Friday, October 28, 2011

Fresh Batteries

After spending my entire writing time yesterday slogging through a synopsis for book 2 in my series and coming away with a lame-oh story idea, I was pretty depressed about the whole situation. Not blow-my-brains-out kind of depressed, but certainly eat-a-quart-of-Ben-and-Jerry's kind of down. Writing is sure fattening.

Anyhoo, today I met for a few hours with an author buddy of mine, superstar Julie Klassen, and in two hours we not only came up with a completely new story, but sketched out book 3 as well. Whewie! I feel completely energized!

So to celebrate, I had a large piece of chocolate cake.

Yeah...writing is sure fattening.

8 comments:

Southern-fried Fiction said...

WOOHOO! I can't wait to see what y'all came up with! Brainstormers are the best of buddies. Sandra Moore and Patty Smith Hall are two of my brainstorm buddies, besides my super ACFW WORD chapter. :) They have such wonderfully warped minds - like yours. ;)

Michelle Griep said...

Amen Ane! I stink at brainstorming. Julie deserves combat pay for wrestling around ideas with me. Hmm, hope post traumatic stress syndrome doesn't set in for her.

jpierce said...

Can I borrow your friend?

Michelle Griep said...

Yeah...wouldn't it be cool to have a lending library of plotters, editors, critiquers and the like? I wonder what the overdue fees would look like.

The Gatekeeper said...

LOVIN' this blog, Michelle.

Michelle Griep said...

Hey Gatekeeper...thanks for the encouragement. It might not be pretty, but it's real.

Jeannie Campbell, LMFT said...

if you ever DO feel blow-your-brains-out depressed, drop me a line. i'll pencil you in. :)

jeannie
the character therapist

Michelle Griep said...

Thanks Jeannie. Glad to know you're saving me a spot on your couch. Around my house, the dog's always got it.

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