Owner: Castle in the Clouds URL:http://krista225.blogspot.com Join Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:24:17 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: This blog is the online home of aspiring author, Krista Heiser. Personal topics cover a variety of subjects, including Krista's adorable children (of course), her dog, her husband, and her adventures in writing. The blog also links to her digital art ga Site statistics:Click here
Blah 2007-09-21 21:02:00 I just don't know how to title this post. I really don't have anything to say because I'm mainly just trying to waste some time here. It's a little after 10PM and I'm still at work proctoring an exam. On a Friday night. Friday, people! Friday!
I have done all the work I can do without being at my desk. I've attempted my homework twice. I've worked on the WIP (got stuck thanks to my
70 Days of Sweat Challenge 2007-09-19 21:29:00 I wish I could say I did it. I wish I could say that I met my goal and completed the rough draft of my novel.
I can't.
Although I started out strong and definitely made progress, I fizzled. School started for both me and the kidlets. I started exercising on a regular basis (I know! The shock!). Of course this meant that something had to give. Unfortunately, it happened to be my writing. I lost Read more:Challenge
, Sweat
Weekend Happenings 2007-09-17 15:40:00 I wrote a little bit Friday. Not much, mind you, but enough to keep the story alive in my mind. Unfortunately, I discovered I had goofed a bit and had to delete a couple hundred words. Luckily, I made those back up and ended up almost with same number of words I had when I first started. Weird.
That night my oldest went to spend the night at a friend's house, leaving me and the little guy at Read more:Weekend
, Happenings
Profile Picture 2007-09-13 09:33:00 I've been trying to change my profile picture...and Blogger is simply refusing to let me input a new URL. I hit the save button and...it erases the URL and fails to upload a pic. This is very frustrating. Any suggestions? Read more:Picture
Curriculum Night, Running, & Homework 2007-09-11 21:18:00 Whew! What a busy day.
After work I had to run to the kids' school to meet with their teachers. The info sessions started at 5, but I couldn't get there any sooner than 6 o'clock thanks to my new work schedule.
Oh my.
They had warned me that things would be different in 4th Grade. Harder. Higher expectations. They weren't kidding. I must admit as I sat there listening to his teacher go over Read more:Curriculum
, Night
, Homework
Bad Boys of Rock 2007-09-10 21:15:00 Friday night was so much fun. It's been too long since I've been to a concert. I think the last one was two years ago in Wisconsin for Country Thunder USA. I've got some great memories of that trip and am so glad we went. My sister and I don't often get our dad to leave his house let alone the state. Of course, he might have regretted that when his fifth wheel blew a tire on an expressway in Read more:Bad Boys
Proud Moment 2007-09-06 21:17:00 I am so proud of this little boy. He has been working with Miss Danielle for 9 (or is it 10?) months. He has worked so hard and its paid off, which is why Miss Danielle has decided its time to stop the tutoring.
Yes. He's done. The tutoring ended last night. Strangely, I think I'm going to miss it in some small way. It was such a comfort knowing he was working with someone who genuinely cared Read more:Proud
, Moment
Interesting Name Facts 2007-09-06 20:04:00 Joely put this info into a Thursday Thirteen post, but I'm too lazy to do that. So here are the results on my maiden name (first, middle, and last) as told by this site. Interesting. I wonder if the results will be the same tomorrow. I know they were completely different and totally inaccurate with my married name (first, middle, and last).
What your first name means:
Variant of Christiana.
Knocking on Wood 2007-09-06 16:50:00 The DSL was working when I got home. No re-cycling. No muttering or cursing. Just steady green lights.
I wonder if unplugging the DirectTV Tivo phone cord really made the difference. I guess only time will tell.
Keep your fingers crossed! I am!
Warning: Whining and Complaining Ahead 2007-09-05 21:19:00 First of all...my feet hurt. I have blisters on the top of my feet from those stupid sandals.
Second of all...the DSL issues have NOT been resolved. I'm amazed it's allowing me to post this. Although, I've noticed that it seems to work semi-okay as long as I don't leave the computer for more than 60 seconds at a time. How weird is that?
The other things in my life that are pissing me off aren't
I'm busy! 2007-09-04 19:17:00 I was doing so well for so long. Then I ran into a little snag. The snag turned into avoidance. It's not that the story is dead or even stalled. There's not a single good reason for why I've been so lax. Laziness certainly isn't an acceptable explanation.
The truth is I need to start scheduling writing back into my life. I allowed myself a few days off and, before I knew it, a week had gone by.
Internet Issues 2007-09-04 13:37:00 I'm taking a couple minutes out of my lunch to let you know that the hubby and I are still dealing with Internet
issues. Our DSL has been flaking out for about a week now. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Read more:Issues
Friday Snippet 2007-09-28 11:40:00 I thought I'd leave you for the weekend with a snippet from my WIP, Fallen Angel. Here's the setup:
Gabe has had the misfortunate of falling into the bad guys' hands. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only one they happened to nab. He was at his ex-fiance's sister's house when the werewolves caught up to him.
Fallen Angelcopyright 2007 Krista Heiser, all rights reserved.
