Trisha Jones' Blog

    It's almost that time of year again, when my kids are out of school from about the middle of May to the middle of August.     This is when my writing time goes from during the day to during the night. The reasons for the time switch is because one my kids have the wonderful timing to need something while I am having a really good writing session. Two because during the time the kids are out of school we have a lot going on between family day trips, dance performances, and just normal summer activities.     My writing is going a little slow due to having a double ear infection and have had awful headaches. But I am writing as much as I can. I was hoping to have good news to blog about but I have not gotten a request for my manuscript and no acceptance from an agent or publishing house. But I am still trying to find an agent, I want to be traditionally published one day, I just hope it's soon.    I also want to thank you all...

   Spring officially started a little over a week ago, but it's not very spring like everyday. Some days it was really cold and or snowing. Other days were very spring like some sunny some rainy. Today is an overcast windy day and it's suppose to rain this afternoon. Because it springtime again it's time for spring cleaning again. This year hubby and I have started by putting carpet titles down in my kitchen and dining area. Then we pulled all the carpet and padding in the hallway and living room and put wood flooring down.              Then of course the kids were on spring break from school until yesterday ( Tuesday). So while my kids were off school we for eye dr appointments, a dr appointment, and an orthodontist appointment done on top of Easter for my kids. Needless to say I have not gotten much writing done, until Monday. But thus is life of a mother and writer.      I got pretty far in the scene I was working on Mon...

   I was told a while back by more then one author that was able to find an agent that it will be hard. One actually said "you will be able to wall paper our office with the rejection letters before you get an acceptance." But I was not prepared for how hard it has been for me.     I understand it's really hard to find an agent, but I seem to be having a harder time then some other writers. I have never gotten a request for a full copy ot part of a copy of my manuscript, it's kind of discouraging after this long. But I have not given up, I will not give up on my dream.    I was talking to my hubby about a rejection I have gotten resently, when I think I figured out why I am having a harder time then some. I am writing from the monster's point of view,and no other author does that I found. Ok there is one, Ann Rice, she wrote from the vampires's point of view  and technically they are monsters, but they were always people they are now just undead pe...

  last week was weird, Monday and Tuesday the weather was early springish the day Wednesday we had a snow storm that canceled school. The snow was pretty much gone by Thursday which was back to early spring and still is nice today the last day of February.   The weather was not the only thing that was happening. Monday Casper (one of  the rescued hedgehogs I adopted last April) stopped eating and drinking, so I took him to the vet, the only thing wrong was his nails where long so they trimmed them, gave him an antibiotic shot and sent me home with some antibiotics. He ate a little that night but even with me giving him the meds twice a day he did not eat anymore and threw up the water I gave him with a syringe. Thursday I took him back to the vet again, that's when I had to send him over the rainbow bridge. The kids took it hard that Casper would not be around anymore. We all miss him but he is no longer hurting and has all the mealworms he wants.   Since the los...

   I was reading a blog by Tricia Goyer ( http://www.triciagoyer.com/what-is-the-best-book-writing-software/ ) it was about writing software. It got me thinking about all the writing software I used or use. I have not used every writing software out there and what I say about the ones I have used is just my opinion, so please do not change what you like using because I do not care for the software.    I will start with what most PCs have which is notepad. It's good for writing a few quick notes but not too great for writing more then notes. It has no set margins or a word counter. Because of theses issues it makes editing a really pain. In my opinion do not use for more then quick notes.    Next is open office first thing Is you can down load a free version of it. It's good for writing it has margins and they can be changed, you can edit ok with it but the word counter is not acurate at all it counts words, but it also counts spaces and punctuation. In ...

The last few weeks have been kind of stressful for me. First the weather went from semi-nice weather to Oh May Goodiness it's cold. The kids were off school the 15th (Friday) and the 18th(Monday) it snowed here last Tuesday night (1/19/16) so the kids were off Wednesday (1/20/16). I ended up going to the urgent care Thursday (1/21/16) and have been on antibiotics since. So there was not much writing done until this past Saturday (1/23/16). I didn't write yesterday because I was too tired from writing the night before. I did get rejection letters from 4 out of the 6 agents I queried a few weeks ago. It's kind of discourging that none of the agents I have queried over that last several years has not even requested a full or partial manuscript, but I am not giving up. Today so far no writing was done, I have been dealing with personal issues, but I think I can get through them soon. Yes sometimes personal stuff can throw your writing for a loop but as long as you try to wr...

The last weeks has been colder then it has been since winter started this weekend has been the coldest this winter. Yesterday was in the twenties and in some places it snowed, today it has not gotten above fifteen and the wind chill was making it feel like negitive eleven. So it's been a good day to stay inside where it is nice and warm. So today has been a lazy day, other than some house work and chores that needed to be done today. I have tried to get some writing done, but the kids have been a bit hyper being stuck inside so needless to say writing has not been going well today. If it's this cold in the morning I am hoping school is canceled, but I doubt it will be. I am sure th kids will still have practice and I know I will be able to get writing done then no more if I get writing done tomorrow day or not.  Well I better get going the kids will be getting ready for bed soon. Happy reading Happy writing