I'm loving this writing frenzy. Having so much fun getting to know my characters. I think I'm enjoying the antagonistic characters as much as I'm enjoying the protagonist. I have this weird character trait of one of the protagonists that makes him so fun, and bit funny to write.
I went grocery shopping tonight and broke down and picked up a new microwave too...our old one can not be too safe, the lining inside is so worn.
I took my oldest son with me shopping, he is a hoot to take shopping, keeps me laughing. He doesn't stop talking the whole time, and usually it is about stuff that I have 0% interest in, but I nod and play along. We went to a house just outside of town to pick up a pair of pants I'd bought for my daughter. I pulled into the yard and she had chickens and roosters walking around her yard. I freaked out! I stayed in the van hoping the woman would notice and come out, but she didn't. I told my son, "I'm just going to get out and hope the chickens leave me alone." I stepped out of the van. They were just going about there merry way, so I thought, "okay this is gonna be alright." Until I started around the house for the back door, and then they started following me. I was freaking out, so I took off on the run to the door, knocked once quickly. and then just opened the door and invited myself in. The man kind of looked offended by that too. :) I got the pants and went on the run back to the van, the chickens and rooster running full speed behind me, clucking. And sure enough I got in the van and my son was laughing his head off. As soon as we got home it was the first thing he told my husband. Glad he was entertained, however I'm traumatized! Aghhh I hate chickens!
Overall a good night, if you can forget the chicken ordeal.
~R
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Stephen King's On Writing, and more ramblings
When Stephen King's book On writing came out way back in 2002, I gobbled it up like a hungry child. I mean this is Stephen King we are talking about, the be all to end all! If he's talking, and your a writer, listen! I am only 95 pages into it now for the second time, and I love it to smithereens!
I forgot to mention I finished J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, it was what I call a slice of life story...or a true to life story. Very real worldish. I loved it. It made me laugh and cry. It was like being a fly on the wall and peeking into everyone's lives without them knowing it. and who doesn't want to do that? Right?
And my copy of The 100 Year Old Man who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared arrived. I'll start that later, right now I'm into On Writing.
He starts the book by letting us know early on that it isn't an autobiography, but there is an awful lot of his life in there. Maybe not a complete autobiography but a good glimpse into his life. It's certainly interesting seeing how his fame came about. He writes the book not like it's a chore, but rather like the reader and himself are sitting down to tea and he's having a conversation with you. Very casual and chatty, but not too chatty that it's annoying. I think knowing Stephen King's fame now makes it hard to believe he struggled to get published so it's a real breath of fresh-air to know that he struggled too. Not that I want anyone to struggle, but you know what I mean, right?
One of the things in this book that he says is to never write for the money, but write because you love it. I know someone who tries to write according to what is the 'in thing', and that baffles me. I am NOT into vampires, although that is all the rage right now, but I am not going to try to write something I don't like because that would be easier to get accepted in this vampire-induced world. Write what you love! and most importantly write because you love to write, not because you are hoping that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
With that being said Of course I'm hoping to get published someday ;)
If not then so be it...I'm getting free therapy sessions out of it.
I'm actually in the writing mood tonight, so I'm going to hit 'publish', and let this out into the Wild Wacky Woo-universe (that's what www stands for, right? Right?...yeah I thought so.)
~R
I forgot to mention I finished J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, it was what I call a slice of life story...or a true to life story. Very real worldish. I loved it. It made me laugh and cry. It was like being a fly on the wall and peeking into everyone's lives without them knowing it. and who doesn't want to do that? Right?
And my copy of The 100 Year Old Man who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared arrived. I'll start that later, right now I'm into On Writing.
He starts the book by letting us know early on that it isn't an autobiography, but there is an awful lot of his life in there. Maybe not a complete autobiography but a good glimpse into his life. It's certainly interesting seeing how his fame came about. He writes the book not like it's a chore, but rather like the reader and himself are sitting down to tea and he's having a conversation with you. Very casual and chatty, but not too chatty that it's annoying. I think knowing Stephen King's fame now makes it hard to believe he struggled to get published so it's a real breath of fresh-air to know that he struggled too. Not that I want anyone to struggle, but you know what I mean, right?
One of the things in this book that he says is to never write for the money, but write because you love it. I know someone who tries to write according to what is the 'in thing', and that baffles me. I am NOT into vampires, although that is all the rage right now, but I am not going to try to write something I don't like because that would be easier to get accepted in this vampire-induced world. Write what you love! and most importantly write because you love to write, not because you are hoping that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
With that being said Of course I'm hoping to get published someday ;)
If not then so be it...I'm getting free therapy sessions out of it.
I'm actually in the writing mood tonight, so I'm going to hit 'publish', and let this out into the Wild Wacky Woo-universe (that's what www stands for, right? Right?...yeah I thought so.)
~R
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