Today, the family loaded up and participated in a local race for charity. Nick–well, he did the hard-core, real part of the race, while me and Jack and my friend Ashley did the “fun” run portion of the race. Cause running is supposed to be fun, right?

And how are you spending your Saturday? Doing anything exciting?

Okay, well, no, I’m not really, though I do think the man is wicked cool.

But, while I am not, in fact, Stephen King, I do share the man’s writing style.

Nick sent me this interesting link to the “7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers.”

Wanna know Stephen’s method? It seems he writes ten pages a day, every day. Holidays included. That is so me. I’ve found that the ten pages a day schedule works very well for me. So I set that as my goal, and within two months, I have a finished manuscript. (The manuscript still has to be polished and edited, but the rough draft is finished.)

According to the article, Hemingway wrote 500 words a day. Truman Capote was a “completely horizontal writer” (yeah, check out the article for an explanation on that!), and James Joyce once wrote three sentences–and counted that work as a good writing day.

We all have our methods. If you’re a writer–what’s yours?

Have a great Friday! If you’re in the path of Ike, stay safe.

Anya Bast is running one seriously sweet contest on her blog! She’s giving away awesome prizes–and some seriously cool books (and I’m not just saying they are cool b/c she’s giving away some of mine; they really are cool!).

I recently held a newsletter only ARC contest (see, this is totally why you should subscribe to my newsletter).  When I sent out my August newsletter, subscribers were given the chance to enter a contest to win an autographed Advanced Reader Copy of MIDNIGHT SINS.  🙂  And today is the day that I get to announce the winners!

The Advanced Reader Copies will be shipped to:  Christy and Larena W.  (Quick note, there were a few Christy’s who entered–I emailed the winners just a few moments ago to cut down on the Christy confusion.)   Congrats, Christy and Larena!

And if you didn’t win, don’t worry–more contests will be coming!  Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who entered my newsletter contest.  This was, by far, the biggest contest response I’ve ever received.  Thank you.

I absolutely love it when my friends have good news to share–and two of my writing friends have some fantastic news to share, so I thought I’d mention them today.  🙂

Now, I did mention Edie yesterday, but her news is so hugely awesome that I wanted to mention it again.  Edie Ramer is one of the finalists in the American Title contest, sponsored by the Romantic Times. Her entry is titled DEAD PEOPLE (I love that!). Congrats, Edie!!

And my second friend with some great news?  Manda Collins.  I met Manda through my local writing chapter, and, at our last meeting, Manda announced that she has signed with Holly Root of the Waxman Literary Agency.  Yay, Manda!

Starting the day with good news just feels…good.  So, hey, if you’ve got some news to share, post away!

(And, just a quick reminder–I’ll be chatting at Coffee Time Romance tonight with Jacquelyn Frank and Stella Price. The chat starts at 9 p.m. Eastern–if you have a chance, stop by!)