Dee's idea on sending a character to a doctor

What a fabulous idea!!!
Hmm. What could I give Kiernan Rossi, my current hero?
Shall I make the doctor a female?
Better yet, should I make the "doctor" a male nurse with a Masters degree who can diagnose and prescribe meds and such?
If we want to know our characters really well, lets send them to confession!!
Woo hoo!!!
thanks, Dee, for making me think.
Kat

rememberences

First of all I want to say how glad I am to have rejoined the group. This is a professional organization and one I am proud to be a member of. In the current time of belt tightening I consider my membership as an investment. As we are all writers we are mostly loners. Yet we carry our characters in our minds, thus never truly alone.
In the last meeting it was suggested that we do a profile of our characters. To me a simple profile is not enough. First note physical appearnace, any physical disablity, manner of walking, manner of speach. Then pretend your character is a member of a dating service and is trying to find a mate. What would the request be?
Then have the character apply for a job. What would the experiences be?
And finally have the character visit his/her doctor. What would the complaint be and how would the patient handle it?
Of course no one character should impart all this information in a book, but it gives the writer a formula of sorts to know the under laying factors of the character's behaviors.
Does any one in the group have another method of knowing the hero and heroine more completely? What works for me might not for you. To me that is the greatest thing about writing, there is no wrong way, simply what works or not.
Feel free to jump in throughout the day and make any comments you wish. Any questions? Throw them at me. Enjoy this beautiful day. I think maybe Spring has sprung.

1,000 Words a Day

It's not a huge amount, but it's something. 1,000 words a day.
Monday and Tuesday - check.
I am really enjoying the scene I'm working on.
It's a love scene. I need to read it back to myself and see if I'm embarrassed. You know how you read a love scene and it either works for you, or you're like...seriously? That's just wrong.
Or you get embarrassed for the author...did she really write that?
Anyways...
A couple more days and the blogging schedule starts.
Have fun!

What a beautiful day! Will you be spending time outside? Or will you be sitting inside on your butt writing? Maybe a little of both...
For those of you who have to work, maybe take a walk outside on your break, or when you get home.
I don't go in until 4:30 so I'll have some time. But first...writing!

Well, today we had a great workshop by Kat!
"I really really enjoyed it, Christine chuckled!"
I hope we will have many more grate workshops too!
"I know it will make me a better riter!" Christine hissed with excitemint!
"Well, thank you, Kat..." Christine laughed.

Let's get some action!

Hello. Nag here.
I'm hoping that with the new schedule we are going to have a lot more activity on our blog. Starting May 1st and every weekday after that a member of LCRW will post on the blog. I can't wait to see what we all have to offer.
If you are not a member of LCRW and would like to join please check out our website at www.LCRW.org
and click on membership.
Thanks!

I am blogging today

Today, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, I am guest blogger at award winning author Liana Laverentz's blog: www.LianaLaverentz.blogspot.com.

I had the honor of meeting Liana for the first time in 2007 after her contemporary novel, Thin Ice, won first prize in the Golden Leaf contest, sponsored by New Jersey Romance Writers. This was an exciting event, not only for Liana, but for her publishing house--The Wild Rose Press. An electronic press, not all that old in publishing terms, won a MAJOR contest!!! And they [Liana and TWRP] were up against some very stiff competition. The crowd went nuts.

One year later, Liana's novel, Jake's Return, won the Golden Leaf again!!!! This win is a loud and clear demonstration that not all e-presses are a flash in the pan, that smaller presses do publish quality romance fiction and that not all authors write for the Big Boys in New York.

I was honored when Liana asked me to visit her site. Please stop by if you have a chance.
peace
Kat

Mini Conference from CNYRW

This weekend, Christine and I took the bull by the horns and went to the Mini Con. in Syracuse. The Speaker was C.J. Lyons, she gave a great workshop. She worked both sides of our brain and kept us stimulated with tons of chocolate. The wonderful part of the entire day was the many light bulb moments, not only did I understand my own work, but I was able to take it to the next level. She explained in great detail the 3 Act structure of plotting and how to utilize it with Character Development. That plotting was for everyone at different stages of the process. I started out as a Pantser, and struggled with plotting. Now I see, if I want to fly at the seat of my pants then revise with a plot structure than my work could be structured. I took away so much from this weekends workshop, now I want to write, write, write. Kudos to C.J. Lyons for giving a great presentation and to CNYRW for throwing a great workshop.

Come Blog With Me

This week I am blogging at www.MurderX5.blogspot.com, a writers blog created by five Wings ePress authors who write romantic suspense/mystery, straight mystery/suspense, in a combination of genres.
It's been an interesting experience to say the least. Each day I will "offer" a different posting, including Write What You Know [March 9], Research, Create Memorable Characters, an Interview with a memorable heroine, and an excerpt from Try Just Once More.

This experience has taught me to be more careful with whom I share my true opinions. I'm also learning that some reviewers might have a hidden agenda [who knew?], and might say very positive things in the body of the review but then give a medium/ho-hum score.
I know in this game we call writing, as an author we'll never please everyone, but honesty and integrity go a long way with me.

I hope you'll be able to stop by one day this week [or more] and check this blog site out.
Peace,
Kat

Discipline

At the meeting on Sat. I brought up discipline. I am pretty much sorely lacking. BUT I have gotten a few scenes written this week. However, this is my typical morning.
Open email.
Check email.
Open facebook.
Surf facebook, change status, send a message or two etc.
Play mousehunt.
Open word, start writing. Write a scene. Do research in Yahoo. See interesting article in Yahoo and read it.
Back to writing.
Mousehunt.
Facebook.
Email.
Writing.
Etc. etc.
This is why I need my laptop back. Nah...I have internet there too. This is why I need discipline. Ugh.

So okay. A better way.

Good morning...check email. Answer back if important.
Open Word and start writing. Keep writing for at least an hour.
Then check facebook??? NO.
Keep writing for another hour. Stop only to take care of important bodily functions. (That probably shouldn't include eating chocolate.) But I do need bfast and lunch.
After writing for at least two hours...then I can reward myself with facebook or chocolate.
Or both.
Okay...back to writing.