Tag: writing

Pre November Blues

~ JodiLea ~ 2 Comments

Specifically, the NaNoWriMo jitters.

Less than a week away and I’m getting very nervous. I still have no clue about what I want to write, who my protagonist(s) are, and who’s point-of-view to tell the story (what story??) from. My brain is a vast plain of nothingness.

Maybe this is the way my subconscious prevents me from getting a head start (cheating). If so, I better wake up November 1st full of ideas and momentum. Do you hear me subconscious mind?

Then, I realize I’m not home at my computer on November 1st. I’ll be at my daughter’s house, recovering from Halloween festivities with my granddaughters. Mental Note: pack a new notebook and several pencils to take with me. Who knows? I used to write epic stories in spiral notebooks when I was a kid.  Perhaps returning to my “roots” will give me the creative boost I need. Or not.

Old Notebooks
The Pile of Epic Stories – somewhere in a box…

Stay tuned!

It’s a Short Trip…

~ JodiLea ~ 1 Comment

Whenever I say “That’s driving me crazy!”, hubby replies with “That’s a short trip.”

He is correct, along with being a smart ass.

Because I have nothing else to do (blatant lie) I signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) – even when you retire you have to deal with acronyms. I want to give my lazy muse a good workout, get in the habit of working on fiction everyday.

No, this blog is not fiction. OK… The “This Could Be News” posts are as fictional as they get though.

When I signed up for the event, they gave me a free  website  for getting sponsors and displaying my progress. Come by if you feel like it. If you have an extra buck, think about supporting us striving writers. Or is that starving writers?

No purchase required to win.

What Happened to Football?

~ JodiLea

We’re 4 games into the season and I haven’t posted a word about it. Not only is this is unprecedented, it’s downright scary. This season I am one happy camper – the team and coach Harbaugh are balanced and awesome. Could it be that I’m finally learning to relax? Nah…

My family is puzzled that there have been no posts about the temp referees I was screaming at. Or the game calls that caused coach to foam at the mouth. No, I am not exaggerating.  I’m paying attention to all of that, I’m just too exhausted to write about it. Or much of anything else.

It’s my novels fault. I want to finish the draft and I only have one month (before NaNoWriMo) to get there. In November I’m going to write a different story, and I want to put the one I am writing (sick of) to bed for awhile. This morning I am possibly avoiding the thing by chatting with you guys. I’m at a tough transition point now and things are not flowing, so I’m being pouty about it. Sorry!

Anyway, I will be posting here and there because you know I can’t resist. But not as much as I have been. You may have noticed the dwindling rate of my posts already. Be assured that I won’t forsake you, dear readers! Even though it may seem that I’m ignoring you – I am not.  In fact, it’s possible you may be able to catch an excerpt of said novel someday, if you hang in there with me.

PLEASE?!

😉