Monday, April 8, 2013
☆CELEBRATING GOOD NEWS and GOOD PEOPLE!☆
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Lola Sharp |
Hello Friends,
There's really very little I love more than celebrating good publishing news of my friends...
and TODAY, someone most of you know (and everyone should know, because she's sweet and kind and thoughtful) has some VERY GOOD NEWS!!!
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| Christina deserves this most excellent news! |
I'm lucky enough to have read it...and GUYS, YOU WANT TO READ IT! The male love interest? *SWOON!*
So, click on her name and go hear all about her journey straight from her! Give her lots of love and glitter cannons and sky writing and parades and such!!
Congrats Xtina!!!! ;)
Love,
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Veronica Mars MOVIE!!!! WE can help make this happen!
Hello Friends,
YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!! *fans self* Unless you're hiding under a rock, you probably already know this...buuuut, just in case you are under said rock:
VERONICA MARS WILL BE finally MAKING A MOVIE! Logan Echolls on the big screen! Witty repartee!
This can be ours...
IF WE ALL HELP.
This is the biggest (and BEST) film Kickstarter ever attempted. PLEASE go pledge. There are wonderful pledge gifts for $25 donations and up, but even a single little dollar helps.
I'm EXCITED, people.
I backed it for $100, but like I said, even $1 or $10 helps.
Love,
Thursday, January 3, 2013
☆ Happy New Year! ☆
Hello Friends,
Happy '13!
I hope this finds you off to a delightful start to 2013. (Holy crap, 2013! Shouldn't we be riding around in flying cars by now??)
I am rather fond of shiny new years. They're so ripe and plump with possibility.
I spent the last few days working on my 2013 Writer Goals.
I'd like to share some of them with you:
1) Continue to support and be a light for my fellow authors and writers. This is a tough biz, and I want to help keep friends and fellow writers focused on the creative, fun part...and help support the business part. I will strive to keep people positive and inspired. Writing and reading is pure imagination and magic. I want to help my fellow writer friends keep that magic that alive, especially when the sparkle feels like it's dulling.
a) And, likewise, I vow to surround myself only with those who do the same (for others and for me).
Cultivating and supporting good, true friends in this business is crucial. I shall strive to do my part.
To that end, I want to apologize for being The Worst Blogger In All The Land.
I had little to say in '12 on here that I couldn't say in less than 140 characters on The Twitter. I've been trying to save all my writing words and creativity for writing books, and critiquing for friends.
Now that the calendar has rolled over to a spanky new year, I've made a commitment to refurbish my blog and relaunch with a shiny new look. I promise good things. I have a plan. *twirls mustache*
The goal is to have this up and ready by the end of the month, or early Feb.
3) Revise the two novels I drafted in '12.
4) Exercise daily. Eat cleaner. Why? Writing is sedentary. I have severe asthma. This is not good. Also, I love animals, and this planet, so I am trying not to eat meat. Our dairy products and eggs are all organic and from free-range farms. Our fruits and veggies are all organic. I want to do better, for my health, for our planet's health.
(No, I am not going to give up Doritos. Or chocolate cake. Ain't gonna happen.)
There's more, but I won't bore you with any more.
Anyway, I sincerely wish you a marvelous, healthy, creative, love-filled year.
Please know that I am grateful for you.
What are YOUR top goals for this sparkly new year?
Lola
2) Be a better blogger in '13.
To that end, I want to apologize for being The Worst Blogger In All The Land.
I had little to say in '12 on here that I couldn't say in less than 140 characters on The Twitter. I've been trying to save all my writing words and creativity for writing books, and critiquing for friends.
Now that the calendar has rolled over to a spanky new year, I've made a commitment to refurbish my blog and relaunch with a shiny new look. I promise good things. I have a plan. *twirls mustache*
The goal is to have this up and ready by the end of the month, or early Feb.
3) Revise the two novels I drafted in '12.
4) Exercise daily. Eat cleaner. Why? Writing is sedentary. I have severe asthma. This is not good. Also, I love animals, and this planet, so I am trying not to eat meat. Our dairy products and eggs are all organic and from free-range farms. Our fruits and veggies are all organic. I want to do better, for my health, for our planet's health.
(No, I am not going to give up Doritos. Or chocolate cake. Ain't gonna happen.)
