March 4, 2007
February 23, 2007
I’ve got a ton of stuff to share with you, but the apparent demise — and, as of Friday night (that’s now), the apparent rescue — of Thursday Thirteen has inspired Trevor to speak up.
I’m busy making sure I’m channelling my favorite bass player properly, so I hope to post it tomorrow (that’d be Saturday).
Warning: Trevor’s cranky, the band’s drunk, and this upcoming outtake is rated PG-13 for language and references to sexual activity. Not to mention people who are drunk and stoned. But what else do you expect when a rock band made up of guys in their early twenties throws a party?
One last note: Apologies to those of you trying to access the website today or get mail to me. We switched DSL providers and … they screwed up. If you haven’t heard back from me, please try again.
February 21, 2007
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1. I have a million TTs written up that I’ll never be able to use. 2. My Technorati ranking will plummet. 3. I’ll miss my weekly visits with all of you at your blogs. 4. In seventeen weeks, I’ve built my week around this and it’ll be like when a kid loses a tooth and can’t keep his tongue out of the hole. 5. When LeeAnn said she was going to institute changes, I was excited because I didn’t think she meant this. 6. This was FUN, period. The only meme I participated in, and I love it. 7. I won’t get to meet cool new people each week. 8. Doing TTs about my fictional characters helped me grow them and round them out, making my fiction better. 9. I’ll probably forget to send LeeAnn a free copy of Trevor’s Song, whenever it comes out, because she won’t be foremost in my mind anymore. 10. I found that you guys, my readers, inspire me to greater and greater heights. I love that. You’ve helped me broaden my world and I hope you’ll keep on doing so. 11. I hate crying, and this has me crying. 12. Change is good. Change is good. Maybe if I say it enough, I’ll believe it. (Nah) 13. I HATE GOODBYES!!!! |
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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February 15, 2007
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been helping you guys get to know the characters of Trevor’s Song in more depth. Here’s some more about the star of this show, Trevor Wolff. Thirteen reasons why Trevor picked up the bass 1. Four strings means two less to learn. 2. Mitchell told him to. 3. Bass players are moody, elusive, and hypnotic. 4. Bass players were in short supply in Riverview at the time they decided to create the band. 5. Anything in short supply is in demand and therefore hot. Desirable. Maybe even respected. 6. Bass can be as much or as little as you want to make it, and it all sounds good. 7. Bass is the backbone of the metal sound even though most people don’t pay attention to it. 8. It’d piss off Hank once he heard what his son was doing. 9. Mitchell’s sister Amy bet him he couldn’t do it (jury’s still out on who won that bet). 10. It seemed the easiest thing to learn to play if he was going to be in this band he was dreaming up. 11. He could practice in his and Mitchell’s room and not the garage, like if he had drums. 12. Mitchell’s father, Patterson, showed up one night with a used bass in the back of his car and said that Trevor didn’t need to pay him back for it if he’d learn to play it. 13. Whenever someone says he can’t, that’s a sign that he must. Have you been following the Debut a Debut submissions? See them here and expose yourselves to some great new reads. Be sure to stop in on the 19th to see who won our store of great prizes! Special thanks to Heather for the cool banners! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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February 14, 2007
After finding my groove yesterday for the first time in what felt like forever, I wrote six or seven pages of the WIP, which I’m thinking will be the follow-up to Trevor’s Song. Although it’s nothing like what I used to be able to do in the days before small distractions who like to call me such odd things as “Mom,” it felt good.
I finally shut the computer in time to pick up a book and wait for James to win Best in Show at Westminster. I’ll have to rave about this book once Debut a Debut is over (why haven’t you entered yet?), but for now, let’s just say that its sensibility is so similar to Trevor’s that I’ve embarked on an information-gathering expedition about the author’s agent. Interesting that the books I’ve been encountering lately that seem to mesh with Trevor are all represented by agents who do a lot, if not all, YA lit. What does that say about literature right now?
What does that say about my getting Trevor’s Song into print?
