August 5, 2007
July 5 …um, actually August 5
If you haven’t heard by now, 70 Days of Sweat has it’s own website now! Great job, Alison! So make sure you go over there, leave a comment that tells us where you are with your writing, and if you’ve got a URL, make sure and list that so you can become part of the blogroll.
Also, go to Alison’s blog and read her post today. It’s wonderful, and you’ll feel good after you read it, I promise.
As for me, I’m past the midpoint of the book, I’ve finally finished the mid-book “Oh my God this plot doesn’t work at all now I have to go back and fix everything before I can continue so why didn’t I see this problem when I plotted the damn book” part so today shouldn’t be so bad. Except that I have to write 15 pages, when I’ve been writing 12. I have been doing 6 and 6 with a break in between, but today begins 3 sets of 5. It’s okay though because I’m far enough into the book that I really know my characters and so it becomes easier to write.
This book has paparazzi as a major subplot so I’ve been doing a lot of reading about paps and checking out the gossip blogs as well as buying tabloids. What gets me is how blatant the lies are. I know this, because when I was in the movie biz, I saw firsthand that the tabloids would out and out lie. Just pull things out of their ass, I swear, and it was nothing like it is today. Back then, there were no TMZs or Perez Hilton. It must be extremely difficult to be a celeb these days, not that it hasn’t always been difficult.
I think I preferred the days of the studio system where movie stars were managed and the PR people fed us all a bunch of bullshit. I know for me that there are a number of stars I wish I’d never met, because their real personalities so disillusioned me.
No wonder I prefer fiction.
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You know it’s AUGUST 5, right? ;)
August 5th, 2007 at 12:52 pmLOL! I’m up against a deadline, therefore I wish it to be a month ago. Pretty Please?
August 5th, 2007 at 12:54 pmJo, Good luck on your WIP. I’m certain it’ll be great.
When working at CBS, I was in Carol Burnett’s exercise class. She/I both had experienced alcoholism within our families, mine with my ex. We (briefly) discussed it many times. She’s nicer than one’s next door neighbor–a real classy lady. Many years later, I read that she sued The Enquirer when it said she had gotten drunk in a restaurant & caused an uproar. I knew it were not true & felt so badly for her. Five years later, she collected a large settlement amount from TE & donated the $ to charity. The tabloids lie all the time.
August 6th, 2007 at 10:11 amcongrats on new site and 41/2 stars from romantic times on kidnapped,. cant wait to read it
August 6th, 2007 at 11:04 amHey there…LOVE the new site! it looks great!
Another new book YIPPIE!! Can not wait…
I just read an Extreme Blaze…it was very good…are you going to be doing one of those any time soon??? I just read Crystal Green’s The Ultimate Bite…I met her at ComicCon in San Diego a couple of weeks ago…
Sounds like things are busy, busy, busy! sweating, bugs, writing, bugs!!! UGH! I have seen those beetles…I know exactly the ones you mean…they make LOUD noises! HATE THEM!
August 9th, 2007 at 8:21 pmPatricia, I’ve met some very, very lovely celebrities. Even dated some. :) But I’m such a romantic fool that I never want my illusions shattered. If only the stars came with advance warning labels. :)
And yep, the tabloids do lie all the time. I guess journalism and fiction do come together in some unholy mix, huh?
Thank you, Kim! I’m very pleased with the RT review. KIDNAPPED was an amazingly interesting book to write.
And Glenice! How great to see you. I’m not sure about writing an Extreme Blaze. In fact, how it works is that you write whatever book you’re writing, and the editors decide if they want it to be an Extreme.
You went to ComicCon???!!! Neat! I would have loved to have gone. Oooh, Joss was there, and Neil Gaiman and Will Wheaten and Damn, I’m Jealous! I hope you had a wonderful time.
August 12th, 2007 at 10:09 am