Linda Kay Silva
Author of the Across Time Series
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Nov 24th
I have returned from my writing conference in North Carolina and I had the BEST time! It was, hands down, the best writing conference I have attended in a long time. I learned more than I ever thought I could, and I met some of the nicest people! It was awesome. Stay tuned for some of the things I learned and how I intend to apply that in my writing world!
Nov. 15th
Remember the Bucket List I referred to down below? Well, here is one of the things on that list. Yes, this is a tattoo of Storm. It is a half sleeve I sat through 12 hours to get. Yes, it hurt, but I soooo dig it. There is something powerful and empowering about having her there. Since I wear lots of tank tops, it is that "I don't care what you think of me" attitude that is so freeing in my life. I really don’t care…and the best part is, she opens more doors than she closes. Younger guys are in awe and come up to talk to you. Women who look like soccer moms want to let you know that they, too, have a tattoo. It is a great conversation piece, and I share it with you to remind you that hiding your light under a bushel is a big waste of light!
Okay, so what's next?
1) Trip to North Carolina for a writers' conference
2) Trip to Bahamas for Christmas with my dad and my three girls. (Oh yeah, and one *cough cough* boyfriend)
3) A teeny rest and then...the BIG Kahuna...Rome, Athens, Turkey, Egypt, New York. Heart be still!
Nov 7th.
Had a wonderful lunch with my editor, Katherine V Forrest. She is an incredibly delightful woman, not to mention a detailed and accurate editor. My work only benefits from her sharp blue pen.
We were discussing how to better reach our readers...with all of the technology out there, we should be selling more books than we are. We should really be growing our readership for Spinsters, but we are not sure where to begin.
Along with that, we discussed what to so with the multitude of novels I have already written. I am hoping we can DO something with them besides the obvious self-publishing route. I write 2-4 novels per year and have no place to go with them. I am hoping that with Katherine's help, I can fine tune them and find a home for them.
Any thoughts?
Oct 31st
Halloween...it seems to bring out the kid in all of us...unless you are like me and are immature most of the time...lol.
So, I am twittering a lot. Lori has me convinced that shameless self-promotion is the only way to go, so I am going to give it my best try. It helps to have wonderful people telling other wonderful people to buy the books. I don't think readers realize the changes that are taking place in the publishing industry. Will e-books eventually replace real books? Will all the self-published people finally have a venue with which to promote their own work? And will there be a need for agents any more?
It should be an interesting adventure, and you KNOW...I am all about the adventure.
So, I am finishing the revision of Third Time's a Charm...I love it when a character becomes my friend, like Jessie has. She is in ancient Egypt this time...and it will be an amazing experience to actually be there in February when I turn 50.
You won't want to miss that!
Oct. 24th
Busy, busy. I started a new novel on the cruise, called Steel Horses. It has taken on a life of its own. I mean it! I had all these plans, but suddenly, the bike became the center of the story. It's crazy, but I love it! I am having the time of my life writing it!
Oct. 16th
Just returned from a cruise down the Mexican Riveria. It was so very relaxing. Lori read 4 books for the 12 days and I wrote half a novel.
Okay, so I never really relax...I am pretty sure most writers, artists, and musicians seldom do. Our minds don't work that way. We see someone dressed differently and the writer starts creating a back story...and artists thinks about portraying the person on a canvas, the musician hears notes no one else can hear. Our minds zoom along the track at breakneck speed...we wonder, we think stupid thoughts.
How stupid?
Well, one morning in the shower, I was singing Superstar by The Carpenters...and I thought about Karen Carpenter. Then (here is the eccentric part...I prefer that word to stupid or crazy) I wondered, "Am I the ONLY person thinking about her right now?"
Yeah.
Try LIVING with me.
Not easy.
I'm practically a Letterman Stupid Pet Trick. :)
Nah. I'm not that bad...
But I'm close.
Annnyyyywayyy...
The whole trip I kept saying, "I am having such a great time..."
But...
here's the strange part...
we weren't DOING anything!
Nothing.
Nada.
And then it hit me.
Wait. I'm writing for hours a day.
HOURS.
Yay!
So, I came home, created a schedule that requires me to write first...for a couple hours in the morning, and again at night.
I had to go away to figure THAT out?
Letterman, here I come!
Oct. 1, 2009
So I turn 50 next year. Oh, you've heard? Because I believe in celebrating such changes in one's life, I have a year long (and quite extensive) list of things I want to do....call it my mini bucket list!
To that end, here are some of the things I have accomplished from that list so far:
1) I jumped out of airplane with my 20 year old daughter, Sunnie, whom I adore. She was so fucking butch, that when she was the first one out, she hopped right on down to the open door of the decrepit wind-up plane we were in and threw herself from the plane. Damn. I had no choice but to follow. And out I went. It was fun...but not as fun as riding my Harley.
2) Speaking of Harleys...I bought the Harley of my dreams...and just returned from Street Vibrations in Reno with:
3) The Women's Motorcycle Club I joined. www.jugswmc.com. Just Us Girls. I traded in my tennis racket and the bitchy women who play for leathers and uber cool chicks who ride bikes far cooler than mine!
4) I got a tattoo with Sunnie and then, while Lori wasn't looking...got a half a sleeve done of...yes...STORM!
5) I got married in Hawaii...or Mauied! If that wasn't cool, my oldest friend of 45 years happened to be in Hawaii at the same time and so she celebrated with us! What fun!
6) I built the pond of my dreams. It's like a pool! 5 turtles, koi, two waterfalls, and it sounds amazing!
7) Took all of my teachings online so we are now free to travel anywhere we want any time we want
8) I swam with the dolphins! What a thrill THAT was!
9) We built a master suite by adding 500 sq feet of sun room for the bedroom overlooking my pond, and turned one bedroom into a master bath complete with steamroom and another bedroom into a closet. Yeah...we have THAT much clothing!
10) I visited my first whorehouse and interviewed the nicest bunny from the Bunny Ranch!
So...stay tuned for all of Linda Kay's 50 year Mini Bucket Exploits! Don't miss out!
