Tanked....

As of today, I have committed the story I was working on to the "drawer."  I just lost my motivation for the entire story line.  Does that ever happen to you?  Not that I had gotten far, 1500 words---but I just could not bring myself to write anything.  I even stopped "dreaming" about where it was going.  So, it tanked.
I have decided that I'm great out of the gate, but then I seem to fizzle out......

I'm thinking about going to a writer's group meeting and seeing if I can get some words of encouragement there....  We will see.....

Hour Glass Method....

Have you ever heard of the hour glass method?  When I was younger, someone told me to work "til all the sand had dropped."  So in shopping for decorations for my office, I was so shocked to come across an hourglass...  I've used the concept once, but plan to do it alot more in the future. 

Do you set a time frame for your writing?  Sometimes it is so hard to come down here and write when I have set infront of a computer all week.  I think I do better with my iPad and a glass of wine sitting in my recliner..
I've also thought about getting a little tape recorder for the those "driving down the road" thoughts....

So what is you method?

Are Your Daydreams Your WIP's?

My mind is always running some sort of daydream.  Now don't get me wrong, when it's time to focus, I do.  However, I always seem to have some sort of "picture" in my head.  Daydreaming has always been a huge part of my life.  I invision so much--the house already clean, finished with work and already home, winning the lottery and me holding the check--the list could go on and on.  If I could put my daydreams straight to paper, I might have a completed WIP! 

What does it say about one's self when you are always looking at the dream?  I feel in most parts of my life, I'm happy.  I have a wonderful son, awesome parents, I'm blessed in so many ways---but I always seem to look to the "right" and wonder, "What if I had gone in THAT direction?"  I think I ask myself that daily.

I opted out of therapy....

Fun Research....

In my current WIP the main guy character, Derrick, owns an air field, which I named Destination Chartered.  He is about to go on an adventurous trip with my heroine, Alyson, to buy another plane...  What do ya'll think??

Wonder what could happen in that???

What to Say?

     Have you ever been writing and a friend or a co-worker ask you can they read it?  Well it happened to me a few weeks ago and I swear she has looked at me different ever since!  I tried to warn her that I wrote along the lines of erotica and she said, "Oh I can handle it.."  She turned 4 shades of red by the time she was finished.  I wanted to feel embarrassed for her, but I warned her, so what was I supposed to do?
    
    I have been writing for as long as I can remember but I never did anything with it.  I didn't even keep most of it.  However, I have always enjoyed writing fantasies and erotica.  My boyfriends loved my imagination!  Only now it's alittle awkward at class reunions.  Wonder if they still have that "adventurous" side now?
    
    So my question for you is, are you an "open book?"  When asked what genre you write in do you say, "Contemporary Romance" or do you call it "Erotica?"  And you know if you write erotica or not---trust me.