February 7, 2007
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For Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d give the men of ShapeShifter their say, since I gave some of the women a chance to speak at Hanukkah. I asked them what sorts of things they consider to be turn-ons. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Mitchell: Watching Kerri put in or take out her earrings. There’s just something about that little head-tilt she does and the way her eyes go all soft and fuzzy… 2. Trevor: Save me before I puke, will ya? For me, it’s a quick flash from the second row. [Ed — Trevor ducks as Mitchell takes a swipe at the back of his head. Eric shakes his head in disgust.] 3. Eric: A letter from one of the girls I’ve been involved with. Someone who takes the time to write and then figure out where we’ll be and get it to the right spot at the right time. It shows she cares, and a girl who cares is a turn-on. 4. Daniel: Long, painted, manicured nails– 5. Mitchell: A woman who’s comfortable naked– 6. Daniel: and who has jet-black hair that’s long, cut perfectly even at the bottom, moves in a single sheet, and turns blue in certain lights… 7. Eric: Speaking of Val, a sincere woman’s a turn on. [Ed — as Trevor opens his mouth, Mitchell growls and balls his hand into a fist. Trevor suddenly yawns.] 8. Mitchell: So’s chocolate sauce, many flavors of schnapps, and someone who doesn’t mind a bit of a mess. 9. Mitchell: Speaking of normal, I’ve yet to meet the man who isn’t turned on watching a woman unzip the back of her dress. [Ed — band nods and licks their lips.] 10. Eric: Except for the ones who pick their hair up off their necks and turn their backs to you, so you can unzip for them. Slowly. [Ed — again, Mitchell takes a swipe at the back of Trevor’s head. It’s a harder blow this time and Trevor mouths the word “Ow.”] 11. Daniel: Heels. The higher, the better. [Ed — band nods in knowing agreement.] 12. Trevor: Short skirts that you can see up when they sit. 13. Trevor: Enough of this shit already! The ultimate turn-on is a woman, plain and simple. They’re built for it, all tits and curves and giggles and all the other good noises they make and the way they squirm! It’s a woman’s sole purpose in life to turn us on, and it’s our sole purpose in life to try out every single one of them, in every single way, position, and style possible. No matter what they do, they turn us on. That’s their job, and that’s all there is to it. I hope you’re all busy reading for the Debut a Debut contest — we open for entries on Monday. I am eager to see what you guys have chosen!!! If you can’t enter this time, stay tuned for a fun summer contest, as well as a plan to do another Debut a Debut next year. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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February 2, 2007
Be sure to visit Working Stiffs today — and click on ALL the links (well, you can ignore the one that leads you here and the one to that lousy rock band. Just not the rest!).
In case you ever wondered how my little brain works, there it is, in all its glory.
Bodacious, I tell you!
(remember, ALL the links!)
More over the weekend with a Debut a Debut update.
January 31, 2007
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If you haven’t been here in a few days, this place has been jumping. Be sure to scroll down for the latest Debut a Debut news and author suggestions. (Have you checked out Tasha Alexander’s And Only to Deceive? You historical and mystery fans should check it out!) Special thanks to Heather for the cool banners! Over the past few weeks, we’ve spent some time with Mitchell Voss, rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and frontman all around of ShapeShifter. In Trevor’s Song, Mitchell has to share the spotlight with a true scene stealer: Trevor Wolff. (nevermind that the book is actually Trevor’s story. Bet you didn’t get that from the title.) Here’s some bits about Trevor. Follow the links to read older outtakes that you might have missed, or to revisit them if you’ve already seen them. Some of them are among my most favorite moments in outtake history. 1. Trevor is the second-oldest of four. He has two brothers and a sister. 2. Jeremy, the oldest, and Hank Jr. (HJ) are carbon copies of their father. Trevor’s always surprised that they don’t reappear in his life, demanding money. 3. Trevor always assumed he’d scrape by in life, even though he always dreamed of something more. 4. He found a way to get that something more when he met Amy. (read about it!) 5. The first thing Trevor bought with his band money was his Vincent. 6. It wasn’t in very good shape, and he talked local mechanics, Wrench, Hammer, and Torque, into teaching him how to fix it up himself. 7. Other than his bass and women, Trevor loves his Vincent maybe more than life itself. 8. And does Trevor Wolff love the women! He goes through them the way a person with a cold goes through a box of tissues — and with the same understanding that this isn’t going to last much beyond the clean-up. 9. Fortunately for Trevor, the girls love him back. Frequently, imaginatively, and satisfyingly. (is that a word?) 10. Trevor firmly believes that life is worth living, not merely coasting through. He’ll try most anything once. 11. Despite a rather dark and disturbing upbringing, Trevor loves to laugh, play jokes, and be outrageous. 12. Trevor calls Mitchell’s wife Rusty because after their first date, Mitchell said he was done with girls unless things with Kerri didn’t work out. Thus, she caused Mitchell to grow Rusty. 13. No one really buys the fact that Trevor’s in love with Kerri. But they all pretend to, so that Trevor can save face. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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January 29, 2007
Thanks to everyone who’s been visiting as part of the Debut a Debut contest. I hope you’ll all stay, look around, and come back often. There’s room in my zany world for all of you, and I’d love to see you all delurk.
