Random Ramblings
Well, I spent Monday at doctor due to gastritis. I went to the DR to make sure I didn’t have any gallstones. I’m doing better. I’m getting ready to send off another submission. I’ve also been doing another round of edits, just to tighten things up. I’ve devoted a lot of time recently to learning more about the craft of writing and then applying new techniques to my own writing. I’m mainly making sure my word choice is correct for what I want and that the details are vivid and purposeful. I am also reviewing my sentence structure. Anyway, I’m going to be going to bed soon but I wanted to drop in and say hi. ~ Keep Reading
Need by Carrie Jones
Need, is a gripping page turner that you won’t want to put down. I have not devoured a book this quickly since I read Twilight. It does share similar themes as Twilight, but has a different supernatural premise. Zara has been sent (not by choice) to live with her grandmother. As she leaves Charleston she sees a man. She continues to see him and is not sure whether he’s a figment of her imagination or a dangerous stalker. She settles in at school and finally confides to her friends and her grandmother about the man. Her friends and soon to be boyfriend begin researching and her grandmother insist she stays inside after dark, due to the sudden disappearances of local kids. Her friends decide that a Pixie is stalking her, especially with the tell tale signs of gold dust littering her driveway. The pixies only enemy are wares. Not just werewolves, but werebears, weretigers, etc.
So, now we know that a pixie is stalking Zara, the big question is why? What does he want with her? Pixie’s are not nice, delicate creatures. They have needs that cannot be ignored.
Pick up a copy and read it. I doubt that you will be disappointed
Reconstruction
www.jinaoravetz.com is currently undergoing a complete
reconstruction. This is estimated to be completed by
Sunday 3/16/09. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Please do visit again.
3rd Viewing
Hi Again,
Well I went and saw Twilight again tonight. This is the third time and will probably be the last time I see it in theatres since the dvd comes out in March. I plan on pre ordering the special edition. Seeing Twilight always gives me hope. I know that may sound very strange, but it’s the truth. I’ve had not a bad week, just stressfull. It’s been the kind of week where doubt creeps through invisible crevices in my brain and wreaks havoc. Oddly enough getting to go see Twilight again, helps banish the doubt and seal up any entry points. You may be wondering what on earth does one have to do with the other. Well you see, if you go to Stephanie Meyer’s website and read her “story” of how she thought up, wrote, and published Twilight and the following books you realize that yes it can be done. The timeline that she wrote the book and signed an agent is amazing. Knowing that someone else has done it, someone who never really planned on being a writer. Well it gives me hope. Yes, I realize you are thinking that J.K. Rowling falls into this category as well. Somehow though, I relate better to Meyers. Perhaps because I am so in love with the Harry Potter series it’s hard for me to see JK Rowling as merely human. LOL. I’m sure if she read that, she’d probably laugh. I realize I’m rambling and not making much sense. The gist of it is, remember those that have already achieved success because they are living, walking, breathing proof that success happens. It’s simply about not giving up.
No one can hold you back except for yourself
So it’s 12:53am and I’m still awake. Which kinda sucks seeing as I do have to get up and go to work (the day job) tomorrow. So I took another half a tablet of melatonin and took a long hot shower. I was thinking while I was in the shower. I was thinking to about a year ago when I had started heavily writing again and was trying to find my way as a writer again. I decided I wanted to go to a writer’s conference only I didn’t know where the nearest one was or how expensive it would be. So I googled Oregon and writers conference and that is how I found the Willamette Writers ( A wonderful organization). I was talking to a good friend of mine about it, his name is Fred. He offered to pay for me to go to the conference and I could pay him back. Which he did and I am doing. That evening one of things he said to me as stuck with me and I remember it over and over again. I had been talking about my dream of being published and he looked at me and said, “Really the only thing holding you back is you.” I blinked at him several times, momentarily speechless. He was absolutely right. So that moment came back to me tonight. You see I have received several rejections and have been a little (yes only a little) down about it. But I figured my match was out there somewhere and it’s only a matter of time. I realized though, no one can hold me back. Not an agent who says no. Not an editor who doesn’t like me. Not a critic who hates my work. No one can hold me back except for myself. I don’t see any rejection as failure. If I were to quit now, that would be failure and that’s not something I am going to do. So if you are like me and still searching for your perfect match out in agent/editor land, don’t give up. No one can hold you back except for yourself.
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Sick and Submissions
I’ve been sick for about a week with Sinusitis/Vertigo the dizziness is finally starting to subside.
Last weekend, before I got sick, I did get several submissions sent out for Pelegra. I also sent a submission to a magazine for a short story that I wrote. So here’s hoping I get some positive, interested responses.
I’ve had a few people read Pelegra and have received positive feedback, so I look at this way, it’s only a matter of time and a matter of finding the right match. No way I’m giving up on my dream now. Well I’m going to go lay down.
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Edit one, mission complete
I finished the first edit of the first draft of Pelegra and the Son of Merek. I figure it I’ll probably do at least two more rounds of editing. What do I mean by round? I mean I go through the entire manuscript correcting one thing. This particular edit was content with some sentence structure thrown in. Next time it will be grammar and/or typos. Though to be honest, I’ll probably have my husband read through it for typos. He’s very good at catching things like that.
Well that’s all for now.
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White Christmas
I wish everyone who reads this happy holidays.
We had a white Christmas this year, the first in a decade or more. The downside is that the roads are very, very slick. Hopefully we will thaw this weekend.
Be safe everyone and as always, keep reading.
Let It Snow…
These pictures are from much earlier this morning. We have gained a lot more snow since they were taken.
Review: The Twilight Saga
Ok, So I figured it was about time that I posted my thoughts on the Twilight book series
Loved It!
Start to finish, I loved each book. I’m quickly beginning to lose count how many times I’ve read through them and to be honest I was very late in jumping on the band wagon.
I knew that I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie and once I picked it up I was hooked.
I know that many people didn’t like the last book. I loved it. I like having everything wrapped up. It gives me a sense of completion. I liked the addition to Bella and Edward’s family and that they got married. I know some people will disagree me with me greatly.
I also understand why part of the book was written from Jacob’s perspective. Because it’s written from Jacob’s perspective we get much more information than if it was to be from bella’s perspective if you consider what is currently going on with her. I know I’m probably not saying much but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who has not read the last book yet.
Anyway, I loved it. I bough my copies about the time the movie came and haven’t stopped reading them yet. Well my husband currently has twilight so when I start over this time I’ll have to start at new moon, but you get my point.
I also loved the movie. I liked the book better but I thought they did do a good job portraying the emotions of the book. I also thought that they did an extremely good job casting the Cullens and Bella.
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