That's right I'm leaving behind the world of tweeting, pinning, and status updates for a whole 2 weeks.
I need to separate myself from the internet and focus on my writing. No more late nights spent pouring over pictures of cute animals, taking quizzes instead of putting down words, or relegating in the latest wild mess to up heave the writing/author world.
In the meantime I'm putting my editing cap on and in overdrive. It's time to wrap up a project and begin another one.
If I owe you a guest post or anything blog related rest assured I'll still have posts scheduled to occur.
If you need to reach me email is your best shot and I'll respond as quickly as I can.
Until then: see you after hiatus.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
And I'm spent...
The last 2 months have been a bit insane. I got roped into this crazy submission call, originally proposed by my critique partner. The submission call involved fairy tale retelling with *drumroll* zombies!
I know what you're going to say next: "But Landra you hate, and I mean despise with every ounce of your being, zombies."
I'm also aware of this fact, and... did I mention I was dragged into this by my critique partner. The conversation went a bit like this:
Her: This is insane but, Entangled has a call for fairy tale retelling zombie romance short story/novellas for Halloween. It's got my creativity flowing.
Me: What's this crazy idea you're having? I like it.
Her: We should each write a story for submission. It's due by July 31st. Doing it together will act as motivation.
Me: But we have less than 2 months to write it.
Her: That's right. 1 week to brainstorm, 1 week to plot, 2 weeks to write, 2 weeks to edit, and 1 week of wiggle room I think we can do it.
Me: It would definitely be an experience for deadlines and writing short stories.
Her: So you're in?
Me: Uh... yeah.
Alright flash forward about a week later and she texts me.
I told her as long as the good guys get to win I can do this.
Then things got crazy. I brainstormed, plotted, and then lost my touch. It took about a week to get back in the groove. Then I wrote (kickin' and screamin' all the way) until I thought everything was crap. I wrote some more, and sent the pieces of the story to my lovely CP to rip apart. In between the power outages, heat waves, monsoons, and random disasters I managed to finish the story and begin edits. The last 4 days were probably the worst, and then I had to write a query.
Bottom line of this crazy rant: I. Did. It. I submitted the story. I'm ready for rejection. I learned a ton of things through writing and editing, which I'll include in another post. But regardless of what happens this is a learning experience and even if it does go beyond a standard form letter telling me to try, try again I know that I can.
What this means for you, dear reader, I'm back. Give me a week to recover, but after that be ready for review time. If you've emailed me be ready for a response.
I know what you're going to say next: "But Landra you hate, and I mean despise with every ounce of your being, zombies."
I'm also aware of this fact, and... did I mention I was dragged into this by my critique partner. The conversation went a bit like this:
Her: This is insane but, Entangled has a call for fairy tale retelling zombie romance short story/novellas for Halloween. It's got my creativity flowing.
Me: What's this crazy idea you're having? I like it.
Her: We should each write a story for submission. It's due by July 31st. Doing it together will act as motivation.
Me: But we have less than 2 months to write it.
Her: That's right. 1 week to brainstorm, 1 week to plot, 2 weeks to write, 2 weeks to edit, and 1 week of wiggle room I think we can do it.
Me: It would definitely be an experience for deadlines and writing short stories.
Her: So you're in?
Me: Uh... yeah.
Alright flash forward about a week later and she texts me.
I just remembered something: You hate zombies. Like they seriously creep you out. How are you doing with this?
I told her as long as the good guys get to win I can do this.
Then things got crazy. I brainstormed, plotted, and then lost my touch. It took about a week to get back in the groove. Then I wrote (kickin' and screamin' all the way) until I thought everything was crap. I wrote some more, and sent the pieces of the story to my lovely CP to rip apart. In between the power outages, heat waves, monsoons, and random disasters I managed to finish the story and begin edits. The last 4 days were probably the worst, and then I had to write a query.
Bottom line of this crazy rant: I. Did. It. I submitted the story. I'm ready for rejection. I learned a ton of things through writing and editing, which I'll include in another post. But regardless of what happens this is a learning experience and even if it does go beyond a standard form letter telling me to try, try again I know that I can.
What this means for you, dear reader, I'm back. Give me a week to recover, but after that be ready for review time. If you've emailed me be ready for a response.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Contests and Fun Stuff #2
Greetings all my fellow "lovers" of DST, a TLA for Daylight Savings Time, if you don't know what TLA means then I pray for you. Here's the Top 5 for contests and fun stuff.
