Remembering

I have been fairly vocal about the theft of my tablet. Everyday I realize more and more how much information and work I had on it.

I believe I may have finally finished changing all the appropriate passwords... One can hope anyway.

In an effort to ease my sorrow, and immense anger!, I have been watching movies. Needless to say when one of my avsolute childhood favorites came on, I couldn't resist.

As I watch Legend, for the firat time in many, many years, I feel like no time has passed sinced the last time I was swept away by its story.

There are times, like now, when I wonder why my mother was so surprised at the woman I became. She fought so hard against me being Goth-y, but it truly is who I am. How many girls do you know who wanted to be the princess dressed all in black with Darkness swearing he would do her bidding? (Of course I didn't want the unicorns killed either, though)... I also wanted to be like Morticia and Wednesday Addams.

I like my Goth-y side. And maybe in the next few days I will take the time to embrace it and see if that helps. Because right now something has to give...

Crazy day

It is the last day of school for my class. As of 3:30 est we have graduated--or if anyone needs to make up any hours when they finish that. As you imagine, people are acting a bit silly.

Me, I am sitting off to the side while others work on their final practical (skills assessment) and waiting my turn.

But what does that have to do with this blog?

Well as I said on Facebook a few days ago, I have a character blossoming in my head. I know I need to work on full length novels that people have patiently been waiting for... but having ideas for short stories is also awesome so I can at least keep things coming out. And, truth be told, I am not certain if she will be a full-length or recurring chatacter.

I also have an idea of a direction I may take Leigh, but I have to think about this a bit.

As I began writing, I realized I have so much more I want to say...but I will leave the unveiling of that information for tomorrow's email update...then I will speak more about it here and/or on Facebook.

The countdown clock has begun for me...and I can't wait. I have worked long and hard, and this is another step closer to my goals.

Blah kind of day

My morning started off like those bad jokes about country songs...
I overslept slightly
couldn't find my Disturbed hat to cover my bed-head that just didn't want to work with me
My eyes were itchy...
blah blah blah.
It seemed like one piece of bad news after another.

But I am trying to turn my day around. I slightly rearranged my living room which always gives the room a shiny new look...and I only have 17 more days of school.

I have files available to me at school thanks to my jump drive, so if I get some free time, I can work on that.

And of course I got to watch some movies from my childhood last night.

Its still a blah kind of day, but I think I can turn it around...

Blah morning

Well, today has started out very blah. I really didn't want to get out of bed. In my mind all I can do is think about how much I am ready to be done with school, you know, when the to-do list isn't on an endless loop inside my head. And one of the side zippers on the purse (that I so very adore) that my best friend gave me (I think because I have been doing so well in school) broke. I didn't realize how much I used that pocket until the zipper went haywire. It's totally fixable...well, for someone who knows how to fix a zipper. I am not that good with getting a zipper back on "track" though, so it is still gaping open.

I have a little bit of a headache (yes, I know I am kvetching a lot), which honestly after the day and night I had last night does not surprise me! The highlight of my day (hold on, this isn't complaining, lol) was that I announced Leigh volume 1 should be going to print soon! I did the galley check for that (making sure there were no mistakes) and that it was formatted the way I wanted it done...That was awesome. I am so very incredibly excited about that. Now I just have to work on the next Leigh as well, (and the other dozen or so books I have been supposed to work on for a while now).

At the end of the day, I am not sure which is better...to be so busy that you just don't know where to start with all the things that you need to do...or to have so little to do that you just sit around doing nothing. Is there a happy medium in there somewhere, and will I ever find it? lol. I know this blog post has been all over the place this morning, but that's kindof where my head is at right now. I'm trying to revisit everything I have learned over the last eight months, while remaining so very active in my daughter's girl group (to show my support), remember stuff I had to memorize for a group I belong to for an event coming up this weekend, stressing out about a pretty major test that I have to take to become certified to do what I am in school for...and of course, it doesn't help when there are four people in my head screaming at me that I need to pay attention to them and write. I guess not making a long story all that short, my head is a very, very busy place to be right now.

Maybe I should revisit that whole "taking time away from my day and the world every single day to meditate and clear my head" plan that I go back to every so often...

Lots of work

Wow...you know, you never really realize just how out of control your email inbox has become until you have to go through it to find something.
Sadly, I have spent the last hour organizing my emails (Author and personal) thanks to the new google mail set-up. Seriously, it wasn't broken, why fix it?!?!
I got a lot of work done the last few days and even got some writing done! I found the coveted Club Strigoi guideline that I wrote a very long time ago when I first came up with the idea of the series and I found the "wow, thank God I found this!" timeline. As some of you know, the Club Strigoi books are really interwoven, so this makes my life a lot easier. Especially since I'm kindof bouncing around on ideas for several of them now. They are the ones taking a sledge hammer into my brain.
The question is...do I add the shots stories to the the timeline? Hmmmm...this must be considered.
Over the last two days, I've basically drank two pots of coffee myself (this from a person who does not drink coffee regularly, I prefer a good cuppa tea ;) Like Earl Grey) and I'm not sure if this babbling is normal or some freaky side effect cause I haven't had caffine...
Maybe I should go get a cup of soothing tea before my class starts...the last thing I need is people (who don't live inside my head) trying to tie me up because I'm all over the place and not working on what I should be working on.

chained...

I need to become chained to my schedule book again. I started using it, mapping out every little detail of my life, then BAM! just when everything was running smoothly I decided one day I didn't need to actually look at it for the day...then it became buried in my purse....then its a very slippery slope. And its not just a matter of me wanting to get more organized... I *need* to!
I am a have it all kind of girl, I admit it. So, I want to be able to be in school and get good grades, and I want to write and promote myself, and have time for my family, and begin both studying for my huge certification test and looking for a day job... I want it all! But I admit that the only way for me to do that is to strictly adhere to a schedule... (which between you and me goes very much against who I am inside...) But some sacrifices must be made to have it all.
If that means I have write in every few days that I have to post on my blog, or what have you, then so be it! At least I have a schedule book that I like...now to make referring to it second nature....

Long time

Wow, I almost can't believe its been so long since I posted!

Leigh Season Two has begun... I have wonderful ideas for where she is going and potentially a new plot in my Club Strigoi series...

I am almost done wih this round of school (September) and am preparing to take a certificatiin test so I have been spending a lot of time studying and I am about to start reviewing things. I really want to pass that test the first time, lol.

I also have someone currently working on redesigning my website. I know, I have been horribly fickle with that...but once I get THE design, I will stop. And this time its being handled by a professional, so I am keeping my fingers crossed!

I have actually begun to keep a day planner and have been good about scheduling with it, so now I need to start adding in more author-related time--something I am sure will come a little easier once I am not in school for 30 hrs a week and studying at least another 20-30 hrs a week..