Okay, so I missed my post on my birthday. Sorry about that. It was an awesome birthday though! I hung out with my friends and watched the first two Underworld movies, in preparation for the next movie coming out in January. I also got the best gift ever from my husband. I am now the proud owner of the 2012 Writer’s Market, Deluxe Edition. It looks like it’s going to be insanely useful this upcoming year.
Otherwise, I’ve been cleaning, reading, exchanging gifts with my family and even getting some editing done. Basically, it’s been a darned good holiday season and I intend to keep it that way for all of you as well, by keeping this short and sweet.
Yule Blessings, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah or whatever blessings are most important to you, from my family to yours. Enjoy the holidays and I should be back with another post on Wednesday.
Until then, keep writing, keep learning and always make time to play with your favourite toys. (My new favourite toy that isn’t a book or DVD? This toy below, which I have ordered from ThinkGeek.Yep, I’m strictly a Windows/Blackberry/Android girl. Basically, Anti-Mac.)
Posted in Blogs on December 25th, 2011 by B.A. Matthews | | Comments Off
Happy Holidays! This is my favourite time of year. Not only is my birthday in 4 days’ time but Solstice is also in 4 days’ time. This year will be particularly fun. I’m going to have dinner with friends and then we’re going to watch the first and second movies of Underworld, in preparation of seeing the third in January when it comes out.
I’ve also been cleaning my house (a little), preparing for Solstice, buying gifts for both Solstice and X-mas (I buy the gifts for what people celebrate, whether I follow the religion or not) and reading quite a bit more than I’ve been able to lately.
I have even managed to get in some writing work, though not too much since work was killing my hand this week. I did manage to finish my critiques for tomorrow… the last critique of the year.
Speaking of the last of anything of the year, I must admit that I always approach this time of year with just a hint of sadness. It is a case of out with the old and in with the new, but I feel like I’ve wasted chances and opportunities this year. The main one that is eating me up inside is the query letter.
I must admit that writing a synopsis and query have really been taxing my skills. It takes a completely different type of skill to write either of those and make them sound good.
That’s all I have to say for today though. What have you been working on since Nanowrimo ended? Also, what do you celebrate this time of year? Just as importantly, tell me how you celebrate.
Posted in Blogs on December 18th, 2011 by B.A. Matthews | | Comments Off
Or at least, it seems that way every year to me. In prior years, I have ignored my writing, well into January in most cases. This year, I haven’t gotten a change to do much writing since Nanowrimo and, of course, this is the unofficial busy season at work (until late January when it dies). As much as I would like to discount my job as an issue, I can’t quite yet. I have gotten some editing done but little to nothing done on my query submission yet. I do have a short ½ chapter ready for submission and I’m going to see if I can do more editing tomorrow without compromising my hand further.
If I may be blunt, I am starting to worry about my hand more. I’m starting to think that it may be something a bit more serious than I’ve been considering it. I’ll be arranging a trip to the doctors to see if a specialist may be needed. It looks as though I may now have scar tissue up to my elbow if the areas of pain when my husband massages my arm are any indication. At any rate, I’m going to try to not get too worried until we see what the doctor says. All in all though, this means that I’ll be getting a bit more reading done this season than I was originally hoping to. My to-read list will thank me if nothing else does.
What have you been doing this December? Writing, editing or are you not paying any attention to writing at all?
Today is going to be the third or forth day in a row that I haven’t written, mainly because my hands have been killing me. Work has been really busy since the end of Nanowrimo and finishing, as always, has left my hand hurting. However, this doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing writing work. I’ve had a meeting with my fellow A Bitch of Writers members, met up with new members and have worked a bit, starting a new scene in my Dual Melodies story. Since my Dual Melodies story seems to have evolved from one story into two, I have decided to write the original story of Dual Melodies, still posting it here.
It’ll be a little bit slow for me to get up stuff since I will be working on a few other stories as well, but I promise I will be posting them.
I am really excited about starting my editing again though. Our first critique needs to be turned in on Monday night. I can’t wait!
How have you been since Nanowrimo? Have you finished any writing in the last few days?
It only took 4 days for the Nano-Squishy brains to recede; at least, enough to me to write a blog post. While I must admit I’m thankful that it’s over, I also have to admit that I’m already missing it. It’s really nice to stay within the house and know that all I have to do is write. My hand doesn’t hurt as much when I’m spending all my time writing, as strange as that may sound. It’s the monotonous typing at work that is the worst for it.
Now of course, it’s December and I have to split my time between family, commitments, shopping, work, writing and editing. Fortunately, as much as that all sounds like work, a lot of it is stuff I enjoy doing. Which is really what December is all about for me. We’re starting our critique group up again on Monday evening, I still have a query to send in, and a book to edit along with everything else. Fortunately, I love the idea of doing that work.