More authors are popping up daily, asking to be included in this list. Congratulations to all on the list; may your sales be strong.
I’ll keep on trying to feature authors who’ve been in touch with me in one form or another. Today, it’s Colleen Gleason. A fellow Thursday Thirteener and an all-around nice woman, Colleen is making it more affordable for any of you to choose her book, The Rest Falls Away, for one of your contest entries (and if you’re reading this, unless you’re the Tour Manager or Erica, you’re eligible to enter. Yes, even if you’ve donated a prize).
Here’s a coupon to use until February 4, 2007.
(of course, if you use my above link and buy it at Powells.com, you’ll help me afford prizes for future, smaller contests. Your pick; save a buck or chip in for a future contest prize. Both have their pros and cons)
On to other stuff…
I’m reading the March Guitar World magazine right now. (what happened to magazines not hitting the sales rack until the month listed on the spine?), and I about lost it when I noticed an ad for <a href="http://www.krankamps.com"Krank Amps. Who do you think they have pictured as musicians who use their product?
Toki Wartooth and Skwisgaar Skwigelf. Of, yes, Dethklok. That most famous (and favorite) of fictional bands.
The Tour Manager thinks it’s a great idea if I order both Dethklok shirts and post pictures of me wearing them, so stay tuned for that. I know you regulars around here are dying to know what I really look like!
More later. I’ve got literary agents to query, books to write, and a knee to nurse.
January 26, 2007
Go check out my latest post at Working Stiffs.
It’s a hoot, I tell ya! It’s a hoot!
(comments here and there both gracefully and gratefully accepted. Thanks to everyone for helping me create yet another successful Thursday Thirteen. And don’t forget to Debut a Debut!)
January 24, 2007
Those of you who’ve been around know that my fiction centers on the fictional band ShapeShifter, the men who make up this unique band, and the people who shape the rest of their lives. For the past two weeks, our focus has been on ShapeShifter frontman Mitchell Voss. Now that you guys have a better idea who he is, I thought I’d throw in some generic bits about ShapeShifter — sort of like a palate cleanser before we get to the next character.
Enjoy, and don’t forget about the Debut a Debut contest (and to check out the winners of my meme contest, too!)! The list of debut authors to check out is being updated semi-daily and can be found either at Writing Aspirations or my main website.
| Thirteen things most people know about ShapeShifter: 1. They are four boys from Riverview USA who made it big 2. They are all roughly the same age. Trevor and Daniel are a year older than Mitchell and Eric. 3. They love all their fans, but show it most obviously to the female variety. The males just get autographs and pictures. 4. Mitchell and Daniel are the band’s heartthrobs and mouthpieces. 5. Mitchell can be quite cranky to the media. 6. Trevor came up with the band name. In the beginning, they had a typical ShapeShifter concept. Each band member had an animal: Mitchell the dragon, Daniel the bear, Eric the eagle and Trevor Wolff was … a wolf. 7. The concept was soon considered too hokey to be allowed to continue. But Mitchell is still considered a dragon by many. 8. The band’s first tour happened before they had a record deal. They piled into Mitchell’s father’s Bronco, attached a U-haul to the back, and off they went. 9. They did everything in the back of that Bronco. It’s a wonder the truck survived. But it did. 10. Mitchell is still driving it during Trevor’s Song. 11. They love to hang out in pools (witness Green Hair Week) — and in pool halls, shooting 8-ball. 12. They love to make commando runs on ice cream stands before leaving town. Fans often try to guess where they’ll stop. The ice cream shops love the added business. 13. They’ll stop and talk music with you as long as they possibly can. Make sure what you say reflects the fact that you’ve got a brain in your head (with the obvious exception of someone obviously tongue-tied at having a discussion with ShapeShifter). Don’t forget to Debut a Debut! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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January 23, 2007
Nope, not the Debut a Debut winners. Yet. That’s next month.
But for you regulars, you’ll remember when I got tagged for a meme and decided that since this blog is about my fictional friends, I’d let you answer for them.
