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