Weekend Edits

Off to the editor again. Ms. B is helping me a few hours again this weekend. The good thing is the little part that we’ve gone over I’ve revised and added 500 words. So yah!!!! So we will see what tomorrow holds.

New Orleans

So I've been to New Orleans over a dozen times, but it never gets old. Hucca and I(yes you read right,Hucca, it's my husband nick name I don't know why, but it's been that way for about 10 years) went to New Orleans for a mini getaway this weekend. Here is Hucca eating at Cafe De Monde.
Funny huh? It was he's first time to ever eat there.

As many times as I have gone, somehow I've never made it to the cemeteries. One thing that you probably don't know about me is that I went to Mortuary School. Yes, mortuary school....like to be a funeral director? Yes! I still miss it some days and cemeteries have always held a special place in my heart. I remember even as a child wanting to go to the cemeteries. Weird? I know! So here are a couple of my favorites.

















There were some that had elaborate landscaping. I wish my front yard looked so good.


















There were a few that gave me the hibby gibbies. If you haven't seen Wolfman I encourage you to do so. But in one of the scenes there is a monument with a beautiful lady on top of her tomb with a sweeping hair and gown to look as if she is asleep on top. During the movie she turns her head and speaks. Pretty cool huh? So as I was taking this picture that was all I could think about.


Never the less we had a great time. If you have never been I hope that one day you might go and enjoy as much as we have over the years.

SNOW NEVER TASTED SO GOOD!

Well.....it SNOWED!!! Who knew? The weather guys. I always give them a hard time, but they predicted it correctly this time.



The kids had a wonderful time. This is only the 3rd time they have ever seen snow. Bless their little hearts!! Twice this year, which is unprecedented around here. Then once last year around this time.


All in all it was a great weekend. The schools closed,(why I'm not sure)but they did. So I got to spend a long weekend with the kids. The bad thing is the all the snow was gone by Sunday. Never the less they had fun while it lasted and that's all that matters.


P.S. This tree was a mere stick when we planted it in our front yard the year we bought our house. I believe it's called a Japanese Cherry Tree. It looks really cool covered in snow!

Snow

Snow? Yeah right!
So once again the my city is in chaos because it might snow. Yes might! It's Mississippi even if it does snow it will only last until the next day at most. So I'm sure the stores around here are completely out of bread and milk, because if the news even comments on snow or ice the grocery stores around here are attacked like we will be snowed in for the next month or so. I will admit that there are plenty of other states that are being beat down by the snow. So if I'm wrong I will bow down gracefully and make angels in the snow. Haha!! Don't get me wrong I would love for it to snow a few inches or feet so we could have a couple of snow days and my kids could actually go out and play in it, but not likely.

Dread

So I met with the person that is editing my book this weekend. The dread that I had somehow built up in my mind was not as bad as it really was. Yah!!!!

So besides all my grammical errors,(yes I know this is not a real word but I love to make them up so I'm using it) my editor only had 2 problems with the book. I couldn't believe it. Of course I want to add about 10,000 more words and that will help with one of the problems that she had, so overall I feel much better.

And the other problem she had, I realized a few days before I meet with her. All of this makes me really happy. This is my first real book that I've tried to write and finish. So to have someone reassure you is great.

Word Usage

It's funny how when someone new reads your work that they find words or references that you use way to much. It's kind of embarrassing. You think to yourself why didn't I pick up on that. My sister is reading my 1st draft right now and she sent me a text this morning saying "You use the reference 'bad dreams' way to many times" I mean hello why didn't I see that? I guess that's why we have several people read over your MS.

And apparently the words 'were and where' are inter changeable in my brain. Because sometimes I use them correctly and others I don't. I'm crazy and I know this. Crazy is another word I like to use a lot.

So are there any words or phrases that you use to many times in your MS?

Book Ideas

I roughly have about 20 book ideas. This is not to say that I have the whole story or characters outlined, but I have an idea. Sometimes it comes to me in a dream or while I'm laying in bed at night trying to go the sleep. A few I've gotten while in the shower and a few more while listening to certain songs.

It's like I see a glimpse of a scene or a movie trailer in my head and I write it down and go from there. Or sometimes I get a whole idea of what I want the book to be about from the beginning to the end, I just don't know what goes in the middle.

There are a few that all I have is character, but I don't know what the book is suppose to be about.

How do your book ideas come to you and how do you make them become more than just idea to actual words?