Julia’s Writing

Last week I had goals.  Did I make them? Haha, hehe, hoho. Er… short answer? No. Long answer, here’s where I’m at (for anyone who cares to know): Word count on my YA novel: 12,307.  I wrote a little over a thousand words on it this weekend.  Ouch. I did, however, complete editing my picture [...]

I did some writing over the weekend and tonight.  My word count on my YA novel is now at 11,137.  Not bad.  30,000-40,000 words to go. My goals this week are to get the word count on the YA up to 15,000, to complete editing my picture book and send it to various readers (again), [...]

As you may be able to tell from the posts on my book review blog, I’m a tad obsessed with zombies. I think it’s because they scare me more than pretty much anything else. They actually give me nightmares. So, here’s a very short zombie story for ya: Dead People are Supposed to Stay Dead [...]

I feel better!  Yay and Hallelujah!  I’m gonna get some writing done tonight.  Enjoy the story tomorrow!

After two days of half swine flu, half intense migraines, I am just about ready to go to bed and get another eight hour or so night of sleep.  In fact, the only reason I can type right now (albeit for only a short time) is due to the wonder drug Tylenol, which I have, [...]

A long, long time ago on a blog not very far away, I said I was getting my first short story – After the Bombs published.   The company who was going to publish this fabled story tragically folded and I was left with a story that my publisher and I had worked on for many, [...]

Hey, so I’m trying something new. I’m going to start putting up short stories as Google Docs and will stick a link to the story on this blog. Eventually, when GoDaddy decides to help me out with my WordPress upgrades, I’ll also provide a PDF for download and a Mobi doc. So, here’s the first [...]

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Enjoy your Kwanzaa or Boxing Day… All in all enjoy the end of 2009.  I hope each year is better than the last. I’m posting some uplifting links below for your holiday entertainment: Selected Shorts Holiday Cast This is how I strive to be when I grow old The [...]

Okay, I know, I don’t call, I don’t write and I am basically talking to myself at this point. But, in case anyone wants to know what I’ve been up to lately, I’ve taken to writing 100 word stories and submitting them on The Drabblecast – a funny as hell podcast. Check out one of [...]

I just submitted the story I mentioned in my previous post (Getting Gas) to Tales of World War Z. I’ve also submitted a story I wrote called “Suicide Note” to Horror Garage. So, we’ll see how all that goes. I recently lost my first reader.   So, we’ll see if I find another good one [...]