Oops! Missed a Day!

We've got a lot going on here and sometimes I think the circus just makes my mind a total blank.

I picked this picture since Humboldt County has the usual summer fog, which I love. It's why I live here. It's gentle weather that keeps everything cool and fresh instead of oppressive and hot. I love where I live. I'm hoping to be able to convey the feeling of living here in my third book. Of course that's dependent on whether I can get my first one finished (again). LOL.

I've been reading a lot. I can't get at my own work, so I'm reading work I admire. I've finished "Out of the Blue" and "Out of the Storm" by Joann Ross. "Storm" was my least favorite of the trilogy, even though the sex scenes were totally hot. The story was a little convoluted for me. I've finished Jasmine Cresswell's "The Inheritance" which was complicated, yet facinating. I love discovering new authors. Cresswell was a pleasant surprise.

I'm getting more and more nervous about the response from the agent I queried. Did I piss her off by resending so quickly? Is the first 10 pages as bad as I really think they are? My cp told me there was a lot of "telling" in the first scene. Not being very talented at deep POV, I can well believe it. The first scene is a lot of "feeling" by the heroine. It's her thoughts about her father's death and her own fears. I've tinkered with it a lot. That first section is the toughest, which is why agents always want them. Talented authors can pull someone in first sentence. With practice I think I can do it.

I'm hoping to get at my ms today. Wish me luck. It needs to move forward now. I'm at the intense stage where the action will dominate the next few scenes. I don't realize it, but I guess I plot out the direction I'm going without really thinking about it. I know what I want to do.

Oh, my reviews are up at Romance Divas. For some reason, Tawny's isn't up yet. I had some issues with the format, so no surprise.

Question of the day? How do you get that first paragraph on paper? Does the blinking cursor make your stomach churn? How do you know when you've "nailed" that opening?

posted at 7:09 AM by Jennifer :: -------------o0o-------------