Jordan Summers

If everything has gone as planned, I will be in line to ride the Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney right now. *g* Yo Ho, Yo Ho!

I’m currently reading several books at the same time. (As is my habit.) I picked up ‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian’ after Julia Templeton recommended it. I cannot begin to describe the brilliance of this YA book. It’s so clever and endearing that you can’t tell where the facts leave off and the fiction begins. Don’t be scared by the genre. You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy it. Do yourself a favor and pick it up. You WILL NOT be disappointed.

I plan to spend it making and EATING these. YUM!

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This video sums up how I feel about promotion perfectly. I couldn’t stop laughing.

I was never much of a short story writer when I was a kid. I mean I wrote a few for classes, but that was only because it affected my grades. I didn’t write poetry or anything like that. I doodled–a LOT, and I sang every chance I got. The writing came later. I got the bug in high school, but didn’t start looking into it until I was out of college. I had several opportunities to pursue writing earlier in life, but I guess I wasn’t ready. I was afraid to go to RWA meetings in my early twenties. I wasn’t sure they could be trusted. *ggg* I did live in L.A. after all. I really wish I would’ve shored up my courage and gone. Who knows what would’ve happened? I’d like to believe that I would have started writing books earlier. But all that’s water under the bridge. I came back to writing when I was ready and not a moment beforehand.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about writing in general. What it means to me, what I’d like to do, where I see myself going with my writing, do I see myself continuing, etc. I’ve decided to go back to a basic form of writing, one I never explored before. Yes, I’m talking about the short story. I’m not so much looking at selling short stories as I am practicing various genres. I find short stories less intimidating than say a 400 page book. I figure if I can master something in short story form, then there’s a very good chance I’ll be able to do it in novel length. I’m not putting a limit on my short story page/word count. That’s not the point of this particular exercise. I’m doing this to become familiar with the various genres and styles of writing.

In the meantime, I’ve started my YA urban fantasy and I’m looking forward to diving into a few novellas. Right now I think short form is exactly what I need.

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Every writer should read THIS POST by Lynn Viehl and memorize it for the future.

I’ve managed to do some business along the way (ie set up ad for Romance Sells, joined Author’s Guild, and mailed off ARC), but mainly I’m playing (ie reading, cooking, working out, coloring, sculpting, etc.). Thinking about writing a few short stories. Never really did that before. Should be an interesting experience. Wish me luck.

I’m talking about incorporating travel into your writing at Magical Musings today. Come over and join the fun.

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll remember my posts on the Wii Fit. Yes, I’m still in love with that ‘game’ and the sports one that came with the Wii when we bought it. Well, there’s something new on the horizon. Something I cannot wait to get my hands on. It comes out next month, which seems like an eternity from where I sit. Sigh. What am I babbling on about. It’s THIS gem. Yep, this program has my name written all over it.