Yesterday was our city’s TGIO party. And, I must admit that of all the TGIO’s I’ve attended this one has been my favourite. Not only because I had great people to sit with or even because I won a brilliant prize of a hat with kitsune ears and a scarf that had a chainsaw on it; No, it was awesome because we had a visitor from Toronto join us.
He had apparently missed his own TGIO party and decided to join ours. It’s awesome and we encourage such. We are always willing to have other Nano’ers join us. In particular, I was ecstatic because though I’ve never met our guest, I’ve been a bit fan of his for years.
Our guest was Errol, of Nano-video fame. You may remember, I had a video of his that I put up for the last day of Nanowrimo.
Here’s a picture of us together, along with my awesome new hat and scarf that was donated by Paper Street Cosplay. Kitsune ears are my favourite.
Today is November 30. A sad day for all of us Nano-ers. Today marks the end of Nanowrimo. Collectively, Wrimo’s worldwide have written over 3 billion words this year. That’s not even counting the words written by the YWP writers.
Though I finished my 50k last Saturday, I kept writing and managed to finish all of the rewrites for my novel. Now to finish the query and synopsis, so that I can send that out in a day or so.
My final word count through Squishy-Brain and Tendinitis was 55,698 words. I’ll say I’ve done my fair share this Nanowrimo.
I’m going to leave full updates for when I’m not desperately exhausted anymore but I will say that I will be posting more in months to come. I’m going to try again for a twice weekly schedule but the posts will likely be shorter… closer to the 500+ words instead of the 1000+ words I used to try for. I don’t know exactly what days I’ll be trying to post those up for but right now, I’m thinking Wednesday’s and Sunday’s.
I will keep you guys up to date on my query and where it is, of course, and I will start trying to post shorter writings again on a bi-monthly basis, though I’m not sure exactly where that will fit in.
To end off the month, watch this video from my favourite Nano who does YouTube stuff, Errol!
This… to a point, is exactly how I feel right now.
Good night and Congratulations to everyone who did this Crazy event with us, whether you wrote 100k or 1k!
Also this… (And if you haven’t seen the “Lost Skeleton of Cadavra” shame on you. Go watch it.)
Okay, so I missed my post on my birthday. Sorry about that. It was an awesome birthday though! I hung out with my friends and watched the first two Underworld movies, in preparation for the next movie coming out in January. I also got the best gift ever from my husband. I am now the proud owner of the 2012 Writer’s Market, Deluxe Edition. It looks like it’s going to be insanely useful this upcoming year.
Otherwise, I’ve been cleaning, reading, exchanging gifts with my family and even getting some editing done. Basically, it’s been a darned good holiday season and I intend to keep it that way for all of you as well, by keeping this short and sweet.
Yule Blessings, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah or whatever blessings are most important to you, from my family to yours. Enjoy the holidays and I should be back with another post on Wednesday.
Until then, keep writing, keep learning and always make time to play with your favourite toys. (My new favourite toy that isn’t a book or DVD? This toy below, which I have ordered from ThinkGeek.Yep, I’m strictly a Windows/Blackberry/Android girl. Basically, Anti-Mac.)
Happy Holidays! This is my favourite time of year. Not only is my birthday in 4 days’ time but Solstice is also in 4 days’ time. This year will be particularly fun. I’m going to have dinner with friends and then we’re going to watch the first and second movies of Underworld, in preparation of seeing the third in January when it comes out.
I’ve also been cleaning my house (a little), preparing for Solstice, buying gifts for both Solstice and X-mas (I buy the gifts for what people celebrate, whether I follow the religion or not) and reading quite a bit more than I’ve been able to lately.
I have even managed to get in some writing work, though not too much since work was killing my hand this week. I did manage to finish my critiques for tomorrow… the last critique of the year.
Speaking of the last of anything of the year, I must admit that I always approach this time of year with just a hint of sadness. It is a case of out with the old and in with the new, but I feel like I’ve wasted chances and opportunities this year. The main one that is eating me up inside is the query letter.
I must admit that writing a synopsis and query have really been taxing my skills. It takes a completely different type of skill to write either of those and make them sound good.
That’s all I have to say for today though. What have you been working on since Nanowrimo ended? Also, what do you celebrate this time of year? Just as importantly, tell me how you celebrate.
Or at least, it seems that way every year to me. In prior years, I have ignored my writing, well into January in most cases. This year, I haven’t gotten a change to do much writing since Nanowrimo and, of course, this is the unofficial busy season at work (until late January when it dies). As much as I would like to discount my job as an issue, I can’t quite yet. I have gotten some editing done but little to nothing done on my query submission yet. I do have a short ½ chapter ready for submission and I’m going to see if I can do more editing tomorrow without compromising my hand further.
