Well, I’ve finally got this blog up where someone can actually see a post. Is it sad that I’ve had such a hard time getting it to work in today’s day and age?
But now that I have it, now what? There are tons of great, informative blogs out there and I admit I struggle with how to make this interesting & unique. The one thing I do know is that I’m not going to figure it out all in one day, but I hope you’ll still love me anyway and stick it out while I go through my growing pains.
However, since I have a tendency to procrastinate in the name of perfection, I’m going to post anyway with all my messiness. After all, isn’t part of writing, putting it all out there even though it will never be perfect? That’s what I tell myself anyway.
Since I haven’t been good with updates, I thought I’d start there…
1. For now, I am a slow writer. I want to be faster, really I do. My daily writing vow is to do better.
2. I’m on page 300 of my single title contemporary romance. I’ve re-written the damn thing 5 times and believe it or not I’m actually satisfied. I’m hoping to be done in the next couple of weeks. (Maybe if I stopped re-writing I’d be a little faster getting stuff out the door)
3. Because I like challenges, I started to re-work the very first story I ever wrote. Maybe it’s just me, but there is just something about that first couple, despite their messy incoherent plots that capture my heart. I want to see their story told, if only because I told it to myself so many times. My writing style has changed a lot since I started (THANK GOD) so other than keeping about best friends not much is staying the same. I think it would be kind of fun to do a before and after but I’m not sure I’m brave enough to show people how much I sucked.
4. I’ve recently become addicted to #1k1hr challenges on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/search/1k1hr If you’re a writer and on twitter, join us it’s a great way to get motivated since no one likes a public shunning.
5. Pride & Surrender was released at the end of December, it was the first time I ever wrote anything in 1st person. It was rewarding, but exhausting, not sure I’ll undertake it again for quite sometime but I couldn’t be happier with how the story turned out.
Thanks for reading,
~Julia~