There's more, but I won't bore you with any more.
Anyway, I sincerely wish you a marvelous, healthy, creative, love-filled year.
Please know that I am grateful for you.
What are YOUR top goals for this sparkly new year?
Love,
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
I'm Alive, and My Nanowrimo Action Plan
Hello Friends,
How are you?
I want to THANK so many of you lovely people for checking in on me during Sandy.
Yes, we were a direct hit...and there was some minor house damage, etc., but I am fine, my little family is fine.
I hope all of YOU are well, safe, healthy. Those of you also affected by Sandy, my thoughts are with you. *warm hugs*
Okay, moving on to Nanowrimo!
Are you participating this year? I am. (you can buddy me at: the-sharp-pen)
I have won Nano every year for the last several years and have found what works for me.
But since writing processes are different for every writer (there is no one right way), I have shared helpful TIPS FOR CARVING OUT PRECIOUS WRITING TIME, especially for those of us with busy families.
(these tips are also useful for writing on deadlines)
You can see my Nano-Success tips HERE.
But the REAL secret?
So, what are YOU doing to prepare?
WRITE BRAVELY!
Love,
Friday, October 12, 2012
Where in The World Is Lola?
Hello Friends,
The Kindness Project has its very own blog now! Today I'm posting over there, please stop by.
Have a magical weekend!
Love,
Lola
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
This, That, and a Winner
Hello Friends,
So, words.
Words. Writing. Characters. Story. Setting. Atmosphere.
These are things I (and probably you, if you're here) spend a lot of time thinking about, playing with, examining in different light, noting the feel of a word in my mouth, on my tongue, the taste and texture of it.
It's a weird and complicated existence, this writerly life. There's often a selfish kind of madness to it. Our spouses and children and friends are often unable to understand, perhaps even hurt by, our need to sequester ourselves.
Sometimes I think (fear!) there's something wrong with me, because even some of my writer friends don't understand my need to get EVERY single thing right.
I watch them query too soon, time and time again. I watch them turn things into their agents WAY too soon, ignoring feedback or only making only quick surface fixes. I read far too many published books I purchased off the shelves of my B & N that clearly needed more time in the oven.
'Good is the enemy of great' is a deep truth to me when it comes to my writing.
(Not so much when it comes to cleaning or cooking or, hell, even personal hygiene.)
Anyway, I'm not really going anywhere with this.
Except, if you feel similarly, you will enjoy THIS BRILLIANT POST.
So many feels, y'all.
***
The Winner to my Raven Boys ARC Giveaway is: Kelly Polark!!
CONGRATS KELLY! I will get it out to you this week.
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STAY TUNED: I will be giving away more pretty ARCs very soon. Perhaps this week and/or next.
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How are you? How is your writing going?
Love,
Lola
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
ARC Giveaway-- THE RAVEN BOYS
Hello Friends,
Who wants to win an ARC of Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys? Because I am giving one away!
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| Comes out Sept. 18th |
The Official Blurb:
Blue Sargent, the daughter of the town psychic in Henrietta, Virginia, has been told for as long as she can remember that if she ever kisses her true love, he will die. But she is too practical to believe in things like true love. Her policy is to stay away from the rich boys at the prestigious Aglionby Academy. The boys there — known as Raven Boys — can only mean trouble.
All you have to do to enter to win is follow my blog (so I can see your little avatar in my Google Friend Connect) and leave me a comment on this post letting me know you want to be entered (and your email address so I can let the winner know they won). = 1 entry.
If you want extra entries you can:
Follow me on Twitter (@LolaSharp)--1
Tweet about this giveaway--2
(please include links and total entries in the comments)
This giveaway is international and ends at midnight August 17th.
Good luck!
Love,
Lola
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- My name is Lola. (I'm not a showgirl) Yes, L-O-L-A Lola. It's the least of my worries. Let's move on, shall we? This blog is mostly about my misadventures on the journey to publication and beyond. My passion for lush prose, quirky characters, art, music, literature, performing arts and anything creative will be a major theme here. This journey of mine will not always be pretty. Much like rubbernecking a train wreck, I know sometimes you just can't help but look at the carnage that is often my life. So strap on your neck brace, helmet and 5-point harness and come along for the ride! Licentia poetica.
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