Where has our sanity gone?

It's been a while since we posted a blog. We promise to be better.

Since our last post we have actaully accomplished quite a few things. Which is why our brain cells are fried!

First, we decided to enter out first contest. It's something that all writers should do at some point, even if it's just for the feedback that you get in the end. Well, we entered The Emily contest through West Houston RWA. We each submitted 35 pages of one of our manuscripts to the contest and we should be hearing something by the end of the year (if we final) or the beginning of next year (if we didn't). I am setting my sights low and trying not to think about it. I'm the kind of person that expects the worst, but hopes for the best. I try not to get my hopes up and that way the let down isn't as hard.

What else? Well, I must say that it makes me utterly happy to say that I have finished by synopsis and am ready to send it off to the agents that requested it & my MS. I know, I know. It's about time. I know it and I hear it and I feel it. I am seriously hoping that my next synopsis will take me a few days instead of a few months.

Then there's NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) starting on 11/1. This will be my third year doing it and if I think my sanity is gone now, then I can just imagine how it will be in a few days. NaNo, even at it's craziest moment, I have to admit I really enjoy. There are so many times throughout the year that I would love to start a new project, but I'm too engrossed in others that I'm working through. NaNo is my chance to start something new. A fresh slate. I am so looking forward to Sunday when I can sit down and watch my characters come to life. I have already worked with the character profile worksheets so that I know who my characters are and now I am just impatiently waiting to meet them...and in most importantly, to torture them. And I say that with all the love that I have as a writer toward my H/H. What fun would it be if we didn't have a little bit of torture at their expense? Better them than us.

In the meantime we have Halloween. Not a holiday that I would rate as one of my favorites, but my little ones certainly love it. This year I will be tooling around with the cutest little cowgirl and my insanely smart Harry Potter. Bags & bags full of candy can equal happiness for all.

I hope everyone has a safe and ghoulish Halloween!

Kellie

P.S If you find our sanity, please return it. We are pretty sure it is located in the pants pockets of Johnny Depp on our imaginary private island which we are checking into as we speak!