Monday, May 10, 2010

Official first post

I came across a website with an 'are you ready to query' checklist. One of the things on that list was a blog. Something I never considered starting for myself. The main reason? I didn't think my life was interesting enough to write about. A quick update on facebook occasionaly is all well and good, but to actually sit down and write about what I do everyday didn't sound particularly thrilling.
Who cares about how many times I,
-stop the kids from killing each other.
-wipe a poopy butt.
-yell at the dog for barking at the neighbours.
...etc?
But after taking my writing workshop and getting some feedback from perfect strangers (who don't care if they hurt my feelings) I realized this might be a great place to post some of my work and get some critiques. In the end, anything that helps me refine my story is welcome.

On a side note, there is a reason I have an ungodly amount of books on my table right now. Half of them I used for a recent assignment (dealing with the first and last chapters of YA novels). As for the Kresley Cole books, I was out of new reads and heard I may enjoy devouring hers. After testing out the first one, I fell in love with the story line and bought (and read) the rest of them, they just haven't made it to a bookshelf yet because they are all triple packed, and I have no more room *sob*
Right now I'm working through Lynn Kurlands latest paperback, and even though I have Charlain Harris' new Sookie book on order, I broke down and bought the audiobook to listen to while I'm driving Saydee to puppy school on Wednesdays (six hour round trip, so a good audiobook come in handy). I still need to finish up the Pride and Predjudice and Zombies audiobook, but I'm near the end and it's starting to get a little stale.