I’m proud to say that everyone who entered won an award.
Musie/Ali won a couple of awards. The “Oh, so perfect, I should have thought of that” award for declaring that Trevor‘s middle name is Fuckin’ (as in: Trevor Fuckin’ Wolff, thankyouverymuch.)
She also won the “How’d you know what Trevor gave Mitchell and Kerri for their wedding?” with the response that his favorite book is the Kama Sutra.
Her prizes are my copy of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana and Marian Keyes’ Last Chance Saloon. Of course, Musie, if you don’t want one or the other… tough.
No, seriously. I’ll swap out; I’ve got enough here!
Next on to my favorite giraffe, CheesyGiraffe. She won the Best Invention of a Pet, for inventing Brick, the yellow Lab that Mitchell had when he was a kid. I’d never envisioned the Vosses with a dog before, but I think there’s some merit in her vision.
She wins two books, also. Theresa Medeiros’s After Midnight (’cause I know she likes that paranormal stuff) and Jim Fergus’ The Wild Girl. But I promised her The Wild Girl almost a year ago, so it’s not really a prize. Just a nice plug for a book I’m really digging.
Then we’ll move on to my favorite Hoser, Lauren. She wins the award for Best Capture of Mitchell’s Innocence, a trait that I think really defines him. She’s the one who said that Mitchell’s secret weapon to attract the opposite sex was his no longer green hair.
And since we’re talking about Mitchell and his green hair (long live Green Hair Week, huh?), let’s give an award to lswriter, herself. She decided that Mitchell’s green hair was his worst injury. She’s got a great point.
Prizes… let’s see… Lauren wins C. David Heymann’s Poor Little Rich Girl, and John Martel’s The Alternate. I know she likes legal thrillers and Poor Little Rich Girl is a classic, and she likes classics.
LS gets a cool book: Farscape: Dark Side of the Sun, by Andrew Dymond. An homage to my favorite silver-haired character — Chianna — as well as one of my favorite TV shows of recent times. And since most everyone is getting two books, I’m throwing in one of my five copies of Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler (don’t ask!).
The Ace herself (Ace of hearts, don’tcha know) wins a special award. The I Admire You For Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone award. She can hear Trevor opining: There is no such thing as a hot dog. There are hot chicks and then there are dogs.
Fortunately, Trevor doesn’t find many of the dogs. To him, they’re all hot chicks.
And for being such a good sport, I’m sending Dana my copy of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain. I suspect the movie’s better, but at least you can have the bragging rights to the book now.
Nimrodiel wins the best potential outtake award, setting me up with a scene that’s typical Mitchell and total laughs. Mitchell buys Kerri an arm band while they’re in Santa Fe … among other things. *grin*
Two books for Nim, too. The first is McGonagall: A Selection. This is an important book because of how truly terrible it is. McGonagall was known as Scotland’s worst poet. The second is Allegra Goodman’s Kaaterskill Falls, just because.
Carol wins the Welcome to the Madness award. Our only newbie brave enough to wade into the fray, Carol, if you’ll e-mail me, we can talk about which books you’d like. I’ll even read one on the mountain in here! (I’ve offered Rebecca Drake’s Debut, Don’t be Afraid to about ten people now; no one’s bitten yet. Why not? Rebecca rocks.)
And lastly, we have the big prizes. The first goes to Dana, again, for stepping outside her comfort zone. She’s getting my much coveted copy of Clay’s Quilt. I suspect you’ll love it as much as I did.
The final prize isn’t a book. I was going to, but I send Karen enough books as it is, and I spaced on her birthday a few months back. Since she had the foresight to step into my closet and dress Kerri in my bamboo shirt (okay, mine’s more of a green than a true sapphire blue), I’ll buy her one. This is my pick. What do you guys think?
There were a ton of good answers to this meme; I’m going to print them and hang them on the wall. It’s a treat to see my fictional characters so alive to you guys, my groupies. Thanks to the small crowd of you who entered and now that you’ve seen how easy it is to win, the rest of you will join the fun next time, too, right?
Right?
In the meantime, it’s time to turn to Debut a Debut. This is a larger contest, with a larger scope, so I’m not going to even suggest that there will be prizes for everyone who enters. Things are gaining momentum, though; come be part of it.