Before I begin the list let me say one thing: March is Hot Hot Hot!!! So many fun things to do
5. DABWAHA! - A March Madness contest for Romance! Covers multiple romance genres so just because you don't read all of them doesn't mean you can't get involved and have fun.
Hosted By: Smart Bitches Trashy Books
Deadline for picks: March 15, 2011 at 11:59pm CST
Grand Prize: A 16 GB Ipad 2 (who doesn't want to get their grubby little fingers on that!).
There are other prizes as well but click on the link to get all the info. Remember time is short.
4. CSAR - Another March Madness bracket. Same theme Romance, but this time different categories. Put forth by the benevolent Camryn Rhys and friend.
Deadline for picks: March 21, 2011. Plus a few other stipulations (follow on blog, twitter, or FB) and announce who you are of course.
Grand Prize: An e-reader, no specifics on variety. But hey! It's an e-reader, beggars can't be choosy.
Good fun and another way to get crazy for something other than basketball.
3. Ashley March - March Madness Scavenger Hunt- Sensing a theme are we, well it is March. Now the good stuff. We have a scavenger hunt starting tomorrow (March 15, 2011). Ashley March is promising delectable prizes and fun times. You need to be ready 7pm MST because that's when the contest starts. Questions and all that jazz will be posted at that time. If you don't have time to partake check out Ashley's blog anyway. She's conducting lots of fun interviews with guest authors and yummy giveaways all month.
2. Miss Snark's First Victim Secret Agent Contest (March)- Ready to land an agent or maybe just get some feedback from one. Then 'Come on Down'! Authoress, creator of MSFV holds a lovely monthly contest called 'Secret Agent'. For more details click on the link, but submission time frames are on March 21st.
1. Spring Free Edit Contest- This is the big one my pretties! A lovely Cassandra Freelance Editor is hosting a contest for a free substantial edit (up to 100k).
Deadline: March 21st, 2011. You can enter once per day and have to supply a little blurb about the content of your story. Go get 'em aspiring authors. This type of thing doesn't come around often.
That's about it for this week.... except, I will be posting my own little contest on Thursday. Stay tuned it's gonna be good.
Before I begin the list let me say one thing: March is Hot Hot Hot!!! So many fun things to do
5. DABWAHA! - A March Madness contest for Romance! Covers multiple romance genres so just because you don't read all of them doesn't mean you can't get involved and have fun.
Hosted By: Smart Bitches Trashy Books
Deadline for picks: March 15, 2011 at 11:59pm CST
Grand Prize: A 16 GB Ipad 2 (who doesn't want to get their grubby little fingers on that!).
There are other prizes as well but click on the link to get all the info. Remember time is short.
4. CSAR - Another March Madness bracket. Same theme Romance, but this time different categories. Put forth by the benevolent Camryn Rhys and friend.
Deadline for picks: March 21, 2011. Plus a few other stipulations (follow on blog, twitter, or FB) and announce who you are of course.
Grand Prize: An e-reader, no specifics on variety. But hey! It's an e-reader, beggars can't be choosy.
Good fun and another way to get crazy for something other than basketball.
3. Ashley March - March Madness Scavenger Hunt- Sensing a theme are we, well it is March. Now the good stuff. We have a scavenger hunt starting tomorrow (March 15, 2011). Ashley March is promising delectable prizes and fun times. You need to be ready 7pm MST because that's when the contest starts. Questions and all that jazz will be posted at that time. If you don't have time to partake check out Ashley's blog anyway. She's conducting lots of fun interviews with guest authors and yummy giveaways all month.
2. Miss Snark's First Victim Secret Agent Contest (March)- Ready to land an agent or maybe just get some feedback from one. Then 'Come on Down'! Authoress, creator of MSFV holds a lovely monthly contest called 'Secret Agent'. For more details click on the link, but submission time frames are on March 21st.
1. Spring Free Edit Contest- This is the big one my pretties! A lovely Cassandra Freelance Editor is hosting a contest for a free substantial edit (up to 100k).
Deadline: March 21st, 2011. You can enter once per day and have to supply a little blurb about the content of your story. Go get 'em aspiring authors. This type of thing doesn't come around often.
That's about it for this week.... except, I will be posting my own little contest on Thursday. Stay tuned it's gonna be good.
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