Well more people read this blog rather than the other one…
So yes I found a publisher for my book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see my Naomi to come to life in print!!!!
I just though I would share that!!!
Archive for the 'book' Category
04
Dec
08
Getting Published!!!!
11
Sep
08
New Blog
I am officaially happy with my new blog.
I have a link to it and the chapters of my book in my blogroll
Hope you like!
11
Sep
08
What I am reading
Because I go through books faster than candy…
So here is a link to what i am reading…
This is a page from the new blog I am setting up…
http://lifewithnaomi.wordpress.com/reading/
And just to let you know the current book is Chuck Palahniuk’s Snuff
I’ll be done with it by bed time though…
10
Sep
08
Life With Naomi
I am working on a second blog called “Life With Naomi.” It is where I am going to showcase my writting.
This blog has always been a place where I have my personal rants and odd pics that I love.
So I thought a second blog for just my writing is better. This will remain my place of random insanity… I am not quite done getting the other blog ready so I have not yet posted a link to it. When I am happy with it I will link to it.
05
Sep
08
a little bit of rewriting…
So i have been reading Miss Snark’s blog, and have learns allot so far and I am not even half way through it yet. This has me thinking. I have already revised my query letters, and now I am thinking about rewritting my first few pages… Well I have but it is currently saved sepratly…
I am asking a few of my friends to read the rewrite… to be honest i can not tell wich is better… I have tried to keep miss snark’s advice in mind as I worked on it… Like I said I am not even halfway through her blog (i have been reading from the start…) I am so sad that I found her after she hung up the blog…
Now I am working on synopsis writing… I am learning about the format and hints and tips for that. I am also learning about Freelance coversheets… well i guess I am off to read some Snark before I work on the synopsis…
26
Aug
08
Miss Snark the Literary Agent
Sadly I found this blog after she retired it….
Have a look at it your self! Really good read! Miss Snark the literary agent Miss Snark really makes me giggle and i am learning allot from her!
So I am going through the archives of her blog… I started reading it from the start…
This post made me smile…
After reading this I smiled… I own maybe 4 books…
Memories of a ghesha
American Pshyco
Siddartha
and some book I may never read…
I borrow books and I give them away as fast I buy them. I also have this thing about used books… I much prefer a used book over a new one… it just feels more loved that way…
As for the state of my books…
Siddartha is on loan to my lover…. I am even ok if he keeps it…
Memories of a Ghesha… Anyone want it? It is a good book…
American Psycho…. MINE I want to keep this one….
the one I’ll never read… I keep it by my bed with some books I borrowed for the day I really run out of things to read…
hmmmm just food for thought….
26
Aug
08
The Tribe And research
ok so I have been dragged into a TV show called the The Tribe. My Flatmate is really into it and now I am engrossed in Series 3. It is an odd show and I love it…
Well I am not the type of person who can just sit and watch TV and do nothing else… So I am sitting here watching the show with my tablet pc in my lap reading agent blogs and researching things to improve my writing, and my chances for getting an agent… Praise be to the Blogosphere!
I hope I learn enough to land me an agent… 
And I feel productive and lazy at the same time!!!!!
I have sent out the first round of Query letters to agents…
I know I have to sent out allot of letter for that one “yes”
So I have started getting the rejection letters in… I am surprised by the fact that it is not as bad as I feared…
In fact one was a very sweet personal letter, rather than the form letter style. He said that he was very interested in my book, but just did not have the room for it now.
So although no one has said yes yet… No one has told me I am wasting my time either.
19
Aug
08
Some things I have written
I made a new page for the different things I have written… Some of this stuff used to be on the page about my book, but I want to try to keep that page about the book only. I am not even including the stuff from the second book on there.
After I have more done of book 2 it will get it’s own page. This is all stuff that is already in my blog but set up so it is easier for me and others to find.
Some Things I have Written
I am in a weird mood today and just have the need to orgainze things… before doing this I fixed up all of my notes for Book 2 and retyped up some of my lists…
I have started the second book when i was about half way thought the line edit of Life After Naomi. Mind you it is mostly notes, and ideas of what should happen.
When I wrote the first book I did not just sit down and write it. I sat down and wrote short stories and fragments and later weaved them all together into one story. I keep the over all goal of the story in mind as I write the fragments mind you but I guess it just seems less intimidating to weave a bunch of bits and pieces together than to write a book.
So of coarse this is the same way I have started the second book. I do not even have a complete chapter for it but I have a about 2,000 words. Mind you this is all very rough draft of it all. Well I wanted to post one of these fragments. Most likely this will end up a rant, but it may just be a soliloquy by Naomi. Regardless I hope you like this:
Looking For Home
I have spent much of my life in search for “home.” What ever home is? Nowhere I have ever been has had the feeling one should get from the idea of home. Well I guess that is a lie, I have felt at home for a moment. Like so many other things one finds in the moment though, it never lasts long enough. That makes it worse for once it is gone, because I long for it even more. It is when I am sad, or lonely that I miss it the most. To many times have I found myself sitting in the tub, with tears running down my face whispering, “I want to go home.” I never realize until I have said this that the words were even in my thoughts. My next is always, “Where is home?”
This is where it gets hard for me, and the simple tears turn to light sobs. Many images enter my mind when I ask myself this question. The first is always running in the Painted Desert in Arizona. After that comes the arms of the hand full of lovers who made me happiest. There are only three men who have made me feel at home in their arms. What a wonderful moment I had when I felt that way. I think those are some of the happiest moments of my life. To finally after so much searching feel like I found where I belong. The problem is I never get to stay long. Sometimes I am the one who pulls away, but more often than not I am pushed away, or even drug away by something out of my power.
Maybe I am just looking for a place to fit in more than anything. I like not conforming to mainstream society, but at the same time, the little island who is truly is an individual is a lonely place indeed. What I need is a man who can catch the wind in his grasp and a man who makes me feel at home in his arms. He must be able to keep me with out making me feel trapped, and give me home, not a cell.
I doubt I will find such a thing, at least, not for more than a moment. I just want to go home, some one point me in that direction… please. I am tired of wondering around in the mess of my mind, I am tired of lost, and alone. I know I will never be able to stay still though. I need to find a home as ethereal as me. Is there such a thing?
