A Night With the Marquis
It's almost finished. Going quite well, I've even added a few more words to it. I want it at the 10,000 word mark and I wasn't sure that was going to happen. Then I realized I fogot about reader sympathy for my character. A reason for why she is doing what she is doing. Therefore, with that alone, I think it will add the extra words I needed.

Mistress
Mistress is still finished. I'm in the middle of rewrites right now and I've done chapters 1-6. That is the new chapters 1-6. I took a bunch of stuff out a while back because I wasn't sure if it moved the story along and well to my chagrin, I think it would really help the story to have those added details in there.

I've been trying to focus much more on describing emotions than describing what's going on in a scene. Something has just been missing with this character and a strong emotional pull was it. Now that I'm doing that, my rewrites are coming along much more smoothly. :-)

Mystic Pleasures
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Novels
Can't believe I actually have a new one in the works. As if I don't have enough going on. My muse bonked me over the head with another book idea. A mystical romance novel. I'm actually excited about it, although I have no idea where to go to get all my info. So for the time being I'm writing by the seat of my pants. It's not as if I don't have enough books, this one is just going to sit on the back burner while I work on my other stuff.

Goals updates
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: My plans
Goals updates:


1. Mistress rewrites- Have chapters 1-3 in the comp this week and sent off to cp's

This is done! Enjoy cp's. LOL

2. Make a list of things to be done to sell Secrets on my own

3. Have Marquis De Sade short done by Sunday

4. Rework Club of Hearts to make it pop. So far they are just way too normal. *S*

5. Start thinking about Runaway. Put together some possible scenarios

6. We need money around here so I need to put together some more erotica shorts. this is just a reminder goal to keep working on my shorts.

Club of Hearts
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Thoughts on BDSM
Wow how things change. I wanted to write a bdsm romance story. I figured there was enough going on with the internal conflict that I didn't need anything major.

Boy was I wrong. I really need to beef up the conflict. A sweet spanking romance isn't going to get anywhere if I don't up the ante for the characters involved. I need to figure out something else that will bring them together. If I look at this like a romance, anything can happen. Usually with me it's something action related. If I look at this from a erotica stand point then it looks like I'm going for the bet route or possibly a training aspect. Not sure which route I'm going to take.

Could her life possibly be in danger and this man has to move in with her???? Ooooo now that looks exciting. Guess it's off to the drawing boards tonight. *G* I'm pretty excited about this and I want to make this no longer than a novella. Not sure how I feel about it being erotica, because then it completly goes against what I want to accomplish here.

But now I have something to look at.

I can't believe how much they talk
Mood:  happy
Topic: Maia
I can't believe how quickly they change. It's amazing. Two weeks ago she was just using one word sentences. Now she's telling us to Stop it, here it is when we ask for something, go put this up, hey boots. My little mouthy babe is now finally able to articulate what she's been mumbling under her breath for the last twenty months. LOL

She is also about to turn twenty one months old. ACK! Can't believe we are about to get ready for her second bday already. I'm so excited. She's now the cutest little toddler who walks and talks and loves her friend boots. Does it get any better than this???

Goals Updates
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: My plans
Time for me to get off my butt. I've been on vacation sorta for two weeks. A much needed two weeks. I'm more than ready to get back to work. So here's my current goals for this week and for June in general:

1. Mistress rewrites- Have chapters 1-3 in the comp this week and sent off to cp's

2. Make a list of things to be done to sell Secrets on my own

3. Have Marquis De Sade short done by Sunday

4. Rework Club of Hearts to make it pop. So far they are just way too normal. *S*

5. Start thinking about Runaway. Put together some possible scenarios

6. We need money around here so I need to put together some more erotica shorts. this is just a reminder goal to keep working on my shorts.

New Deadlines:

June 8- Have first draft of Marquis De Sade... Tentativly (SP) titled A night with the Marquis

June 15- Final for A Night

August 1- Rewrites for Mistress should be done.

August 8- First draft of Club of Hearts

July 1- Some sort of story idea planned out for Runaway


Hubby and I are also working out some new schedules. I think it'll be good for both of us. I should be here much more often after this as I have lots to keep up with and want to make sure I get it all in.

The Insubordinate Update
Mood:  lazy
Topic: My plans
I can't believe it but it's finally done. The Insubordinate is off to the presses so to speak. The final rewrites are finished and within the next day or so it should be up and ready. *S*

I'm going to make a page for it on my website. But if you'd like to take a look it's on Freya Bower's website under Miranda Heart and currently under Coming Soon.

The Insubordinate

Hope you enjoy the read as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Updates on goals 8-14
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: My plans
Alright time for updates since the week is closing in a few days for me.

My plans have sort of been foiled. My sister's husband is out of town on a business trip and she is nervous about staying home alone. Not to mention she just misses him terribly.

So I have been here the last few days. Maia doesn't like to be without me when we are here. Which doesn't make since because my sister is always so sweet to her. However, her son is a holy terror. Poor thing, he just can't help himself. He tries though.

I have managed to get three pages in on CoH and not much else. I'm starting to get stuck on the plot here.

I've critiqued chapter two of Mistress and am in the process of putting it into the computer so I can send it off to my cp.

Haven't heard back from Shadowrose, and I'm really thinking of going the route of self publishing. The more I think about it the better it sounds. It would just make my life easier this way. I am also a professed Type a personality on most things and getting things done my way is one of those things. *S*

So there's the update. Hopefully, tonight I'll get more done and have more to report.

Happy writing and reading all.

Goals update for May 8-14
Mood:  on fire
Topic: My plans
With the completion of Mistress this leaves me open for a whole new set of goals. Before I was much too close to the end to really devote more than a few thoughts to my other works.

Now that it is completed I'm hitting the books pretty hard.

Long term speaking here I want to have Club of Hearts finished by July 1. That's prerewrites. *S*
Then I want Runaway finished by October 1. Now, that is going to be a long shot.

Short term:

Five chapters of rewrites on Mistress this week. Like I said earlier, it's more about the little things at this point. Then I have some stuff to add in and I hope I won't need a lot of rewrites.

I want to put 23 pages total in on Club of Hearts. Now this is more of a test to see if I can keep up on that. It's one page a day on my days with Maia and ten pages on Tuesday then eight pages on Friday. Hubby works and I have Friday nights for a few hours to myself. I am currently not stuck on the plot so that is a good thing.

So there's the goals and plans. i'm already working on chapter one. And then sometime this evening I'm going to write my one page for CoH