This Week's Hot Reading List

The Nightlife New York, Travis Luedke

Her Perfect Getaway, Emma Jay

April's Fool, Alexis Ayres

The Lady Submits, Chloe Cox

No Really, #FastDraft is the E'ffing Bomb!

In 14 days, I've wracked up 35,000 words!

Tomorrow Revision Hell starts. My plan is to tackle edits on my Erotic Vacation series for a few days. I think the protocol is to edit in chunks. Since that one is only 20 pages, I can tackle revisions in a few days.  What I'm going to do with it after I finish is the real burning question. I've researched Selena Kitt's company eXcessica. Their doors were closed to submissions for awhile but now have reopened. She has a super far reach and a rock solid sales history. I also like her stance on censorship. My stuff isn't nearly as dripping wet as hers and other's who pub with  eXcessica. But if I'm really going to do this thing, I think I want to get behind an engine that roars.

12 5k's in a Year.
What a shit week for working out. I made it to the gym only twice.

Here's everything else I did in the last seven days: Girl Scouts, Soccer, Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts, Soccer, Girl Scouts, Swim Team, Birthday Party, an All Day Soccer Tournament with another Girl Scout event sandwiched in between my son's games, and what else?  Oh yeah, that's right, I wrote 17,500 new words!

OMFG! #FastDraft is Amaze-balls!

In a week, I wrote 17,500 words!

After day four, I redirected my focus to completing a hot little 10K word erotic story. It will eventually become part of a series, Erotic Vacations, a three to four story set that I hope to get out by September. I also worked on an Erotic Romance Paranormal Thriller - if there is such a thing.  It's a bit harder to nail down the words when there are two story threads, the romance and the thriller, but I'm plugging along. 

12 5K's in a Year

I went to the gym four times last week. Two runs and two cycle classes. Thursdays seem to be the day I hit a wall and need a rest. I think I need to make that day a light cleaning day (750 calories in 3 hours!) and give my old lady muscles a breather. I'll try it out next week and see how it goes. 

Fast Draft Day 1

I made the commitment of 10 pages a day. The class challenges you to write 20 pages, but I know myself. I know I'd ignore everything to get that kind of word count finished, including my kids. When you're the only parent they have for awhile, I couldn't do that to them. Ten pages leaves me enough time to be both Mom and Dad, while also writing, running, and losing my mind!

Word Count=3000 words. Feeling good since that is usually my word count for the week. 

I made it to the gym four times last week. My mile is getting faster. I'm digging the cycle classes. I don't feel as lonely as I once did now that I'm getting out and socializing (and sweating) with others. 

May is My Month

I am attacking the page for the entire month of May, and at the end of May, I'm going to do it all over again with Candace Haven's #FastDraft course.

Health and Happiness
Both of my kids need the school year to finish.  They are exhausted and tired and really looking forward to something new.

12 5K's in a Year
I'm doing a mile about 2x a week. I added cycling 2x a week too. I would like to add some strength. Maybe a 30 day challenge is in order?


Word Count
About 10,000 words in the last two weeks. I'm figuring out a story and vomiting some scenes as a result. I've been drawn to writing the moment when my H/h nearly destroy what they have and then writing backward from that point. This narrative point is called many things: crisis, moment of truth- the list really does go on forever. By writing these tense moments first, I find my characters hidden in all that raw emotion, the kind of emotion with a price tag so heavy that the cost of staying the same is too great. That popular meme says it all - "You don't really know someone until you see them deal with dial up internet," you don't know them until you see them truly tested with some seriously heavy shit. That's where I find my groove with my characters. I bring hailstorms of shit down upon them and write backward from that point, and tell the story of how they got into the mess in the first place.

Easter with my Cousin!

I haven't seen my cousin in 25 years. We reconnected via Facebook while I was overseas and now that I'm back in the States, we are back in touch.  She invited me and my kids down to her place in South Carolina. We had a blast, the kids all got along famously. I wrote squat and ran diddle.

I need a word count buddy. Anyone out there writing romance or erotic romance care to be my daily word count check in buddy?


12 5k's in a Year
I ran twice, stopping both times every 1/4 mile. Frustrating.

Farewell to My Husband, Again.

He left again and I felt a heavy sadness most of the night. The kids were a wreck and I had little patience left to help console them. We all went to bed early. I woke up in the middle of the night and started writing in my notebook. Reunited lovers and a betrayal that could tear them apart.  Spice level is at about a 3. For now.

12 5k's in a Year
Starting back on Monday