I’m so glad I’m not alone in my dysfunctional health. Thanks everyone for the support and sharing of your own issues :) That’s why I absolutely love the world of blogging. I absolutely love the support and friendship you can have with people you may have never even met. Thank you for being so inspiring and I’ll keep you posted. You may soon see a topic titled ‘Fun with Needles’ because there’s a good chance I may have to go on insulin; my insurance likely won’t cover the pill my Dr wants to put me on and insulin is the other choice.
Okay off the medical topic. Today was a pretty good day. Which, I mean, can be hard to say when the Seahawks blew their chance at getting into the Super Bowl and my daughter pukes all over the bathroom floor (completely unrelated as she doesn’t get football yet.)
Here’s what went good. And actually, my good day goes back to yesterday as well. Yesterday I was writing back and forth with Cherry about how to handle the free trip to Nationals. Can I just say again how much I love that woman? I mean, she really believes in me. I think she’s so amazing and, like Feisty said, I wanna be Cherry some day. Seriously, the woman’s generosity humbles me. Not to mention she writes the most kick ass books.
So I wrote/burst through this block I’ve had on my single title. Things started flowing, and I was writing. Actually here’s what worked for me. What got me through. I imagined that I was in a Round Robin and someone else had written the first third of my book. It was now my turn to make it shine, I was being GIVEN the chance. And you know what, it totally worked. I looked at it with a fresh, totally different perspective. Then later I had a great lunch with a couple of childhood friends and our moms. A reunion of such. Great fun and seriously, I loved my chicken gyro, but I only half the chicken.
So then onto today. I went to Value Village (thrift shop) for clothes for Emma and found 1 Gap shirt, 1 Old Navy shirt, 1 Old Navy jeans, 1 Old Navy nylon running pants, and then 2 little Hawaiian sun dresses for Emma. All for under $10. I am a bargain shopper. Then I came home, watched the rest of the Seahawks game, Emma puked and then passed out.
So then I started to write my ST. And BAM it hits. Out of left field, blindsided with another erotic romance idea. Which pissed me off, because I was taking a break. But this one is futuristic/sci-fi (By the way, can someone tell me what qualifies a book as one or another?) Now usually I’d store it away for later, but it was spilling over in my head and scenes were just happening. I knew if I didn’t let loose I could lose the moment. The last time this happened, where the idea just hit me hard I wrote Love for Sale in just a few weeks. Which honestly might be my favorite book that I wrote (It comes out Valentine’s Day!)
So I opened a new Word document to purge myself of the idea. I wrote 1500 words in like an hour and half (while Emma was passed out post vomiting.) And I actually think it’s pretty good. Totally not my normal style, haven’t written a funny line yet, but I’m feeling it. I’m going to make this a novella. I have a target publisher in mind, or if I think it’s some of my best stuff, I may query some agents. So for awhile, I think I’ll be writing two books at once.
Anyway, I’m in a bubbly little mood and can’t wait for Emma to pass out again tonight so I can delve into my first and very erotic love scene. I hope you all had a great weekend. Thanks again for the support. Hugs! And the pic, seriously, it’s a chicken.
I LOVE chickens. Love them. And eating them in gyros, but that’s another thing entirely.
Good on the writing!
Go with the flow, Shelli! You just gotta. :)
I’m doing something similar myself at the moment. Are you taking part in the 25k BIAM over at Cobblestone Main Street? You should! I am! ;) I’m writing something different too, a sci-fi with paranormal elements!
Good question about sci-fi and futuristic. Mine’s set in space and other (made up) planets, so that’s why I’m calling it a sci-fi. To me futuristics are usually stories set in a future earth. And science fiction is usually off earth. Earth can be in it, but there are spaceships and other planets and alien life forms.
I hope this helps, but Jodie and Crystal would probably have better definitions. They both write that kinda stuff, don’t they? I’d be interested in knowing for certain too. :)
Cool on the bargains! Bargain hunting’s the best way to shop. Lol. :D
Have fun with the writing!
Bock bock. Cluck cluck.
What does a chicken say?
“Shelli!!”
This is the book Shell! I can feel it!
Sorry to hear about your health issues! :( But glad you’re feeling bubbly! Get to writing, mama!! Smut cures everything. ;)
Y nailed it on the head — the biggest difference I see between futuristic and scifi is that futuristic is future Earth worlds, while scifi is set on it’s own planet or system of planets.
And I hate those darn muses, jumping at you like that — they do that to me too.
I knew you could do it. You get better with every book, Shelli. We all know it.
Sorry about the Seahawks. If it makes you feel better, I was rooting for the Chargers, who lost a heart breaker yesterday. *sigh*.
1500 words!!!!! Whew. You go girl.
Congrats on all the writing.
I actually love it when I’m hit so hard w/ an idea that I have to get it out. 1500 words - awesome! And writing something in a totally different style, also very cool. Spreading your wings, I guess. Kinda like that fluffy chicken…
:)
Those ideas sometimes are the best!
Hope the little one gets better soon too.
ACK.. the hawks, my eyes… are still red. Sigh, next year - eh!
Perhaps Emma understands all too well, and you just don’t know it. Hoping for her return to good health and good crashing/passing out in the eves so you can rattle the keys!!
Congrats on the break thru with the ST and the new idea… SWEET!
Pst… Aura finished her ST today, Pass it on!!
Hugs on the health! And what fun to find a spark for writing something new! :) Good luck!
Cole
Yay, Shelli! I’ve had a pretty good spurt of creativity the last couple of days, too. :D
I thought Alien Overnight (obviously with aliens in it) was sci-fi, but my editor classifies it as futuristic — even though it’s set on present-day Earth (and in orbit around Earth). But I think I remember it being explained once that futuristic is a sub-genre of sci-fi. Then again, I could be wrong.
As far as the insulin — just so you know, those shots hurt a lot less than pricking my fingers for the tests. The needles are very fine and sometimes I didn’t even feel it. But I hope it works out for you to take the pills.
I think it’s so awesome you won that free trip! Yay!