Two more things before I go and leave you to your debut novel hunting. First is that I’ve provided links to most of the books I’m sending you. You probably won’t get that exact edition; the links are provided mostly to give you access to plot summaries and stuff. And if you buy something while you’re peeking around, I’ll get a commission which I promise to use on future contest prizes.
And secondly, the Tour Manager gets a special prize. Not just for wading into this estrogen field we’re creating (I know we’ve got some male lurkers, which is just disturbing. Show yourselves! Just … keep that trench coat belted, dudes; I’m a married woman), but for being my tour manager.
Besides, he’s just darn cute.
January 19, 2007
The book industry faces many challenges. People seem to have less time to read and it’s tough to compete with the television and Internet. Any new or aspiring author knows how hard it is to make his or her voice heard amongst the chorus of “publish me!” “Notice me!” “Buy my books!”
In many cultures around the world, Valentine’s Day has converted the month of February into the month of love. This February, two aspiring authors are taking their love of reading and their admiration for debut authors and combining them into the “Debut a debut!” contest.
Take a first-time author for a spin on your “To Read in 2007” list and give yourself the chance to win great prizes! Gift certificates to Borders and more!
During the week of 12 Feb through 17 Feb, read a book written by a debut author and post your review by 17 February. Send Susan or Erica the permalink to your review and you will be entered in a drawing for some great prizes.
Some Rules
A debut author is an author who has had their first novel published between 01/2006 and 02/2007.
Accepted publication types are ebook and in-print novels from established royalty-paying publishers or e-publishers; if you’re not sure, e-mail us the name of the publisher. POD, vanity presses, or Publish America books are not considered for this contest.
Reviews can not be previously printed online or in print. The review of a debut author’s novel must be posted between the dates of 02/12/2007 – 02/17/2007. Prize drawing will occur 02/19/2007 and winners will be notified via email.
Multiple entries are allowed.
The Prizes
2 randomly drawn participants will receive a $20.00 Borders gift certificate. Other prizes announced closer to the contest.
How to Enter
1. Buy, find, or borrow a novel that is an author’s debut. (see list of some debut novels at WestofMars.com, West of Mars — the Meet and Greet, or Writing Aspirations)
2. Read the novel.
3. Write a review. It does not have to be a professional review. Provide a brief plot synopsis and then mention your likes or dislikes or other thoughts you had while reading.
4. Post the review online – either on a website or blog.
5. Send the permalink of the post to West of Mars or Writing Aspirations in an email message or post a comment to the main contest post with a link to your review.
Remember, the review is to be completed and posted during the week of 02/12/2007 – 02/17/2007.
A post will be created on West of Mars and Writing Aspirations with links to all book reviews submitted.
Authors
Don’t miss your chance to get some press! West of Mars and Writing Aspirations are in the process of gathering your names and titles to help our contest entrants find great books to read. Please send us links to your website, or just your name and the title of your debut novel that was published between 1 January 2006 and 1 February 2007. If you have any promotional items — especially copies of your book — that you’d like to donate, we’d love to offer them as prizes.
January 19, 2007
Just a reminder that today’s the last day you can enter my meme contest.
Everyone can enter. Most will win. Why not you?
Stay tuned. It’s going to be a busy weekend around here!
January 17, 2007
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(header by The Tour Manager; picture from Guitar World) We had such a good time last week talking about Mitchell, and he is one of my favorite characters, so I thought I’d bring you a bit more about him. After all, my meme contest is still ongoing for a few more days and while I’ve started to draw up some of the awards, there’s still room for your entry. Get in on the fun and win yourself some books! Thirteen More Things about Mitchell: 1. Boxers or briefs? Thanks to Kerri, boxer briefs. Before that, K-Mart specials to swap with the girls. 2. Favorite childhood birthday gift: One of those wooden mazes with the unstable surface that you had to navigate the marble through 3. Favorite adult birthday gift: Amy gave him one of those horrible Troll dolls as a gag. It now lives in his wardrobe case and rules the roost in there. 4. Toy he couldn’t be separated from: a stuffed dog that he named Williams 5. Top of his game batting average: .295 6. First sentence: Amy hurt me! 7. Favorite bachelor food aside from beer: orange juice 8. Favorite unit of study in school: Astronomy 9. First thing he learned how to cook: hamburgers. On the grill, of course 10. What he was shopping for when he met Kerri: tomatoes 11. How he knew his parents approved of his final career choice: Sonya gave him a silver dragon ring that he never takes the stage without. 12. First thing he bought with ShapeShifter money: a custom Les Paul. 13. Worst job he ever had: helping haul sets around Riverview’s flailing community access TV station. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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January 13, 2007
It’s been an up-and-down week for me. I resigned from a committee that’s supposed to bring authors to our local elementary school because they want to book a cartoonist who’s not got a published book to his name (aren’t authors, by definition, the people who write books?). I mis-read a friend’s comment in yesterday’s Working Stiffs post.
