Gods, has anyone had one of those friends who cannot think to leave you alone for I don't know an entire day without calling and whining about their problems? Yeah, I have one and boy do I not like having a needy person for attention attempting to get my attention when I'm editing my book. I decided that I'm not taking my phone with me on vacation so I don't have to deal with him.
I'm kind of done with this whole I'm trying to work and then this annoying beep on my FB with him asking me, "How are you? Do you want to hang out now?" like I have nothing better to do than leave my work...never mind, yes, I could leave editing and revision for later, but still...I'm on a roll and I'm not going to be dealing with this.
Needy, needy...yeesh, get me out of the state faster please...this is worse than getting a phone call from an editor asking me the same questions I answered the last time they called. Ugh...at least this person isn't my editor.
Okay, I'm tired and need some rest, after dealing with a stomach bug for 72 plus hours and having to deal with this person whining at me to hang out all day yesterday without realizing that I am sick. Honestly, I posted it on FB several times I was not feeling well and needed to not be bothered.
My vacation is coming up and yes, while I'm working on the second half of the book, I'm going to have the exact same needy nancy asking me when I get back, "Are we going to hang out?" honestly, I want to keep this person a friend, but can I work on my book without distraction or without his neediness for attention and friendship consistently.
The story I am currently working on
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
When you have a character in mind
All right near the end of the chapters of my book, I cast a mysterious new character, I don't really talk about this character and I have good reasons, you're going to have to read it for yourself when I come up with his name.
New characters have come into the story and yup, I'm pretty happy with my first Anthro character, a fox mage and of course we have a mouseling, which isn't exactly new, he's been in there since the first few chapters. LOL...I love putting a background character into a main role for a change, and I'm hoping I can do two spin off chapters with just these two wild characters.
Honestly, what inspired me to put in the mysterious elf, well...for one, my favorite character of all time since I was four years old. Luke Skywalker was the inspiration for my mystery elf, he's going to be kind of hard to name, so I'm leaving it at that, he's not exactly good or bad, he's just there to move the story. I might even have a name for him, if he actually shows up.
I just started writing into the second the book, so I can't wait to see where this takes me! YAY I'm getting ready for a trip and starting on the second half the book series!
New characters have come into the story and yup, I'm pretty happy with my first Anthro character, a fox mage and of course we have a mouseling, which isn't exactly new, he's been in there since the first few chapters. LOL...I love putting a background character into a main role for a change, and I'm hoping I can do two spin off chapters with just these two wild characters.
Honestly, what inspired me to put in the mysterious elf, well...for one, my favorite character of all time since I was four years old. Luke Skywalker was the inspiration for my mystery elf, he's going to be kind of hard to name, so I'm leaving it at that, he's not exactly good or bad, he's just there to move the story. I might even have a name for him, if he actually shows up.
I just started writing into the second the book, so I can't wait to see where this takes me! YAY I'm getting ready for a trip and starting on the second half the book series!
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Almost ready to start typing
After considering the fact that I have not finished part of my own editing practice, there are parts of the book ready to be typed up and edited on the computer. Yeah, I have the process of being slow as hell, but what can I do, I have been taught this process since I was I don't know a kid on how to write certain works of fiction and most of the time I just want to slam my fist into something and yell, "WHY IS THIS NOT DONE YET (insert my name here)!"
I'm kind of glad I don't have an editor looking at me wondering why the hell I'm such a stickler for perfection, well...blame it on the fact I had peer edited my childhood. There said it, I want to stick every peer editor of my childhood with a needle and yell, "HA!" And see what happens then again, i was sort of thinking they just edited me to death to get me to stop writing.
So anyway, here I am working on it while I was at lunch yesterday, yeah, I didn't quite eat, but that was fine, I had something waiting for me at home....boyfriend decided to cheat and we had Wendy's.
