Love my friends

There are times when I'm in the middle of a short story and lose my way. It's normally when the original concept came to me weeks before I've gotten around to writing the story. The story doesn't just come to me. I have to find it. One thing that helps me relocate the story are my male friends. I have one female friend whom I'm really close to and two guys. My 3 besties. My girl helps me with researching, editing, and almost everything involved in my novel. The work we've helped each other with in character development is amazing.

My guys help me with my short stories. I really appreciate them letting me ask them crazy questions so that I am able to get a male perspective on my stories. I'll randomly call them and ask weird questions. They're used to it so they just answer and keep it moving. Lol. But it's really helpful when I'm trying to visualize a scene and can't seem to describe it just right. They'll suggest a slight change in posture and it works with exactly what I was going for. Being able to talk it out when I'm stuck has really helped me get through some of my short stories. This is one that one of my guys helped me with a few weeks ago.

http://www.blerotica.com/Stories/DontHangUp.html

I snuck out of my house and used a spare key to get into a friend's house on Sunday night. I literally wrote for hours. When my friends came home, I got hugs and kisses and then I was left alone to work. I was in heaven! I wrote 3 and a half short stories before packing up and heading home. It was a wonderfully productive night and I felt great!

Solitude and quiet are a writer's best friend.

Deep sigh....

So, I failed to anticipate that my erratic work schedule would interfere with 30/30. I'm already behind and have barely even begun. I can get off work anywhere between 11pm and 3am. As a result, I have horrible sleep habits and no daily schedule that I can plan around.

How can I fix this to get back on track with 30/30? Get out of my house (which is also full of people and distractions) go some place quiet and write. That is my plan for this weekend. I'm hoping to do this Saturday and Sunday so that I will catch up with what I should have written this week and get a jump start on next week.

My quiet place may end up being the library. I thought of going to a friend's house as he and his roommate are rarely home and their house is usually pretty quiet. Changed my mind as he is my bestie and his roommate and I have gotten pretty close. If either one of them comes home, I will get absolutely no work done.

I'll update Sunday night/Monday morning with my weekend results!

30/30

Wow. It's been a long time since I've posted here. I haven't even been keeping up with my natural hair blog like I was before.

What I'm working on right now is a challenge but not a very hard one. Either I do it or I don't. I've planned to write and post 30 short stories in the next 30 days for on THOB. I'm off to a good start. I posted 2 stories tonight and hope to do another before work tomorrow night.

Since these are shorts, I can write them fairly quickly and I've made a list of topics so I don't waste time struggling to come up with concepts. That's pretty good for me b/c planning ahead when I write isn't something I normally do. (yeah, I know that bad but that's just me.) I'm pretty excited about doing this and hope that with this and some marketing, I can bring more readers to my site. Consistent vistors would be great too.

I've just created a Facebook page for THOB which I've already started using to let readers know about 30/30. I'm also going to be posting "status" updates on all social networks I belong to to attract readers that way. And of course, word of mouth so I'll just be telling a lot of pple. Hope this works out well.

Okay, so I completely failed at NaNoWriMo. Aside from the one day I wrote, the only other progression made was writing an outline. That is extremely unusual for me. What I did write was horrible and to be honest, I wasn't even feeling the outline too much.

After some thought and a discussion with MSatch, I was able to figure it out. This story is BORING! There is nothing spectacular and great and page turning and don't want to even put this book down exciting about this story. It needs something to make it great and I don't know what that is yet.

I felt like in the natural progression of my characters that this story should be next in line. All of my characters are connected in some way. I felt that in order for the reader to get to know these people and want to read about their lives that I would need to write their stories in a particular order. But MSatch pointed something out to me, people don't buy books in order! And I'm thinking as long as the connection is clear, the reader won't care about the order.

So, I'm going to get over this obsession with order and focus on the writing. There are plenty of other stories that I've outlined that are ready to be written. Why hold myself up because I wanted this story to be 2nd and it's not ready?

Featured this month

Featured this month at The House of Blerotica is the latest story I've written entitled Arousal.

Check it out and let me know what you think. Visit the "Contact Us" page to sign my guestbook, leave feedback and contact me via email.

NaNoWriMo update

Well....I'm doing well. lol! This was already a novel I was having trouble getting back started on but putting this short time frame to it is the pits.

My main problem is finding the time and motivation to work on it. Today is the first day I've written anything. Sad to say, I'm not impressed by what I've written. It feels really dry and uninteresting. I'm in this weird place of I want to write but don't know what to write. Not like I'm blocked but I just don't know what to say and how this story should go. I didn't think this was going to be difficult to write.

