This week I'm Celebrating:
1) Although my muse refuses to get back on the writing/revising train for my novel -- she's been a Muse on the Loose! -- she's been giving me good ideas for artwork and copy for promotions.
She helped me make this:
From this:
Pretty cool, huh? :)
2) My wild & crazy Muse has also pointed me away from a new project -- Oooh, ahhhh! Shiny! -- (which had actually kept me scratching my head for a month because I couldn't iron out the details) and pointed me toward a project I thought up a while ago. The old idea has a more interesting premise and characters. My muse showed me a way to combine the new shiny one with the old one and create something unique and better! It will be a novella, the first in a trilogy, and I'm starting to research, write the blurb, and plot now! Woohoo!
3) Although my Muse has been an uncontrollable nut for a while, I think she'll settle down soon and allow me to finish my novel, Bloodwalker. (Yes, the one I swore would be done by the end of this month. I gave up trying to be Speedy Gonzalez -- which was making my writing a dull, cliche-ridden disaster -- and had to admit that at heart I'm just a slow-but-meticulous Tortoise.)
Does your Muse ever get wild and crazy by giving you ideas for new projects instead of the one you're supposed to be working on? Do you go with the new or stick with the old?
My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog
Celebrate The Small Things Linky:
Grab the Linky html-code here:
Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week. It can be about writing or family or school or general life. This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)
Here are Foxy's suggestions for July 30, 2015:
(These are older freebies that you might have forgotten about)
Free First Page Critiques -- Three fabulous and talented published authors are willing to critique YOUR FIRST PAGE FOR FREE! Dianne Salerni (author of The Eighth Day series, HarperCollins 2014) and Marcy Hatch (author of West of Paradise, WiDo 2014) and Krystalyn Drown (Legasea, Curiosity Quills 2013) will post your WIP's first page (350-400 words) and offer their impressions as will their readers/commenters. That's AWESOME feedback and super-helpful for any aspiring author! For rules and mailing address go read the side bar on any of their blogs.
Free Query Critiques by Kim Graff (editor, cover designer, & agent intern). Go to Kim Graff Blog - Free Query Critiques and read the instructions for getting a critique. I know Kim, and she's a great editor!
Free Query Critiques from Matthew MacNish. He writes full, detailed and helpful crits that appear on his blog. Contact him at: mattmrush(at)gmail.com
Free Copyright-Expired Books at Black Mask Free eBooks. (They're dated, but they're a fun change of pace and great if you're researching historical modes of speech and style.)
1) Although my muse refuses to get back on the writing/revising train for my novel -- she's been a Muse on the Loose! -- she's been giving me good ideas for artwork and copy for promotions.
She helped me make this:
From this:
Pretty cool, huh? :)
2) My wild & crazy Muse has also pointed me away from a new project -- Oooh, ahhhh! Shiny! -- (which had actually kept me scratching my head for a month because I couldn't iron out the details) and pointed me toward a project I thought up a while ago. The old idea has a more interesting premise and characters. My muse showed me a way to combine the new shiny one with the old one and create something unique and better! It will be a novella, the first in a trilogy, and I'm starting to research, write the blurb, and plot now! Woohoo!
3) Although my Muse has been an uncontrollable nut for a while, I think she'll settle down soon and allow me to finish my novel, Bloodwalker. (Yes, the one I swore would be done by the end of this month. I gave up trying to be Speedy Gonzalez -- which was making my writing a dull, cliche-ridden disaster -- and had to admit that at heart I'm just a slow-but-meticulous Tortoise.)
Does your Muse ever get wild and crazy by giving you ideas for new projects instead of the one you're supposed to be working on? Do you go with the new or stick with the old?
My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog
Celebrate The Small Things Linky:
Grab the Linky html-code here:
Foxy's Friday Freebies!
Foxy has been nosing around the net.
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Fridays Freebies posts -
- Free short stories, novellas, and novels
- Giveaways for books and swag
- Free services for authors
Here are Foxy's suggestions for July 30, 2015:
(These are older freebies that you might have forgotten about)
Free First Page Critiques -- Three fabulous and talented published authors are willing to critique YOUR FIRST PAGE FOR FREE! Dianne Salerni (author of The Eighth Day series, HarperCollins 2014) and Marcy Hatch (author of West of Paradise, WiDo 2014) and Krystalyn Drown (Legasea, Curiosity Quills 2013) will post your WIP's first page (350-400 words) and offer their impressions as will their readers/commenters. That's AWESOME feedback and super-helpful for any aspiring author! For rules and mailing address go read the side bar on any of their blogs.
Free Query Critiques by Kim Graff (editor, cover designer, & agent intern). Go to Kim Graff Blog - Free Query Critiques and read the instructions for getting a critique. I know Kim, and she's a great editor!
Free Query Critiques from Matthew MacNish. He writes full, detailed and helpful crits that appear on his blog. Contact him at: mattmrush(at)gmail.com
Free Copyright-Expired Books at Black Mask Free eBooks. (They're dated, but they're a fun change of pace and great if you're researching historical modes of speech and style.)
If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here! Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com
