A Pet Peeve of Mine

*Random commenter sees random picture of fluffy kitty*
"To cute!"

Who is "Cute" and what are you sending him/her?

SRSLY GAIS, learn the differences; they aren't that hard!


Also,
"Your welcome."

My welcome what?

Vampire Romance, Bruh!

That's the title of the folder containing the story I have been most adamant about working on the last couple of months. A few entries before, you will see some information on this new vampire romance, aimed at lonely housewives. There, you will see I had been at about 12,000 words. I am now at 33,000. I must say I am quite proud of it so far. The characters have developed nicely and the plot is moving at a steady pace that will allow me to produce at least two books, which is what I was aiming for in the beginning.

I would like for the first book to be around 50-60,000 words, so we're a little over halfway finished, maybe more ;-)

This book has humor, sexy sexiness (but not hardcore "porn" like in "Dead Seed" and "In Aeternum," so it's teen friendly), and it has humor and REAL friendships. Writing this book, I have realized just how much I've grown since "Dead Seed." I continue to grow and learn, and forever will.

Now, if only I could come up with a snazzy title. I have one in mind, but it's kind of cheesy. I was thinking of "Dead Bedroom." Why? It's a metaphor for the beginning of the book (her bedroom is "dead" because, well, there's NOTHING going on in there, if ya know what I mean, and then ... well if I tell you more, that will spoil it, but just trust me that although it's cheesy, it could work).

I'm listening to my "EmoEmoEmo" folder of music, lawl. Time to get back to writing. I may post a sample on my website later. What do you think? Anyone? Oh, who am I kidding? No one comments on this blog -- time to copy and paste to Facebook.

Oh, What a Day

I hate days that make me feel worthless as a human being. Unfortunately, being acquainted with assholes, this happens a lot. I found myself "Emo" today and wrote in my "Emo" blog that none of my real-life friends know about. The upside to days of depression is: I write. A lot. And usually, the stuff I come up with turns out pretty good. So, I suppose, as a horror writer, being depressed can be a good thing.

In the middle of all the drama over the last couple of days, something good happened. I received fan mail from a new reader. That always makes me smile :-) She said she had discovered my work through a friend of hers, who recommended a book of mine to her. So, to all you readers who help me spread the word and tell your friends about my books: THANK YOU! You have no idea what you all mean to me.

Well, time to quit feeling sorry for myself and clean the house. I already walked the puppy, so she's tuckered out, which means she won't try to attack the vacuum while I clean the upholstery :-P

Hello, Hello!

Just thought I would give the blog a new update. One day, I will have many readers, so I want archives, dammit! Ha ha.

Halloween was good. Went to a small party with just close friends (the kind I like) on Saturday night and then I went trick-or-treating with my sisters and nieces -- I even got candy since I was dressed up! Thank you to the nice man who handed me a baggie of candy. His house was really cool, too. It had a strobe light and a zombie that actually made crawling motions. Very cool.

I'm working on a couple of projects. "In Aeternum" is almost ready for Kindle. I'm going to write a long foreword for it because I have a lot to say, mainly about how I don't think it's that great of a story, but since several of my readers have asked me to publish it, I decided to go for it. I still haven't decided if it's going to be published as a hard copy or strictly Kindle. For now, it's just Kindle. Whether it becomes a hard copy will depend on demand.

I'm also working on an unnamed vampire action/romance story. I'm about 12,000 words into it, I think (last time I checked anyway). It's about a woman who, in the beginning, struggles with thoughts of getting out of a bad marriage. Her husband is addicted to porn and basically ignores her. This problem is more common than I ever knew of, so I thought it would be a good way to get some women to identify with the protagonist. There is also a sexy vampire that comes along ;-) And that's all you get for now on that!

I'll keep this blog updated on my upcoming projects.

Here's a couple Halloween pictures of me and my family:

This is me and my sister, Stephanie, who is dressed as a pirate.

These are my sisters (minus one), brother, my nieces, and myself.

I'm Growing Tired

I just want someone to be proud of me. But no one ever says they're proud of you until you're a millionaire. Thanks, guys. Really. Thanks.

Proofreading

Well, thanks to two of my former clients (and one friend), I have decided I'm going to attempt that proofreading dream again. Out of the blue, I got two proofreading jobs even though I haven't been advertising and I shut down my website due to lack of requests.

After boosting my ego, these two former clients have pulled me back in. I'm going to design a new website (since Myspace sucks now), and I will be ready for business in about ... oh, I'd say 6-8 weeks. I have those two jobs to do (halfway through the first), I want to read a few more grammar books to freshen up my skills, and then there's the whole designing the website and figuring out prices and what services I want to provide. I'm not skilled enough to be a copy editor, so I'm just sticking with proofreading for now -- that's just checking spelling, grammar, and punctuation, so that's easy.

So ... yeah, just thought I'd share that. If any of you stumbling readers are going to need a proofreader in the near future, bookmark me; I'll be back in business soon. I don't charge very much -- half a cent a word. That's not bad considering the competition. A 26k word document only costs $13.00 through me; one of my competitors was charging $2.00 per page -- that would be $278.00 for that same document I'm only charging $13.00 for. I will never charge that much because I want to be able to help out indie writers -- I know what's it like being one.

Facebooking Your Love for Jesus

This is a pet peeve of mine. I think it's great that you love God and you pray to him, and don't get me wrong here, I'm not complaining that you do love God. Posting Bible verses to help your friends out is one thing. Verses can be inspirational to those who stumble upon your status. But posting things that are supposed to resemble actual prayers to God are stupid. Excuse me, but does God have a Facebook account? Will God NOT hear your prayer if you DON'T post a status?

You are supposed to pray to God in private. It even says so in the book you worship, something about not BOASTING your love for God and that He doesn't want you to pray to him on a street corner where anyone and all can see or hear. Your relationship with God doesn't need to be displayed for Him to pay attention to you.

To me, when I see prayer statuses on Facebook  (and I'm not talking about asking people to pray when you have a sick friend or family member, that's totally understandable), but posting a status like, "God, please give me a pizza" is stupid (so is that example, but you get the idea). If you want to ask God for a pizza, then fucking ask him for a pizza, don't post a status on Facebook, like you're fucking showing off for your friends that you lurve Jeezus. It's arrogant. Keep your prayers between you and God.