Contest Wins are on a roll for the Texas Typos

Ok I posted my win I saw on a site we share where Rashda won and I had an email from Elizabeth stating she won a contest also. Now ladies why not post your good luck here. Kathy andSusan hope you had a safe Christmas and New Year. If you find time to drop a line to one of us let us know you are still out there somewhere. Do either of you have any news to share?

Well as of December 24, 2008 I am a work in progress writer? I received the neatest Christmas Present ever. I received official notification that I won the Southern Heat Contest's Historical Category. The contest coordinator also informed me the judge wanted to see a partial of my manuscript. So I started the New Year of 2009 off by emailing the judge to see when she would like to see my partial and how much of the manuscript she wants in the partial. So ladies where do we go from here? I am out of the dumps. No more thinking it was a mistake. No more thinking she will hate it and I will be back to square one. All I can do is try. Cross your fingers for me this is so fast to me.

Na No Wri Mo

I only wrote 5,081 words for Na No but that was about 1/10 of the amount we were supposed to write lol. How did our other competitors do? I have bronchitis wonder what would have happened if I hadn't gotten sick. Just felt so yuck this month. :-p Oh well next year.

Southern Heat

Elizabeth and I were notified today that we are finalists in the ETC RWA Southern Heat contest. Good luck Elizabeth may you win the gold. We will find out more at the end of Jan 2009. What a way to start a new year and end an old one. I'm doing a happy dance for us . :-)

NANO PROGRESS FOR KC

NaNoWriMo progress so far on a new story 1068 words and 5 pages. It is in rough draft so far and I was in the middle of something else when this story appeared in my mind. I am working on a fantasy paranormal story that I am literally writing it as it comes to me. I started it off another story I had started that fell into limbo. When I was getting ready for work I was thinking how can I do this what would be a good way for it go from here and these lines began. Now I have five pages of writing. I don't know if I will make 50,000 words by the end of November. I think sometimes if work would not interfere I could have more time to write. I just need to find the time frame that works for me is all. Sometimes it is before work others it is after work. Today my husband , Jim, his mom and I are joining some old and good friends for an early Thanksgiving Dinner. This will be fun we haven't seen these folks since July and Jim's 60th birthday party. Before that it had been several years. Now they live in the area and we are renewing our friendship. So my writing will be later today, but surely it counts to have it on your mind and thinking when you are not actually putting the words down but saving them for later? Kathy

MY NEWEST GREAT NIECE IS HERE

Kylee Emeryl Weaver arrived at 1:56 am Central Standard Time 8:56 am Central German Time Sunday November 16, 2008. She weighed in at 7 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20,5 inches long with a head full of dark hair and dark blue eyes. Mother Jennifer Weaver and daugher Kylee are doing fine. Hoping to see pictures soon.

A week of Extremes

Whoo! The first week of November has been a rollercoaster ride (yes, i know cliche --too tired for anything else).

First, I celebrated Barak Obama's win. Danced to the tune of hope, reveled in being part of a historic moment, and joined hands and swayed in an All-American celebration.

Then Michael Crichton died and I grieved. With Tony Hillerman and him dying, now we've lost two wonderful creative spirits. I loved reading both of their stories and will greatly miss them. I truly regret never making it to Hillerman's writing conference in New Mexico when I had the chance.

My NaNo-attempt faltered. I came in at 3,125 words for the entire week. I guess that's better than no pages, but still not as much as I hoped for.

However, my WIP revisions progressed full-speed ahead. I actually got through 100 pages. WooHoo!

I ended the week by finding fall Color in Texas -- pretty rare and extreme for most of the state. But I took the time to search and I was rewarded. Here's my favorites picture from Lost Maples State Park. Enjoy!