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the ins and outs & ups and downs of a new novelist's journey

blogging, part II. June 19, 2009

so, i was feeling rather crappy about the fact that i’ve done nothing but blog. and to top that off, i was so unsure about the dang blog i wrote on giveagirl that i posted the first comment on it to explain what i was really trying to say…

anyway, i was starting to think that blogging was futile, until i came across this!

now, (on top of my daily word goal i just commented about on my ‘it’s 1 pm…’ post), i have two new goals.
plus, a brand-new sense of confidence. YAY for me, right?!?!??
goal #1:: blog, blog, blog. possibly blog my work. maybe i’ll do a serial blog of my first book. we’ll see…
goal #2:: (and this is the cool one!) start a twitter for my MC. i had promised myself that i would stay away from twitter at all costs. but, after a blog that led me to a blog that led me to the one i linked ya’ll to, i’ve changed my mind.
thing is, i’ve no clue how to go about it. but, if people can get interested in my girl, and i can learn more about her by getting into her head every day, that would certainly help my writing, right?!?!?? it’d have to!!!
i’m a bit OCD, and i have a strong feeling that if i get so completely involved in alexis’ life, that i’ll have no choice but to sit down and write her story. i’ll want anything and everything to be about her. then, voila, my book will be done. (hey, i can hope, right? ;) )

so, i guess the point of all of this rambling is
A) to send ya’ll to the link, &
B) to ask for advice on twitter. because i’ve never gone near the site before and don’t have a clue as to what it’s all about.
any help would be sublime =)

xx
-e*

 

blogging. June 19, 2009

Filed under: if you give a girl a pen...,lesson learned. — Eden Tyler @ 12:21 pm
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i had a post all ready and saved as a draft for giveagirlapen.com, but late last night, i decided i didn’t want to use that one. not a clue why, but i’m a girl and we’re allowed those whims….

well, this whim led to way more time and research than i’d anticipated.
at 1 am, i had about 1200 words, which is wayyy too long for a blog, so i cut it down to around 700, i think. i was writing and editing at like 2 am and it got to the point where i couldn’t even read my words anymore.
so, at 2:30, i just published it and went to bed.
i’m afraid to check it out, as it might be horrific.
i’ve really no clue what i even wrote about.
but, if ya’ll wanna check it out, feel free.
here it is.

i’ll post something more interesting on here later.
once i am fully awake and aware of what it is i’m doing….

late night writing is great for me, as it usually turns out fine, but i should stick to only doing that for my personal writing. stuff i can edit later….
hey, yet another lesson learned, right?!??

talk to ya’ll later!
xx