I'm BACK!!!

...and rearing to edit!!! It will get me through these cold winter months, no doubt! This week is focused solely on getting my Christmas decorations down and getting the house ORGANIZED, especially the creation of a warm, inviting writing space (ambience is everything for me, when I'm writing and editing) and as soon as I have that done I am back to business! I have two novels to edit, a novel to write and an agent to find! 2010 here I come!!!

:-D

On Hiatus...

Until after the New Year!!! Then I'll have LOTS to write about!! Happy Holidays!

Lara

PLANS.

Yes, I have PLANS. Because I am in the full swing of the Holidays, the writing just isn't happening. But I went over my GDRs yesterday (Goals, Dreams and Resolutions for those of you who wonder) and writing-related stuff was VERY high up on the list. Here's what I want to do:

1) Continue submitting my Fairy story to agents.

2) Polish and edit my YA Historical and Middle Grade Adventure stories. Have this done by May at the LATEST.

3) Submit THOSE stories to agents.

4) Basically, GET AN AGENT this year. But, also, I want an agent who is a good fit. So, I need to make my writing the best it can be.

5) Write early in the morning, and during Thing Four's naptime. This will give me 2 hours a day, for what I need to get accomplished.

I'm not going to be cynical about these goals. They are realistic.

I Guess You Could Say...

Since I've been sick, and running around like a chicken with my head cut off, the writing has suffered. Thus the blog has been...sporadic.

I need more hours in the day. Preferrably in the early morning, so I can hammer some edits out. I am really excited to get my edits finished, but the Holidays are sucking all my time and energy. That's what the bitter cold winter months of January, February and March are for. Staying indoors and spending time on Writing-related things. THAT'S when I'll get them edited and polished up. And after that, I'll start writing again.

Because I'm a major beotch when I can't!

Editing. Cause I'm Turning Into a Novelsitter...

So, I haven't done a lot of writing lately, per se. However, I have been doing some serious editing. The way I see it, I have three novels that I can polish up and stick out there on the query-go round, so, why would I write another, before the finished ones were made the best they could be?

That is my reasoning, at this point. I have one novel percolating, and I jot down notes when the mood strikes, but for the most part, I need to get the novels I have written edited, polished and perfected, and get them OUT there.

Doesn't make sense to write novels and sit on them, if you know what I mean!

Living on the Edge...

In a fit of craziness, I submitted a query to an agent yesterday. She just seemed like a good fit. I haven't submitted any queries since October. Not since my dream agent broke my heart and rejected me, AFTER requesting additional material.

:-(

Gotta get back into the saddle at some point, right? Besides, I wrote a pretty cool story, dang it, if I say so myself!!!

Unfortunately, that day is NOT today. Or this month. I have had too much...well...crap happen to me. And I'm still going through it. One by one, I've had kids sick with H1N1, and pretty much ZERO writing has gotten accomplished.

I am not a failure. I really wanted to do NaNo, but sometimes, Life is more important. Or at least, it gets in the way, BIG TIME.

One day, I'll write again. For now, I must Nurse The Sick.