It could be that lack of sleep is keeping me from being able to creatively focus. Last night was the only night I've slept well all week and that's because I slept at my bestie's house instead of my own.

So remedies for this situation: I'm going to write an outline ASAP. I've never needed one so early in a novel. Not sure if that's good or bad but I won't be able to write another word without one.

Challenge

I was introduced to a writing challenged. It's been around for years and is held every November. It's a month long challenge to write a novel in one month. The name of this event: Nation Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo).

Although a bit nervous about taking on a task such as this, I'm excited because it's going to give me a chance to push myself and write under a deadline. Also, it will give me a serious jumpstart on my next novel. Well, actually, I've started writing some of it but not very much at all. I don't intend to write this with the mindset that it is a completely written work. It's will be an extremely rough first draft. I don't even have a detailed outline written.

I guess this seems like a pending disaster without an outline but maybe this will be my outline! LOL! Either way, this will be a pretty fun challenge and I'm excited to start writing.

Update

Okay so as promised, here is the link to MSatch's story: Every Thursday. Go read and leave her some comments!

Research

I'm trying to research some things about website advertising, publishing and looking for forums that I can post comments on (only b/c I want to use my web address as the signature which will hopefully generate some interest). All of this is overwhelming. I don't really know where to start and there is so much stupid info out there that I don't know what sites are even worth looking at.

How do I begin to weed out the bs from the truth?

Dancing in the streets...

for MSatch. My best friend and a brilliant writer of chic lit. She sent a short story off to an online magazine who loves and will be publishing it. She even got a paycheck!

Unfortunately, I'll have to take the story off of THOB but that's not that big of a deal. She's moving forward and I'll be happy to relinquish the story.

I'll post the link to her publication as soon as I get it. In the meantime, check out more of her writing in the Oh the Drama section of THOB.

The business

Clearly need to do more to promote my website but I don't know what to do. I've never been very "business-minded." I guess I'm more of the let me lock myself in a room to write, pass the manuscript under the door and start writing another, while someone else takes care of the rest.

That's bad. But I just don't have what it takes to do the business stuff. I need someone to swoop in and take over the site and get my work noticed by more people. I'm feeling very unhappy with the lack of career I have. Have to make changes. What do I do?

Feeling myself while I suffer for my art

So I said before that I was getting a lot of creative energy flowing and I was loving it because it has me writing and producting ideas like crazy. I've figured out why I'm feeling so creative. I'm an erotic person, hence my love for erotic literature. I have been going through a slight drought due to my standards of not sleeping with just anything. I have standards that I proudly adhere to.

Lack of sex = always horny
Always horny = always thinking about sex
Alwyas thinking about sex = a lot of creatively erotic thoughts

I could proactively go out and get my itch scratched but I'm enjoying channeling this energy into my work. Actually, I love channeling this energy. I think for now, I'll just let the flow continue.....but damn, this itch is something terrible.

So many thoughts...

and they are all so erotic. I have been flooded with the urge to write and so much of it is hitting me at once. I've started writing quite a few things over the past couple of days, as well as making notes to myself about a bunch of other stuff. I love when this happens because I get so many ideas. The only draw back is so much is hitting me, I can't stay focused on one idea long enough to get more than a few paragraphs, some times only sentences, written down before I have a completely different thought to jot down. I can't even be upset about that though because I'm so in love with writing and getting new ideas. It's 5:17am and I'm about to force myself to go to bed and stop writing.

I did, however, manage to write this one peice in about ten minutes. I think I was only able to finish because I wrote it so fast. Anywho...check this out: Arousal

The Key

I gave the key to my heart to the one whom I thought deserved it.
I was devastated when he walked away with it.
I thought I'd lost it forever....
God advised me that I'd never had the key,
He'd given it to the who deserves it long ago.
He will be the only one to unlock my heart and free my soul....

Tickle Me Tuesday

I've decided to add something a little new to the blog called Tickle Me Tuesday. You will get a sampling of a HOB story. Just enough to tickle your fancy and give you that wonderful tingling sensation.

Here's your first Tickle..

Dining Out

I didn't want to go out but he insisted. He brought me to my favorite restaurant so I couldn't complain. It had been months since the last time we'd been here. I loved the romantic atmosphere. The low lights, soft music, secluded booths draped in burgundy table cloths. It always felt like we were the only ones dining even when every table was occupied.

He was looking good in his casual attire. A tan, long-sleeved knit shirt that hugged his muscular arms and chest. Dark brown khakis and loafers the same color. The colors looked good against his dark skin. The deep waves in his low-cut were perfect as always. He looked directly into my eyes and smiled. My heart melted. Everything about this man was beautiful.

