Well Hello Monkeys and Monkey fans! Zoey, here.

If I were going to guest blog here on the Saturday berfore Christmas

I would have to chat about cold snowy weather.

I am after all experiencing my first holiday season in New England.

Okay it’s my first holiday season ever. I saw my first snow in Maine.

It was so deep and cold I preferred to ride in Mom’s pocketbook.

Back here at home our first storm was about 11″ and not as cold in

Rhode Island as it was in Maine so I ventured out a bit.

Daddy shoveled a path from the back door in a big loop that ended up

back at the backdoor. I tried to explore the edges and the snow fell

on my ears and the top of my head and boy did my nose get cold.

I am proud to announce I can indeed

make yellow snow although not in large amounts. I watched the 3 year

old next door make snow angels and did my best to copy him.

I can in the sitting position make one wing using my tail but no matter

how I squirm and wiggle I can’t for the life of me make an angelic

impression. Mom did say however that I am an angel only when I am

sleeping so that probably explains things. Well I am off to the heating

vent, for my new favorite way to pass the time of day, it’s so warm and

toasty there. Well not sure I wrote 100 words or that I amused anyone

but I blogged. Happy Holidays to all!:santawhat: :snowmanhead:

I have to break them down my month, and then by week, and then sometimes by day. If it’s too big I just feel overwhelmed - that’s why the 100 words a day would be great for me.

So…for January…I will have my 17,000 word novella to 20,000 and submitted. And, by the end of January I’ll have Savin’ Me revised (yet again) and ready for submisson as well. By the end of February, I’ll have the next novella completed and also be started on the next 60,000 ms. If I write every single day - and act as if it’s a real job that I have to show up to - then I should have no problem with this.

Oh, and I’d be in on a loop. I’m just not tech savvy enough to set it up or get it going, someone will need to give me specific directions on how to get there from here!

Still one present to go…

So come January, I’d really like to get back to it. For anyone interested, there is an online class through Outreach International that I’m going to take. It’s called Book in a Week. The instructor is April Kihlstrom and it runs from January 7-February 8. April is going to teach how to write faster and better and during the second to last week of class, students write as much as they can in week - maybe a whole book? You can get more info at http://www.oirw.net/.

I’m hoping during the class I can finish my single title. Then I’ve got a few other stories I want to start. The hard part is deciding which one to do first. Cher, you sound so organized! Good luck to you. And Paula, Jodie and Tina - you too!

Julie, sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with all of the information out there for new writers and I start second guessing my writing, my methods, my everything! So I’m going to try and take lots of deep breaths and just enjoy writing. I am planning on going to the RWA conference in San Francisco and am going to go the Desert Dreams Conference too. I know it’s important to always keep learning, but do you think there comes a time when you should just write and forget about everything else?

Thanks again for these Saturday posts! Have a great weekend everyone!

I did start writing a novel a year ago. My husband keeps encouraging me to get back to it. I’m just not sure how to get myself back into the groove.

Happy Holidays all. This is the first time I’ve posted but I felt the need. I am totally inspired by this blog. I know I needed a writing goal but wasn’t sure what to set. Thanks for lending some focus.

Have a safe and Happy New Year.

Krista :wreath:

Happy Holidays all. This is the first time I’ve posted but I felt the need. I am totally inspired bu this blog. I know I needed a writing goal but wasn’t sure what to set. Thanks for lending some focus.

Have a safe and Happy New Year.

Krista :wreath: