December 10, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings "Over sized everything"

    Ahhhh... The incredible roller coaster ride is over! All the picks for #PitchWars have been notified, and sadly, I wasn't on the short list. Whoda thunk it? I usually get on the "Short" stuff. The Short bus, the short end of the stick, a day late and a dollar short... I could go on, but no one like cliches'. I learned quite a bit, so hopefully I can make a better biscuit. (You know what I mean).

    Now, it's back to my first book, to apply what I've learned. I'm not saying it's gonna be fun to go through all 480ish pages and scrutinize my sentence structure and "show not tell" wording. UGH! But, I want to create a great story. Thank goodness I'm in love with my own wit! 

    Now, I just need to convince the current manuscript to put itself on hold. Oh, and the next story, too. Which has proved to be extremely pushy! Some characters are tenaciously boisterous. (Shut up Marrisol Host)! She's an opinionated lead singer in a band, so, a right in your face kinda gal.

    I try to sleep, and she knocks on the inside of my brain, until I wake up and write down some form of idea. A little Melatonin can take care of THAT! I don't know how long it's gonna take to rewrite my book. I get home from work so late, that it's; feed dogs, make dinner, POUR WINE, then write blog. Not that anything I write is all that earth shattering. It's just my own floaty ramblings.

    A tall glass of literary courage. Don't mind if I have some! I want that glass! I think that glass would need a whole case of wine to fill it. When I was younger, I got my brother a mug for Christmas. It was a huge beer mug. we called it the "death mug". 

          Good Lord! He's spilling it! That's just unacceptable! 
                                        It's liquid gold! 

    

December 9, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings "Brain"

    As I sit in my favorite chair with 3 of my electronics open and working, I must admit to myself that I have a problem. With my laptop in my lap, I'm editing and now conceptualizing my blog. My iPad is open to the ever enthralling Twitter feed, scoping the #PitchWars posts. Finally, my iPhone is constantly sending texts, checking emails, and burning up my thesaurus app.

    Ah... A relaxing day off for sure! My dogs hate me by now. I've spent too many days with my nose in my laptop. They filled the day with ignoring me, then swinging to needy. If I didn't pay attention to them, they both growled or stood by the front door. I tried not to laugh at their attempts to engage me, but with those faces, it was impossible.

    And no, they're not user friendly. I don't get may visitors to my house. Not even my sister. She's already been bitten. I love my dogs, but you'd be hard pressed to get others to admit to that. Except my landlady. She LOVES my dogs, and they LOVE her back. (Thank goodness) Or, I'd be living out on the streets of the Hamptons. No thank you. It's too damn cold for that!

    It would be too dark out there, next to the railroad tracks with the rest of the wanderers in town. I'd never make it without my tech. I'm plugged in to the www, unless I'm sleeping. Even then, if my iPhone dings I might take a peek.

    Sleep has alluded me this week. I'm hoping for a bit more in the days to come. I can't fight the fact that my brain won't turn off. There are so many things going on in my head, so I guess its having trouble shutting down. I stare at the glowing screen of my laptop and my eyes blur from the constant contrast. But I have SO many things to accomplish, and SO little time.

                       This is my brain on life. Pretty colors!
                                                help...

December 7, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings

    The countdown continues to #PitchWars. Quite honestly, I believe we all stalk the feed just to share in the camaraderie of the anxiety. We crave it. Oh, the sweet taste of the unknown; the excitement. As we get closer to the revel, everyone's close to freaking out. I'm just happy to have so many new people to connect to.

    The feeling of being alive! Of course, I think I need a tums... I'm not good with stress. I like to take the, "What? Me worry" attitude. I'm more of an Alfred E. Neuman character. Please tell me you all know who that is. I know I'm old, but his face is famous.

    So, there's a smile on my face no matter what, on December 11th. I'm doing what I love, when I want to do it (for the most part). Work, work, work, always seems to get in the way. And sleeping! I find, the 5 hours I get a night takes far too much time away from my writing. Just think about how much we could accomplish if we didn't need to sleep.

    OK, I never said we'd look great, if we never slept. A quick shower will fix that. Right? Perhaps, a ginseng pill. By this time of night, I'm already under the influence! So, don't call me to pick you up. Not unless you want us both to spend the night in jail.

    I can't go to jail. They'd take away my phone, then I wouldn't be able to stalk the #PitchWars feed. I'm sliding back and forth from this window to Twitter, as I type, and the posts are lining up with the speed of light. Damn, hold on...

   Just more teases. It's times like this, when I actually ignore my Facebook pages. Sorry gang. I guess I should apologize for all the tweeting that clutters my statuses. Oh hell, just hide me if I'm bothering anyone!

    It'll all be over soon enough. And isn't everybody else out Christmas shopping? 

    

December 6, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings

  
    I was out last night, so no DAILY DOSE. I know, I know... If I don't do it every day, how can it be called the DAILY DOSE? Don't get caught in the details, folks. I went to a Regal theater and saw "Santa Clause conquers the Martians". It's the old hosts of Mystery Science Theater 3000, riffing on a really bad movie. I watched it years ago on TV, and now it's back in the movies, so I HAD to go.

