May 8th, 2008
I got some fabulous news this weekend: My story “Monstrous Love” will appear in the next issue of Flytrap!!!
I’m thrilled that this story has found a home, and ultra-mega-thrilled that it has found such a good one. “Monstrous Love” is another tale in my (hopefully) ongoing “Bulfinch High” series. I read the opening at Wiscon last year. The first story in the series, “Angst in D Minor,” appeared in Lone Star Stories back in 2006.
Yippee!
May 2nd, 2008
Or should that be “sportswomanship”?
For a feel-good Friday read, check out Sportsmanship on display in college softball game (via Salon).
As for the people who say this is just another example of how women aren’t competitive enough for professional sports, I say: Watch more women’s sports and get a clue.
As for the people who say male athletes never display this sort of sportsmanship, I say: Watch more men’s sports and get a clue.
Happy Friday, folks!
April 28th, 2008
Here’s how yesterday played out:
I woke up early and played some World of Warcraft. It was fun. Really fun. I sensed within myself the desire to do nothing but play WoW all day, writing goals be damned.
Quickly, I opened my journal and wrote yesterday’s entry. Then I went back to playing my new little Horde warrior.
Throughout the morning and afternoon, your comments trickled in. Folks posted their goals, talked about inspiration, posted snippets of their success. And, as I had hoped, the peer support and peer pressure grew… along with a healthy dose of guilt for posting that entry and then failing to write.
In the afternoon, I wrote for about two hours and got 800 new words. Then a whole bunch of my friends logged into WoW, and I couldn’t resist logging in to hang out with them.
More comments came in. I’d only logged 800 words for the whole day, my “day of writing.”
Around 8pm, I couldn’t take it anymore. I said good-bye to my warrior, put on my headphones, and dove back into the story.
I was still writing at 10, at 11, at midnight. But I wasn’t done. Not until 1am, after 3700 words, did I type the last sentence of my novel, save the file, and stumble off to bed.
Thank you guys so much for kicking me when I needed to be kicked.
Above World: Draft Zero finished at 58,000 words.
I wrote my second novel!!!
April 27th, 2008
I have a lot of writing to do today, and I could use a little peer support and a lotta peer pressure.
Here’s where I’m at: Chapter 21 of Above World, 153 words in.
Where I want to be: At the end of Chapter 21, or even better, at the end of the book
Anyone else writing today? What are your goals? Feel free to share a favorite line or paragraph and keep us updated on your progress.
Together, we are mighty!
April 25th, 2008
I’ve been streaming radio stations through iTunes at work, bopping between classical and folk and Beatles and NPR. But yesterday I discovered my new favorite: StreamingSoundtracks.com!
Some of the choice pieces I’ve heard since tuning in have been from:
I believe it works by request, though I haven’t signed up on the website to check it out. For now, I’m just happy to get an influx of unpredictable geeky goodness on a slow Friday afternoon.
My first novel!
JADE TIGER
by Jenn Reese
"Flying kicks, heart-stopping spins and amazing somersaults propel the action... Reese choreographs both the romantic moves and the martial arts with flair." —Publishers Weekly