Ahhh ,,, I love laptops

The greatest thing about my day off is that I can decide exactly how much time I can spend writing and where I am going to do it. Just as long as my husband doesn't need his laptop, I can disconnect it and take it anywhere I want to write. Since the weather has been nicer, I've taken advantage of my deckchairs and written outside. Ahhh ... now I have to prevent a funny-looking laptop-shaped tan ...

I'm having fun writing my novel right now. She's like me and not like me, and some events I've been able to just think, "Now what would I do in a situation like this?" and just written down what I would do. I think that's a really attractive aspect of chick-lit - it can be as light and fluffy as you want, and you can give your characters all the cool toys and not have to justify it to anyone. If they want to be successful business women in large firms and companies with men working underneath them at the age of twenty-six, then why the frak not? This is not to say that it's any easier to write chick lit than anything else - it's just a little more appealing to me right now. I am interested in fashion and have a large shoe collection, so why not write about it?

I do think I'll attempt a gothic novel next. But I'll have to do that during the winter. I don't think it'd be very easy to write a dark mysterious novel when the summer sunshine is warming my toes. But I am very excited to actually be writing ... :)

20,000 words

Wahoo! I'm (nearly) at 20,000 words and I'm so excited to be writing again. I've had a pretty crappy couple of days off, when I couldn't sit still long enough to get any writing done. But now I am better! Yay!

My heroine is happy, too. She's off shopping at the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace. I haven't decided if she's going to buy anything but I certainly couldn't while I was there. And I've decided to hang with the copyright issues. I just want to write for me, to prove to myself that I could write a novel and have it be any good. If I do decide to try to publish it, I'll work out the issues later. This is probably the first that I've written without wondering if other people will like it. I find it really liberating.

I've also noticed that my writing has gotten a little more serious when I'm feeling a little more serious. Maybe I need to consume chocolate before I write .... :)

15,000 words

I have to admit, I've not been in the mood to write lately. It worries me because I have set up a deadline, and I was kind of hoping that I'd actually keep it. But my Papa (my stepmother's dad) died on Tuesday, so for the last couple of days I've been kind of distracted. I've spent the last two days off just puttering around, feeling blue, and certainly not inspired to write any more. I hope that it doesn't last. Writing is a nice distraction for me when it flooooooooooows.

Here's to hoping that my foggy brain will clear soon, and that I'll keep to my goal.