That’s been rough. But the up part of the up-and-down week more than makes up for it. Believe me, my eyeballs fell out of my head and onto my touchpad when I saw this.
My friend Barb at Front Street Reviews sent me this link.
Yes, friends, groupies, lurkers, total strangers, and anyone else who’s not brave enough to fall into the friend and groupie category, I’ve been nominated for a Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll award. The voting’s been open since January first and closes in another two days, on the eve of the 15th, but if you haven’t voted for little me yet, why not? Yeah, there are really big contenders in my category and yeah, we’d all rather see me in the Published in 2006 category, but do it anyway.
You know I appreciate it, especially after this rough week I’ve had.
Now, have my eyeballs, perchance, rolled past you? I’d… umm… sort of like them back.
I’ve got books to write and a world to finish creating for you guys.
And whoever nominated me… eternal thanks.
January 10, 2007
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Header design by The Tour Manager. Although Trevor’s Song is, presumably, about Trevor Wolff, Mitchell Voss figures pretty prominently into what goes on during the story — and in what happens before and after, too. So here are some facts about Mitchell, so you have a better idea of who you’re dealing with. 1. His blonde hair is an impossible color. So blonde it’s almost white, shot through with strands of silver and gold to give it depth. Trevor hates Mitchell’s hair; he thinks it’s a chick magnet. He’s right. 2. Before he picked up a guitar, Mitchell wanted to be a pro baseball player. He had potential, too, but soon discovered you got more girls with a guitar. 3. Once he learned the requisite three chords of rock and roll, he realized that making music was what he was meant to do. And getting girls paled in comparison to what he could make a guitar do. 4. He’s the youngest of three kids. His two older siblings, Beth and Amy, torment him endlessly in that lovingly sisterly way. Especially Amy. 5. He torments the girls back, especially Amy. One of his favorite stunts as a teen was walking naked from the bathroom to his bedroom when she had friends over. He, of course, had to walk right past her room. And if the door was shut, he, of course, had to interrupt for something. 6. He never once considered going to college or trade school. He was going to make it without any of that. And he did. 7. Once Trevor talked him into putting the band together, he found a way to pay for voice lessons. Self-taught on guitar, he also took music theory classes at Riverview Music Consortium. But that’s not going to college. It’s taking a class to learn about music. 8. Mitchell loves to grill. Not cook. Grill. If it can’t be grilled, he won’t make it. That said, he grills odd things (brownies?). Or… tries to. 9. When he moved out of his parents’ house, he rented a rat trap apartment within walking distance to All Access. He stayed in that apartment even after he could afford something nicer, only leaving it for the farm house. 10. He loves to swim and play in the pool with the rest of the band when they’re on the road. Laps are his friend; he doesn’t have to think much. 11. At home, he’ll add mountain biking to his hobbies. And taking up space in Daniel and Val’s pool. 12. His public persona as a dick is merely a show. Even though he is a major dick at times. 13. Mitchell was quite happy being a cigarette-smoking stud when he met Kerri. One date with her — the date that opens Trevor’s Song, in fact — and all that changed. Don’t forget to scroll down, now that you know Mitchell a bit better, and enter the meme contest. Books galore to the winners. I’m taking entries until the 20th of January, so put on your creativity caps and have at it. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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January 9, 2007
My friend, the sophisticated writer, tagged me. But since this isn’t a blog about me, I’m going to let you guys guess the answers — for Trevor, Mitchell, and Kerri, since you should know those three the best. I’ll fill in some and give away books on my Available Shelf over at BookCrossing to whoever gives me the best answers for the rest. Beware: these books aren’t among the best I’ve ever read. Heck, I haven’t read most of them, if you want to know the truth.
Leave your answers in the comment trail; it’ll help (but isn’t required unless I get cranky, which is always liable to happen) if you include the question, too, when we all read over the rest of the answers.