He wished he were dead. At Read more:Friday
, Snippet
Digital Scrapbooking 2007-10-12 05:47:00 I've been experimenting with digital scrapbook layouts. There are some elements I really like. The stamp feature is a lot of fun, especially when you consider how many freebies can be found on the Web. On the layout above I used a swirly stamp that I got from Obsidian Dawn. If you browse her site for a minute or two, you'll notice the variety and intricacy of her photoshop brushes. Amazing. I Read more:Digital
, Scrapbooking
Progress in Bits & Pieces 2007-10-11 07:50:00 I've been working on my WIP in my spare time. Of course, I'm referring to the spare time not eaten up by the hours of new fall programming on my TIVO. You really don't expect me to miss an episode of Grey's Anatomy or Stargate Atlantas do you? Not to mention Ugly Betty, Life, Chuck (my favorite pilot), House, and a dozen other programs.
This is also excluding spare time spent reading Ayn Rand's
Halloween Camping 2007-10-08 20:12:00 The boys' basketball tournament Face Painting
More face painting
Swimming...unbelievably hot October day
Cooking breakfast over an open fire
Trick-or-Treating! Read more:Halloween
, Camping
Aspiring vs. Unpublished. 2007-10-08 14:17:00 Jessica Tudor, from Tudor's Desk, made a very insightful comment today on her blog about changing her blog tagline from "aspiring novelist" to "unpublished novelist". I love her logic. I also happen to agree with it. If you already are able to plan, write, and edit novels, you're really not aspiring to do anything.
I, too, am an unpublished novelist. Read more:Aspiring
Stinky Dog 2007-10-04 12:29:00 So the night before last I left my dog outside overnight. It wasn't intentional. I let her out, got busy doing something else, and then went to bed.
How could I miss the fact that my dog was still outside, you ask? Well, she's old and has a tendency to head off to bed with the boys whenever it suits her fancy. Some nights she stays down in the living room with us until we call it a night.
After School Program 2007-10-02 21:26:00 The hubby and I have decided to put our oldest into an after-school program for Math. He's doing okay right now, but I'm sure a little extra time spent reviewing will only benefit him. Since he no longer meets with a tutor, I think this is a very good idea indeed.
I wish they had something similiar after school for reading and writing.
I also called the school today to find out when we're Read more:School
, Program
Word Count Check-In 2007-10-18 21:48:00 I've made progress! As of right now I have 66,083 words. That's 2,084 words more than I had this morning. I am delighted. Thrilled. Eager to keep going.
So, I'm not going to waste any more time here. I've got about an hour left before bedtime. Let's see if I can't get another 500 words. Read more:Check
If I win the lotto... 2007-10-18 14:30:00 I want my scrapbooking room to look like this.
I am green with envy. Read more:lotto
Too Many Distractions 2007-10-18 07:35:00 I knew it would happen eventually, but I really thought I'd be a few weeks into the challenge before I failed to write anything at all. That's right. I got nowhere fast on the story last night. Although, in a feeble attempt to redeem myself, I did open the WIP and tweak a few sentences before heading off to bed.
The problem started when I got home last night. Being Wednesday and therefore a Read more:Distractions
Day Two 2007-10-16 22:22:00 Way past my bedtime.
Tonight's word count: 585
Monday's Progress 2007-10-16 11:24:00 This will be a brief update. I managed to write 677 of the 1000 words I wanted to get yesterday. While I didn't quite make my daily goal, I consider this a good start. Read more:Monday
Anniversary 2007-10-15 22:00:00 I got flowers! I wasn't expecting anything, so imagine my surprise when this huge box showed up and I pulled these lovelies out, vase and all!
I have a few more photos but Blogger is being a pain. I guess this one will have to do. I'm so spoiled...Thank you, honey! I love you, too. Read more:Anniversary
70 Days - Take #2 2007-10-14 20:05:00 Tomorrow begins the second session of Sven's 70 Days of Sweat. Here are my beginning stats:
WIP: Fallen Angel
Beginning Word Count: 63,457
Overall Goal: 125,000
Daily Goal: 1000 words
Weekly Goal: 6000 words (1 day off per week)
Week 1 Totals 2007-10-21 19:30:00 I plan on working on the story a bit more tonight, but I thought I'd take a break and put up my weekly totals.
I have written over 5000 words this week. The actual number according to my calculations is 5,026 words since Monday. Not bad. Not bad at all. Not when you consider I ended up taking a couple of days off this week.
Next weeks challenge is to keep writing when I need to complete Read more:Totals
Gaining Momentum 2007-10-25 21:26:00 It's been awhile since I've felt this way while writing. Everything has been built. All the chips are in place. The traps have been sprung. Now it's just a matter of letting the momentum carry the story through to its natural conclusion.
The hero and heroine have been apart for several chapters now. It's time to reunite them. After all, it's hard for love to blossom when the object of one's Read more:Gaining
Oh, Ye of Little Faith 2007-10-24 12:23:00 Here's a cute story for you.
This weekend the hubby was roofing a house with a friend, which meant he wasn't around in the mornings to fix breakfast for the kidlets. Every weekend my hubby makes pancakes for his boys - sometimes on Saturday and Sunday. Well, since he was gone both mornings before we even thought of getting out of bed, there were no pancakes to be found.
Sunday morning I got up Read more:Faith
Word Update 2007-10-24 12:13:00 Total words: 69,152
This means I've gained 669 words since my last post on this subject. Not too terribly bad. Since the beginning of this little 70-Day venture I've added 5,695 words to the WIP. I'm hoping to break the 6K mark tonight. Another 305 words should not be impossible to get before bedtime! Read more:Update
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