Showing posts with label James Rollins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Rollins. Show all posts

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday Nothings and ROW80 Check in

So, it's Sunday today. I've got nothing profound or prophetic to say today. So sorry to disappoint you all.

Here's a few tidbits to tide you over until I come up with witty.

NYT's bestseller James Rollins tweeted my Friday post to his 15,000+ followers on twitter. This paltry, little, nothing rag of a blog. To say I was surprised and shocked doesn't cover it! Thank you sir, big shout out to you!

Speaking of Friday's post, I'm thinking about taking one of those random thoughts I shared and making a full entry on the subject. I need to do some research and hammer down all the nails first. Keep watching for it.

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My Round Of Words 80 Sunday check in:
I've hit my goals for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. In fact, I've exceeded my daily goal (500 words) every day so far for this challenge. some days as by as little as 6 words, and by as many as 402 for last night! This last is encouraging, because on Monday the goal jumps from 500 to 750/daily.

I'm already seeing that what I've written this week is going to need massive editing/rewrites/details filled in. I have a vague idea of what the scenes should be and how they fit into the story, but I'm mostly pantsing them right now. What the heck, it's a first draft right?

Pantsing won't cut it next week with longer word goals. I need something a little more concrete to build on. I want to map out a route for the week this afternoon.

Comments always welcome.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Devilish Party Playlist

NYT Bestselling author James Rollins' new book, "The Devil Colony" was released today. There's a 24hr virtual release party for the book on twitter, on the #DevilColony hashtag. Stop in and say hi.

That got me thinking. A virtual party needs a virtual playlist, a party soundtrack to keep the party rolling along. So I've put a few things together, keeping to the theme of the party, and listed anything I could think of with 1) 'Devil' in the title and 2) anything that referenced 'Hell' directly.

Van Halen - "Running with the Devil"
INXS - "Devil Inside"
The Charlie Daniels Band - "The Devil went down to Georgia"
Steve Earl - "The Devil's right hand"
The Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil"
Joe Satriani - "Devil's Slide"
Paul Sanchez - "Ride with the Devil"
Dash Rip Rock - "Hell's Scared"
Meatloaf - "Bat out of Hell"
Drivin' n' Cryin' - "Straight to Hell"
The Grateful Dead - "Hell in a bucket"
Jason and The Scorchers - "Hell's Gates"
Marvelous 3 - "Cold as Hell"

Feel free to add your own suggestions to the playlist. I know I've missed a few!

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Programing Note: On June 23rd, Twitter's own @Jinxie_G (author N.L. Gervasio) drops by to share her new book "Nemesis" with Brain Drippings. Don't miss it!