Astro Boy I love this little robot. Honestly, I used to love him as a kid and still do. My daughter enjoys watching the old episodes and even though the dialogue's a little dated and corny, I still love the core of this story. A little robot built in the image of a little b…

OUTSTANDING! Last night hubby and I watched the last three episodes - The Message , Heart of Gold and Objects in Space . WOW! They were all so terrific. Now that we've watched all the episodes, I've gotta say this is one of the BEST shows I've ever seen. There wasn'…

WOW -- hubby and I sat down last night and watched four more eps in a row! We ended staying up way past 1am but it was well worth it! Honestly, this show absolutely rocks ! Out of Gas : such a terrific episode. Mal sure loves his ship, doesn't he? And I loved the flashbacks …

As requested by my hubby, today I'm going to feature TRANSFORMERS . Wikipedia : In this incarnation the planet Cybertron is running low on energy. The Heroic Autobots , led by Optimus Prime , set out in space to search for more energy but are attacked by the Evil Decepticons …

eyes are blurry and my mind's gone all mushy... but I got just over 5k out today. Brings me to: ( ############===== ) 55,351 / 80,000 : 69.2% Phew, I am so darn tired now! There was a lot of action going on in today's chunk o' words and I'm actually feeling it. Of course,…

If you want to check out a Pre-published Spotlight with moi, go here . It's a really cool website Shawn has set up called The Journey , where she spotlights a different pre-pubbed writer every week. Very cool idea! Check it out, there are other very interesting Spotlights before mine…

AWESOME! I finished reading this book yesterday afternoon but didn't get a chance to post about it. I've gotta say, this book hooked me in from the very beginning. From page one I wanted to keep reading, and reading so I could find out what would happen next. And there was absolu…

So we watched Corpse Bride last night. I was pleasantly surprised at how great it was. I probably shouldn't have been surprised because I absolutely love The Nightmare Before Christmas but I didn't know what to expect this time. Well, it was funny, had a wonderful little…

Okay, just finished my chunk o' words for the day and I've still got about half an hour before my daughter gets out of school. So I thought I'd put a post down before words start to fail me... I swear, I've been so tired this week. And it's not a sluggish kinda tired …

Yep. I'm officially halfway through the first draft... and ahead by exactly one day! ( #########======== ) 40,483 / 80,000 : 50.6% Things are moving. Things are happening. And I decided to stop where I did today - in mid-chapter - because I think it'll be a good place to start to…

When I sat down to write today, I wasn't quite sure where I was heading with the day's chunk o' words. Honestly, I usually like to think about where the story's going just before I slip off to sleep. I know it sounds a little... odd, but it's usually how I come up with…

Now, I know that technically the Wonder Woman TV show wasn't made in the 80s, but I watched it when I was a little girl. And since that was in the early 80s, I'm making Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman my 80s pick for today. And since I'm writing about a kick-butt chick and r…

Let's start with the progress bar for today: (#######========== ) 31,106 / 80,000 : 38.9% Terrible, horrible things are looming on the horizon of the WIP. Yikes. There's a big reason for celebration going on and everyone's excited... but what the characters don't know is t…

Monday mornings are always like that, aren't they? Saturday and Sunday always go by so fast! Maybe it's because they're so much fun! The hubby and I only started enjoying weekends together around April last year. Before that one of us had always worked the weekends and only …

I read this wonderful book over the weekend! It's the sixth Nightside book written by Simon R. Green. It was supposed to be the last book in the series but I read the other day that he's been contracted for another three. This is great news. Though the arc of finding out who John…

Okay, so I thought I'd start the post with this question: what's the difference between paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Here are the Wikipedia meanings I found: Paranormal romance is a literary subgenre of speculative fiction, blending together themes from the genres of tr…

Okay, so it took me longer to read this book than I would've liked but life just has a way of getting in the way. It was one of those storylines where I had no idea where it was heading. Honestly, from the first word I just didn't know what to expect, kept me guessing all the wa…

I'm very happy to say that so far this week I've been managing just above my 4k target per day. And if I can keep this pace up, I'll have another first draft done by the end of this month. So what you guys think? Will I make it? Well, I sure as hell am going to try because thi…

Still writing the first draft. And enjoying it very much. Here's the current progress bar: ( ###============== ) 13,794 / 80,000 : 17.2% Still checking my emails a hundred times a day. With no responses or news to share. Still have three stories online until the end of March. Check &#…

Today's star is Gizmo . This cute little mogwai is the gorgeous star of the 1984 movie Gremlins . Look at that cute little innocent face... too bad there are certain rules associated with this delicate little creature. Here are the precautions: 1. Never let the mogwai near brigh…

After today's chunk o' words: (##============== ) 9,337 / 80,000 : 11.7% As you can guess from the post title -- it's very sunny around here, which is great. It's given me a chance to hang out a lot of washing during the last few days. It's hard to clean sheets and put…

Okay, so there weren't any cool quizzes to do during the weekend, so I skipped it! It's so hot today, feels like we're in the middle of summer and the sun's so bright. Gee, what are we doing to nature when the seasons don't act like they're supposed to? Makes me…

That's exactly how today's feeling. Like nothing's going on. And well, although technically it's not correct because I did get my daughter ready for school, folded some laundry, had lunch, finished reading AMD, posted something about the book below and picked up my daughte…

Okay, so this book was the first reading reward for myself after finishing the first draft mid-week. And hell, was it an AWESOME reward. Mia Snow is an alien huntress who doesn't like other-worlders and works for A.I.R. in the city of New Chicago. In a time when aliens walk amongst …

I don't know what it is about the playground at my daughter's school, but there are always a whole bunch of crows hanging around there. Not magpies - we've got a lot of those around here, but actual crows. They're huge, and their feathers so black and silky-looking they …

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! As you can probably guess from the start of this post, the first draft is done . I not only managed to write this draft in 4 weeks, but also two days ahead of time! I'm very excited and to celebrate I watched the last two season 4 Six Feet Under episodes I had lef…

Some Wikipedia facts: Bon Jovi's third and most commercially successful album Slippery When Wet was released on August 18, 1986. It sold over 12 million copies in the U.S. Today it stands as one of the six best selling hard rock / heavy metal albums ever, and spawned two #1 sin…