Well, I've finally pulled myself off my website creater and back into reality. I'm sure my family will be happy! (Laugh) I'm actually pretty disgusted with myself for spending so much time working on my web page when I needed to be writing. After all, it (the website) isn't going to get me published.
My husband made me realize this by making a comment, which I can't remember exactly so I wont try to post it, but in other words--I was really putting the cart before the horse. My daughter goes to daycare for a few hours today so I promise to TRY not to get onto my web page once during that time.
All that aside, I put up videos for a couple of the books and one for an upcoming wip. They are WONDERFUL! (Ok, I'm gonna stop before I get the itch to wander back over to www.kerrimpatterson.com again!)
Actually, I better make this pledge--I WILL NOT get online from 8-12!
:p
Kerri M. Patterson
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Just In Case You Wanted To Know!
Hey,
Just a quick FYI, the site is up and going the way I want it now. There are a few new features you may want to check out. The video is AWESOME!
Also, you may wonder what is up with the Stonehenge image, well, there are a few characters a bit more under my skin of late than usual and they are pretty much demanding that I complete their story--And if you knew Gideon Baine the way I know him . . . . (sigh)
There are still a few teasers, images, and possibly some more videos I would like to get up. Hopefully that will be soon.
Enjoy!
Kerri
Just a quick FYI, the site is up and going the way I want it now. There are a few new features you may want to check out. The video is AWESOME!
Also, you may wonder what is up with the Stonehenge image, well, there are a few characters a bit more under my skin of late than usual and they are pretty much demanding that I complete their story--And if you knew Gideon Baine the way I know him . . . . (sigh)
There are still a few teasers, images, and possibly some more videos I would like to get up. Hopefully that will be soon.
Enjoy!
Kerri
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
OcToBeR!!!
Hello everyone!
This month I've gotten my stuff together a little more and I wanted to blog a little on goal setting for this month's post. I've actually been pretty excited about it since I came up with the idea to have a planned post for each month.
Goal setting is important in many aspects, no one needs me to tell them that. Whether your goal is to finish cleaning house or write 2,000 words on your latest novel :) everyone needs a goal. It sets a momentum and gives purpose. Goals motivate us.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood . . . Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.-Daniel H. Burnham
That quote stuck in my mind until I was convinced that I had to add it in this blog. I find it very true for myself. If my goals are small, I tend to give them less attention and push them to the side. For my latest WIP (because it has all come at me so fast) I've set my goal to be finished with my rough-draft before my husband returns from his field time the first week in November. I had originally hoped to be done by the end of this month, but with my daughter's birthday and my parent's trip to see us, I simply haven't had the time. This means 5 chapters completed before the 19th and 2 a day after the 27th. Today my goal was to finish chapter 15. It didn't happen, but I have determination and a goal. If I hadn't made that goal for myself I wouldn't have gotten in the 500 words that I did manage to find the time for. Point being, it's ok not to meet a goal. You won't ALWAYS be able to, but if there is nothing to strive for you are less likely to succeed.
My advise to other writers is this, set a daily goal for yourself and a time where you can reasonably complete it. You may have to get up earlier than usual to do this or use part of a lunch break. Myself, I used to get up at 4:30 A.M. and work until my daughter woke up at 7:30ish, then I would use her nap time to write and after she went to bed too. However, that was while my husband was deployed. Now life had changed somewhat. I've set a goal to get back into those habits. Hopefully soon, but until then, writing during naptime works. But knowing what I need to do to complete my utmost goal (becoming a published author) is important to achieving it.
Also, break a complex or large goal down into smaller goals. For example, my WIP has 40 chapters, tentatively. I've broken the WIP down into four stages for my characters to complete, to keep myself from becoming overwhelmed. Also, I find that if I concentrate on one stage at a time I get alot more out of my scenes.
Reading is another motivator I would like to mention. Read, read, read. I find that when I read, whether it is another novel or an authors blog, I get more motivated than when I haven't read.
So, my goal for the next month is to finish my rough draft. What is yours?
Join me next month for my blog on being a NOP or a OP and find out which I am!
Have a Happy Halloween!
-Kerri M. Patterson
This month I've gotten my stuff together a little more and I wanted to blog a little on goal setting for this month's post. I've actually been pretty excited about it since I came up with the idea to have a planned post for each month.
