Hit two milestones on Thursday!

Yes, that’s right. Two of them on Thursday morning. First, I finished the first draft for Going Once, Going Twice, Dead. Second, and the most important, I became a grandmother for the first time to the most beautiful baby girl. I may be bias, but she has to be the cutest thing that ever existed. Emma Christine weighed in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces–20 inches long and simply adorable. I could hold her forever but I don’t think my daughter would let me.

She is as cute as a bug in a rug. Isn’t that a weird saying? Why would a bug in a rug be cute? Anyway, she’s my heart and I couldn’t love her any more  if she were my own.

I had to spill out my heart–I promise it’ll never happen again. Well, I’ll seriously try to control myself from now on.

So, that’s all I have to say for now. Have a great weekend!

Jerri

About to hit 20,000 new word mark!

I have to tell you, it feels really good to be writing on a regular basis–I feel like a writer again. I’ve come to realize that I’ve been a slacker the last six months, and if it kills me, I’m going to continue the 1,000 words a day. As soon as I finish Going Once, Going Twice, Dead I think I’ll go back to my jungle adventures and finish the last book in the series Undone. Hunt probably thought I’d forgot about him. Then after that book, a secondary character in Going Once is calling for his own story. Yeah, yeah, I’m definately getting ahead of myself. One book at a time.

Yesterday my daughter had a doctors appointment. The Doc said the baby seemed big and that he’s afraid she might have trouble having a normal delivery. She is having another sonogram on Friday. I guess we’ll find out  what’s going to happen then, unless she goes into labor before Friday. I seriously hope she doesn’t have to have a C-Section.

Note: I am going to talk about character types some day soon–just haven’t had much time to get anything together on it.

Anyway, have a wonderful evening!

Jerri

MORWA meeting!

Yes, I managed to talk myself into going to MORWA again–with a nudge from my husband. I was late to Coffee talk in which Jeannie Lin had a presentation on Pitching your story at conferences. It was very interesting and informative.

The chapter presentation was done by Angie Fox,who talked about the bare bones of writing a paranormal. What she spoke about could be applied to any genre, so I learned a lot there too.  Next meeting will be shorter because they are having an anniversary party. I’ll go to the meeting but I’d feel weird about going to the anniversay event since I just joined.

As far as Going Once, Going Twice, Dead, still moving along at a nice pace. Had a few surprises last week, but good ones. I’m moving into the black moment and I’m looking forward to it–I so love to see my characters suffer. LOL

No baby yet. But I’m okay with that. This gives my daughter more time to get ready for her. She has no idea how much her life is going to change once she does arrive.

So you all have a wonderful Sunday. I’ll be spending a lot of the day cutting the grass.

Jerri

Slow and Steady finishes the book!

I’m amazed at how fast a book can get written when you’re writing over a 1,000 words a day. I’ve hit the 100 page mark and I’m thrilled. I have less than half to go and I can’t wait to write THE END of this book.  I even know how I’m going to end it.  ; – ]

In the next couple of days I’m going to discuss  type on heroes. I’m reading a book on character types and what distinguishes one from the other.  Do you know what  type your current hero is? How about Heroine?

Yesterday my daughter was about  a  centimeter dialated. So, this baby could come any time. I’ll keep you p0sted on that.

Talk to you all soon!

Jerri

0ver 9,000 words and counting!

Going Once, Going Twice, Dead is moving along nicely. I’m over half finished now. I have about 20,000 words to go and I plan to finish the book by next month–then get it shining to send out. I’ve written the synopsis but I strayed from the plot a little so I’m going to have to rework it as well. I got past the part in the book that was the killer for me–the love scene. They really are the hardest thing to write for me. I love writing action-suspense, but that love scene just kicks my behind.  I think it makes or breaks a book.

One line from GO,GT,D I wrote today:  She was going to pay for this with her life, but not before he had his fill of her.

Today I’m going to wade into some revision on Untouched. The book is done. I just need to do the last run-through. Make sure there aren’t any loose ends. My hubby went back to work today so I’m on my own again, so hopefully I can get a lot of revision done. It’s hard when you’re running here and there. I was lucky I got my words written for the week.

No baby yet, though my daughter was having contractions on Saturday. She’s going to be in her 38th week tomorrow. She could have this baby any day now. I’m getting nervous because this is my baby having a baby and I can’t stand to see her in pain.

Anyway, have a great Monday!

Jerri

1,000 words a day, and more!

For the last 4 days I’ve been on the 1,000 words a day program, and surprisingly it takes very little time to do. Why haven’t I been doing this all along? Because I’m lazy when it comes to writing. I’ve treated it as a hobby, but I’ve decided that for people to take me seriously in this business, I need to take myself seriously. So, since Sunday I have a little over 4,000 new words in Going Once, Going Twice, Dead. Dane and Simone have lead me in a direction that I think will help keep me going for quite awhile. I hope to have this book finished by sometime next month.  Meanwhile, I’ll still be working on revision on Untouched and Unplanned.

Someone asked me the other day how many stories I’d written. I had to sit down and write them all down.  These are the stories I’ve finished. Because I have a few in partial completion, but I’m not counting them. I’ve written 13 full-length novels and 4 novellas. Only 4 are published–one going to be in the near future. But what does that leave? Okay, my first book was an ode to fan-fiction, but the others had strong story lines, I just need to rewrite them. That thought used to scare me, but it doesn’t anymore. It’s not all that hard to revise a manuscript. I’m finding that out with Untouched and Unplanned. So, even if I couldn’t come up with any new story ideas, (which I can) I’d have books to fall back on. I’m thankful for that. I hope to see them all in print someday.

So on to the homefront. My husband is on vacation this week, and we’ve been spending a lot of time working outside, when it isn’t raining. Trying to get the homestead looking fab. Going to do a little bit of landscaping if it stops raining.

My daughters baby has dropped, which says to me, she’s about ready to be born. I am so excited about being a Grandmother. I can’t wait to spoil my granddaughter completely.

Anyway, enough for now. Have a great Wednesday.

Jerri