The word of the day at Urban Dictionary for today is blogorrhea:
1. To write a blog entry just for the sake of posting an entry, not because you have done anything interesting today.
2. A blog characterized by excessive commenting on irrelevant facts. We say that the blogger suffers from uncontrollable verbal discharge or blogorrhea.
Remember when blogs didn't even exist? I do. And since I've always been something of a geek, I remember exactly when they came into focus. I love blogs because they turn the everyday person into a writer. Strangely enough, I'm much more comfortable writing fiction than I am blogging. Hence, the sporadic entries here on my site.
In any case, I read a really interesting article at Writer's Digest about the writer and the blog: Blogged and Burned.
The article points out that some writers, trying to be honest and open about their writing lives and experiences with publishers often find themselves under fire from fans or perhaps even people in the industry. The article cautions that this new medium of communication has the potential to be eternal and author bloggers have to take care to stay professional.
I've often wondered if I give away too much information about myself on my site. Fortunately, I feel fairly safe writing what little I write here because I'm pretty sure no one's reading it anyway. :-)
2007 is finally here, and I'm looking forward to having several books out in stores. You'll be able to find one of my favorites PRIVATE LIES in February and my first novel PROMISE ME in March both from the Harlequin Arabesque line. Then my first Kimani Romance will be in stores in April. ENCHANTING MELODY is a new story inspired by the dance lessons my husband and I took while planning our wedding.
2006 was a pretty good year for me, although I'll never forget this past Christmas because most of my family was plagued with a stomach virus. That wasn't very merry. I don't usually make New Year's resolutions because, procrastinator that I am, I rarely fulfill them. But, I do have a few writing related resolutions for 2007:
1. Complete my March first deadline.
2. Obtain new book contracts
3. Have at least one booksigning (I haven't done one in years)
4. Update my promo materials (Web Site, business cards & letterhead)
5. Attend a writing conference