Goal setting is important in many aspects, no one needs me to tell them that. Whether your goal is to finish cleaning house or write 2,000 words on your latest novel :) everyone needs a goal. It sets a momentum and gives purpose. Goals motivate us.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood . . . Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.-Daniel H. Burnham
That quote stuck in my mind until I was convinced that I had to add it in this blog. I find it very true for myself. If my goals are small, I tend to give them less attention and push them to the side. For my latest WIP (because it has all come at me so fast) I've set my goal to be finished with my rough-draft before my husband returns from his field time the first week in November. I had originally hoped to be done by the end of this month, but with my daughter's birthday and my parent's trip to see us, I simply haven't had the time. This means 5 chapters completed before the 19th and 2 a day after the 27th. Today my goal was to finish chapter 15. It didn't happen, but I have determination and a goal. If I hadn't made that goal for myself I wouldn't have gotten in the 500 words that I did manage to find the time for. Point being, it's ok not to meet a goal. You won't ALWAYS be able to, but if there is nothing to strive for you are less likely to succeed.
My advise to other writers is this, set a daily goal for yourself and a time where you can reasonably complete it. You may have to get up earlier than usual to do this or use part of a lunch break. Myself, I used to get up at 4:30 A.M. and work until my daughter woke up at 7:30ish, then I would use her nap time to write and after she went to bed too. However, that was while my husband was deployed. Now life had changed somewhat. I've set a goal to get back into those habits. Hopefully soon, but until then, writing during naptime works. But knowing what I need to do to complete my utmost goal (becoming a published author) is important to achieving it.
Also, break a complex or large goal down into smaller goals. For example, my WIP has 40 chapters, tentatively. I've broken the WIP down into four stages for my characters to complete, to keep myself from becoming overwhelmed. Also, I find that if I concentrate on one stage at a time I get alot more out of my scenes.
Reading is another motivator I would like to mention. Read, read, read. I find that when I read, whether it is another novel or an authors blog, I get more motivated than when I haven't read.
So, my goal for the next month is to finish my rough draft. What is yours?
Join me next month for my blog on being a NOP or a OP and find out which I am!
Have a Happy Halloween!
-Kerri M. Patterson
Monday, September 27, 2010
Late September News . . . .
This month has been very productive. I began Fiery Temptation on the 8th and I'm ready to begin my rough draft of Chapter 15 tomorrow! I am excited because this is the fastest I've ever written and gotten a book out. I am roughly at 28,000 words and expect to finish the rough draft by the end of next month.
Another plus to this month has been in getting set up with Amazon's 'Inside the Book' program. I only have to get the pdf. formatted copy of Love After All from Authorhouse before I can submit, which will take a day or two.
I hope before the end of next month I can squeeze in some time for updating the website and maybe making some additions to it. Until then, check back for updates!
Kerri
Another plus to this month has been in getting set up with Amazon's 'Inside the Book' program. I only have to get the pdf. formatted copy of Love After All from Authorhouse before I can submit, which will take a day or two.
I hope before the end of next month I can squeeze in some time for updating the website and maybe making some additions to it. Until then, check back for updates!
Kerri
Monday, September 13, 2010
Welcome!
Thank you for checking out my blog! I hope you stopped by my new website, http://www.kerrimpatterson.com/ too! If you haven't, check it out. I am very excited to own my own domain now.
Presently I am waiting to hear back from Noble Romance on Burning Desire, my fourth manuscript, and keeping my fingers crossed from what I have heard so far! It's very exciting and keeping me on the edge of my seat while I check my email a hundred times a day (no kidding)! I have also just started on my fifth novel, Fiery Temptation. This WIP is different, and special, because it is my first historical set in the early Medieval Age.
I will post any special announcements as they come, otherwise look for a new blog at least once a month. So until then!
-Kerri
Presently I am waiting to hear back from Noble Romance on Burning Desire, my fourth manuscript, and keeping my fingers crossed from what I have heard so far! It's very exciting and keeping me on the edge of my seat while I check my email a hundred times a day (no kidding)! I have also just started on my fifth novel, Fiery Temptation. This WIP is different, and special, because it is my first historical set in the early Medieval Age.
I will post any special announcements as they come, otherwise look for a new blog at least once a month. So until then!
-Kerri
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