1 - Turned in the Fae book. Hope it is OK. Fear it is terrible. Will wait for edits and find out.
2 - Am taking a couple of days off before start the next Celia book during which I will clean house and visit me mum.
3 - Bought 2 copies (one for me, one for my son) of the published version of Neil Gaiman's MAKE GOOD ART speech. It is SO worth it.
4 - Wrote an e-mail to Charlaine Harris because she deserves better treatment than she is getting. (IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION).
5 - Reading new stuff. It's pretty good.
6 - Watched Iron Man 3 and loved it.
AND NOW I'M OFF AND RUNNING.
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Guten Morgen
Okay, priority for today. Go online and find out how to block all comments here since I am very nearly only getting disgusting spam. (As opposed to actual comments or entertaining spam.)
Another priority is to work on the edits the beta readers have produced.
BUT GOOD NEWS!
So far they all like it! WOOT!
I mostly rested this weekend. Did a little housework, volunteered a little bit at the library, but mostly rested. I needed it.
Volunteering at the library was fun! I surprised myself.
My mom was a school librarian (she traveled from grade school to grade school in the district working in the various libraries.) My aunt was the AV librarian at the middle school library. I grew up in libraries and love them. And, to this day, if I see a set of encyclopedias (although written encyclopedias are practically an extinct breed thanks to the internet) I have to put them in order. HAVE to. It's a compulsion.
I am volunteering at the local library to get experience. Although, oddly, all my childhood experience came back to me and I was able to walk right back into it. I am getting experience because I am hoping to get a day job with one of the Denver area library systems when I move back. It is a good job, and a job I could love. And while the plan may not work--it's a good plan, and it makes me happy.
Then again, books make me happy. Go figure.
Think I'm a writer much?
LOL
Cie
Another priority is to work on the edits the beta readers have produced.
BUT GOOD NEWS!
So far they all like it! WOOT!
I mostly rested this weekend. Did a little housework, volunteered a little bit at the library, but mostly rested. I needed it.
Volunteering at the library was fun! I surprised myself.
My mom was a school librarian (she traveled from grade school to grade school in the district working in the various libraries.) My aunt was the AV librarian at the middle school library. I grew up in libraries and love them. And, to this day, if I see a set of encyclopedias (although written encyclopedias are practically an extinct breed thanks to the internet) I have to put them in order. HAVE to. It's a compulsion.
I am volunteering at the local library to get experience. Although, oddly, all my childhood experience came back to me and I was able to walk right back into it. I am getting experience because I am hoping to get a day job with one of the Denver area library systems when I move back. It is a good job, and a job I could love. And while the plan may not work--it's a good plan, and it makes me happy.
Then again, books make me happy. Go figure.
Think I'm a writer much?
LOL
Cie
Sunday, April 07, 2013
It is the weekend.
It is the weekend. I have a million things to do. I wrote yesterday -- until I was just producing crap and not actually creating anything. I will look tomorrow to see if I can fix what I may have broken by trying to push to hard and too fast.
The things to do around the house are not going anywhere. I am pooped. So I am resting on the Sabbath and figuring that it'll get done somehow, sometime.
Later.
The things to do around the house are not going anywhere. I am pooped. So I am resting on the Sabbath and figuring that it'll get done somehow, sometime.
Later.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Thinking through sludge
Woke up in the middle of the night so congested I could barely breathe, so I took a decongestant. Had a hard time sleeping after, and now I feel like I'm thinking through sludge. Yes, I took the non-drowsy stuff (I have to go to the day job later.) But I still feel like crap. I take for granted being clear headed.
Mom is doing better. She's moved from the hospital to rehab. Hopefully she won't have to be in there too long and can come home soon. I'll probably try to go out for a visit soon after she gets home in case she needs some help--I'll have to arrange it with my sister so we take turns. Tim (my brother) has been doing a wonderful job, but I think that once she's out of daily care he might be able to use (a) some help; and (b) the rest.
