As Time Goes By

Pandemic life has certainly put any obstacles of the past to shame.

I've updated my WIP list. There's been some progress in the past 11 years or so.

I'm mostly on FaceBook and Twitter these days, whenever I'm stuck in the time suck.

Should you happen by here, I wish you all the best. Please know you are loved, and I'm proud of you.

Who's Got The Time?

I'm stretched too thin these days, thinner than ever before though the scale says differently (darn it). I'm cutting back temporarily and going on hiatus from this locale. You can sometimes find me where I live and on Twitter (@sarahlaurenson). There have been rare sightings on Facebook as well.

This past weekend was an awesome SCBWI-L.A. Working Writer's Retreat. As a gift, I've been granted a clear path to begin my writing career on the dark side (edgy YA). And so off I go to write my butt off (but again with no appreciable weight difference, at least not in the negative direction).

I'll be visiting your parts of the blogosphere as I can.

Garlic Synopsis Critique

My The Trouble With Garlic synopsis is up for critique here. Please feel free to shred it. I welcome the blood. :-)

Vote For Me...

And I'll set you free.

Yeah. Like that'll happen. I just like the song.

And okay. I'm not being original as I've stolen this post from my other blog.

Writtenwyrd's having her 4th bloggaversary flash fiction contest and I entered. Appreciate it if you stop by and vote for your favorites (even if mine isn't one of them). Voting ends this Sunday.

Episodic

I'm working heavily on two projects right now, gearing up for the SCBWI-L.A. Working Writer's Retreat.

Yesterday, I spent many hours taking two episodic manuscripts and squishing them together to create a complete story. It's getting there.

The issues:
The style of each manuscript is different
The focus on each manuscript is different

And yet they do share a strong common bond. Shoving two into one is forcing me to flesh them both out to smooth the transition. Looks like they'll actually reach a respectable book length as a single entity.


On the MG side, I'm plowing through a long rewrite. More than halfway through the manuscript, but the second half requires more work.

Feeling productive this week and that feels really good.

Time Out

Life has been interfering.

First 50 Words

Thought I'd stick something light into Miss Snark's First Victim's 50 Words.

My entry

Hopefully I won't make her followers want to throw up this time.

:-)