    Hours of straight laughter. There's nothing better than laughing your ass off to make the rest of your life seem small. No problems, no worries, just the loss of breath, only to be caught, then lost again. I'm sure people in the theater thought I was nuts. I laugh EXTREMELY loud. It's just who I am.

    I think humor keeps you young. I can only hope, cuz time keeps marching on. Against my will, mind you. I have come to terms that there's nothing I can do about it. My boss' favorite line is, "Don't want to get old? What's the alternative? Every day above ground..." OK, so I don't want to stop getting older THAT way.

    As time progresses, our perception of it changes, as well. Remember when you were a kid, it took FOREVER to get any where in the family car, or if you were waiting for a birthday, days went by so slowly? Now, weeks whiz by.

    Don't blink! You might miss it. I wish I was able to travel, but that just wasn't how my life played itself out. I have always gotten to see this world and others, not yet discovered within the pages of books. Now, I can travel with Google Maps. I go to my favorite place often, and watch the surf caress the shore, via web cams.

                                Someday, Maui, someday...

December 4, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings

    Some days are just not for the top of the mountain. Today, I didn't make it passed Base Camp #1. Hey, I can't be on 24/7, but I can fake it. I used to act when I was younger, remember? I can fake anything... Uh- hum... *coughs*

    ANYWAY... I had to abandon Twitter. There's just too much of nothing I don't want to see. And in my present state of mind, well... Move along....

   Tonight's a good night to retreat into the fantasy world of Sci-fi. Perhaps I'll submerge myself into my manuscript. Sounds like a good idea. I need to do plenty of research for it, because it's about Egypt. It's a semi-historical fiction, which means I need to get SOME dates, and names right. LOL!

    But it's a fiction, so all hell can break loose and it'll be OK. That's what you can do with imagination, and I love it. Let yourself get taken away. It's what you do when you read, It's also what I do when I write. 

    So, live your dreams, no matter how crazy they are. It could be fun. Unless, of course you dream about cleaning the bathroom. Trust me, I've heard about people who've cleaned bathrooms, and they tell me it's NO fun.

December 3. 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings

    SOOOOOO.... Gmail was over worked tonight with the overpowering #PitchWars back and forth. I mean, they shut down the whole thing for the mentors and the mentees. Too much action. Unbelievable. It's just email sharing for goodness sake! How dangerous could that be?

Now, I'll be spending the night stalking the Twitter feed, 

watching TV, and dictating the current manuscript. I'm still a bit       punch drunk from lack of sleep, but I'll be fine in a few days. 

Sometimes I manage 15 handwritten pages a day. It all             

depends on how busy I am. Gotta love Dragon, though. I can do      

things at speeds that boggle the mind. It helps with all my dictating. 

Call me a big fan! I like anything that makes my life easier. 

             

Go right! Go right! trust me, you don't want to waste any 

precious time. We all get so few minutes. If someone gives you an   

easy way and a harder way... Duh! Although, I've worked at jobs     where I've tried to point out the easier way to do things and got shot down.                                                                                                    

    WOW! I hope I never see on of those up close. I do like the gold color. While it's taken me 2 hours to write this, between jumping around from my Facebook, to my manuscript, to my Twitter... I haven't been giving the blog 100% tonight. Sorry.

    Someone stop me from STALKING the Twitter feed! UGH!!!
I believe I'll just close all apps tonight and finish up my dictation.

                                         

December 2, 2013 Insane Wine Infused Ramblings

   This is going to be short and sweet tonight as I'm dog tired. My eyes see double letters as I write. One of the things I like about writing, is jumping in with both feet when I get the chance to enter a contest. It's fun, challenging, and the people I get to interact with only helps me to grow. So this evening was get ready for Pitch Wars!

   Of course I entered. It's great to watch as the contest progresses. I'm practically glued to Twitter during this time. So, I've never made it to even the pick round, but that's OK. Someday, I tell ya, someday! People have been writing for years, so I should be worried about rejection. I've got to cut myself some slack. I've written comic book story lines, but I've only been writing novels for 2 years. Yep, I'm an expert. You don't think so? I've even done this... LOL!

    That's why I join groups. To learn. And I've learned a lot. perhaps not everything, as I still have trouble understanding how to post on group pages. But I can comment. Just try to stop me! Wow, I've been so busy, I've forgotten to drink my wine. Sacrilege!

    OK... That's better. Now I can't see, worse. Did that make sense?
Probably not, but I'm sleep deprived, as well. I go to bed at 12ish, and the alarm goes off at 5:00 AM. The boss is away, but that doesn't mean I get to play. I get to work more hours. OMG, I'm rambling for sure tonight. I apologize.

   I won't hear it again tomorrow morning. I'll bet ya. I have 2 alarms. My Moshie, and my iPhone. 2 alarms. How in Gods name can anyone sleep through 2 alarms? I wouldn't believe me either. Well that's it for now. I've got to go relax. My brain hurts, Brian.