Archive | July 2018

Determination Wins!

Jul31

Killing the Bloodlust cover new blue swords2 with font 2000

I finally created the cover I love for one of my vampire huntress novels. 🙂

And I finally managed to put my desk chair together, after a struggle. And one piece is a duplicate of another, so it needs a different piece. Emailed them last night and hopefully I’ll get the right one soon–which reminds me of blue octopuses. Oh, and yes, the chair is wonderful. It killed me to sit in that other and I had to write on my laptop on a recliner after a short while of working at my desk. I write for hours, or try to, so I needed a chair that was comfortable.

I put the glider together so I can rock baby to sleep . She will be here tomorrow, so I wanted to get that done. She will be here two days a week starting next week and through until next summer. Which means I have to write and write and write to finish this book soon. Getting there!

So I’m off to write!!! Hope your day exceeds your expectations!

Terry

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Messing Around with Photoshop

Jul30

Added a bokeh texture to the dragonfly picture I took. In this one, the background had been just white. In the cougar one, I bought the pictures from stock sites, and then with the model, did a lot of work on her. The Wolf Pack one was a lovely gift to me from Nicole of Rainy Day Artwork. I bought the cover for the book that matches the artwork. Love her work.

I was finally, finally sleeping this morning at 2:45 am when some idiot drunks called seven times. Couldn’t get back to sleep because I started to think about what I needed to do concerning my wolf story, and that was the end of sleep. I wrote some. Then I came in to blog and my dogs think that at 4:50, it’s time to get up. Nope, go back to sleep and appreciate that you can!

Have a great one. I feel a nap coming on…

Terry

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I Was in Dragonfly Heaven

Jul29

It’s not just about taking a sharp picture of the fairy creatures as much as I can, but also, capturing interesting backdrops when I can. I loved the pastel bokeh one at the bottom, and the light flare that looks like a rainbow with the red-veined skimmer. The orange one is a flame skinner, and the one with the white tail is the common whitetail. The others, I’m not sure.

I went out to water the parched plants when dragonflies of all kinds took to the wing, and then I skipped the watering, sorry plants, and ran into grab my camera. I LOVE dragonflies.

Okay, corgis are going home tonight and in the meantime, I have to write! I did get 1,000 over word count yesterday! Have a dragonfly fantasy kind of day!

Terry

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Having a Bit of Fun with Photoshop

Jul28

Got my word count, but I was having some fun with some photo manipulations too, and taking care of all the puppies.

I’m still working on the Silver Town Wolf story, but I wanted to work on the cover for Deputy Stryker Hill’s cover too. He looks to be having some fun for New Year’s, but it’s not all fun and games. I’m hoping to have his story out by New Year’s.

I’m also still working on the next polar bear shifter story.

My computer has been hanging up, too much stuff going on, and not enough space on my hard drive. So I had to transfer files and that was slowing things down even more. It’s been so hot, I was trying to water a little last night and I saw tons of dragonflies, skipped watering, and grabbed my camera. If my computer will run okay, I’ll share some tomorrow.

Okay, off to write! Have a great day!!!

Terry

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Dog Days of Summer

Jul27

We’ll have a cool down tomorrow. It will be 97. Ha!

Okay, dog sitting today through Sunday and still have to get my word count. I managed 4,000 yesterday!

Off to write while I can! Have a super day.

Terry

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If at First You Don’t Succeed…

Jul26
Mountain Lion or Cougar jumping across water

So yesterday was Hot Fudge Sundae Day–who would have ever thought??? And I lost weight. Probably because I didn’t eat one! And I get LOTS of exercise when I’m taking care of baby.

Baby slept for a little over an hour on the mattress. I tried to put her down the first time she fell asleep, but she woke immediately.

What did Grandma think she was trying to pull anyway? Naptime???? NO WAY!

Soooooo, that meant trying to get baby to sleep again. Now, for those who don’t know me, I’m persistent. That’s how I have so many books written. I don’t give up. I try, try again.

