Comments on Write Chic: Set Your Mind

Mary - I forgot to say I think of you often these ...

2010-04-14T11:56:32.656-05:00

Mary - I forgot to say I think of you often these days as we're diving more into YA books than ever. Kiddo blew through the latest Canterwood book in 3 days (while on spring break) and now jumping on the Ally Carter bandwagon. I have Meg Cabots on the way if the folks on paperback swap ever get in gear.

Will your books be good for the middle schooler? I'd love to share it with kiddo. After I read it, of course. LOL! (So, ya know, publish this stuff already.)

Steph - Wonderful! Bit of a change up this year with most of my roomies not going. Right now it's me and 2nd Chance from that pirate ship all by our lonesomes. Not having to share a bed at Nationals - priceless. LOL!

Mer, I love the insights into your process because...

2010-04-14T11:19:46.831-05:00

Mer, I love the insights into your process because it is so different from mine but so interesting. Your collages are beautiful.

Terri -- we'll be in Nashville! I've been following your progress on your blog. Whoa -- huge accomplishments with the page count. You will definitely be ready by the time your revision class comes around! :)

Music has been a huge part of every aspect of my l...

2010-04-14T10:01:07.834-05:00

Music has been a huge part of every aspect of my life to date. And yet, not my writing. It's the weirdest thing. I have songs that are sort of a book soundtrack, but I can't listen to them while I write the book. I can't listen to anything.

Where you have to turn off the internet, I have to turn off the television. And I'm finding it gets easier the more I do it. Missed AI last night and I'm not really bothered by that. LOL!

But thank heaven for DVR.

My pre-writing is all ruminating the current scene. Bits of dialogue run through my head all day. Someday I'll get better and carry a notepad to jot them down. I'm sure there are bits I forget by the time I get a chance to write.

I'm very jealous of your collage. That's amazing. And that's all done on the computer? What do you use to create that?! I'd love to have something like that as my desktop background.

BTW - I'll see you ladies in Nashville, right?

I grab a specific notebook (depending on the story...

2010-04-14T07:22:33.185-05:00

I grab a specific notebook (depending on the story) and begin cutting out faces from magazine - to begin to visualize. I carry this notebook everywhere and jot down all my ideas there.. Then, I stick my IPod headphones on and sit on my favorite chair until I pump out 2000 - 5000 words a day. :)

Love reading about everyone's routine. :)

Amy, welcome to the blog! We are total peas in a...

2010-04-13T22:52:41.216-05:00

Amy, welcome to the blog!

We are total peas in a writing pod! For the fear of seeming a bit over-the-top, I left out the part about my character soundtracks. It's amazing how you can sum up a character just through music, isn't it? It really helps me delve into their POVs.

Totally with you on the soundtracks. I have a &q...

2010-04-13T21:18:31.714-05:00

*Totally* with you on the soundtracks. I have a "noveling" station on Pandora, and after a year+ of that it definitely gets me in the Zone.

(I also lift songs from there and make playlists for each of my characters, but I've received word that's a bit over the top. Works for me though-- reminds me up their depth when my mind is elsewhere.)