NEVER

Every once in a while you'll tell someone what you do, and they'll give you that "Oh really," look. Then they'll do this, "Do you even make any money from that?" They'll degrade you. They'll put down your work. But Never give in.

You'll come across a person who says your writing is "Shit!" They Hate you and every word you put to a page. They can't believe you got published. And might call you every name in the book and do it with some Shit grammar. NEVER give them the satisfaction of a tear or even spew they're hate for your work over to your friends. What you should do is read it, smile, and say "Your words don't matter. 1 out of a billion. I'm doing pretty F'ing good!" Cause you are! You're freaking awesome!

You might run into some prick you knew back in High school who was nothing but a total punk. They might pick you apart. Tell you what you used to be. Tear you down. Try to get you back to that person. NEVER take their words to heart. They are no one.

A rejection might slap you in the face. That's number 100. You want to curl up in a ball and Die. You tell yourself you suck and should quit. Everyone was right even prick face EX. But that's where you're wrong. Keep trying. Push through the bullshit and Never give up. I dare you. Good things will happen.

Move Me

As a reader, I want to feel emotions in stories. I want to be mad at the guy for being a douche and not seeing what's clearly in front of him. I want to cry about the sad parts, like death, the MC's breaking up, I want to ball so damn hard that I physically hate you for making me do so.

So Stop telling me, and MOVE ME. It will not only make your story better, your characters more life like, it will also make readers LOVE YOU.

Lust the Love of Lunatics

You ever notice some people are just downright Lunatics? Maybe it's just me but recently I've found them all flocking together, ready to pounce on people's dreams and take them down the crazy train.

But I've had to get into the head of one of my loony Characters. Her mission is to capture the love interest of her dreams, but he's not buying her lust for love. And he's not in love with her. Yet she stalks him. Lies and tries to win his affections. However, Lies will never win hearts, Lust will never beat Love and Lunatics need to be committed.

Kill Them!

It's hard. It's so hard to kill off characters you actually grown to like, for JK Rowling it was probably difficult to kill off Tonks and Lupin. Or even Sirus I cried reading those deaths and of course one of the Twins. It was like Aww my Ginger-haired duos turned singular.

Sometimes it needs to be done though. You have to give an MC motivation, or a reason to seek revenge. In order to do this something bad must happen to them. For Bambi his mom had to die. For my characters, well, her roommate/ best friend dies, and I'm going to Kill off a few more, but it will make her stronger. More willing to say F-off world I'm doing things my way.

But when Killing them, (Characters) do it with a purpose not because you hate being inside their head anymore or they do something to make you personally mad. Do it with a purpose.

Jam It Up

It's no secret, I love writing to music. I have personal Jam lists, for all kinds of things FIGHT SCENES, Dramatic moments, Sexy Romps, And even those firsts Kisses, love, falling for someone yup ... So it helps me stay in the mood, or focus on the emotion that needs to be there.

My Jam list/ Play list for this blog is for two books RIVAL LOVE, and RIVAL HEARTS so enjoy...

Imagine

Picture this if you will ... The whole jumbo-tron proposal, everyone is all excited for you blah blah blah. The other day I was listening to the radio and they were talking about the prices. LA dodgers I guess your adventure cost 2500.00, Pittsburgh you're in luck 38.50 and you have your romantic gesture on display.

But please ... Imagine this if you will ...

A girl getting all giddy, shaky hands, full on gasp and then the WTF Shock face, "OMG! You're dumping me?" Yes, I am a terrible person because I actually want to see someone get dumped via jumbo-tron. Can you imagine it? The emotion, and then the OHHH Whoa! Right?

So Imagine things, cruel, funny, terrible, but put some images into your MS. Let people imagine what you are. Feel what you are.

Hoping and hopping

Yard work is a pain sometimes. So while I'm hopping around store to Store hoping to find all the flowers I want, seed, and lawn care needs as well as the perfect stone for my garden path. I end up a little disappointed. It's not that the stores don't have what I want. It's the fact the dream in my head or the vision I should say for my yard, is not in the stores. Or is out of reach for a moment. Ever feel like this?
In writing, I felt like this a lot. With a lot of novels finished but a mass of rejections tied to them, Yes, I felt destroyed. More so, I felt ... like handing in my white towel and calling it quits. But then someone gave me hope. Someone told me to shut up and suck it up. Try and try again. And you know what, that's what you gotta do, Hop around with some hope and you'll get what you're looking for.