Anyway, while I was editing, I was thinking about something kind of funny, a threat of sorts that someone made me. It was a former friend of mine, one of which thinks because her mommy is a lawyer or something she can be all threatening. I'm actually not afraid of her, she can sue me if she wants over a work of fiction for slander, because honestly, I was working on this book long before I ever met her, and she knows that. I never told her much about "The Dragon's Library" but I didn't trust her enough to bounce ideas off of.
It is a funny though and I'm sure she doesn't read these things, but I would just shake off her law suit and tell her and her mother this, "Its a work of fiction, find me one thing in there that has anything to do with you and then we will talk," so truthfully, I doubt there will be a reason to sue me over a book. I'm sure that no one in the community that I left from. I could see whole group of these people who have a burr up their ass yelping about it.
I'm kind of glad I don't have an editor looking at me wondering why the hell I'm such a stickler for perfection, well...blame it on the fact I had peer edited my childhood. There said it, I want to stick every peer editor of my childhood with a needle and yell, "HA!" And see what happens then again, i was sort of thinking they just edited me to death to get me to stop writing.
So anyway, here I am working on it while I was at lunch yesterday, yeah, I didn't quite eat, but that was fine, I had something waiting for me at home....boyfriend decided to cheat and we had Wendy's.
Anyway, while I was editing, I was thinking about something kind of funny, a threat of sorts that someone made me. It was a former friend of mine, one of which thinks because her mommy is a lawyer or something she can be all threatening. I'm actually not afraid of her, she can sue me if she wants over a work of fiction for slander, because honestly, I was working on this book long before I ever met her, and she knows that. I never told her much about "The Dragon's Library" but I didn't trust her enough to bounce ideas off of.
It is a funny though and I'm sure she doesn't read these things, but I would just shake off her law suit and tell her and her mother this, "Its a work of fiction, find me one thing in there that has anything to do with you and then we will talk," so truthfully, I doubt there will be a reason to sue me over a book. I'm sure that no one in the community that I left from. I could see whole group of these people who have a burr up their ass yelping about it.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
A Decision has to be made, my line in the sand
After seeing what happened to a pleasant Australian author and a Holocaust survivor, I'm deciding to halt talks with any US publishing houses unless something can be worked out. I'm sorry to say, but I don't want to sound bad, but I find what happened to be unacceptable and I would not feel comfortable with something happening to me like that in their countries because of what happened to them.
I will however continue work on my book, but I am very much not going to talk to anyone from the US publishing agencies until we figure out how to combat something like that. I am sorry, but my personal politics is that I do not agree with Trump or his supporters who want to deport all foreigners out of the US period, that's just wrong.
Truthfully, I believe part of my family is from England and Germany and my family are immigrants from the 1890s, not a fair assumption to state that my family is bad because of their heritage either. We are all immigrants in one form or another, the US is in such horrible state at the moment, I don't see how any writers can get anything written without harsh criticisms or horrible name calling.
I will however continue work on my book, but I am very much not going to talk to anyone from the US publishing agencies until we figure out how to combat something like that. I am sorry, but my personal politics is that I do not agree with Trump or his supporters who want to deport all foreigners out of the US period, that's just wrong.
Truthfully, I believe part of my family is from England and Germany and my family are immigrants from the 1890s, not a fair assumption to state that my family is bad because of their heritage either. We are all immigrants in one form or another, the US is in such horrible state at the moment, I don't see how any writers can get anything written without harsh criticisms or horrible name calling.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Vacation is Coming
Near the end of March, I'm going to be out of the area of Denver, in truth that's just a plan that I have been having with family for awhile. I am in search also for an editor is not my ex-boyfriend, that is something I just can't have right now.
I have been going through my book and preparing to type up half the story and move it from one place to another, after a horrible thoughts of dealing with people over the last few days. What is worse is my co-worker, who has been sick, was actually lashing out at me and no realizing how she created a bad work place, she was actually surprised when a manager told her what was going on.
