13 Things About September 2007
Thirteen Things about September 2007 1. NDN died – an affirmation for all of his friends that drinking & driving still don’t mix. Four small kids under the age of 10, and he died on his oldest daughter’s birthday. We will miss you, NDN.
2.
Total ebound Books bought the Sperm Donor #69 stories (mine is “Playing the Ace”) – These will most likely debut in December or January.
3. My glucose levels have been under control (for the most part). YAY!
4. Pita took her last bath of 2007 outside. Then she wanted to curl up in her blankie. I think of her as Sister Mary Pita when she looks like this.
5. My mother celebrated her 74th birthday.
6. I sold my first
confession since 2002 or 2003 (I forget which). This one is scheduled for a Winter 2007 issue.
7. The Girl and I had a day out gambling at a casino in Missouri.
8. The Girl taught The Boy how to crochet.
9. The Boy taught The Girl how to cook one of his favorite dishes.
10. I taught The Girl how to write confessions.
11. I’ve ironed more shirts in 1 month’s time than I have in the past 30 years. Thank God it’s fall – LOL. The Boy has the likes of Ralph Lauren, and the humidity doesn’t make every cotton item on our bodies wrinkle within five seconds after we don it.
12. I FINALLY got a tentative pub date on a book I sold in MARCH. If I didn’t love this editor so much, I’d hire someone to kick his ass for me.
13.
La Bella Luna debuted in print – YAY, YAY, and YAY!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Motivational Poster of the Day
You can only die once.
(thanks, H.R. - I needed this today)
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Ruts
Pardon me while I rant a bit, and if you’re worried that I’m talking about you, I’m not. If you’re needy and hate ‘tough love’, it’s best you read no further. It’s my blog, so I’m venting on this one.
If you’re stuck in a rut, there’s a reason. You can either fight it, learn from it, or ignore it, but that doesn’t make the problem go away. You’re still in a rut. You can’t continue the same behavior and expect different results—that’s just not the way the world works.
Doesn’t matter if we’re talking about crappy grammar, a broken heart, losing a contest, losing weight, or not reaching your goals.
If nothing changes, nothing changes. Like it or not, you have a choice, and what you do with it is nobody else’s responsibility.
Harsh word, responsibility, but it’s a necessary one. We don’t grow without it.
Some people, even intelligent ones, don’t consider that behavior is habitual, and a habit can be changed—replaced with a better one. They hate the results they keep getting, but they’re not willing to do the work involved to alter their circumstances. It’s always somebody else’s fault, or God hates them, or they’re not capable…excuses, and the results are the same. The rut is still there.
I had a student with horrid grammar, and she said that she’d leave that part of writing up to her editor. She’s still surprised that she can’t sell to a bigger, better (her words, not mine) publisher. She’s still surprised that I refuse to critique her, too.
A friend claims that nobody pays her attention, that she’s left out of things, that they don’t include her. Why should they when all she talks about is herself, when she’s never there when they need her, and when her attitude is one of me, me, me? When asked for my input, I was the asshole because I didn’t give her what she wanted. Oh, I was an asshole—I’ll give her that. I said things I shouldn’t have. My frustration overrode my common sense and courtesy. “That tough love crap doesn’t work with me.” Obviously not. Neither does expecting me to be your enabler…or your friend if you shit on me.
Just because I give you the truth as I see it when you ask me, it doesn’t mean I hate your writing or that I don’t like you as a person. It’s just that I’m not willing to let your dogma trample my karma, and if I don’t like myself when I’m with you, it’s time for one of us to take a step back and reevaluate things.
Just because you’re in a rut doesn’t mean you have to stay there either.
Do you like where you are? Your writing, your friendships, your life? Anything worth fighting for is worth an investment of time and energy and the willingness to give up what is bad for you. You’re not a tree, you’re not rooted to an idea or a person or a thing—you’ve made a choice to be where you are. If you wish to change things, it all starts with acceptance of your situation and abilities, followed by change.
And again…if nothing changes, nothing changes. You are the only one in your life who can institute change. If you wait for someone else to turn you on, what if they never show up?
As you change and grow, though, do it with grace and forgiveness. Then you’ll have blessings you can’t imagine, and you’ll have others willing to nurture you.
The desire to grow something in our lives starts with desire, yes, but unless it’s followed with action, that seed is still lying there without what it needs to grow, to turn it from a dream into a reality. First the desire, then the soil, but somebody has to show up to plant the damn thing. Somebody has to pull the weeds, work the soil, ensure the sunlight, and foster fresh air. THEN and ONLY THEN can anyone, including you, enjoy it.
And that’s all I have to say about that today.
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Author Shonna Brannon's New Book
Good Sunday To YaOne of the authors who donated prizes to the writers' workshop I just taught was Shonna Brannon. Wanted to show you her kewl book cover and offer some information about this author and the book she so generously shared, a gift to one lucky member of my class!
AUTHOR BIO
Shonna Brannon has been writing almost all her life, but really began taking it seriously in 2004. She completed her first novel that year and started brainstorming two more. She became a freelance writer in 2006 to make ends meet, and in October 2006, she sold her first novel, In the Nick of Time, to Cobblestone Press, released in January 2007. A month later she sold her second book, The Spirit Within, to Cobblestone Press, released April 2007. Her third book sold to Cobblestone in May 2007. It released July 27, 2007. She constantly looks for ways to learn more about her craft and improve her writing.
BLURB FOR FALCON HUNTER:
Falcon Hunter’s a proud Indian warrior cursed into the form of a falcon for eternity for defending the woman he loves. To break the curse, he must regain the love of his reincarnated wife.
Christina Rainwater, the healer for her people, has been followed by a beautiful falcon for years. Although she knows he doesn’t understand her, he quickly became her confidante. An unknown evil begins stalking her and her only solace is the bronzed god who keeps coming to her rescue and invading her dreams.
Read an ExcerptContent: Sensual Romance
This title contains violent themes.
Buy the book here:
http://www.cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/falconhunter.htmGOOD LUCK, SHONNA!!!!!
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5 Comments:
Yay on LBL in print--I have my first Samhain book in print this month too!
ooh - I saw that, and I WANT THAT BOOK - love the cover! - lol
THANKS for the good wishes. Right back atcha, girl.
Great Thursday Thirteen -
Congrats about La Bella Luna in print!!!
& Love that photo of Pita - Awwwww!
Thanks, Jennifer! She's so rotten. I love spoiling my pets, though.
Congratulations on the sale of the story, Lyn! :-)
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