Overwhelmed!

Great big thanks going out to all who responded to my beta reader request - the list is officially full, and I'm both thrilled and honored, as well as beyond grateful.

Exciting things are afoot here in the study - stay tuned!

A Call to Arms

Up with the chickens. It's 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I'm awake. Awake enough to be thinking. Of course, once my brain wakes up it's hard to shut it off, anyway.

This always happens. I work the day job three days a week, and on those mornings I sometimes have to drag myself out of bed just to get to work on time. But on the mornings I get to sleep in, what does my brain do? Wakes up early, of course! Why is that?

I know why it happened this morning. Wednesday night was "group" night - I've said before I have the most amazing critique group. EVER. And the most amazing critique partner a writer could ask for. (I'm so blessed.) - and I got jump-started. Seriously jump-started. JT introduced me to Scrivener, and I am in love. Love, love, love. This is a fabulous tool for writers and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get organized in a hurry. I've already spent several hours working with it; I'm officially addicted.

We also put together a game plan for my writing career. I've been slogging around the study trying to make a go of things for too long; it's time to take some serious action - to stop trying and start doing.

So I'm up early on a Saturday morning, doing just that. It's snowed a bit here in Middle Tennessee - oops, just looked out the window, change that to snowing - and I'm tucked in and ready to get down to business.

Help wanted. To wit, I need beta readers. If you're interested, please click here to send me an email - tell me a little about yourself and why you'd like to read for me. I'll take the first 10 responders and we'll go from there. In advance, I thank you.

And now, Harry and I are settling down to work. Enjoy your Saturday, whatever you're doing. And read a book - it's good for you!

Music of the moment: Soundtrack, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Bookmarks

Over on Twitter I follow the #fridayreads hashtag. The other day I tweeted that I'm reading too many books at once. This is scary but true. To keep track of things myself, as well as to share them with you, here's a list of the books which currently have one of my bazillion bookmarks in them and are sitting in various stages of "being read":

• Bram Stoker's Dracula. I downloaded this to my Nook for PC application and am currently on page 304 (of 406, not including endnotes).
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis: Book 4 - Prince Caspian.
• A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield.
• Coach Wooden by Pat Williams with Jim Denney. This is a biography of one of the most notable 20th-century sports figures the U.S. has ever known. The book actually belongs to my husband, as it was a gift from my parents, but I snagged it first. =)
• My friend River Jordan's Praying for Strangers. I really am almost finished reading this one.
• Flipped Out. Fifth in the DIY series by my sweet pal Jennie Bentley. Amongst the "thicker" books on my nightstand, this lighter fare is just right for a quick wind-down before bedtime.

In the words of J.K. Rowling, I think that's probably "quite enough to be getting on with."

I've been working the day job all week but actually have tomorrow off. Think maybe I'll devote some time to changing at least one of these from "currently reading" to "read".

What's on your "currently reading" list?