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So today…

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  There’s also a Golden Heart contest for unpublished manuscripts too, and I know lots of the Golden Heart winners went on to have their manuscripts published, so it’s a cool contest.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.

4 thoughts on “So today…

  1. 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:)

    • 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…