Writing is going slowly. (See above paragraph about sludge and crazy crisis with Mom). But it is going well, and I am glad. Got all the stuff for the Intergalactic Bar and Grille in the mail, and have picked out the prizes, so that is coming along nicely too. Sorry I won't be able to make RT. But there you go. Life is sometimes like that.
Have to go to the store, so I'll sign off.
Best.
Cie
Mom is doing better. She's moved from the hospital to rehab. Hopefully she won't have to be in there too long and can come home soon. I'll probably try to go out for a visit soon after she gets home in case she needs some help--I'll have to arrange it with my sister so we take turns. Tim (my brother) has been doing a wonderful job, but I think that once she's out of daily care he might be able to use (a) some help; and (b) the rest.
Writing is going slowly. (See above paragraph about sludge and crazy crisis with Mom). But it is going well, and I am glad. Got all the stuff for the Intergalactic Bar and Grille in the mail, and have picked out the prizes, so that is coming along nicely too. Sorry I won't be able to make RT. But there you go. Life is sometimes like that.
Have to go to the store, so I'll sign off.
Best.
Cie
Thursday, March 21, 2013
AHA!!
Okay, spent a little time removing obscene and advertising comments. It took a bit to learn it--but so worth it. :)
OH YEAH, the individual website is: http://www.CTAdamsauthor.com Go, look, enjoy.
It may be a few days between posts. Stuff is going on in my personal life. My mom is in the hospital. (Prayers appreciated.)
OH YEAH, the individual website is: http://www.CTAdamsauthor.com Go, look, enjoy.
It may be a few days between posts. Stuff is going on in my personal life. My mom is in the hospital. (Prayers appreciated.)
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Aiming fior the future.
I was talking to a friend the other evening. We were talking about past mistakes. I told him one of the things I believe -- that you should only look back long enough to learn the lesson. Otherwise, looking back at mistakes just makes you bitter. It's done. It's over. You can't change it. Learn from it and move on.
The future may not be promised. We only KNOW we have the present. Still, best to enjoy the present and USE the time to aim at the future you want. You may not make it, but you have a better chance than if you didn't take aim and take the present actions to get you there.
Life is about change. Right now the book industry is in a state of flux. There are huge opportunities, and HUGE pitfalls for the unwary. Fair enough. I think it's always been that way--but there are different traps (Still think it is wise to go to Predators and Editors if you're starting out.)
I went to the TED site the other day (I go frequently. I'm trying to feed my mind.). There was a short speech on the hidden opportunities/benefits trauma can bring to your life. I've had me some trauma. I can say that, if you let it, it can teach you things about yourself and others that will stick with you for a lifetime.
Among the things it taught me -- what was important. When I was stuck in bed, THE important thing to me was connecting with my son, really talking to him, passing on the lessons and values I've learned, getting to know each other in a way that wasn't as superficial as it had been because I was having to work too damned hard just to survive and pay the bills. That period changed our relationship from one that had been difficult, to a strong, positive one that I value more deeply than I can say.
Another -- laughter matters. A lot. If you can laugh, the problems suddenly seem more manageable. They might not actually BE more manageable, but you feel better, so you can deal with them, and the consequences, fall out and crap. If you can laugh with someone, you bond and you're more likely to have an ally to attack the problems with you. Besides, it just feels good. It was in one of those periods that my son and I came up with our family "motto."
Shit happens. Bring a shovel.
Not elegant, but it works.
I have made past mistakes. Some of them small. Some were huge. But they're the past. I've learned. I'm aiming at the future I want. It's not going to be an easy path. I know that. But it's the future I want, so I'm taking the actions that I think will get me there. If I've got the wrong "map" I'll check coordinates and aim again. And I will try to enjoy the process. Because while aiming at the future is important--just in case I have one; enjoying the present and making the most of it is more so--just in case I don't.
Be well, be happy.
