Weekend update

January 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Things that happened in real life:

Melissa and I took the kids to shul for Pajama Havdala. They made candles and art projects, had snacks and generally ran around having a good old time.

I really started getting back on the running train. The had an injured hip for a long time and just couldn’t get back into it for a variety of reasons, most I can’t post.  Saturday I did a light run on the treadmill for about 30 minutes. Walked to and from Shul, then can back and jogged about 10 miles at a very slow pace. Sunday I ran 3.5 miles in the mid to low 7′s.  When in shape I can do a 7.15 minute mile in a 1/2 marathon, but the run didn’t feel that slow. I am a very consistent runner. I will often run the same or similar speeds for a 5k, 10k, or 1/2 marathon.  Anyway it felt great and I’m not particularly sore today.  I missed running so I am looking forward to get back into it.

I mentioned in an earlier post I just got on the Apple iBooks store. I even sold my first copy to someone in the UK. Since that post I also got on the Kobo store. I think the kobo is popular in Canada, but Canadian kids like dancing elephants too, eh!

Things that happens in fiction:

Alex Kagan gets a surprise visit from her dead grandfather in a dream. Actually multiple dreams. In each dream he tries to show her how to draw something using Hebrew letters pattered in a specific way.

Filed Under: Apple, eBooks, Fiction, Health, Judaism, running, writing

I think my head is going to explode

November 15, 2012 by 4 Comments

I have so many stories in my head right now I think it’s going to explode, of course I have no time to write them. I can’t give up the day job (what I have of it). I haven’t been running due to an injury but I need to get back on track. I won’t take time away from my kids. That pretty much leaves sleep. Which I need to actually focus and writing and work. Sure I can find some time here and there. This blog post is a good example. I just finished work, even if I few home I would miss the kids’ bed times. So I might as well stay and knock out a blog post. See blogging is how I process and I am in dire need of some processing.

I have two very similar books I am working on, outside of the Egret series.  One is a YA urban fantasy and the other is an adult urban fantasy. There is not enough Jewish Fantasy out there so they both involve kabbalistic magick, or my version of it anyway. One has a very strong female lead, the other is about a group of HS students that get in over their heads. The stories keep coming together in odd ways. The are clearly set in the same world.  At times I want to bring them together and at other times I want to keep them separate.

I know I can’t keep working on both, so I either need to merge them or table one of the WiPs (works in progress). If I don’t I’m never going to finish either. Besides the 3 WiPs including Egret, I also have a project that is SOOOPER SEEKRET. No I am not doing nanowrimo, my head really would explode. Egret I can back off on. I have 3 to 4 more volumes already written. The secret project doesn’t take long.  But I can’t write these two books at one time, they are to similar in some ways and too different in others.

I really like the YA book but it feels too Secret Circle-ish, though the powerhouse is a boy not a girl.  And I can’t get the female protagonist of the urban fantasy out of my head. What can I say, I like strong women… I don’t think they combine well the more I think about it, so I have to decide which one to write (at least first).

So how about it, would you rather read about a strong female character who knows practical kabbalah and is as good or better than any man. Or would you rather read about a bunch of teens that stumble into and fumble their way through it all the while wrought with teen angst and love triangles. Not that the other one won’t have some sort of love triangleish thing going on…  Anyone up for a vote?

YA Urban Fantasy or Adult Urban Fantasy

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running

October 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Update 1. First run. went OK. Took it as a jog.  Hit my distance goal of 5k+ and only moderate hip pain.

 

For awhile I was up to running 12-14 miles 3-4 times a week. Over the summer my doctor started adjusting my medications and I ended up having a hard time running consistently. With the adjustment I ended up having a hard time running early mornings or late nights, you know when a parent actually has time to run. So consequently my running slacked off seriously in August. Then comes a 1/2 Marathon in early September, I had some friends running, we had an extra bib… and I am superman. I’ve had a hip injury ever since which means with the combination of the meds and the hip, I have done very little running. In fact the few times I have run, I have had a hard time making it over 3 miles without a lot of pain. My ego got me in a bit of trouble the other week when I went out on a 7 mile loop and had to walk back 3 1/2 miles. I am frustrated with myself because I have lost so much ground.  I am however committed to getting back to where I was.

So I am committing to three running days to start.  I will keep it slow, steady and in the 3 mile range, until I can do it without the pain. After that I will slowly increase speed and distance. I know I can do this. I have an app on my iPhone that shows my runs. It is a pretty cool app. While I am running, it will read me any comments I get on Facebook or twitter.  So if you see a runmeter post, please comment, the encouragement does help.

Filed Under: Health, running
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