Inspirational Triggers
Last week my best friend dragged me to see The Lucky One. She insisted I had to see it (insert drooling here). While I haven’t read a Nicholas Sparks book in a long time (don’t get me started), I love the movies based off his books. Who doesn’t swoon over A Walk to Remember and The Notebook? I wasn’t sure we would make it because it was the last week the movie would be played at our theater and, well, I have a baby permanently attached to me. My friend ignored my...
Read MoreGive the Pen to a Busy Person
I’ll tell you a little bit about what’s going in my life right now. First and foremost, I am about a month and a half away from delivering my second daughter. Seriously–when I walk into a room, my belly is first and foremost. Secondly, my husband and I are beginning to make preparations for an out-of-state move (something I’ve never done before) that could be happening as soon as a month or two after the baby is born. Throw in tax season, both our jobs, keeping up...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo ’11 – Complete!
I won! For the fourth year in a row, I reached 50,000 words in the month of November and became an official National Novel Writing Month winner for 2011. Like I said last year, it really doesn’t get old. My final day didn’t start off well, though. My daughter got sick earlier this week and any parent knows how much fun that is. She was in a bad mood all day, didn’t want anything and wouldn’t go down for a nap. By the time my husband got home, I was at the end of my...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo ’11 – Day 21
Today marks the 2/3 point of National Novel Writing Month 2011 and I have to admit, this year has been a struggle. I’ve kept pretty well on track but it hasn’t been an easy process. With my 18 month old (as of tomorrow!) running around the house like an energizer bunny, my 21 week old baby-to-be stealing all my energy, and working twice as hard as ever, making the time to think about my story let alone actually write it has been a challenge to say the least. But I know there are...
Read MoreMy Writing Future?
A couple of days ago, Agent Jessica Faust posted a guest blog from author, Ellery Adams, who revealed very detailed numbers about life as a writer. Income, marketing expenses, and positive and negative feedback, to name a few. I know this is something authors are dying for. A glimpse into their future. I have to say, the future wasn’t very encouraging to me. $6,000. That’s what Adams makes on average for each book she publishes. I’m starting understand the term “starving...
Read MoreGetting Some Perspective
Well, my writing group thoroughly knocked some sense into me a couple of weeks ago. They’re awesome like that. One of my writing goals for this year was to enter my most recent manuscript in a contest. It’s the same one I finished a couple of months ago and the same one I started editing a few weeks ago. At our weekly update, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure if I would have time to do all the editing I wanted and still meet the contest deadline as well as give myself a...
Read MoreSo It Wasn’t A Fluke
There was nothing like finishing my first novel. The excitement was unlike anything I’d ever felt before. The sense of accomplishment was as huge as the task itself. I’d finally done it. This Sunday I finished my second novel. I knew early in the week I’d finish and I noticed a considerable drop in my excitement with each passing day. By the time Saturday approached, I was feeling considerably disheartened and unmotivated. On Sunday I woke up full out depressed and picked a...
Read MoreWriting Soundtrack
Have you been following along with the 31 days of Better Writing Habits? I have and enjoyed their challenge today on the post, The #1 Way to Get Inspired to Write. Their thought is that music is the best inspiration for writing and I know I’ve found that to be true. I remember a time when a particular song struck me and I played it on repeat for an hour as I got so engrossed in the beat and the lyrics that I wrote the entire thing in one sitting. I mentioned this before when I wrote...
Read MoreMy 2011 Goals & Better Writing Habits
It’s 2011 and I can’t remember ever being so excited about the start of a new year. Last night, at midnight, I kissed my husband and my daughter and then I sat down at my computer on the edge of my seat and waited for the new year to start off with a bang. About an hour later, after checking my Twitter and Facebook incessantly hoping the world was excited with me, I realized it might be more prudent to be excited at a better hour. So here I am, excited in the evening and ready to...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo ’10 – Day 30 (Or, It Never Gets Old)
Author, on November 1 you accepted our challenge to write a novel in 30 days. Harnessed with a hard deadline, you persevered in the face of countless obstacles. You wrote with determination, you quieted that inner critic, and now you’ve reached the hallowed Winner’s Circle. We couldn’t be more proud of your amazing accomplishment! Thank you for joining us on this outrageously creative adventure—we’ll see you next November for more. Crossing that finish line and...
Read MoreJamie Raintree
Jamie writes what she likes to call everyday fairytale love stories, featuring the little moments in life that are truly magical. She lives in Northern Arizona with her husband and daughter and is currently editing her second novel.
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