November 5, 2006 | about me
I went to a fireworks display last night at Wellington Country Park. It was cool. The fireworks were very noisy, and I was expecting my baby to jump around a bit, but he was perfectly still while they were going on, and started kicking as soon as they stopped. If this means that he has my husband’s genes and loves nothing more than loud noises, God help me.
Today I intend to write–as much as I can, anyway. I put my name down for eHarlequin’s NaNoWriMo, in the hopes that being accountable would make me write more, but I’m ashamed to say it hasn’t. My concentration span is very short, and I find the beginning of a book very difficult to write in any case. There are too many things to decide and too many places it can go wrong.
I’ve put a post-it on my computer saying WRITE CRAP! It’s there to remind me that the important thing is to write, not to worry. If the words are down, I can fix them. The problem is getting my butt in front of this computer for long enough for me to get the words down. I have about a million other things to do and I am, scarily, becoming pregnant enough that I am bothered by the fact that my kitchen cupboards need sorting out and I haven’t cleaned my oven in four years.
My motivation to write today should be that, if all goes well, I will commit the ultimate revenge by getting my heroine pregnant, too.
Have I mentioned that Delicious is out in Australia and New Zealand this month? It is, here, though it appears to have sold out.
And Being a Bad Girl is out there next month, too, here.
The covers are on my sidebar, which I’ve updated instead of writing crap.
Michelle Styles says:
You know my feelings about the NaNo — a rabbit in the headlights — that is me.
the answer is not Write Crap but Just Keep Writing.
And lol on your baby and loud noises.It could be a coiuncidence, but there again — probably not. Beware the wooden sppon and pot pan as favourite toy phase when he is about a year. Hard on the eardrums…
Julie says:
Dave swears we’re buying the baby a drum kit as soon as we move house.
Tanya Louise says:
I know exactly how you feel about the beginning a book thing. I am the same except that I don’t have the nesting instincts of pregnancy to blame - just four children!
So I have no excuses and can still find lots of things I HAVE to do before I write - even though I really want to!
Julie says:
Four children seems a good excuse, Tanya. I did get down and write, finally, though in short spurts. How about you?
Michelle says:
I tried writing crap, but it doesn’t do me any good when I have to later delete EVERY SINGLE PAGE. Nope, gotta trust my instincts. Do it right the first time, if you can.
mary beth says:
nonononono. You’re suppossed to blog about how once you’re multi-pubbed the words just magically appear.
Hope you were able to write.
Karen says:
Love the new covers - verrry sexy.
Good luck with the writing!
Diana says:
Dear Julie,
I read “Spirit Willing” in a contest a few years ago and loved it. I’m so glad that it is out int eh UK, Any plans for US publication or am I off to amazon.uk?
~Diana
Julie says:
Ahh, Michelle, I need permission to write crap or else I just won’t write anything, because I usually think it’s crap when I write it. Sometimes the crap does turn out all right (like my last book, which I thought sucked, but only had very minor revisions). And sometimes it doesn’t. But if I don’t give myself permission to write crap, I’ll just worry and worry about getting it right and nothing will happen.
Mary Beth…yeah. The words magically appear. OUT OF MY BUTT!!!
Julie says:
Thanks Karen…I thought at first that the cover of Delicious featured a dressed-up woman and a male psychiatric nurse in a padded cell, but on closer inspection that’s a chef jacket and they’re in a tiled kitchen or something. I’m not quite sure how my characters got semi-naked on top of a building in Being A Bad Girl, but again…it’s sexy, it’s got a naked male torso, it’s all good.
I’m interested and excited they’re being released in two slightly separate lines, as I get to be part of the new Sexy Sensation line and also part of the best-selling Sexy line. The best of both worlds!
Julie says:
Hi Diana! Thanks for dropping by. I remember that contest…
Headline are, as far as I know, trying to sell the rights in the USA, but for now I only know about publication in the UK, Holland, and France. I think it’s listed on Amazon.com as well as Amazon.co.uk. Hope you manage to track down a copy and it’s not too expensive…
Liz Fielding says:
I’m in “write crap” mode at the moment, too, Julie. Sometimes it’s the only way out. I did have fun getting my heroine to tell her take on the Frog & the Prince story to a sheikh, though.
Kris WW says:
I didn’t know there was an eHarlequin NaNoWriMo - I just did the regular one again. This time I actually wrote out a plot precis and a few character sketches in October - I’ve never done that before. Might explain why I hit 50k in 9 days, and 73k five days later.
I think there’s a lesson to be learnt in there somewhere!