Lessons from Icarus

And I think there’s another giveaway that will be run via Erotica For All in the UK very soon. For more info (adults only, please!) go here.

Ali

Well, here it is almost school time! I busted 100 pages on the project formerly known as BSP (big scary project) and is just now beloved special project. As in, mainstream project. As my other self I have books coming out regularly. As my self-self I truck along at a slow pace on this novel I started at someone else’s request. I knew it wouldn’t fly but the opportunity was heartening because it reinforced that yes, I am not hallucinating…I can write. I didn’t pay attention to my instincts, though and let myself turn inside out over something I knew wasn’t right for me. However, I have a book idea that I adore and I think if I find the right person, it’s going to go exactly where I want it too.

(Speaking of paying attention, I used this picture because while searching for a shot for the blog I was going through some pictures I snapped randomly this summer. I did not see, in person, that hummingbird you see in the shot! Talk about paying attention!)

So, I’m going along with these hot hazy days working like a mad woman. I flit from one computer to another, my pen name book is on the laptop, my BSP on the PC. We’re hitting the beach and doing day things (me and kiddos) and we’ve even planned a short trip. Oh. My. God.

I don’t have a lot to report ‘as me’…which I find amusing and frightening at the same time!

Hope your summer is going well. I have to admit, I am soooooooooo ready for fall. Boots and jeans and crunchy leaves. We have a fire pit we bought at the end of the season we’re just dying to christen. A nice fire, a cool night and a big, big, big glass of red wine. Can’t wait!

Ali

picture by me 🙂

Heh. I’m working on this project that sort of popped up out of nowhere. I’ve hit the goal and submitted the work and am now just barreling on with the work. I’m into it. It’s into me. Good stuff, good characters, but lots of anxiety over whether or not it will fly. Good thoughts, juju, mojo, little naked dances under the full moon in your backyard while you chant…all very much appreciated and totally accepted.

I feel I’m at this crossroads I was so not expecting. But it’s good. And it’s okay. And I think I’ll look both ways real fast and just start trucking. It’s the only way to fly.

🙂

Ali

Wow. So I’m working on a big project that just came buzz zoom bam! out of the blue. I’m the proud owner of a brand new eighth grade boy graduate, and I am weeks away from being the proud owner of a freshly turned 12-year-old girl and…life is changing fast. And sometimes change hurts. I’m having some great ones, some scary ones and one very painful one. I know we keep changing and shifting and morphing as we age. I like to call it mutating but people yell at me because that makes it sound like a horror movie. However, it can sure as shite feel like a horror movie at times.

Change can be good. It is necessary, so that we don’t go stagnant and die. But even some of the changes that almost always (yes, annoyingly!) turn out for the best can suck copious amounts of ass. So when that happens, the only thing that will fix it is…my man Otis.

Happy summer, folks. Cross your fingers for this project for me. I’ll take all the mojo and the juju I can get.

Ali

is live on Thuglit. Yay and yay and woohoo. Love this story. Warning this story is not suitable for kids. This is adult content due to sex and violence. So don’t go mistaking it for one of my juvenile pieces. Not unless your juveniles are in…well, juvie. 😉

On the writing front, my other self is wrapping up a book and my other, other self is starting a new one. No wonder I’m tired. 😉 Happy June everyone.

Ali

The more I play with wordpress the more I get confused. I am a blogger girl thus far. But I will get the hang of it. I will! Onward and upward. And soon…bedward. 😉

Happy hump day.

Ali