The Dreaded Middle, Rough Draft Challenge, Michelle

Well, I've reached it. That dreaded middle schmiddle part of my book that makes me extremely happy (that I've actually made it this far) And the next moment I'm besieged with thoughts that I have absolutely not one wit of talent and what on earth made me possibly think that I could write a 70,000 word novel.

I mean really.

Why? What makes me so different?

Nothing, except that I know that I have to go on, (whether or not I have any talent, no matter how tired I am, no matter how much I would rather be mopping my kitchen floor and let me tell you I hate to mop so that is saying something about my ability to procrastinater)no matter how slowly that might be until I can regain my balance via good self talks.

It's painful to write right now. I've entered the land of doubt, where the forest is full of nay saying whispers that taunt me every time I pick up a blank piece of paper or turn on the computer. Am I still intrigued with my characters? Yes. So, it's not really the story that has me worried but only my ability to tell it well, to make the reader feel like they are truly in the thick of things with my characters. That is my worry.

Is it silly? Yes. Does it still bother me? Yes. Am I still writing? Barely LOL but yes.

So for all you out there stuck 'in the middle' with me, stay true to the course and keep writing. Throw mental fire bombs at the nasty whispers that tickle your ears and ignore anyone who makes you veer off track. That includes your self.

Because sometimes we are our own worst enemies.

P.S. Positive self talks always seem to work wonders with me. Well, that and gummi bears.

Word Count update: 34288

I hate Ticks...

I’m trying to do better with my posting on both my personal blog and the Wild Hearts blog. But first I have to tell you! OMG! I got bitten by a tick! Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot remember how long it’s been since I got bitten by one of those yucky things. I was sitting here and I reached over to scratch my back and felt this bumpy thing. Before I knew what it was I had yanked it out.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Once I realized, of course by holding the little creeping bloodsucker in my fingers that it was a tick I was like crap! What do I do with it now? Ugh! So I did what I always do with icky bugs. I flushed him down the toilet. Flushing bugs is always a best resort in my opinion because I figure if they can live in the sewer then more power to them, as long as they don’t come creeping back up into my house.

I love spring time but I hate the bugs and if you live in the Southeastern United States you have to deal with the bugs. At least here in North Carolina I don’t really have to deal too much with roaches. If you live in Charleston, that would not hold true. I guess that every place has their minor irritants but most of them don’t fly at you, and are afraid of you. Here in the South our roaches were brought up on Raid, it’s their adult beverage of choice. The only thing that works efficiently is the bottom of your shoe or final net and a match.

At least I haven’t had to deal with the ants. Oh wait. Let me knock on some wood cause if it starts raining they are sure to come out of hiding.

Book progress is for the birds this week. I did some re-writing and some plotting this week. (Which means I didn’t do what I wanted to do) However I did add another 1032 words to my current young adult. Yay me right? Well, hey the way I’m going by the time my kid graduates college I should be done with the book. LOL. I shouldn’t say that, I haven’t really been working on it that long.

Okay folks. Enough chit chat from me tonight, I’ll check in with all of you later!

Tootles!
I’m out.

P.S. The picture? (He is just cause)

P.S.S. I do really LOVE LOVE LOVE my new blog. Must remind myself to send Ms. Zoot a letter of thank you for making these templates available for free! She is ze bomb diggity!

Writing Progress

Rough draft challenge. I did better than I thought I would surprisingly enough. I am switching gears on a couple of things and am playing around with one of the stories and switching it from deep 3rd to first to see which one I like better. This of course takes some careful consideration due to the fact that some of my scenes need to be changed to one pov. (point of view)I’m not sure how I’m going to like it but we’ll see how it turns out in the end. It is only a kind of experiment thing anyway. I may still like the story better in deep 3rd. I have re-affirmed my commitment to finish these two stories if it kills me. I am trying not to over think things, but to plan out what I’m going to write and then I’m just writing it. Badda bing badda boom, until I hit the words THE END. Then the fun stuff starts. Ha ha ha.

So word counts for me are like this:
Fantasy Romance: Total Words this week 4124
Total Words for project: 19310

Young Adult: New words this week: 6025
Total words for project:16265

On another note: I bought several books for fun reading:
Lily’s Ghosts by Laura Ruby***I’m excited to read this because I had an idea to do a middle reader book with ghosts. Glad to see that it was a good idea. LOL.

Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day: I have to admit that I was pulled in by the cover. Love it and I’m not much of a mermaid type person but this one looks interesting.

Writ on Water by Melanie Jackson that I’m very excited about. I like Melanie’s writing style first of all but I love this cover and I love the back blurb. Here’s what’s on the fron cover.
“They live not to love, those whose names are…Writ on Water”


Doesn’t that just sound divine? I will post and let everyone know how I enjoyed the book. I will also tell all readers and writers here something about me. If for some reason I don’t like something I don’t say anything at all. That is just me, and I’m Southern and it was the way I was raised. “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.” Just as an fyi for all of you out in Bloggerville.

So here’s hoping to another productive week!
Yay!
Michelle