She had no idea how horrible I felt when she would put me down and she heard it from others that I was considering no going on vacation because of it, she flipped and told me I am going and that she was sorry. It was a horrible situation and she realized that no matter what kind of problems she had, she should never take it out on someone who doesn't want her upset but wants to stay working.
The fact is, she was not aware that I have been stressing out over finding an editor, truthfully I have not told my coworkers anything
I have been going through my book and preparing to type up half the story and move it from one place to another, after a horrible thoughts of dealing with people over the last few days. What is worse is my co-worker, who has been sick, was actually lashing out at me and no realizing how she created a bad work place, she was actually surprised when a manager told her what was going on.
She had no idea how horrible I felt when she would put me down and she heard it from others that I was considering no going on vacation because of it, she flipped and told me I am going and that she was sorry. It was a horrible situation and she realized that no matter what kind of problems she had, she should never take it out on someone who doesn't want her upset but wants to stay working.
The fact is, she was not aware that I have been stressing out over finding an editor, truthfully I have not told my coworkers anything
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Never been so...insulted! Art aside
Dear friends,
I am not a Trump supporter, I am a writer and I write my own fiction, not the standards of someone never reads a book, much less knows what its about...
I'm sorry to tell people this, but I can't support a president who takes the arts and thinks its only for the rich. I went to see several art exhibits with my father over the years and no greater artist is the one who is talented by no wealth at all. Wealthy don't need to know how to draw or to do what they do, they just have it handed to them, they don't know poverty or even what its like to be poor, they can just demand food.
My fiance and I don't have money all the time. Truthfully, it is horrible to see artists disrespected, so I'm thinking of actually delaying my book another few years because I'm sorry, but if Donald Trump wants me to be a rich person to publish, then he's sorely mistaken.
Sincerely,
M.M. Fenney
I am not a Trump supporter, I am a writer and I write my own fiction, not the standards of someone never reads a book, much less knows what its about...
I'm sorry to tell people this, but I can't support a president who takes the arts and thinks its only for the rich. I went to see several art exhibits with my father over the years and no greater artist is the one who is talented by no wealth at all. Wealthy don't need to know how to draw or to do what they do, they just have it handed to them, they don't know poverty or even what its like to be poor, they can just demand food.
My fiance and I don't have money all the time. Truthfully, it is horrible to see artists disrespected, so I'm thinking of actually delaying my book another few years because I'm sorry, but if Donald Trump wants me to be a rich person to publish, then he's sorely mistaken.
Sincerely,
M.M. Fenney
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Back from Con and back to Work
No sooner I get back to work, I got a person tearing into me about going at all, then again, she had a wreck and I guess it must be that. The truth is, no matter what I do, I do it all wrong in her eyes, the truth is, I don't know what to do. Then again, when I start getting published, I think this girl is going to cause a problem, mostly going to tell me..."So that makes you a big shot uh?" or making snide remarks of "Whose going to read your shit?"
The truth is, I get enough of that from people on FB who believe that no one reads anymore and that I'm just fooling myself, I'm like a fucking joke to them. I mention I love to write and I get people making fun of it, no matter what I tell them. I stopped telling people that I'm a writer...the truth is, its a hobby and I enjoy every minute.
I started work on the second book yesterday and during a break, but the truth is, I'm kind of scared of what will happen if I do get published. I'm terrified of what might happen if I am successful.
Honestly, I'm working on the new art work too
The truth is, I get enough of that from people on FB who believe that no one reads anymore and that I'm just fooling myself, I'm like a fucking joke to them. I mention I love to write and I get people making fun of it, no matter what I tell them. I stopped telling people that I'm a writer...the truth is, its a hobby and I enjoy every minute.
I started work on the second book yesterday and during a break, but the truth is, I'm kind of scared of what will happen if I do get published. I'm terrified of what might happen if I am successful.
Honestly, I'm working on the new art work too
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