I slid into the booth first, holding the cotton fabric of my red sundress so that it wouldn't trail behind me. The low-cut gave him a good view of the breasts he loved to play with. He sat beside me and wrapped his arm around me.

"Isn't this better than sitting in the house eating pizza?"

"That's not all I wanted to do in the house." I winked at him.

"What else did you have in mind?" he asked smiling.

I placed my hand on his thigh and asked, "What do you think?"

His smile got bigger. "So that's what we're doing after dinner?"

"We'll see."

The waiter brought menus and took our drink orders. As the waiter walked away, I started caressing his thigh. He smiled at me. My hand moved higher and he frowned a little bit.

"What you doing down there?"

"Nothing." I smiled innocently. My hand moved higher and rested on his crotch. He shifted his hips and looked around nervously. I started massaging his crotch. His penis started pulsating against my hand, getting harder with each throb.

"Stop playing," he said in a low voice.

"I'm not playing." I continued to massage the thick bulge in his slacks. I opened the menu with my free hand and started reviewing the selections. "The shrimp scampi looks good."

He opened his menu and stared at it but didn't comment.

"What are you going to get?" I asked. I squeezed his hard flesh.


He cleared his throat before saying, "I'm not sure."

"You always get the same thing." I stopped teasing him and he sighed loudly. I laughed to myself, he thought I was finished. I pulled down his zipper.

He grabbed my wrist, "For real, baby. Stop playing."

I ignored him and shoved my hand into his pants. He rarely wore underwear so there wasn't any other clothing to maneuver around. I wrapped my fingers around his silky smooth, hard flesh. His jaw flexed as his clenched his teeth. I moved my hand slowly up and down his shaft. He looked down at the menu as if it were the most interesting thing in the world. I circled my thumb over the head, smearing the precum that had leaked out. He grunted. I pulled my hand out of his pants, bring his penis with me. I let him go and brought my thumb to my lips. I looked at him as I sucked his precum off my thumb. His mouth dropped open.

Want more?

Progress

I just posted the new story I wrote entitled Loan Shark. Some of the changes from "The Creator" to "The Madam" have been done. I changed the wording on the site, now, I just need to rewrite the bio to make it flow with the changes.

In other HOB news, I am STILL trying to write these 2 series for the site. I was working on one the other day but hit a wall. Not writer's block. Somehow, I've lost part of what I wrote. I have a tendency to write things in numerous places. My laptop, phone and a few notebooks. I distinctly remember writing a section of the story but have no idea where it is. I know I had to have written it because I've written a lot after that section. I looked for a few days but to no avail. So, I kept writing where I left off. I'll go back and fill in the blank. I intended to get a lot more of it done this weekend but there was so much going on. I will work hard to finish this story before this weekend hits.

Finally....

got the power cord for my laptop! Yay me! Now I'll be able to update The House of Blerotica. I need to add a new short story. Actually, I'll probably add two. I will also make the changes I talked about before, however, I think that will also call for a change to the info I have on that page.

Also, now that I have my laptop back, I'm going to start work on another novel. Yes, I could have done it on the other computer but somehow, I feel more comfortable writing when I have my own. Well, either on my laptop or on my wonderful Windows Mobile phone. (I used the phone for most of the writing I did while my laptop was down.)

Okay, enough of my random 5am, just getting home from work posting. But I'll be sure to update once I've gotten some of the changes and additions done to the website.

I'm bummed

Well, only a little. I've written a cool short story. It's about a woman with the power to make a man cry at her feet and fear for their lives. If I knew more about the profession I created for her, I'd be tempted to make it a full length novel. Anywho, I wrote it and want to post it on my website.

So why haven't I just posted it? My personal laptop is DEAD. Okay, that's a bit dramatic. I broke my power cord, the battery is dead, and I have yet to be able to scrape the funds together for a new one. Because of this, I've been sharing a computer which does not have the software to update my website. *sigh*

I also want to change some things on the website. Like instead of calling myself The Creator, I'm thinking of calling myself "The Madam." Isn't that cool? Well, I think it is. For those of you who don't know, a madame is the proprietor/owner/pimp of a brothel (whore house). Granted, I'm not pimping out girls, but I am giving the masses access to a house of sex, adventure, excitement and so much more. And I just think "Madam Renise B of The House of Blerotica" sounds sexy and enticing.

Have to get a new power cord asap!

the smooth melodic tempo of his heart Serenaded my soul,
while the sensual rhythmic beats of his intellectual cadence Seduced my mind

maybe with Jesus as my DJ and God his Producer,
his song will be remixed with my Neo-Soul.
it could be the most beautiful song only we can hear
we'll dance until they say the song is over