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Sunday, July 22, 2012

My BIo My Way


The more I read the “This is me” link I put on my blog the less I liked it.  So I figured I would write a more detailed bio that would capture who I really am.  First the part about having a husband, five kids, and three dogs that I am proud haven’t driven me insane that’s true. SO very true.  I love them more than anything and even though I would never trade them for anything I can’t say I haven’t jotted down a few notes about what my eBay ad would say.  The part about being a stay at home mom who doesn’t babysit or sign for UPS packages I can’t in part upon you how true this one is.  For some reason people think that when you have a large family you love kids and want watch other peoples kids.  Let me take a moment to break down how this large family thing works.  I love my kids, not yours.  I watch mine because I love them, care for them, and CPS says I have to.  And yes one of two more running around my house makes a difference to me.  And as for signing for your packages no, no, no.  Do what I do forget your having a package delivered, never notice it because you don’t use your front door and then when you do remember the package demand the UPS rep. tell you where the package is because online it says delivered.  They are always so courteous when they tell me the driver left it at the front door.
I have a life story that people have often told me would make a great book.  The problem is that even as a work of fiction most people wouldn’t believe it was true even though it is all true.  So I use parts of me in my stories.  I love creating pieces of work that make people laugh out loud, make their jaws drop, and as several of my friends have done use my more bawdy or sarcastic phrasing in general conversations.  I write things that I would want to read.  I use my fictional work to break stereotypes while entertaining.  I want to show how normal an interracial couple can be, and if one happens to be a serial killer for the sake of the story line while that’s just bonus.  I write because besides shoes and purses it’s my passion and hopefully my writing becomes so lucrative, that it will give me the funds needed to buy more purses and shoes.  And let me declare here and now that once I’m on that vicious cycle of writing, payment for writing, and shoes and purses I do not repeat do not want to be rescued from.  Save yourself; and left me drown in LV purses and six inch heels.  In closing I write not only because it makes me happy but because I is what I am meant to do.      

Friday, July 20, 2012

Letting GO and Letting you Characters go their own way


There comes a point in my writing where my characters start to do their own thing, for lack of better phrasing.  It’s the point where the characters are so developed that you don’t have to tell then what to say because their personality and their interactions with the other characters tell you what they are going to say or do next.  But as great as it is as a writer it can be a difficult thing because it means giving up some of your control as a writer.  And lets face it what writer doesn’t like to be in control of their work.  But I have found that where I do let go I have more fun with what I am writing and I like the end product more often than not.