10.5.13

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Got to see one of my favorite people in Nashville today - my dear friend Chuck Beard -  at our lovely unique East Side Story bookstore. If you're in Nashville, you really do need to stop by and visit with Chuck. The store only stocks books by Nashville/Tennessee authors. It's wonderful, and I'm honored to be shelved there. 

Ran a million errands this morning, and briefly went front door shopping. I say briefly, because we were stymied by a rather uncooperative salesman - and I use that term loosely - who couldn't give us a price list for the door we wanted because someone had to come out to the house and measure first. He didn't understand we'd brought the measurements already, and knew exactly what we needed, because our contractor gave them to us. Sigh. New meaning to obtuse angles, yes?

After much teeth gnashing (and clear procrastination) finally settled down and wrote the outline for YARD OF GRAVES. Catherine and I have already plotted the whole book out, I know what's happening, I've started writing, but we still needed an outline. I suck at outlines. And synopses. I have to write one of those tomorrow. Wail. 

But said outline is done, only five pages longer than it was supposed to be, and I'm happy with it, and CC will snit, and we'll have something fabulous to work with, and all will be well in the world.

UT made a game out of their outing with Georgia, which was quite fun. Haven't gone to a bar to watch a UT game in a long time, it was nice to be among the orange brotherhood for the second half. (I was starving. There was a bar nearby. Don't judge.)

And now to read, and then to bed, and up an at the copyedits tomorrow. Picking them up and knocking them down.  

Sweet dreams!  

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J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of thJoss Walkere literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.

With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Her titles have been optioned for television and published in twenty-eight countries.

J.T. lives with her husband and twin kittens in Nashville, where she is hard at work on her next novel.

10.4.13

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Superb, albeit crazy, day. Secret project is outta here, and of course, as it went away, in came the copyedits for WHEN SHADOWS FALL. And there's that pesky outline that needs to be written for YARD OF GRAVES. And a synopsis and bio... all due Monday. Yeaaaaaaahhhhh. 

So in response to this excessive, unnatural, and some may say untoward overstimulation, my poor, taxed little brain said, "STOP EVERYTHING. LAY ON THE COUCH AND WATCH VAMPIRE DIARIES."

And so I did.

Today was a day of being wrong. Writer Barbie did math, and came up quite short, much to everyone's amusement. Who the hell decided that a 12 scale must be used to measure height?

And apparently I had the title wrong on Nora Ephron's book. It's actually titled I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK. What's interesting is she uses the word hate, quite liberally, when discussing her neck, and various other things she really, really, really didn't like. I'm kind of a wuss when it comes to using the word hate. I must feel quite strongly toward a person, place, or thing to use it. So my taxed brain just replaced the slightly nicer words of the title with her own from the book. Strange how the mind plays tricks like that. 

Anyway, I finished the book. It made me sad. It made me worry about getting older. It's an inevitability that these things will happen - these things, they do 'appen - so I am going into the weekend with great joy and bliss that as of this moment, I do not feel bad about my neck. As a matter of fact, I kind of like my neck. But believe me, I will be slathering it in La Mer from here on out, so we don't run into that problem down the road. That is all. 

Probably time to open some wine. A long working weekend ahead. Happy Friday to you.


Sweet dreams! 

 

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J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of thJoss Walkere literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.

With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Her titles have been optioned for television and published in twenty-eight countries.

J.T. lives with her husband and twin kittens in Nashville, where she is hard at work on her next novel.

10.3.13

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Spent the day working hard on the secret project, which is now done (Hurrah!) and just needs one last look see before it flies away to its temporary northern nest. No idea of word count, probably 2000 today, mostly edits. Fingers and wrists feel rather sore, so maybe more than that. Should have taken note before rather than later. Derp.

Had a nice writerly day with fellow author Jennifer Brooks, some Chinese for lunch, a couple of intense hours writing tails off this afternoon. I like these little mini-retreats. It's fun to get together with friends and work. We're actually quite good at NOT chatting and goofing off.

DH is bringing dinner home, the love. I know there is laundry in the wash, and a research movie that must be watched, but it's 7 now and I'm tempted to wait until tomorrow, watch the last episode of Dexter, and crashola with a book. I am reading I HATE MY NECK by Nora Ephron, which is alternately horrifying and hilarious. 

We'll see. The siren's call of responsibility is hard to resist... 

Sweet dreams! 

 

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J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of thJoss Walkere literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.

With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Her titles have been optioned for television and published in twenty-eight countries.

J.T. lives with her husband and twin kittens in Nashville, where she is hard at work on her next novel.

10.2.13

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Just got word, THE FINAL CUT hit the NYT bestseller list for a second week - how fun is this? We also have winners for the diamond halo necklace contest. From Catherine's Facebook page:

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sweepstakes, as you know, ended last night at midnight. The random drawing is done. Here are results:
THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF THE HALO DIAMOND PENDANT IS
Wanda B. From Benson, N.C.
The 10 Runners-up to receive the imitation diamond key ring and a signed hardcover of THE FINAL CUT:
l) Paula S. from Pueblo, CO.
2) Sherry S. from Clinton, AR.
3) Amy H. from Powell, OH.
4) Michal M. from Debary, FL.
5) Patty K. from Wooster, OH.
6. Patricia C. from Tucson, AZ.
7. Kay W. from Grandville, MI.
8. Robin W. from McHenry, MD.
9. Rashida L. from Chino Hills, CA.
10. Lori Q. from Prattville, AL. 
Adler's will send Wanda B. from Benson, N.C. her exquisite halo diamond pendant.
All you runners-up, please email me at ReadMoi@gmail.com with your home address --
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you! Thanks to all sixteen thousand of you for participating -- 

I wish everyone could have won. It was so great working with Adler's Jewelers on this. I was so in love with their store and the awesome folks down there that I left my rings in New Orleans for a little 19th year tune up, and I feel so freaking NAKED! But I have a great backup wedding ring - the ring Jaime gave Claire in OUTLANDER. 

No, I am not kidding. It's beautiful, and I'm wearing it right now. It's even engraved with "DA MI BASIA MILLE", which you OUTLANDER fans know is a little piece from a love poem by Catullus which is translated by Richard Crenshaw and recited by Jaime in the book:

...Then let amorous kisses dwell
On our lips, begin and tell
A Thousand, and a Hundred, score
An Hundred, and a Thousand more...


Sigh.

Edited another gigantic wad of pages today, did a fun radio interview with the amazing Kim Alexander, had a consultation on the porch we eventually want to build (that's next year's big project) and talked with my new assistant, who will be helping me stay focused on my writing instead of playing online. Hurrah! 

Wicked nasty thunder and lighting dancing about. Off to let my own amorous kisses dwell...

Sweet dreams!  

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J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of thJoss Walkere literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.

With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Her titles have been optioned for television and published in twenty-eight countries.

J.T. lives with her husband and twin kittens in Nashville, where she is hard at work on her next novel.

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J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of thJoss Walkere literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name Joss Walker.

With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Her titles have been optioned for television and published in twenty-eight countries.

J.T. lives with her husband and twin kittens in Nashville, where she is hard at work on her next novel.