ELSPETH IS FINISHED!

I did it! I finished writing Elspeth. I can't believe I achieved it, but I did. Feels so good. So, what I've been doing now is editing it. I just finished chapter 12. I have half of it done. There will be a second round of edits. More in depth as it were. Fine tuning it and all. The last thing I have to do is my work cited page and I'm not too keen on doing that. So much information I have to type in. It's a good thing I saved all the websites to my desktop, but even then, it's painful to do as I'm sure all of you who had to do a research paper will know. Right?

So, once all the edits are done, I have to submit it in, after I submit the book cover. There is one thing before I do all that and that is I have contacted an agent. Something just spoke to me and said, "Go for it." So, I did. I am hoping that if accepted, that it won't mess with my two big events, and the book store that it'll be in. Even if it is accepted, doesn't mean I have to say ok to it. I can turn them down, but we shall see.

But...IT'S FINISHED!

The end is upon us. I wrote three chapters today. I never, ever write during the day, but my time is nearing and I've yet to edit what I've written. I've added a bunch of dialogue this time, so I hope it doesn't sound stupid, but I think it's necessary to hear what Elspeth and her mother are going through.

I rested throughout the day, my eyes that is. They were getting blurry and I think resting helped unclog it, for after so long, sometimes my wording tends to get silly. I'm sure tomorrow when I look at what I wrote I'll be changing a bunch of it, but for now, it sounds great!

Soon people soon!

A Soul is lost. Never to Return Ever.

I wrote chapters 24 and 25. I'm finding it hard to see what I am typing, but my eyes are blurred with tears from typing Chapter 25. It's the saddest chapter ever. Gut-wrenching and if you don't care when you read it, I guess my writing isn't that good then. But how I did it is that I put myself in a place when I had lost someone. My security blanket so to speak. So, as I wrote this difficult chapter, I remembered how I felt when I lost someone. The pain. The anguish. The void that you find in the pit of your stomach, that doesn't go away. The nightmares weeks after. I put myself BACK into that nightmare of mine as I wrote Elspeth's nightmare. I won't say what, but just know, that it was real. The feeling. The emotion, because those were MY emotions I used.

I won't say anymore. I need to take a break from this. I will say this, I foresee, two more chapters and I am all done. Then its off to editing, going back to fix stupid mistakes I made. Making it sound perfect. Real to you, the reader. Then tweak it with added images and fancy fonts.

Good night!

WRITE!!!

I have been gone. Not writing like I should. My husband took the whole week off, so I've been going places with him. Yesterday, Sunday, we took our daughter to the Vintage 21 store. It has clothing, home decor, yard decor, stationary, etc. It has antiques and antiques that have been re-purposed, to Fairy Garden statuaries. I got a mini dragon. I call her Fiona.

Anyway, after that, I relaxed. Been having my headaches again and they leave me quite exhausted, but later that day, I didn't write a new chapter, I added to chapter 20. Tonight I will do chapter 21. Oh! I worked on a book cover for my good friend Denise. I have to re-do the main character on the cover. So, it being Monday now, I will do that today and tonight I'll write.

It feels like it's going to be a hot one, so I'm thinking it's best I should go out and do my walking or maybe bike ride before I get started on my artwork.

See, even this post is boring. Sorry, just not feeling it today.

Good News!

Ok, not finished with the book. That's not what the good news is about, what is, is that a writer friend of mine in my WriteOn Joliet writers group did an article on me and my upcoming book, Elspeth. I have to say that I was very touched by his words. The title of the blog is Writing and the Process.  Here is the link: Writing and The Process

The second good news is that my books can be purchased now at Prairie Fox Book Store in Ottawa, Illinois. I'm very excited about this and hope that all goes well. I have a fan base in Utica, Illinois and they always ask if I have my books in a nearby book store. I've had to tell them no, but now...I can say, "Yes, I do!"

The link to the book store is on the blog, on the right side.

As far as Elspeth is going, it is. I'm getting quite excited, for the end of writing the story is coming close to an end.

I can feel it, people!

Omens...Good or Bad?

Well, I'm writing chapter 19 and it's a doozy. Things are getting darker and darker for Elspeth and my muse is really doing a great job with this story. Even I can't believe what I'm coming up with!

My week has been . . . meh...not much in the mood to do much, though I did get my house cleaned up and that always makes me feel better about myself.  I do have to say that yesterday was not a good day for me as my Diabetes really exhausted me. I felt like I hit a brick wall, physically. I was so tired and weak. I tried to ignore it and got myself dressed and did some light shopping at Hobby Lobby, but my legs felt like jello and I thought immediately that my blood sugar was low. It was. 77 and going down. So, I chomped down two glucose tabs went home and made a PBJ sandwich and that didn't help much. Oh, my sugar went to a normal level, but I still felt weak, so I took a nap.

Later that evening, I still didn't feel 100% better, I started to write chapter 19, but today, after going over in my head how the chapter sounded, I didn't like it. So, tonight I re-wrote a part of it and I'm glad I did, because not the tension is better. You all are going to love this book when it's done.

Well, it's almost 11p.m. and I am tired. So, until tomorrow. Night!

Things Are Becoming ... Hard to Handle

Well, chapter 18 is coming along. I finished it last night and I must say, I am impressed with it. You see, Elspeth's mother has ill feelings about things back home. She senses trouble, which then is making Elspeth wanting to go home. Her mother knows how to calm any situation down by the use of crystals.

The transformation of such usage of crystals is amazing, as you will soon discover once the book is out.

But during this time of writing, I came down with strep throat. Yeah, I'm not at work (I work in a high school). It's summer! How does one get strep in summer?! So, instead of writing, I've been sleeping and sleeping more. The meds make me sleepy you see. I've got four more days to be on my antibiotics and so far, they are helping, but I have to tell you, I got strep throat three times in a period of six weeks. Six weeks! Three times!

Know what I hate most of the strep throat? It's how they have to swab the back of your throat to get the results. Yeah. I don't do well with that one at all. I have to literally sit on my hands for them to do it because I end up pulling their hand away.

Well, I have dinner to make, but I will write tonight and let you know more. I'm thinking at least two more chapters and I will be done. We shall see if my muse agrees with me or not.

See you!