Dana's Magic and Mayhem

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Two Things...

One, I'm taking today off. I think even my toenails hurt. I'll be checking my email periodically but that's about it.

It's official. I am sick to death of rain.

The other thing is the Writeminded Blog Giveaway:

Starting Monday it’s going to get crazy around here. All day every day for the entire week and a few days into the next week as well! I’m going to give away lots and lots of ebooks. There’ll be a few other really cool prizes too so be sure to come hang out with us.

I thought I’d get all the fine print stuff out the way now and explain how it’s all going to work :)

There’ll be at least four prize posts per day. The ebook giveaways will each contain five ebooks. We’re going to post the covers and the blurbs with links to the author’s website, to an excerpt and of course the purchase link.

We have over ONE HUNDRED ebooks to give away weeee! How cool is that?

For more details and to see the ebooks being given away you'll need to check out their blog. Every day they're adding more books! Good luck!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sully's Sweet

Has been submitted to Liquid Silver Books! I finally got it the way I wanted it. I wound up adding 6k words yesterday (and doesn't my hand just love me for that one!) to get it done in time.

Tomorrow I break Bunny out of the hoosegow and get back to work on him and Tabby. I'm roughly a third of the way done on Bear Necessities and I hope to have it completely done before the end of October. Preferably sooner. OH! And next month you'll see a free story by me, a Halloween themed one called Little Red. Rick and Belle throw a Halloween party at the lodge! I'm not sure when it will be available but it will be hosted by The Samhellion. I'll let you know more when I have more details.

I'm taking the rest of the day off. My hand feels like it's been through the meat grinder, but it was worth it!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Cover Goodness!

It's up, it's official! The cover art for Only In My Dreams!

Halle Pumas book 5 is coming November 10th!

Plots, Plans and Unexpected Twists

I was supposed to work through the weekend last week, but that didn't work out so well. The weekend turned into something of a nightmare. I wound up wishing away the rain so I could try and get some work done.

Arthritis sucks, but it sucks more when it's damp out.

I did get some work done, but nothing near what I had hoped to do. I wound up ripping into Sully's Sweet. I finally decided to listen to my instincts and chop out a portion of the story that seemed to make the whole thing drag. I lost roughly 2k but the story seems to flow much better now. I'm trying to finish it today so I can get back to Bunny full time.

I also decided that I'm going to do Jaden, Moira and Duncan for NaNoWriMo. Noble Blood is all outlined and ready to go as soon as I'm done with Bear Necessities. After that is December, the month of I-ain't-gettin'-nuthin'-done. I already know that due to the holidays things tend to happen too fast around here for me to work very much. I'll be back to work in January. If I have time, if I finish Bunny earlier than I think I will, I'm going to try and re-write book 2 of True Destiny, Eye of the Beholder. Before Angie left Samhain she told me there were things that needed to be re-written but I never learned what. Too many other things got in the way. I know it needs to be re-worked so I'm upping it on my priority list. At the worst I'll begin in January. After that? Hecate's Own! And at some point I really need to work on that stand-alone sci-fi story, Stern Negotiations...

Yup, I've got things plotted out waaaaay in advance. Now if only Ms. Muse will cooperate.

Favorite Quotes

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability." Ron White

"So let me get this straight. You want me to kill the little guys, kill the big guys, crowd control those I can't, buff the team, debuff the boss, keep myself alive, AND keep you alive, all while waving a stick and dressed in a towel?" - Anonymous Role Playing Gamer

"I think that statue over there is a statement on modern life. The statement is, "Well, shit." - Varric, Dragon Age II

"Why is it all claws and guns? Can't we piss off a fuzzy planet? Still dangerous, but hey. Bunnies." - Joker, Mass Effect

"Last night, I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and thought to myself, "Where the heck is the ceiling?" - Dilbert

"Aim at the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success." - Annie Oakley

"It is only when you fall that you learn whether you can fly." - Flemeth, aka The Witch of the Wilds, Dragon Age 2

"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.'” - George Carlin

"I hear there's a wild bridge tournament down the street. And you know Bridge. It's a lot like sex. If you don't have a great partner, you'd better have a good hand." Barry Weiss, Storage Wars

"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5, "A Late Delivery From Avalon"

"I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein

“If you think you can or think you cannot, you are correct.” - Henry Ford