My favorite line...

As I sat here today I found myself thinking about that one line that I wrote earlier.  This line could totally take the story on a different loop altogether.  As I'm pursuing my quest to write a new novel this month I sit just about...5000 words in.   I wrote a sentence earlier today that made me laugh out loud and I keep thinking back to it.  It's hard to imagine someone just sitting at the keyboard, with their fingers tapping away and then just laugh.  Not just a har har har kind of chuckle, It made me laugh out loud because of all the different directions this story could go. 

Where do you think this bottle of vodka could take my character?

Here goes the line:  :

A friendly face was what he needed; that and large bottle of vodka. 

November Stats...keeping you up to date

November is here

I will make every attempt at keeping my current word count up to date on my blog.  I hope you check in on me and see how I'm doing for the next 30 days.  There will be overly caffeinated sleepless nights of finger taps on the keyboard while eating leftover Halloween candy.  Oh the joys of writing during Nano. 

What are your favorite nano traditions? 
Mine is to eat all the Milky Way Midnight's first, then move on to Twix.  If I could find Dark Chocolate Twix's I'd be in my happy place.  When I'm out of that I resort to 'other' chocolate-types i.e., Snickers, 3 Musketeers, etc.   Then I throw away the wrappers so the kids don't know I snuck some all the while participating in as many word wars as possible!

Feel free to 'buddy' me.  I can be your buddy during nano.  Search for me!  pati_blue

November 1 is right around the corner...

November 1 is almost here and if you haven't heard there is a wonderful resource out there, ready to help you make that dream a reality.

It's called National Novel Writing Month and it has become outrageously popular.   Take a moment and check out http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and join in the fun.  The best part is... ITS FREE.  I will be participating for a 4th time this year, and have "won" every year and completed the task of 50,000 words in just 30 days.  It's not easy and takes dedication but it's worth it!  Your triumph will prevail!

Anyway... if you own a dream and it involves writing a story...Nanowrimo is here to help.  Join me on a 50,000 word goal starting November 1 and make your dream a reality.   It made mine a reality and I'm still living the dream.

Feel free to find me:  Look for pati_blue, and send me a buddy request.  I'm here to give you inspiration; friendship and support as we write our novels together!

Stir up those creative juices...

You want to write.  You know you do; but you just don't know where to start do you?  Or you are probably stuck in the mud with a giant wall of writers block standing before you.  I know, I can sympathize with you.

I've got a great easy solution that I have a lot of fun with when I run out of creative juices.   There are various writing competitions and short story competitions everywhere and it would be a great way for you to start your own story.   It's a fun way to get your feet wet with writing and a great way to take a break from your everyday novel that has been haunting you 24/7 and start something new and fresh.

I'v been actively following Writers Digest's competitions/contests.  They have many great competitions going on right now that you can partake in.   Come on!   I'll do it if you do....

Check out this month's Your Story competition, the deadline for the 25 word submission is December 10.  There's plenty of time to find 25 words and send them in.  

I'll share mine when it's ready.... will you share yours?

Update on query letters and some helpful links...

The query letters have come back and the results are in: My final number thus far; 12 out of 13 rejection letters and one with no response as of today.

So... I checked in to find some help on how well my query letter was.

First things first.... I need to find out what genre my book falls into. Exactly what genre and I was a little tossed. So after a little surfing I found this site of Genre definitions and examples.

Now that I've classified my book as a Paranormal Conspiracy Thriller I'm ready to move on to revising my letter in general. After a brutual evaluation of my letter many other members of agentquery offered support and critique. So I'm on my way to writing a new query letter. I found some helpful information regarding this and I'd like to share this with you:
How To Write A Query by Noah Lukemans

Need a list of agents to peruse? Check out AgentQuery and their forums!

I'm off to work now, bye!

New Blog I started about my life...

I've got everything from Tips and Tricks in my everyday life to fantastic Words of Wisdom my children bless me with.

This is my outlet to everyday writing and I have a lot of fun doing it!

Please follow along: Sorry Honey, the Keyboard ate the meatloaf and see what it's all about.

National Novel Writing Month

It was nice knowing you... those will be the last words you hear on Halloween eve. When the clock strikes twelve...on October 31, a new month begins! November arrives! National Novel Writing Month 2010 begins! Feel free to sign yourself up on a 30 day pursuit to happiness by writing 50,000 words in 30 days. Join the hundreds of thousands of others that will be doing the same thing! Join me... and find me: pati_blue in the members search. Send me a nano mail; or I'll find you just send me your user name!

Follow me on my adventure of writing this year's book. I will be partaking on a mission of a sequel to A Castle Inside.

Inside the Castle in the depths below a secret Library awaits. Valen and Sylvya become passers-by in the Castle of a thousand residents. Who will stumble upon the eerie library?

The wrought iron cursive letter from over a hundred years ago still sings a happy introduction to the cobweb invested dreary hall that leads to the condemned library. What happened there so long ago for it to be exiled?

Only November knows...

Only 98 days until NaNoWriMo 2010!

There are only 98 more days until NANOWRIMO 2010. Are you ready??!!

Self-Promoting 'A Castle Inside'

As I followed a friend's review of my book, A Castle Inside, on goodreads.com I found many unexpected surprises!

My book is now available on
Amazon.com
Amazon's Kindle/Digital Version
Barnes&Noble.com.
Borders.com
Booksamillion.com
IndieBound.com
alibris.com
Google.com

I cannot tell you how excited I am about the extended distribution channels that Createspace has offered me. If you want to learn more about their self-publishing services give them a click!

Thanks so much for the reviews you all have given me so far. I would love it you took a few minutes out of your day and write a review about the book on any of the above websites!!!!!!