And no, you don’t have to answer all of them. Even one will qualify you for a book. If I’m on a roll, you might wind up with more than one. Book that is. *wink*
You have until 20 January, and then I’ll announce the winners. Have at it, and have FUN!
1. How tall are you barefoot?
Mitchell — 6’1″
Kerri, 5’10”
Trevor, 5’10” (uh-huh. Sure, Trev)
2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
3. Do you own a gun?
4. Do you get nervous before “meeting the parents”?
Trevor doesn’t bother with such things.
Mitchell usually never remembered names, let alone saw them a second time,
and Kerri … well, Kerri’s meeting the Vosses should be an outtake.
5. What do you think of hot dogs?
6. What’s your favorite Christmas song?
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Mitchell: orange juice.
Kerri: coffee
8. Can you do push ups?
9. Is your bathroom clean?
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
11. Do you like painkillers?
12. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
13. Do you hate any of your exes?
Trevor: No, and I’d still be loving them if I didn’t need to come up for air.
Mitchell: What exes?
Kerri: No.
14. Do you have a dog? (answered by Susan) Nope, no dogs in Riverview. Yet.
15. Middle Name?
Mitchell: Gregory
Kerri: Elizabeth
16. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
17. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
Mitchell: Orange juice, Gatorade, beer
18. What time did you wake up today?
Mitchell: noon
19. Current worry?
20. Current hate?
21. Favorite place to be?
Mitchell: onstage
Trevor: in a girl
Kerri: wherever Mitchell is.
22. Least favorite place to be?
23. Do you own slippers?
24. What shirt are you wearing be specific?
25. Do you burn or tan?
Mitchell: I am tan.
Kerri: He’s got the lines to prove it.
26. Favorite color(s)?
27. Would you be a pirate?
Trevor: Baby, I can be whatever you want. But I’m best as Trevor Fucking Wolff.
28. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Mitchell: Mine.
29. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
30. What’s in your pockets right now?
31. Last thing/person that made you laugh?
32. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
Trevor: Clean ones.
33. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
34. Are your parents still together?
Trevor and Kerri: Who cares?
Mitchell: Fuck yeah!
35. Who is your loudest friend?
Trevor, Mitchell, and Kerri: Charlie the tour manager. (does he count as a friend?)
36. Who is your most silent friend?
Trevor, Mitchell, and Kerri: Eric
37. Does someone hate you?
Mitchell: Who cares?
Trevor: Probably.
Kerri: Yes.
38. Do you wish on shooting stars?
39. What is your favorite book?
40. What song did you play at your wedding?
Mitchell: I was too drunk to remember. Ker, do you?
Kerri: No, but I do remember you with a guitar, so you must have played something.
Trevor: We played a fucking lot, you losers. No Skynyrd, though.
41. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Mitchell: Kerri.
Kerri: Mitchell
Trevor: Getting laid.
January 8, 2007
I woke up Sunday morning with Jon Bon Jovi’s Blaze of Glory stuck as a hummer in my head. Definitely time to crank up the tunes again, even though I had the XM blaring out of my trusty ‘puter for a few hours on Saturday. Never turned on Bon Jovi, though. Where’d it come from?
Speaking of XM, I’m learning about a few new bands, but not nearly enough. A few that warrant more exploration would be Revis, Mercy Falls, ditchwater, Flyleaf, and Thornley.
So far, Flyleaf’s caught my attention the hardest, in terms of them maybe being a band I’ll love as much as I love my Metallica or Disturbed. But we shall see… there’s always room for more music, particularly the good stuff. I’m open to it, so come show me what you’ve got.
January 5, 2007
My favorite activewear catalog is having a sale and I can’t choose which color fleece to buy… Tangerine, celadon, periwinkle, or citron. Such a rock-and-roll-inspired choice…
But in some happy and not-really-long awaited news, I have found the coveted Dethklok shirts. MyTeeSpot’s got ’em and I asked and yup, they’re officially licensed. Right now, this is the only shirt in stock, but the very nice Jeremy Barasch at MyTeeSpot told me that they are expecting more soon.
So now I can be the only girl on my block in a Dethklok shirt, after all. I’m just not sure what color fleece to put over it when I get cold…
(If you haven’t heard my rant about why you should make the effort to get only officially licensed merchandise, I’ll be glad to rant at a later date. Let’s just say it involves much, much more than making sure the proper people, who are often millionaires to begin with, get their cash.)
(We’ll miss you, Coach Cowher!)
