Saturday, May 06, 2006
So I'm in that process I totally despise: coming up with a new idea for a book. My problem is that I have the attention span of a flea in the city pound, and I can't stick with an idea long enough to want to write it. I'm editing Calm, Cool & Adjusted right now, and here's what I do know:
I have to write something I care about.
I want to go back to a little more romance.
And if I had a dollar for everytime someone told me they were going to write a book, I wouldn't need to write one! My girlfriend and I are going to Seattle this month to play. If I can't find inspiration at the home of Nordstrom's (shoe capital!), Starbucks and underground shopping, I'm just not worth my salt. I need to find a character who inspires me as much as Seth Greenwood, based on a real "season" who still hasn't committed. Though he's getting closer. : ) Happy Saturday all! I am going kayaking today. WOOOHOOO!
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Nordstrom's shoe capital, Starbucks, Seattle with a friend? The only thing missing is DeBrand's chocolate! I have no doubt you'll get inspired! Can't wait to hear what you come up with!
Have fun kayaking!
Hi Kristin!
I kayak often in a local harbor, but just came back from Catalina Island where I did some kayaking out in the big bad ocean. LOVED it!
Hope you had a great time--and wore your sunscreen! (And maybe came up with an idea or two as well.)
I am still idea-less, but I have a good tan. LOL I'm Italian, we don't need no stinkin' sunscreen. : )
Nordstrom and Starbucks, I'm jealous :)
I definitely fell in love with Ashley and would love to read more about a character similar to her...
I cannot wait to hear what you come up with, Kristin! Whatever it is I know I (and your fans) will love it!
is your other book that you're editing about Poppy in the spa girls series? I can't wait to get hte dish on her!...
i agree, another character like Ashley... or maybe, on her psycho sister in law... someone with quirks... like all of us who read your blog!! hahaha :-) love you ladies!
ps: about teh starbucks... yeah, i moved to Peoria about 9 months ago, and in the time frame that I've been here, 2 more starbucks have opened within a 5 miles radious of my home... yeah, not good for the diet, but does WONDERS for the soul! :-)
I agree, I want to find out about Poppy... and I loved Ashley!
2 Starbucks in 9 months? Maybe I have hope. The closest Starbucks is 45 minutes away.
So, you're taunting me with that picture of the Starbucks cup, are you not??? Yes, I'm editing Poppy, and she was my weirdest character yet, so a little harder for me to write. Because I wouldn't know the first thing about being weird.
Still no Starbucks close by, but the good news is that my phone should be in next month. WOOOHOOO A year without a phone people -- call the looney bin!
Kayaking is fun as long as there's a strong male in the back providing muscle. I didn't know how hard it really was until I tried it with another female a few years ago on the Big Island. I loved it, especially as Kealakekua Bay has a pod of dolphins, but next time I'll make sure there's a good steersman.
And don't even get me started on the one time I tried paddling in an outrigger canoe. Lots of fun but when you're new and the other paddlers are experienced they can get a little...testy when you don't switch sides fast enough. :) Props to Kristin and Julie for kayaking.
You're a better woman than I.
Thanks for a great post, Kristin. On your next one, can you talk about how you come up with your story ideas, or, how you came up with your next one, since you will probably have it by then? (You said you're in the process now.)
God bless--
It seems to me like you could journal your Seattle trip and have a story....just embellish! Didn't your kayak flip over and leave you stranded upside down or something?
My comment on this is a little late, but my problem isn't coming up with the idea it's sticking to the one I actually have at the time! I have this silly little habit of starting another book in the middle of the one I'm writing because I've been hit with a lightning bolt of an idea and I just HAVE to write about it! Oh dear, I'll never finish a book and actually get published if I can't fix my attention span!
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