Cie
The future may not be promised. We only KNOW we have the present. Still, best to enjoy the present and USE the time to aim at the future you want. You may not make it, but you have a better chance than if you didn't take aim and take the present actions to get you there.
Life is about change. Right now the book industry is in a state of flux. There are huge opportunities, and HUGE pitfalls for the unwary. Fair enough. I think it's always been that way--but there are different traps (Still think it is wise to go to Predators and Editors if you're starting out.)
I went to the TED site the other day (I go frequently. I'm trying to feed my mind.). There was a short speech on the hidden opportunities/benefits trauma can bring to your life. I've had me some trauma. I can say that, if you let it, it can teach you things about yourself and others that will stick with you for a lifetime.
Among the things it taught me -- what was important. When I was stuck in bed, THE important thing to me was connecting with my son, really talking to him, passing on the lessons and values I've learned, getting to know each other in a way that wasn't as superficial as it had been because I was having to work too damned hard just to survive and pay the bills. That period changed our relationship from one that had been difficult, to a strong, positive one that I value more deeply than I can say.
Another -- laughter matters. A lot. If you can laugh, the problems suddenly seem more manageable. They might not actually BE more manageable, but you feel better, so you can deal with them, and the consequences, fall out and crap. If you can laugh with someone, you bond and you're more likely to have an ally to attack the problems with you. Besides, it just feels good. It was in one of those periods that my son and I came up with our family "motto."
Shit happens. Bring a shovel.
Not elegant, but it works.
I have made past mistakes. Some of them small. Some were huge. But they're the past. I've learned. I'm aiming at the future I want. It's not going to be an easy path. I know that. But it's the future I want, so I'm taking the actions that I think will get me there. If I've got the wrong "map" I'll check coordinates and aim again. And I will try to enjoy the process. Because while aiming at the future is important--just in case I have one; enjoying the present and making the most of it is more so--just in case I don't.
Be well, be happy.
Cie
Monday, March 18, 2013
Alas, another weekend ends.
Okay, this weekend was a mixed bag -- but overall positive. I didn't get everything done I wanted (I never do). But I did accomplish a few things. No writing though. (BAD CIE!) Broke my good glasses. Put them back together, but didn't get them straight or something, because the focus was off. Am using the back-up pair, which aren't as good and refuse to stay up where they belong. UGH.
Did get the first individual newsletter out, a blog post done, photos printed for my mom and son out of the batch of publicity shots by Jamie Flanders (excellent -- they actually look like me, but on a GOOD day. This is unusual when I get pictures taken.) I changed the profile picture on Facebook, did a bit of housework and laundry, baked cookies, muffins and brownies. (I bake to relax. Froze them so that I wouldn't wind up eating too many). Updated my individual website, applied for a bunch of jobs in the Denver metro area, and generally tried to accomplish things.
I am very sorry I won't get to go to RT. Life has intervened. It is always a very good time. Weird that last year I had to cancel because my father was dying. It doesn't seem like it could have been nearly a year already, but it has. Funny that the days are slow but the months are flying by.
All right, enough rambling. I have to get back to writing actual books. Have fun folks!
Cie
Did get the first individual newsletter out, a blog post done, photos printed for my mom and son out of the batch of publicity shots by Jamie Flanders (excellent -- they actually look like me, but on a GOOD day. This is unusual when I get pictures taken.) I changed the profile picture on Facebook, did a bit of housework and laundry, baked cookies, muffins and brownies. (I bake to relax. Froze them so that I wouldn't wind up eating too many). Updated my individual website, applied for a bunch of jobs in the Denver metro area, and generally tried to accomplish things.
I am very sorry I won't get to go to RT. Life has intervened. It is always a very good time. Weird that last year I had to cancel because my father was dying. It doesn't seem like it could have been nearly a year already, but it has. Funny that the days are slow but the months are flying by.
All right, enough rambling. I have to get back to writing actual books. Have fun folks!
Cie
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