Some say exercise can overstimulate a body.  But if the body is dead tired already, won’t it work? So Grandma takes baby for a walk to the mailbox. Now, I could have put her in the stroller and maybe she would have fallen asleep. I would have had to walk her around the whole development in the heat and probably walked her around the air conditioned house for another hour. Instead, I chanced walking her to the mailbox–it’s not at the end of my drive, but way down and around the block. If she didn’t walk, which the last couple of times I’ve tried it, she gets down to the end of my driveway and she wants to be carried, then I’d have to walk all the way down and back carrying the baby.

It worked! We reached almost to the end of the row of houses. We still had a way to go and her hands went straight up in the air, which means: I’ve had enough of this exercise. Carry me.

After we got the mail, I gave her a piece to carry, and hoped we might make it at least to the bend in the road. Nope, few steps, letter in hand, arms went up.

Okay, so I had to carry her home. I think she’s around 28 lbs, and in the heat, it’s hot. It was 99 yesterday and that’s not the heat index factor. It’s about 10 degrees higher. I get home, and we take off our hats and my sunglasses, and put them on the counter. She had to help me. Then I proceed to walk her in the cool air and she falls asleep. Do I dare try to put her down on the mat? I dare!

And she was out for the count. For about an hour. The next time she slept on my lap for 3 hours. She wakes, sees she’s in my lap, safe and sound, and goes back to sleep. That’s why the lap works best, but then again, it’s harder for me to get as much done. Still, miracle of miracles, I managed to finish 2,000 words! Persistence pays off. I’m at 50K and have 30K to go. That’s minimum word count.

The dogs are landing in on me tomorrow, so I need to really work hard today to get ahead! It means running dogs out to the bathroom constantly. My 2, and my daughter and SIL’s two. I can’t just throw them all out. They start the neighbor’s dogs to barking. So one at a time… Well, my 2 can go out, but the corgis can’t.

My rocking chair didn’t come in! So much for Amazon Prime. But at least the blue octopus didn’t returneth. My desk chair is supposed to come today! Yeah!! Hopefully I can assemble it and get back to long bouts of writing at my desk again.

Have a great one! I’ve still got a lot of work ahead of me…

Terry

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Sometimes There’s Just No Time…

Jul25

I managed to get 4,000 on the story yesterday, 48,000 done! Today it’s time for baby and for a second she’s watching Lil Baby Bum… I love that program. It has colors, shapes, numbers, and all kinds of nursery rhymes she likes to dance to.

Kids know so many words and what they mean before they can speak them, but when her daddy came to pick her up last night, it was playing and when they began to introduce characters, she said two of the names: Baa Baa, and Daisy. Usually, she’s very quiet about saying words, like bye and hi. We’ve heard other words, but she actually said these out loud. She probably won’t say them again for a long time, but it goes to show that she’s picking up words. I said something about her foot and she immediately clasped it with one hand.

My mother said my sister and I weren’t human until we could talk to her where she understood us. lol

I think the fun is seeing the development, and I know she’ll be talking like crazy before long. Right now she’ll talk a lot, but nonsensical words. Of course, she knows she’s making perfect sense. lol

Okay off to edit while she’s happy. It won’t last long and she’ll want my attention. I probably won’t have time to write, but maybe…

Have a great day!!!

Terry

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It Was One of THOSE Days

Jul24

Have you ever had one of THOSE days? Sure you have. I think one of mine morphed into THREE of THOSE days. That was horrible.

First, the blue octopus arrived. Yep. Three times a charm? Nope, three times and STRIKE OUT. Now…I’m really patient. Truly. I. Am. But it’s time for a refund. They’re not going to get it right. Ever.

Then I went to pick up my grandbaby at daycare, and she was a cranky pot, not enough sleep, but my daughter came by to pick her up from me and said Tuesday was when she needed me to pick her up. BUT, her message to me said tomorrow. And I thought she’d written the email on Sunday. So tomorrow was yesterday, Monday. Now I have to pick her up for real today. That means struggling to get my word count done in time. Ack.

Boltz at 2 years old, then at the pond, he’s 6 years old, looking for fish in the pond. The first picture was in the fall. The second in summer.

