What's Up Wednesdays #001.
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WHAT I'M READING.
I'm half way through Ice by Sarah Durst right now. I'm enjoying it, and I like the melding of the modern world of an artic research station with the fairy tale fantasy element of a castle made of ice and the Polar Bear King. The characters are pretty likable and the story is engaging. If only I had more energy to read, I'd have finished it by now.
WHAT I'M WRITING (+ A WRITING GOAL).
The only thing on the go right now is another collaboration with my good friend and wonderful author, Cate Ashwood. We're working on a contemporary set in my hometown of Adelaide. It's about a Canadian nurse who comes to work in Adelaide to get away from his personal demons, and meets a local, who is the son of one his patients. Attraction ensues and romance happens!
My goals for this year are pretty basic because I am Lady L. J. of the Many Edits this year, with six books on the go in the editing queue. (And my editor, Erika, is really the bees knees of awesome, she's been so helpful and understanding with regard to surprise life issues that have cropped up, which is a huge relief.) So with the co-write with Cate and the editing, I've only got a few ideas percolating. I want to go through and change some things in Song of Song, which is finished, but I need to be sure for myself. Then I want to finish my contemporary m/m set in the Flinders Ranges, and I've got notes and ideas for a paranormal, which I'm looking forward to having energy to write.
WHAT WORKS FOR ME.
Right now, I'm afraid to say, not a lot. While 2014 was a bad year, I channeled that badness into writing, hence having the six books out in 2015. I think I wore myself out in the process, and there's some health issues happening that have sidetracked me, which happens to us all. But generally, when I'm in the zone, what helps me best stay there is either having on some very loud hard rock or something particularly atmospheric (current choice for this genre is the work of Ólafur Arnalds, an Icelandic ambient composer, who has done the music for the UK series Broadchurch among other things. Otherwise, the sound of rain is always awesome, but as it's summer and hotter than the armpit of Hell here, there isn't any rain to be had! That, no conversation or discussion, lots of water, and keeping hydrated helps too.
WHAT ELSE IS NEW.
Hm. I think I'll use ye olde bullet points for this!
L-R: Castiel reposing; my new Doc boots! Dark blue baroque patterning on white leather. I <3 them.; the Mortgage Lifter tomato all sliced and ready for eating; A finished leg warmer, all woven up; my new dwarf Eureka lemon tree.
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Date: Wed, Feb. 18th, 2015 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Thu, Feb. 19th, 2015 12:38 am (UTC)Melanie Stanford
Date: Wed, Feb. 18th, 2015 09:07 pm (UTC)Have a great week!
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Date: Thu, Feb. 19th, 2015 03:15 am (UTC)good luck with all the edits.
I'll have to look up that composer. Looking forward to the new season of broadchurch
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Date: Thu, Feb. 19th, 2015 05:39 am (UTC)Yeah, 2014 was a bad, bad year. I'll be happy not to see another year like that one.
He's really good, a lot of ambient trance and atmospheric stuff. The new season of B'Church is very intense already, and we've only had ep 1 here in Australia!
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Date: Thu, Feb. 19th, 2015 04:40 pm (UTC)Here's to a better year.
Oh cool. We won't get it in America until March
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Date: Fri, Feb. 20th, 2015 08:58 am (UTC)Amen to that. From your fingers to the universe's ears.
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