In the past two days I have only written a page and a half. Ugh! That Sucks!

Don’t really know what my problem is. I am procrastinating again. I keep doing other work until late at night and then when I sit down to write, my brain feels fried.

At least last night I made myself do a little research. I spent some time reading some articles about writing sex scenes with the right amount of emotion. I can’t believe how much I still have to learn. Everytime I pick up a new writing article to read, I get those AHA moments. Problem is I could read articles about HOW to write until the cows come home and that doesn’t get the book written. I keep reviewing workshops, articles, conventions etc. I think it is high time I spent more time actually writing instead of learning about writing. I need to find the happy medium that will allow me to get the book done at the same time improving my craft.

I would love to hear from some other writers on what their daily writing schedule is like. How much time do you spend learning vs. writing?

It is only 2:30 in the afternoon and I am going to go lock myself in my room right now and I am not coming out until I have at least several pages/scenes written.

Now if only I could stay away from MySpace. LOL

Eliza

Whew! I made it. The deadline for submitting my erotic paranormal for a contest was today and I made it by the skin of my teeth. Doesn’t that sound kinda gross?

I edited and edited and edited and then edited some more. I sent my work to my critique group who edited it. Then I edited it some more. The damn things been edited to within an inch of it’s life.

Then of course sitting through workshops today at my local chapter meeting, I had an AHA moment that could make those edited to death pages even better.

I wonder, how long does it take to get it just right?

Please share some editing woes with me so I don’t feel like such a freak! LOL

Warning! Today’s post is not about writing. I just need to vent.

Rude people drive me insane! It is not so much little acts of rudeness that get under my skin as much as blatant we don’t give a shit about you rudeness! I have dealt with it a lot lately and I am sick of it! This is why I spenD so much time alone, because when really rude things happen it is unbelievably difficult for me to keep my mouth shut! And then of course, that makes me the “bad person”

The latest transgressions that has set me off:

Some friends of ours (I say friends in more like an aquaintance kind of way because they do this crap to us all the time)asked me to watch their daughter every day this week from 9:00 am to 5:00 (although they picked her up 1-2 hours late every single day). We agreed that I would take her daughter all week and then on Friday (today) they would keep my daughter all day to give me a break. As everyone knows I have been waiting for the Ricky Bobby movie to start today and planned to go to the first showing this morning. I made plans for my older daughter and I to go to the 10:15 showing this morning. We were both very excited. We got the little one ready and ran out the door to make it to the show on time. I get to the “friends” house and the mother comes out and says sorry Lauren can’t stay today they all decided to go do something else and are gone. Did they call? No. Would it have killed them to call? Obviously.

MAKES ME FREAKING NUTS!

The real pisser here? With my schedule the next couple of days I am now going to have to wait like three days before I have time to go and see the movie.

Enough. I am off to write and hopefully vent my anger that way. I think I’ll start with a fight scene. Maybe even kill someone off! LOL

Eliza