I was definitely the Little Engine That Could this weekend. I took Friday off and started serious work on the Prince & Pea. That little bit I posted for you was all I had… but by 11 pm last night, I had over 21K words. It was a rough weekend with heat, distractions, and a host of other things. However, I just kept telling myself “I think I can, I think I can” and sure enough… I did!
The story needs to be edited. I just rushed and put it all down because sometimes that’s what you have to do to finish something. In this instance, it was what was working for me. This is the longest thing I’ve written in quite awhile. Bar posts are often 3K or less. Some of my other stories have been around 5-8K. But I do have about 20 chapters (75K words) in a Regency romance that I haven’t finished so I can write longer stories. I really should finish the Regency. 75K words is a lot.
So the Prince & the Pea will go to beta readers now and I will get back to the Bar. I have a Girl’s Night Out with fighting and naked dragon rides to write. I’m a little tired this morning, but I feel good. Also, as soon as I finished, my brain was whirring with ideas for the sequel to the Prince. Max’s best friend Alexa needs her story told, but I’m not sure whether I should try to make it fit a fairytale or not.
Before I give you a Marcus for this Monday, I did want to let you know that I heard back from singer/songwriter Dan Wilson. His song Breathless in part inspired Runaway Train which was the introduction of two new characters to the Bar. It also is a great stand alone erotic story. Dan said that he doesn’t own the copyright to Breathless, Sony does. He wasn’t sure, but he thought it was okay to use the song for a trailer since I’m not selling the song or anything else with it. I went ahead and polished up the trailer. Here it is.
I will be catching up with all your blogs this week. It’s gonna be this way for awhile as I try to get myself established as Lex Valentine. I’ll be reading you in my feedreader and coming by to make at least one or two comments a week on your blogs. I love you all so I can’t just click read and move on without at least one comment from me.
And now for a Marcus to finish out this post.
Hey, baby. Nice … erm… wheels. Yeah, wheels. HEH
FYI - If you tried to see the vids in the other posts and couldn’t try again. I updated them. Also you can CLICK HERE to see them all on You Tube.
Have a great Monday everyone!
September 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Ooooo he can be in MY driver’s seat anytime. LOL.
And WOOOOOOOT on finishing Prince. You are ROCKIN’!!!
September 29th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Cant wait to see the pea story. Have something new to read now.
I have been so busy with college work, girl scouts, & everything else that i dont have the brain power to just keep going. need…energy…..red bull failing
September 29th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Jen - The problem with finishing Max’s story is that now Alexa’s is clamoring to get out! Arggh!
Mary - I use Monster Lo Carb. HEH. No really, it’s just a focus thing. I bribe the kid to leave me alone, and I turn off Yahoo and Twitter and my feed reader. I promise I’ll have a Rhiannon post for you this week though.
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September 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I like the new trailer with the Dan Wilson song. I would say that even owned by Sony, getting his nod is a huge plus.
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September 29th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Marty - I thought so. It’s amazing how nice some creative types are. They still understand the urge to make something and be excited about it. I have another video to do but no luck with Lady Antebellum. I may just do it anyway.
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