If I may be blunt, I am starting to worry about my hand more. I’m starting to think that it may be something a bit more serious than I’ve been considering it. I’ll be arranging a trip to the doctors to see if a specialist may be needed. It looks as though I may now have scar tissue up to my elbow if the areas of pain when my husband massages my arm are any indication. At any rate, I’m going to try to not get too worried until we see what the doctor says. All in all though, this means that I’ll be getting a bit more reading done this season than I was originally hoping to. My to-read list will thank me if nothing else does.
What have you been doing this December? Writing, editing or are you not paying any attention to writing at all?
Today is going to be the third or forth day in a row that I haven’t written, mainly because my hands have been killing me. Work has been really busy since the end of Nanowrimo and finishing, as always, has left my hand hurting. However, this doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing writing work. I’ve had a meeting with my fellow A Bitch of Writers members, met up with new members and have worked a bit, starting a new scene in my Dual Melodies story. Since my Dual Melodies story seems to have evolved from one story into two, I have decided to write the original story of Dual Melodies, still posting it here.
It’ll be a little bit slow for me to get up stuff since I will be working on a few other stories as well, but I promise I will be posting them.
I am really excited about starting my editing again though. Our first critique needs to be turned in on Monday night. I can’t wait!
How have you been since Nanowrimo? Have you finished any writing in the last few days?
It only took 4 days for the Nano-Squishy brains to recede; at least, enough to me to write a blog post. While I must admit I’m thankful that it’s over, I also have to admit that I’m already missing it. It’s really nice to stay within the house and know that all I have to do is write. My hand doesn’t hurt as much when I’m spending all my time writing, as strange as that may sound. It’s the monotonous typing at work that is the worst for it.
Now of course, it’s December and I have to split my time between family, commitments, shopping, work, writing and editing. Fortunately, as much as that all sounds like work, a lot of it is stuff I enjoy doing. Which is really what December is all about for me. We’re starting our critique group up again on Monday evening, I still have a query to send in, and a book to edit along with everything else. Fortunately, I love the idea of doing that work.
Yesterday was our city’s TGIO party. And, I must admit that of all the TGIO’s I’ve attended this one has been my favourite. Not only because I had great people to sit with or even because I won a brilliant prize of a hat with kitsune ears and a scarf that had a chainsaw on it; No, it was awesome because we had a visitor from Toronto join us.
He had apparently missed his own TGIO party and decided to join ours. It’s awesome and we encourage such. We are always willing to have other Nano’ers join us. In particular, I was ecstatic because though I’ve never met our guest, I’ve been a bit fan of his for years.
Our guest was Errol, of Nano-video fame. You may remember, I had a video of his that I put up for the last day of Nanowrimo.
Here’s a picture of us together, along with my awesome new hat and scarf that was donated by Paper Street Cosplay. Kitsune ears are my favourite.
Today is November 30. A sad day for all of us Nano-ers. Today marks the end of Nanowrimo. Collectively, Wrimo’s worldwide have written over 3 billion words this year. That’s not even counting the words written by the YWP writers.
Though I finished my 50k last Saturday, I kept writing and managed to finish all of the rewrites for my novel. Now to finish the query and synopsis, so that I can send that out in a day or so.
My final word count through Squishy-Brain and Tendinitis was 55,698 words. I’ll say I’ve done my fair share this Nanowrimo.
I’m going to leave full updates for when I’m not desperately exhausted anymore but I will say that I will be posting more in months to come. I’m going to try again for a twice weekly schedule but the posts will likely be shorter… closer to the 500+ words instead of the 1000+ words I used to try for. I don’t know exactly what days I’ll be trying to post those up for but right now, I’m thinking Wednesday’s and Sunday’s.
I will keep you guys up to date on my query and where it is, of course, and I will start trying to post shorter writings again on a bi-monthly basis, though I’m not sure exactly where that will fit in.
To end off the month, watch this video from my favourite Nano who does YouTube stuff, Errol!
This… to a point, is exactly how I feel right now.
Good night and Congratulations to everyone who did this Crazy event with us, whether you wrote 100k or 1k!
Also this… (And if you haven’t seen the “Lost Skeleton of Cadavra” shame on you. Go watch it.)
B.A. Matthews is an amateur author hoping to make her way into the world of published works. Her novels and short stories tend to be Fantasy, slipping into Dark Fantasy often as not. She also used to write music reviews over at Pagan Radio Network (www.paganradio.net).
I am currently working on two novels, Falling through the Threshold and a book tentatively titled Dual Melodies.
B.A. Matthews tries to update her blogs once a week and her various writings under the Pages section twice a month.
