Campaign group(s)... I am in many!

First off, this is me:



I know, crappy excuse for a Michael Jackson white glove, but it was all I had on hand (no pun intended). It was from a Michael Jackson tribute night my mum and I went to. It was so crap we went back to my place, got my MJ CDs, and headed over to mum's to party on in style. Now that was a tribute! I'm not going to show you the moonwalking videos though.

But none of that was the point of this post. The point was for me to share with you a list of which Groups I joined as part of Rachael Harrie's 3rd Campaign. They are:

• Adult Fiction (All Genres) - group 3
• Contemporary/Mainstream Fiction - group 2
• Science Fiction - group 1
• Romance, (all things) - group 1
• Short Stories
  
• Australian/New Zealand writers
  

Think those'll be enough to keep me busy?!

I think the point I'm trying to make is that what you see above is really just the beginning for me. There aren't any genres I've ever sworn off attempting to write. I have interests in many places. My characters are of varying ages, sometimes depending on what age I am myself at a given point. Some of my characters aren't even people. Some of them aren't human. Most of them are. Some are guys, some are gals. Some are dead and some are alive. Some are currently living only in my head, set to be unleashed in the coming months (hello NaNoWriMo 2011!). In short, I never know what's around the corner, and I love it that way!

Hello to all my fellow Campaigners. I'm pleased to meet you. But now it's your turn: what genres do you write?

A pretty groovy contest! I'd enter if I were you

Gennifer Albin is hosting a pitch contest, and the grand prize? A 50 page partial critique. This one's kind of special though - she's going to print out those 50 pages and hand-write all her advice on it. And then she's going to mail that print-out to you! That is, if you're the winner.

See Gennifer's blog for more details! Go on, I dare ya!

P.S. Yay for the Campaign!! I found Gennifer through it, and without it I would not be sharing this exciting news with you. So I guess we can thank Rachael Harrie, really, can't we? Hehe.

And because I'm in the habit, here's another picture.

It's some detail from a painting I did in high school, one which really highlighted the weirdness that is, on occasion, my mind. ALWAYS wanted a black kitteh!

Another update on 2011 goals

It's been a while since I gave an update. To be honest, it's been a while since I got anything serious done. I have pathetic excuses that I won't even bother to utter because they're just not acceptable!! Suffice it to say though, I'm having fun and enjoying my life a lot! On my paper edit, well for a while there I was managing one chapter a night, but more often than not I don't get that done anymore. I'm up to page 65 or so, out of 188 pages. Other goals on my list can only be achieved after I'm done with my paper edit...so I guess I better get my act together!! On the preliminary read-through/edit of NAUSICAA...not much is happening. No, scrap that. Nothing is happening.

On A'vron's classics book club, nothing is happening, but at least that one's not my fault!

Now, though, onto things I have been doing.

I've been playing my guitar again, and currently I'm learning how to play "Rhythm Is A Dancer" (not just the chords but lead guitar parts, and the bass line). I've also been scanning old photographs from negatives and slides, and writing stories for the Chrysalis Experiment. I've been managing to post at least once a week in this blog, so that's another goal I'm keeping up with. And of course, I've been reading. It's pretty slow going. I'm currently on Jodi Picoult's Second Glance, and I'm enjoying it but I admit at first there were just so many characters and I was getting confused between them all. The central chapters from Cecilia's point of view were a welcome relief. But they also made me realise I should probably start reading the book all over again, to better understand all the interweaving storylines. I'm on page 301 of 420, so getting there. Slowly. But surely.

So there you go. An update, at last.

Crus...I mean, Campaign time!

Earlier this year, Rachael Harrie ran her 2nd Platform Building Crusade, and I was a participant. I found it a REALLY worthwhile (not to mention awesome) experience.

This time around, there's been a name change and instead of Crusaders we are now Campaigners! See Rach's blog for more information on the changes. Meanwhile, I highly recommend that you all sign up for the Campaign! It helps you find new cool blogs to read, gives you a large new network (and smaller, more intimate networks in the form of Groups) and provides you with fun activities you can participate in with your fellow Campaigners.

And look at that pretty badge! Don't you want to flash that around on your blog too?