Your Lucky Number

One time, when I was a teenager, I mentioned to my grandmother about the number 13 being considered unlucky. She said she didn't believe so because the number held an important place in her life. Her and granddaddy were married on the 13th, their first house number was #13, they had 13 children (yeek!), and so on. Anyway, at that time, I started thinking how the number would only be unlucky if I allowed it to be.

Thank goodness I've felt that way because everytime I turn around, I come across the number 13 in something to do with me. From contest judge numbers to serial numbers to licenses numbers. You get the idea. I wouldn't necessarily count it as a lucky number but I'm not afraid of it.

My Hero

I love this scene in The Big Bang Theory...

Nice To Meet Ya!

Earlier today I was thinking of all the people I've met at conferences. Though I might not remember everyone's name, I do remember many of their faces.


So my thanks for this Friday is that I'm one of those people who rarely meet a stranger. I can be anywhere standing in a line (store, fast food restaurant, amusement park, conference) and strike up a conversation with the person in front or behind me. Considering I'm in sales, this is a handy trait to have and certainly is one of the reasons I love to write. People are so interesting rich, poor, young, old, any nationality, color or sexual preference.

Thank goodness I not shy.

Bless His Heart

A couple times lately going home, I've passed a jogger on my street. The road is five miles long with lots of dips and curves and no sidewalks. In fact, in some places it has deep ditches. Twice now I've come around a curve and then POW! he's there. Thankfully I don't go THAT fast (I promise, Diane). What I don't get is that the fellow has to be in his forties or older and still doesn't know he needs to face the traffic. You know, so you can jump off the road if some lunatic comes speeding by. I've thought about stopping and letting him know in a nice, concerned manner, but he has already shown he's nuts and probably wouldn't appreciate my interference.

(I know you like hearing me say this, Diane, and it's a facetious one.) Bless his heart.

Gotta Say It

Yesterday, I received my entry back from a contest. It was too funny. Judges are crazy when they say something like, "You have a strong voice." They actually type those words on the comment section of the score sheet TWO TIMES. Really. And then they score me a 3 out of 5 in answer to the question, "Is the voice strong?" LOL! Gotta love it.

Or one judge said I had an intriguing plot. While the other one said there was big issues with the plot. Considering this contest did not require a synopsis, how did she know?

Oh, oh, and the judge that objected to my steamy chapter and even told me "I was done reading then." I thought of telling the coordinator as the judge should've told the coordinator she didn't like sex in the first chapter and give it over to another to judge. I guess that's why she gave me low scores in areas that didn't make sense and proved she didn't read the whole thing. ::sigh::

I feel sorry for her is all I can say about that.

You know when I read an entry, I don't go by my personal taste. I look at the writing and does it meet the criteria of the contest's score sheet. In the Golden Heart I gave a historical entry with time travel in it a 9 (highest score). Even though I dislike time travels, I thought it was what a book should be, easy to read and actually good.

Contest Diva

Some days I feel like a junkie and Stephie Smith's website page for contests is my drug. I really and truly do not enter THAT many contests in a year. But the few I do, I start at Stephie's page to get the skinny. Of course, as I had blogged before, I'm trying to quit. The two I entered were only to get feedback besides from my critique partners and beta-readers. As usually, one person will love it and the other will hate it. And, boy, do they hate it. [Added later: Two contests, one judge each hated it. My critique partners and beta-readers loved it and I don't pay them anything.] I guess in a way that's a good thing. They say if you can draw out a strong emotion you're doing your job. LOL!

Anyway, they gave me an idea (not divulging for now) and I'm going to try something new and see how it goes. Don't worry. I'll eventually tell you about it. You know that.

Around the Corner

Summer is around the corner and I'm looking forward to it. Not so much because the heat, but because it's less likely to rain. We were in a drought for about two years. Well, we don't have that worry now. It has rained so much this year, we're way ahead our forecast. I'm ready for blue skies.

The Indoor Outdoor

I've been asking my hubby to go with me to the Pro Bass Shop near our home. Yeah, strange isn't it? But I had heard even if you're not interested in outdoor sports (hunting, fishing, etc.), the place was amazing to see. My husband's outdoor interests are taking care of our yard (it's beautiful) and NASCAR.

So I was surprised when he asked if I wanted to go today. Of course, I jumped on it. And it was amazing and HUGE. Click here and you can get an idea of the joint.

We didn't buy anything, but it was still cool. Maybe one day when we're rich, we can buy a boat to use on our private lake (whenever we're rich enough to buy a lake).

Hey Loud Mouth!

You know I have to remind myself to keep my mouth shut. I don't talk ugly to people, that 's not what I mean. It's mostly to do with me enjoying talking to people yet forgetting not everyone enjoys hearing what I have to say. LOL!

Time Again

I'm talking about keeping it real but not too much. Check it out at Southern Magic's blog. And, oh, I'm thankful for my writers' group. Writing would be an awfully lonely affair without them.