Hello and Happy Friday,

I’m working on getting the invitations and information ready for the book signing in Manhattan. I’m nervous on the one hand that no one will show and on the other, someone will and more than one. I try not to think about it, but when I do I treat it as and upcoming event I want to try and do right and have fun doing.

I concentrate though on the second book which is going okay to my surprise, for a moment I was having what I call a slow down because I was piecing together scenes I wasn’t sure about, trying to get them right. I finally got over the hump and moved move forward and when I did I dropped into the flow of the story which was a relief. Right now I’m smooth sailing which won’t last, yet for right now I’m taking advantage of it and having fun doing the writing. Fun is the key in all things isn't it? Especially the life of writing.

Write always.

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: shabazzl@adasbcc.org.

Until next time, God willing,

Lori

Hello and Happy Friday,

I keep the drafts of my posts in a folder called Write What You Know and below this is a document folder called, Write What You Love. I think I'll switch folders because for me, writing what you Love is the thing.

Keep at it, never give up, especially when there seems to you more reasson to than not.

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing,

Lori

Hello,

I’m eager to get my second book completed or at least a rewrite down, yet its taking time because I’m adding more, fleshing out seriously as I go along. I have been reading a lot because my kid has football practice so I read while I wait and write some too. Yet, the reading has alerted me to something I must walk as a dangerous fine line: details, how much detail I want to use when describing a character, a room, the weather.

I cleave to Elmore Leonard’s rule of writing: skip the boring details, how a character looks, how everything else looks . I believe in this one hundred percent though some parts of writing need details because it gives a scene a depth or feel such as fear and you can only do this by description, the key for me doing it right is by doing it very little.

I try to describe what I need to using only a few words, the best ones which need no explanation, ones that get in and out and don’t detract from the story but keep it moving. I work on this through pages of rewriting like everyone else and still don’t know if I get it right, yet I keep at it until I have cut down to the bone which is my goal and which I feel is what the readers most prefer; not to wade through gunk but get to the story—hopefully a terrific one-- because getting to it is the purpose.

Keep trying, writing, rewriting, never giving up; it’s worth it, it’s everything.

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing,

Lori

Hey, hope you had a good holiday, again, if you’re into it,

I got my October 29th date for the book signing at the at the New York Police Museum in Manhattan, I’m happy about it but not letting it take me over because I have a lot of work I need to do in prep of the visit and doing it will keep me from going crazy worrying about the trip.
I have books to order, invitations to send out, flight and hotel arrangements to make, apply for the police ride-along; a number of details to see to plus work on my second novel—which will save my sanity. I am starting to feel a bit of excitement though not much and not until I get it all done and the only thing left will be go get on that plane.

My second book is going--thank goodness--and adding to it working the New York trip and my family life; I’m moving right along. It’s what life is supposed to be all about right?

Daily writing, no other way to get it done.

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing,

Lori