GOAL MONDAY

There are many kinds of goals. Long-term, short-term - impossible - achievable.

Ok - so why didn't I make my goal for March? It was definetly acheivable. All I had to do was expand Evening Sun and double the word count. No big deal. Well, I more than doubled the word count, but the more I wrote, the more I envisioned. And just when I thought I was tying in the new scene with the original end - whoops -- I fell into my mainstream nature. It would be perfect if I was writing a mainstream story, but the majority of the story to that point is not an a-typical mainstream. It's a contemporary with paranormal elements.

It's decision time. Do I let it go and see if it'd work as an erotic mainstream, or do I rewrite. Dilemma, dilemma. The pro is the paranormal story I have in mind to go with this in an anthology can go mainstream. Making decisions is not my strong suit. I usually let my characters do whatever it is they want. After all, it's their life.

So, this week's goal is to determine what is best for Cassandra Jones and Elan Takoda. Will they be happy going down a different trail?

Oh, and I won't let myself stress over the fact that my book is coming out two weeks from today. My heart pounds and I can't think straight. The anxiety over my co-workers reading my work has me, at times, wishing none of them knew. It's not the sex, it's the related parts of the work we do I worry about - espeically in my second release, Last Glass of Wine.

Goals for week of March 31st:

Determine the genre of Evening Sun - which I am considering changing the title, too.

Not stressing over upcoming release of A Psychic Hitch - it will sell, my co-workers will love it.

Bekki

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I took heart chips of this candle into work and they raved over the Spicy Cherry Scent.

My boss said his wife isn't getting the sample, but he'll buy her a pillar. He wants it as a car scent.

My fav bartender is putting her chip in her lingerie drawer so her to scent her thongs for her SO.

Pet Peeve Thursday

Egos

I chose this topic, because we all have one. It gets in the way of common sense and hinders our job in many ways.

As writers, we want people to love and fawn over our babies. But, in reality, we need those rejections and harsh, constructive critiques.

How can this be a pet peeve then if I need it? Well, speaking for my own self. My ego delays the inevitable – slows down the process – causes me to take bumpy, pit filled detours.

I take the crits that shred my baby and say a few choice words I wouldn’t want my kids to hear, and toss it aside. This is my ego reacting to the fact that someone else pointed out that I’m not perfect. You see, I already know I’m not perfect. I’m a frustrated perfectionist, stubborn and come by it all naturally. I’ve got a bit of Blackfeet Indian in me as well as a piece of Dutch and tons of German. So, when someone else sees my faults it’s like my secret is out and I’m tarnished for life. lol

I’m my own pet peeve. I annoy myself to no end. I hear voices and talk to myself – yep, answer myself, too. ‘sigh’

Knowing this about myself has not been the hindrance it used to be. That’s growth both as a person and a writer.

Those bad-news crits have been a blessing in disguise. There is not one single crit I have not gone back to and used. Well, the ones I could read anyhow. I’ll save that peeve for another day.

While I may not have understood where the critter or editor who rejected me was coming from, later on, maybe two or three revisions later, even a year later, the proverbial light bulb would go off and I’d find myself grinning. I understood and would dig back through the crits looking for that one I now got.

So, does this describe you? I bet it does.

When I crit a story for someone else over and over again and see they aren’t correcting the spelling, the grammar, the punctuation I pointed out – I bite my tongue and continue to point them out. I do wonder if I’m wasting my time. But then, unexpectedly, I sit down to go back through it again and find it’s done. Ah, so, here’s another person slow at catching on. I’m not alone. My ego has company – my pet peeve has company. I may still be crazy, but I’m not alone. You’re all my pet peeve. My family of nutty writers with dreams who tolerate this humorless moron with a crazy sense of what constitutes a pet peeve.

In my other life, my non-writing life, I’m known as ‘The Unpredictably, Predictable Woman’. Ha! Hence the tagline of this blog.

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Bekki

New Blog Schedule

I’ve been wracking my brain and this is what I’ve come up with.

Goal Monday

Promo Tuesday - this is where I’ll choose an author, email and ask for blurbs, excerpts and cover. I will post here and different ones at www.myspace.com/bekki_lynn If you’d like me to include you - email me. bekkilynn2006@yahoo.com and put Promo Tuesday in the headline. If you want a specific Tuesday because you have a new release, let me know that as well. I’ll put it on the calendar.

Poetry Wednesday

Pet Peeve Thursday - boy do I have a collection.

Story Friday - tidbits from life

Bekki

Poetry Wednesday

Every Wednesday, I'm going to post a poem. I don't write your traditional poems, but poems from heart.

I'm going to start of with the first of many I wrote in 2001.

FRIENDS WE CAN BE

Smiles, waves, the unconscious stares
Occasional verbal exchanges
Chance meeting as we go to and fro
Friends we can be

Worry over your health
Aching to ease your fatigue
Concerned by your absence
Friends we can be

Laughter, tears, and silence
Sharing doubts, hurts, dreams
A lifetime bond
Friends we can be

Music, sports, quiet times
Moods, foods, drinks
Cats, plants, the outdoors
Friends we can be

Fear, attraction, desire, honor
Respect, trust, truth, no promises
Treasures we could be
Friends we can be

Please do not copy, borrow or use in any way.

Bekki

CONTENT WARNING

Hi,

I'm sure you've noticed the addition of the content warning. This is in preparation of excerpts from A Psychic Hitch available April 14th.

Wahoo - soon, like in the next week, I'll be choosing excerpts from A Psychic Hitch!

Bekki
http://www.bekkilynn.com/
www.myspace.com/bekki_lynn
www.sirenpublishing.com/bekkilynn

NEWS AND MORE NEWS

I'm so thrilled!

A Psychic Hitch will be released April 14.

And... COMING SOON!

Last Glass of Wine - stay turned to find out how Lana and Cole heat it up despite a company policy.

Both from Siren Publishing.

Bekki
http://www.bekkilynn.com/
http://www.sirenpublishing.com/bekkilynn