Brain running away

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Slice 220 of 365

For over two weeks now I’ve been working on book stuff. I did my final read, started an author Facebook page and Twitter account. Started a goodreads account and a couple of others. Worked on my Amazon author page and drafted a synopsis and bio.

In doing all that I have not been writing. Check that, I have been writing, just not the Jersey Justice sequel. I was 80 pages in when I got sidetracked so I still feel pretty good about it but I would like to get back to it so the gap between books is as small as possible.

I have so many ideas percolating in my head now, thanks to my unrelenting writer friend, Dena, that I feel like if I don’t start getting them out they will just disappear. I wrote a few paragraphs last night. The story is about a man in a coma but you wouldn’t know that from how I started.

I was having fun writing it, hopefully I’ll get to do some more today. It’s a busy day, out and about, which is why I’m posting early. I’ll take my laptop with me anyway in case some time presents itself it.

That would be fabulous, if time actually presented it self to you and said, “OK, it’s time for this task right now, use it or lose it.”

I’ll get back to the sequel soon. Jotting down some other ideas is a good way for me to not lose them, and also to create different flows in my noggin. I’ve been with these characters for a while now and creating new and different ones is a nice change of pace.

Also the new story line for the coma story is completely different and the new path is exciting to write. It’s like a new relationship, always exciting and tingly at the start.

I considered posting what I wrote but it’s too early, and I really need to get the first project out before I bombard you with too many great things!

Hmmmm, it would seem that talking about myself is getting easier.

Until tomorrow…

What’s in a title?

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Slice 62 of 365

Part of what I like about writing the blog is coming up with catchy titles. I’m not sure how good I’ve been so far this time around but there have been a few catchy ones I think.

A lot of times the first things I come up with are titles and/or character names and I write around them with no particular story in mind, it just comes out.

My first book started like that. I was reading Janet Evanovich at the time and was inspired by Stephanie Plum.

From that came Jimmy Vincent and Jersey Justice.

I loved the way they both sounded together. From that I just started writing my first book having no idea where it was going or what I was doing. That was in 2003. I’ve been writing on and off ever since, more off than on I guess. These slices are probably the most on I’ve been in recent history.

As much as story ideas gallop around my head so do titles and character names. I keep a list of character names that maybe I’ll use at some point. I don’t have a list of titles but I should start one. I should start a list of blog ideas too.

My two favorites title ideas that have been in my brain for a while are “Kisses in the Rain” and “Misogynistic Madness“.

The first one would probably be a love story, I have no clear idea on that one I just love the title. The second one I have actually started but haven’t worked on in ages. In short it’s a very angry man killing women but the hook is he wins and doesn’t get caught. I just thought it would be interesting for the bad guy to win and see what happens.

I also have “The 7th Realm” which at least has an idea behind it. Plus it’s a seven book series. Lofty idea that I barely have a couple of pages written for. Rejection is definitely keeping me at bay with this one.

I keep a list of good lines too, like “that’s like throwing water on a gremlin,” which I used in a short story recently. I hear and read a lot of good dialog that I note and adjust because I don’t want to steal somebody else’s work. Change a few words and you can change the whole text.

I think coming up with titles, names and even other small details can be more fun than anything else. Little things I put in that only I know about or inside jokes or maybe even secrets…

One of the things here is inspired by a secret.

A lot of character names I use are combinations of people I know, or I use character traits, looks, etc. of friends and family. So you should be careful or I might use you as a villian.

Art does imitate life.

Until tomorrow…