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No, I’m not doing anything crazy like giving up on my novel just to write poetry. Even I know that poetry is the fast train to poor unless you’re a college professor or a trust fund baby. But I was thinking about it the other day, and I realized that I really miss poetry. Ever since I can remember, I was writing poetry. Especially when it came to love :P. I have a whole book of bad poetry written for old boyfriends and crushes back in middle school and high school. God, I think I even went so far as…

Yesterday, I was able to get together with my critique group and write for hours, and it was AWESOME! We went over to E’s house and were all three set up in the living room with our laptops. What’s so awesome about writing with other like-minded writers in the room is that when you get stuck, there’s someone there to bounce ideas off of. Also, there’s just that energy and the sound of little fingers clicking away at the keyboard. It gives me the desire and the passion to keep going. All in all, I wrote about 15 pages yesterday!…

Last night I finished the epic Stephen King novel, The Stand. In a word? It was BRILLIANT. I read the long version that was published something like 10 years after the original. Story goes that the publishers thought the book was too long when he first turned it in, so they made him cut about 100,000 words. Later, after the book was such an enormous success, he went back and published it in full. That is the version I read. 1138 pages. I doubt there are many people who don’t know the premise of The Stand, but I’ll try to…

As you know, I joined Jenny Craig about a month ago! The program has been surprisingly easy to stick to. Mostly, I attribute that to the food being so good – and also the fact that I can eat things like cheesecake and double chocolate cake that taste almost like regular non-diet foods. As of yesterday’s weigh-in, I have officially lost 11.2 pounds! We also did some measurements around my bust, waist, abdomen, and hips when I first started. I won’t tell you all those measurements :P, but I will say that every month they measure you again to see…

I have already signed up and bought my plane ticket for the Romance Writers of America National Conference in Nashville, TN! I even have my room at the Opryland Hotel booked (a hotel I have always wanted to stay in!). I can’t wait! The conference is at the end of July, and a list of editor and agents who will be taking appointments and pitches just went up online! I’m sure some people will be added to the list as it gets closer to the date where people can sign up for times, but I am already extremely happy with…

Yay! This is officially my 500th Sweetie Chronicles post! I started writing this blog a few years ago as an exercise in just waking up and getting something down every day. At first, it was hard to stick with it. Now, it’s more of a habit, and even though I don’t always write about interesting things, I almost always WRITE. It’s a good way to start my day. That being said, I think it’s time to add another habit to the mix. Now that I’ve gotten used to writing every morning on a random topic, it’s time to start working…