http://zorastout.com ~ Let Your Soul Breathe Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Never even watched the show, but yesterday, I came across a bunch of pictures which, in turn, spurned a new thing I'm starting. Every week, I'll post some sort of Inspiration/Prompt picture or video or something. If I ever manage to find time, I'm totally turning the story ideas loose. Here's this ... http://zorastout.com/2010/03/the-last-supper-battlestar-galatica-style/ Late last month, I was joined Romance Diva’s Mentorship program and was assigned to the fabulous Madelynn Ellis. The mentorship has a specified time period, but from the type of writing workout Madelynn's been giving me, I think I'll forever follow Madelynn around like a lost puppy (she's just too awesome to let go once ... http://zorastout.com/2010/03/i-am-a-student/ I <3 Eden Bradley. She's a fantastic lady and one hell of a writer. Her new story, Spring Equinox released today - check out her message below! My latest book from Samhain, SPRING EQUINOX, is out today! This is Book Two in my Celestial Seductions series, a four-book seasonal collection of contemporary ... http://zorastout.com/2010/03/lisa-bradleys-spring-exuinox/ Early Bird or Late Owl? I'm usually up before 6am, so I'm going to go with early bird. Favorite drink? It’s a tie between chocolate milk and mojitos. I love them both, but, ya know, I wouldn’t advise drinking them together. Favorite Animal? Koala bears. They're fascinating. Place You Most Want to Visit? Australia. Surfing ... http://zorastout.com/2010/03/five-important-questions-zora-gives-her-input/ I spent the last few weeks narrowing my genres, my intended audiences, and my own definitions and terminology of what constitutes different types of romance, and more. Needless to say, fiction writing wise, I wrote zilch. Still, I’m happy. More than pleased, actually. I feel like I have proper direction ... http://zorastout.com/2010/02/write-what-makes-you-happy/ In my last post, I noted I wanted to work on two novel length works: PW and TF. When I made that post, I was so sure I was going to write two (at one point, four even ) romance heavy, if not up and up romance, this year. Amazing how ... http://zorastout.com/2010/01/forget-jack-this-is-zora-of-all-trades/ For those who are still reading, apologies for disappearing – real life issues took precedence. Luckily, all is well and I am ready to jump back into the world of writing. Worry not, at the very least, I will update this blog every other week (and, of course, I'll be ... http://zorastout.com/2009/12/a-new-year-a-clean-slate/ Due to outside circumstances and falling off the bandwagon, I’m stepping down from NaNo (I'm also giving up the idea of entering RWA's Golden Heart). I still plan to write what I can (working on a few novellas), but making 50k or 100k isn’t in my plans anymore. Maybe next year, ... http://zorastout.com/2009/11/upcoming-projects/ C'mon, It's Go Time!  *photo from The Goodbye Girl  Just a note to let you know I’ll be pretty scarce, blogging wise, the month of November due mainly to NaNoWriMo. Why? Because in a moment of insanity, I told myself I’ll be writing 100k by the end of the month. The less ... http://zorastout.com/2009/10/on-hiatus/ T13: 13 Questions 1 What’s one place in the world you’d like to live?  2 Favorite toy as a child?  3 What fictional character do you most relate to?  4 What makes you feel loved?  5 What would you take with you if stranded in a jungle?  6 If you could rule the world for a day, what’s the first thing you’d ... http://zorastout.com/2009/10/thursday-13-getting-to-know-you-with-13-questions/