Writing

I missed my blog day last Frieday. It seems like I do that every other week, bad JL!

I’ve gotten back into a sort of groove lately. I’m working on the short story for the Ties that Bind anthology coming out from MLR press. So far so good. I’ve started out small, 1000 words a day. Which should put me at the end of Nov. deadline with no problem. I had a real hard time getting into writing again. Not sure if it was stress or what. I tried to work on two different stories for this anthology, first a vamp, the second a fractured fairy tale. For some unknown reason neither talked to me, then out of the blue this guy shows up waving his arms and saying, “write me, write me.” So, I did, and so far so good, I like him, he seems to like me and his hero is really cool.

And the best thing about him??? He’s got me in the mood to write again, for that alone he’s special. He’s also started making noise about a series, right now I’ve only agreed to one more about his hero’s brother, but we’ll see. His name is Evan and he’s a heeler (team roper). His hero is another Native American man. Not sure why but they are just coming out of the woodworks lately First Shane, then Chay, then Jake, now Aaron. I’m about half way finished with the story and am trying not to stress and agonize over the deadline. So far so good, I’m still having fun with it and there’s no pressure. Well almost none. I took yesterday off to clean house so I’m a little antsy about getting back that 1000 I lost yesterday. I might get the change to write Saturday, but maybe not. I’m actually hoping not because if not I’m going to the gun range and I really want to go to the gun range, soooo…. Anyway, wish me luck, I have to finish up a scene and send the whole thing to Dick today. He’s working on this one with me and probably wondering what the hell I’m doing cause I haven’t sent much lately. It’s kind of weird actually. I’ve never done daily writing by word counts. I’ve always done it per scene. I think I like this word count thing….

Written by JL Langley

JL is a full-time writer, with over ten novels to her credit. Among her hobbies she includes reading, practicing her marksmanship (she happens to be a great shot), gardening, working out (although she despises cardio), searching for the perfect chocolate dessert (so far as she can tell ALL chocolate is perfect, but it requires more research)
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