Category: Blogfest/Bloghops

Insecure Writer’s Support Group – Optimistic, but Should I Be

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11.19 Cavanaugh Blogfest LIVE December 10First of all, did you hear they declared a new National Holiday.  On December 10 – 12, 2012, it is officially Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh Day. Make sure you participate in all things Alex that day including “Cheers, Cavanaugh BlogFest”.

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My insecurities this month stem from the fact I quit my job of 7 years and will be moving back to the United States tomorrow.  I am excited and optimistic about the future, but should I be.

Or, I am crazy for making this move. This is one of those moves were I am 100% percent ready to pursue my passion of being a writer and making a living at it. I have a plan that will be revealed shortly and I am confident if I work hard and am patient, I will succeed.

But, perhaps I am fooling myself. I have no concept of day to day reality in the United States. I haven’t lived there in 6 years. I haven’t even been in the states for 2 years. I a little in the bank, but nothing that will sustain me for any long period of time.

But, you never know until you try, right.

So, anyone else made a drastic, dramatic, carefully calculate, but still filled with unknowns, move on behalf of pursuing your dream. How did it work out for you? Give me the good and the bad results. 

 

 

And You Are? Bloghop

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Just when I think there is nothing more to reveal about me, a Bloghop comes along and makes me “expose” myself even more.

Thanks so much Emily and Tammy.

These are the “And You Are…?” questions

1.  How many speeding tickets have you gotten?

I have gotten 3 speeding tickets in my life, but I am only claiming two as legit. The third one was for going 50 in a 45. Who does that?

2.  Can you pitch a tent?

I am not what you call the camping type, but I have successfully pitched a tent during my one and only real camping trip and then I slept in the car.

3.  What was your worst vacation ever?

I haven’t had any really bad vacations.  Maybe the time I  had my purse stolen twice in New York City, but I was 12 and didn’t really loose much.  A couple of key chains and few postcards.

4.  What was the last thing you bought over $100?

Dinner last night, Morton’s Steak House – yummy – technically I am employed for 3 more days, so I can still splurge.

5.  We’re handing you the keys to what?

2013 BMW X6

6.  What was the last meal you cooked that made even you sick?

I haven’t cooked a meal in over 2 years. I live in a hotel. Funny thing happens when you dial a number and tell them what you want to eat, they bring it right to you.

7.  Fill in the blank: Oh my gosh! Becky, look at her butt! It is so big. She looks like  a lady with a big butt?

Or did you want me to finish the song a prostitute.?

8.  What was your first car?

1990 Toyota Corolla – it was beige. Cars should never be beige.  Incidently, My father bought my mother whose birthday is 5 days after mine a brand new Nissan 240SX and it was delivered on my birthday. Needless to say that wasn’t one of my top 5 favorite days.  Did I mention the car was red.

9.  Your best friend falls and gets hurt. Do you ask if he/she’s okay or laugh first?

I laugh first, but I laugh at everything, so my best friend understands this about me and knows I am still concerned for her well being.

10.  What’s the worst song ever?

See Question #7

That was fun. I hope Santa is nice to me this year. I could really use it.  Check out the answers to the other blog hoppers and Merry Christmas – Is it too early?

A to Z Challenge Interview

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Hello Everybody,

Not quite back, yet.  I’ll resume full blog duties tomorrow, but had to share with you this interview I did for the A to Z Challenge website. Ninja Captain Alex interviewed me about my A to Z Challenge last year. My theme was Australia.

Please check out the interview and let me know you think.

And, start thinking about your theme for next years A to Z Challenge.

What will your theme be for 2013?

Insecure Writer’s Support Group

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Thanks to our Ninja Captain Alex and welcome, LG Keltner and CM Brown.  Apparently we have gotten so insecure, that Alex needed some help.  We are a difficult group to support.

I don’t have an insecurity this months so much as a revelation and a warning.

I had it in my mind I couldn’t call myself a writer until I had actually written something and in June I wrote my first novel.

But, now I am starting to think like a writer, too.

Let me explain what I mean.  I have been traveling in China for the last two days.  Something that isn’t easy to do in the smaller cities if you don’t have at least an elementary grasps of the language, but it is fairly safe.

Everyone once in a while, I get this anxiety fueled feeling that at some point I could be kidnapped.  That has probably more to do with National Geographic Channel shows like Locked up Abroad.  To my credit, I’m not stupid.  If you go to an airport with heroine duct taped to your abdomen, you deserve to be locked up abroad.

But, I was in a cab this morning heading to the airport and the thought creeped in my mind.  And, you know my next thought.

Thank God I backed up my current WIP before I left for this trip.

Now isn’t that just like a writer to think about her work before her life.

My warning:  Make sure you back up your work before you leave the house just in case you get kidnapped.  When you return, you won’t have to started from the beginning on your chick lit bestseller. Priorities.

Have a great month everyone and for those Nano’er out there, just keep writing. 

Quick Trip to see the Terra Cotta Warriors – Amazing!

Monstrous Monday – Boris the Animal

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First, if all, thank you Tim Brannan for hosting the Monstrous Monday Blog Hop.  When I heard about this bloghop, I was all ready to share with you the first monster that gave me nightmares; the monster in Alien.  The scene where the alien busted through the guys stomach was really gross.

But . . .

that was before I meet Boris the Animal from Men in Black 3.  I would accept the alien in my home as a pet before I would even look at a picture of Boris the Animal ever again.

It starts with his’s voice and then the tentacles that spring out on his feet when he needs a little more traction; creepy. And, I don’t even want to think about the things around his eyes or that thing that comes out of his hand.  What freaky psychotic mind thought this monster up.  I mean really.  It’s making my skin crawl just writing this.

Boris the Animal is a monster’s monster.  Please,  view at your own risk and don’t blame me for any sleepless nights that this clip may cause.

Seriously, at 43 seconds, hid your eyes.  Ew and Ew!

What monster give you the creeps? Click on the badge at the top of the page to visit other Monstrous Monday Blog Post.  Let the nightmares begin.