Cover Art

Know a cover art designer? Cartoonist? Have a knack for the arts? Well... I have a contest for you! I am looking for the designer of my book cover. It's gotta be awesome. It needs to feature 2 girls. My main character and her best friend, both 15 years old. My main character is very straight laced and her best friend is totally quirky. The look of the girls is open to interpretation. It needs to be fun and simple. The title will be worked in at a later date. Spread the word!

Today's daily inspiration

Today's writing adventure was brought to you by the awesome playlist in my iPhone! A whopping 10 pages written while rocking out to the awesome tunes of Lady Antebellum, Otis Redding, 3Oh3!, M.I.A, and ROONEY! Plus so so much more! Tonight is a creative and productive night. Music is an AMAZING inspiration! 

Progress!

This week has been filled with amazing things and truly depressing ones as well. Sometimes when you are a writer, things don't always go according to plan. I finished my 300 page book and handed it over to my editor. They read it, and immediately sliced it in half. The first half, amazing. The second half... sucked. I was to rewrite part 2. WOW. 

Well, this week I was reunited with my childhood best friend. He reminded me of things that happened when we were kids, made me laugh. Everything has been amazing. 

The depressing thing that happened this week was that I found out my book isn't quite finished. The amazing thing that happened this week, is that I know where the story goes. 

Really excited. 25 newly typed pages is what I have to show for this week. AWESOME!

I can't think of a good title...

So this little blurp is about the inability to turn on the creativity. It's about the inability to get anywhere with my book. Does anyone know what it feels like to edit out 100 pages from a book that you at once thought was going smashingly well? Well, if you don't, I will tell you it sucks! 

Last week I was rereading my yet to be titled book. It was the 100 millionth time doing so. I got to the same chapter I always do and thought, "Here comes the suck." I have been fighting removing those beautiful pages for over 2 months. Let me tell you. You may wonder why it has taken me this long... it's because a good well written page can take FOREVER to write. I may have very creative days where I hammer 20 pages out... but to be honest, I am lucky if I get 4 or 5. 

Start the sad music, enter the violins... I did it. I removed over 100 pages from my almost done book. It was sad... I cried. I did place it in a separate file hoping I could rework them and fit them in in some sort of way. Chances are I won't.

Current status of book... now 136 pages typed pages... unfinished... sad. =(