I was battling a migraine and trying to get things done, like some guest blogs I owe, plus adding to a scene for my newest proposal that agent suggested, plus working on one of those, just for me projects. The day went surprisingly well, because I just took it all slowly.
I decided to put the last of my copy editing off until tomorrow, when I was sharper. I can’t do those when I’m foggy. I can write while foggy – written some of my best scenes that way.
I was also playing around on Facebook, asking people to suggest some of their favorite music and I got some great suggestions. The first thing I do when I get a lead on a new song is play the sample on iTunes while I look up the lyrics. Several of the songs suggested to me today are actually really perfect for the proposal book (It’s Mace’s book – I’m calling it In the Air Tonight, but I doubt that title will stick. Working titles rarely do.)
I also have RITA books to read – it’s my first year judging. Oh, for those of you not familiar with the RITA, it’s the RWA’s (Romance Writers of America) awards, announced yearly at their conference – there are different categories, like Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, Best series romance, etc. There’s also a Golden Heart contest for unpublished manuscripts too, and I know lots of the Golden Heart winners went on to have their manuscripts published, so it’s a cool contest.
So yeah, that was my day? Yours?
By the way, there was entirely too much football on today. Seriously.







Whenever I start a new project, I always create a new Pandora station based on a song that reminds me of the subject matter. My last WIP, it was “Ashley MacIsaac Radio”. This WIP, it’s “George Gershwin Radio.” I’ll have to ask for suggestions next time… I think that’s a great idea.
Thanks for the blog post!
Oh, you know I forget about Pandora all the time – I could find some new music there too! I need to have a set soundtrack when I’m working (if new music suddenly shows up, it confuses me
but that would be awesome for my pre-writing to do the Pandora thing. And yeah, I seriously added about 10 new songs based on people’s recs:)
I just got my RITA entries in the mail and it’s my first year judging also. Am excited to dig into them
Hey Katie! I’m excited and nervous too, you know? It’s the whole subjective thing and I’m so hoping I like them all…