Pictures and a Cat

So, been down with a headache today, though I couldn't let it have me down. I had a meeting to go to today, so I went, headache and all. Came home from it and took a short nap. Starting to feel better and needed something to distract from the remaining pain. (If its not too bad, having something to focus on helps forget about it)
So, about the picture on my book, I may be changing it. My husband wants to take me around and have me pose for a few pics, since I'm about the size of the girl in the story. Not that I plan on being more than a figure in the picture, a cloaked figure, but still. So, here's hoping we can take a good picture.
Okay, so my husband does not like cats, at all.
That being said... I have a cat  :)  A neighborhood cat had three kittens on our carport several weeks ago. Curious about their response to people, I reached into their hiding spot, and pulled out a cute little black cat. To my great surprise, ten minutes later I had a kitten in my house! The catch is that I had to get my dog to accept her, but we're working on it. Katie hasn't eaten the little one yet.

A bit blurry, but here's the newest addition to the family, investigating.

Book Proof

Damn, I am glad I get a hard copy of my book to proof. A Witch Among Monsters came in the mail today. I haven't even started to proof the inside yet. The cover though! The picture I made for it! It seemed okay when I looked at it on the computer, but the digital quality sucked, majorly. I've fixed it now, and have fixed the pictures on the main site. I am so happy that I got the hard copy and was able to see just how bad that first picture was.
So, I get to proof and edit it now! I hate the final edit, I'm sick of the story at this point. I need the distraction today though. I haven't gotten more than two sentences done on the next story in this set, on Spencer's story.
Oh, his story though. I love the bayou (though I've never been) and his story is in the bayou. I've had to do research though, I want to keep as many of my facts straight as I can. It's different when you're writing about a certain location. Rina's story take place in an average American town, no research needed. Having them in a certain location, though. A little research is good though.
Well, I'm off to work now.... with the muffins about to come out of the oven. :)

Sometimes it's the littlest things that inspire the imagination. I've had many ideas spring from a song, even a few from pictures I see online. The music always amuses me. I can hear a song and it inspire a scene or event in a story, or it can give me a character. One of my stories was inspired by two different things. The first was looking at a little winter village and wondering what it would be like living in such a quaint town. Then I heard the Willie Nelson song Baby, It's Cold Outside. And of course I imagined a couple being snowed in in my little village. So that was the aim I had when I started writing Harmony's story.
I've had pictures online inspire character traits, though usually just in small ways. I found one picture, though, that inspired the whole story. When you see a picture of a sweet little girl standing among nasty werewolves and a psychotic vampire, and she is not afraid of them. Come on, there has to be a good story there. And I refuse to keep it in the picture. I started writing about the twisted vampire and his beasts and their sweet little girl. :)  Having some fun with them, though I'm sure the story will be short.
on another note, I'm working on the next teen story, actually putting it on the screen. It's a struggle to start. I know the bones of what is going on, but to flesh it out. Spencer is patient with me, knowing we both need to go carefully into his first few days of his summer. The first few days are so important, they have to happen right, for both of us.

Finally!

Yay! Wrote the synopsis! And the title!
Yes, you read right. I just came up with the title. Rina's story has been done for a long time and I just found the title yesterday. Sometimes titles are just handed out it seems, and sometimes they are a fight to get. This one was a pain in the ass. It is the fourth one I thought up.
A Witch Among Monsters  is the title I finally chose.
It's done though. I'm waiting on the proof copy to arrive and check it over again. I'm hoping to have this ready with in a month! Yay!
So, I can heave a sigh and relax right?
Nope.
My husband suggested getting another teen novel started, on the hope kids like this one. So, I'm starting the next in this series, written from another character's point of view, another story to be told. This one will be from a boy's point of view. Oddly enough, I do good writing from the male's view. I've done several short stories that way, and many of my stories change between the two main characters.
So, it's back to work. It's a good thing I enjoy my work.  :)

Synopsis

You know, sometimes writing the book is the easiest part. I have my next book ready to be sent for review. First though, I have to have the synopsis and title.
The title I have changed three times while writing the book. the last I thought was great, one I thought of a few days ago, but now I don't like it. I have been trying all day to come up with a good title.
And the synopsis. I hate trying to write it. It's so hard to know what to put in it and how to convey it. I have no clue what I'm going to do for this one, and I need it done. *Way to stress myself*
On a better note, this book will be ready for review and publishing soon. I hope to have it in print by August.
I have the next book in mind. It'll go along with this one, in a series, but from a different character's perspective, telling their story. I haven't really started it, just have it floating around in my head at the moment.

Vacation

We just got home from our vacation. We took the kids to Disney World then to visit my family. We spent four days at Disney, at the parks everyday. It was very fun, the kids had a ball, and we all got tired from it all. :)  Four more days were spent at my family's. I spent six days straight without writing of any kind, entirely focused on my kids. It was nice not to work on my book, it was in print and I didn't need to do anything more with it for a bit.
I couldn't go the entire eight days though. I was sitting in the car with my mom the other day when an idea hit me. I spent the rest of the day and most of the next writing out the short story. (Now, I did not ignore my family, just wrote while hanging out with them.)
I'm home now, which means it's time to get back to work. The Werewolf and the Rancher is in print and seems like it will do okay. Now, onto the next book. My teen novel is next on my list. It is already written. I need to edit and do some touch-up on it. I love this story, in the simple teenage way. This one is a teen story like the ones I found in my library in school; no sex, little to no cussing, so on.
So, working on the book starts tomorrow. Tonight, I'm kicking back, relaxing from our vacation, watching some stupid grim cartoon with my husband.