Then…yes, there was more. My INTERNET was out!!!!!!!!! Do you know how much that sets me behind? Yes, I wrote more. Eight thousand words. Not because the internet was out. I finally had all kinds of great ideas and ran with them. And ran with them. And ran with them. I couldn’t stop the flow. Love it when that happens. Hope it happens like that again today! Anyway, up to 42,000 words and I’m over halfway done. At least for minimum word count. It will be longer.

So you know my two other ideas I had for conflict, I couldn’t do it. They resolved them. But then, the greatest conflict of all popped into my head. See, I’m a pantser (writing by the seat of my pants) and NO WAY could I come up with that in a plotting outline.

That’s it! Today I had internet, and the blue octopus is NEVER coming back–unless it replaces the rocking chair I ordered, and well, I’m picking up my grandbaby today again. I have her all day tomorrow. And the corgis are landing in on my Fri through Sunday. Hopefully all that havoc won’t make me get behind.

I’m off to write my normal 2,000 word count because you never know when it’s going to be one of THOSE days.

Have a super great day that ISN’T one of THOSE days!

Terry

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Everybody has to Eat Sometime…

Jul23
A plate of pork stir fry with vegetables

So to each his own!

Okay, so I wrote 3,000 to get 1,000 ahead for Wed when I have to take care of baby. Right? And I need to write 3,000 to finish off my word count for Wed. BUT, now I’m have to pick up baby at daycare. *sigh* Sometimes you just have to give in that you’re never going to get ahead.

What? Are you kidding me? NO WAY.  I aim to get my word count for Wed, no matter what. And that’s the key. If my characters can get through any obstacle I throw in their path, so can I!

Oh, and you know how I was trying to keep a murderer out of my Christmas story? It doesn’t work!!! I have to let my story write itself. No matter the constraints I put on my bad guy or the ghosts….they won’t let me.

Okay, off to try and get a handle on MY story. Sheesh. You’d think the characters were writing it! Have a lovely day and remember to let your own voice be heard!

Terry

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If You Know Something’s Wrong…

Jul22

Go with your gut instinct. At least for me, I have to do this with my writing.

I have a lot of ghostly stuff in my story–the heroine and her sisters see ghosts, so it’s part of who she is. Can’t help it. I can’t ignore that’s what she does, and they’ve been in 2 Silver Town stories, so I can’t do away with it. Why would I be concerned about it? My editor doesn’t like ghosts.

I need to work on the romance and show them having fun early on. And I added a wolf beginning to show they were shifters. But…I had to show the crux of the problem right away too… And that means the hero has to do his job–he’s a sheriff. There’s a little bit of secrecy on both characters’ parts, but when you can explain it in a conversation to each other, and everything can be worked out that way–then end of conflict.

At the International Wolf Center–the conflict begins: Denali starting to show his teeth and then full on teeth display and at that point, Grayson looks away to show he’s backing down. This was over a beaver they’d been giving for enrichment. Denali is 10 and Grayson is only 2, but Axel, Grayson’s brother, is becoming the emergent leader. He wouldn’t let anyone get near the beaver until he had his fill. Now Denali is taking his turn. Denali’s brother, Aidan, has always been the leader, but he just slept while the others were establishing hierarchy.

Romantic characters need conflict. Not just an argument between two people who disagree, but something that goes deeper–to the root of that persons’ beliefs. Now, I’ve already given them the deeper roots, and then allowed them to say it was fine with them.

I really have this issue of not liking to have conflict between my romantically-inclined characters. And yet, it could be the perfect issue of conflict between them. So I’m going to just have to toughen up and have them deal with the bone of contention between them. It’s something that is key to the wolves’ beliefs, so not something that is human-related. It helps to make this story different. Both have done something that can jeopardize that–only very much different from each other. So they would be the perfect conflicts. I just have to go back in and rewrite it to make it work. 🙂

So then I had a light bulb go off this morning. I find it’s best if the bad guy has a tie in with the good guys somehow that makes everything a lot more personal. I can’t plot this stuff for the life of me, but all of a sudden, the light bulb literally went on, and I had it. So now the rogue wolf is integral to the story, not just an outsider running through their lives.

Okay, before I forget what I’m supposed to do, I’ve got to write. Hope you have no conflict in your romantically-inclined lives! Have a lovely day!!

Terry

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