I'm back

Things have been incredibly busy of late and so I haven't had the time to get on and post. Hoping to get back into things over the next few weeks however, but wanted to give you an update on Insane Reno.

I'm on the final edit now, and have just 3 chapters and an epilogue to go, before its off to my editor, for a complete going over, just to make sure that nothing has been missed.

The word count now stands at 63.096, but I expect it will be a fair bit higher than that by the end, as I am going to rework these last few chapters a fair bit, adding in a little more detail, and a little more excitement too.

because at the moment it feels like its almost and anti climax, I think due to the fact that, by the time I got to the end I was so excited to be nearly finished that I rushed a little bit to much and missed out a lot of important stuff.

any who this is what editing is for so, today I will be starting the process of cleaning it up a bit, making it flow nice, and adding a little bit more excitement and intrigue.

All going well though by the end of this week, Insane Reno will be finished and off to CJ for editing, and then I can carrying on with the second book, Annie.

I'm very nervous about heading into the publishing world, in the attempt to get Insane Reno published, but excited at the same time, and have already looked into a few options, and had some interest so hopefully all will go well.

well love and hugs to you all, and I will try to make sure that I am posting more often now that things have got a little calmer in the mad house lol.

S in the A to Z bloggers Challenge

Second life.

my sl av although her hair goes between blonde and brown lol

I have to admit I am a Second life addict, but this wonderful world often gets a lot of bad press, the reality for a lot of people on first entering second life, is that there is sex sex sex everywhere, and although there is a lot of this, there is also a lot more, for those for who pixel erotic fun does nothing.
There are huge writers communitys on secondlife, even publishers are heading in world looking for the next publishable writer.
there is dancing and music, not all of it erotic either and many find love in world too.
you can visit hundreds of sims that have been based on real life destinations, take in awesome shows, go to the cinama and watch a whole host of movies (FOR FREE). Set up your dream home or land, create your own furniture and clothes, and all from the comfort of your own home.
I'm only touching the surface here, but there really is something for everyone, and people are producing some great and fun content in world. There are even live performances by big names, in the world of music, plays, and churches that hold real services.
a free account works the same as a paid acount, the only diffrence with the paid account is you get lindon rewards and a really bad house lol. Your much better off however simply buying your own lindons and renting a much nicer house in world and it would probably work out less, so i favour the free account personally.
so I dedicate my Blog today to all the second lifers out there.

and for your entertainment, I'll be posting some links to vids and pictures below, to give you an idea of the wonderful world of second life. be sure to watch the music vids at the end if nothing else bc they are awesome :)

second life- the online virtual world

some people like to get married in secondlife, its not a real marriage more an expression of love, but it certainly can feel real at times.

real sweet sl wedding vid

and of course kids, yes you can have kids on secondlife, for some women this is the only way they can ever have children of there own, and you can do the whole process starting with prim baby right the way through to a child avatar.
yes there are people willing to be children on secondlife, adults essentially playing children to some this might seem strange, but for some who never had a happy childhood or were abused this is a way for them to understand what it would have felt like to have loving parents.

the people delivering the baby in the vid below are actually real life midwives, so they know what their doing and make the r very realistic

baby vid.

you can see some cute babes and just how realistic avs can look when done well from this vid

some sl child avatars having fun

some sl music vids

my fav the little newbie

lady gaga secondlife music vid

chemical brothers under the influence sl music vids

ymca secondlife music vid

u2 in sl (yes the real u2 played a live gig in sl)

many rl big celebs do

R in he A to Z bloggers challenge

Reading.

I love to read, I could spend hours lost in a good book, and I have to have a book on the go at all times, often more than one.
I pretty much like to read everything, athough thrillers are my fav.
I used to be really into the real life storys of hell kind of books, abuse, suffering and so on, but I dunno, I think a few people did it, and others cottened on and there was suddenly a flood of them and it just put me off.
When I first read one it was like, wow, how brave I could never in a million years write a book about all I had been through, and then as more and more flooded the market, what I am sure was a form of theraphy for them, became a night mare for me.
Maybe it was to much of a reminder of my past, because mens I seem to be able to read fine but when it comes to ones written by women I guess some of them just hit a little to close to home.
anywho, I was wondering what was your fav sort of book.
flowers in the attic by virgina andrews, and junk by mavin burgess are two that really spoke to me when I was younger, and I continue to enjoy today.
so how about you what books stick out in your mind and what type of books to you enjoy most ?

Q in the A to Z bloggers challenge

Query Letters

the very thought of a query letter send shivers up my back, but I know that it's a must if I ever want to have a chance of making it as a writer.

but it gets me in a frazzle is this too short? too long? too detailed? not enough detail? I don't think i will ever be able to write one without constantly questioning myself over and over again.

I often think WHY?????? why must I send this letter, Why not just a first chapter, even though I am fully aware of why.

How does the Query letter make you feel?

P in the A to Z blogger challenge

pests

the spring is here and summer is on the horizon, and with it come pests. Spiders, moths, wasps, bee's and flys all of which bar flys scare the bejibbys out of me.
So it made me wonder, what pest scare you or cause you the most stress over the summer months and why?

(short post again but absolutely rushed off my feet at the mo)

love and hugs Joss xxx

O in the A to Z challenge

Obediant fish

I know, I know but I couldnt resist, it's a short post today but hopefully one that will make you laugh simply click here and watch the you tube vid.

Do you know that you can even get fish training kits lol.
theres a nice little vid for that here

I don't know if i would have the patience to train a goldfish to play football, or do the limbo lol. But i thought it was pretty cute and so o just had to be obediant fish.

So excited.

a book that I am absolutely over the moon, jumping for joy, and chomping at the bit to read is being released on July 1st of this year, and is written by the lovely Melissa Kline called My beginnings, this is her first novel to be published and I have for you the book trailer or link too it if my video post thing refuses to work like it normally does.
Melissa is an absolutely awesome person with lots of great ideas and fun stories to tell, and her blog also is well worth a look so onto the links lol.

watch book trailer here

and check out Melissa awesome blog here

the book really does look amazing and I can't wait to read it, love and hugs to you all Joss xxx