NOT ANOTHER RANDOM POST!

Okay peeps... did I just say peeps? I believe I did. And it isn't the first time. I used it once before a few days ago. When did this word creep into my vocabulary? These things scare me. Seriously. I have another random post day. I know I promised to distribute one of my awards today, but it occurred to me last night around 1am that weekends are not the best time for that sort of thing. I have noticed that people actually write less and live more on the weekends. Not sure what is up with that, but it is true. In fact, some Saturdays it is pretty bleak here in blogland. One of the only blogs I could count on was Chris's Saturday Snark and she is on vacation. I loved the Saturday Snark. Drats. I am going to go into a Snark deprivation. I suppose I could go into her blog and look at old ones. Moving on....

You might be wondering what I was doing up at 1am. Well, I have insomnia. Every night I go to bed at 11pm like clockwork. Then I lie in bed and toss and turn until about 1am. That is when I start to feel tired. Until then, my mind just has this internal chatter that I can't turn off. It is very annoying, in case you were wondering. Well, last night at about 1am things got interesting. I got the hiccups. Like my life wasn't already interesting enough. Hiccups. I started all of the traditional hiccup relievers, like holding your breath, when I remembered a suggestion that I got from a friend. A sure-fire cure. So I tried it. It worked. Now, I have your attention. I bet you are dying to know what it was. The only thing is it will make you look like an idiot. Of course, I was alone, so I didn't care. You ready? It requires that you talk to yourself. So that is what I did.


This is what I said: Okay. I dare you to hiccup again. Come on. Bring it. I bet you can't do it. Is that all you got? I am waiting. Still waiting. I am going to be dead before the next hiccup comes at this rate. This is freaking piss poor. How about I double dog dare ya? My goodness, this is the saddest case of hiccups that I have ever seen. I told you to bring it. Is this all you've got? I want to see some hiccups. This is pathetic.

It went on like that with variations for about five minutes. Not another hiccup. I even got up and paced the bedroom. I got nothing. I finally got back in bed. It was over. The case of the hiccups was officially closed.

On a more interesting note, I have been reading several blogs of late of fellow writers. I am learning so much. Simply writing well isn't enough. Sometimes you have to cut your teeth on four, five, six, seven novels before you hit the magic one that is the "idea." Sometimes it is finding the right agent. Mostly it is persistence. If you really love this thing called writing, and are willing to keep at it, the odds are that eventually you are going to nail it. Will it break your heart time and again before you get there? I am thinking that it just might. Will that make you a better writer? I am thinking that it just might. I guess my point is that I read fantastic writers right here EVERY DAY. I feel privileged to do so. Sometimes, one fantastic writer leads me to another. It is like this chain. That happened (again) today. It would happen more if I clicked on more links when I am on the pages of fantastic writers. Duh. Mental head smack. Skipping past me and my mental deficits and moving on to the writing deliciousness that I discovered...

While visiting one of my favorite reads BarMitzvahzilla (written by Linda Pressman), I clicked on one of her commenters, Debra L. Schubert, and discovered that Ms. Schubert has a lot (understatement) to offer as a writer. Whenever I visit a new blog, I read several posts to get a feel for what is going on. I am a picky adder to my google reader. Maybe I should call this the Saturday Snark, because that came out just a bit snarky, dontcha think? Anyway, as you know, I am not a big giveaway junkie. It really isn't my thing. However, this book looked pretty good. I read the interview with the author, and admit to being intrigued. So, I am posting a picture of the cover, and a link to Debra Schubert's page, so that you can check it out for yourself.

VACATIONS, MIGRAINES, FAMILIES, AND BOOKS

Ah.... my blogging friends, I am still on vacation. It is a mixture of intense fun and intense migraine. Go figure. I had two days of intense fun followed by a day of intense migraine (that was yesterday). Today is a day of mild migraine. The first round of family is now in the air and headed back for Ohio. The next wave arrives tomorrow. Today is a day of mild migraine. And here I sit. The upside is that it is not at McDonalds. The internet has been restored at the resort. Woohoo. I have been checking your blogs (catch as catch can over the past few days and commenting as time has allowed). I do fear that there will not be a HERE'S TO YOU THURSDAY this week. The pissabilities are just not looking good. If you are still not familiar with this word. It is my contribution to the English language. I wrote a blog on it and explain its meaning in detail. I will come back and link it for you. You can read that blog (or not) for a vivid understanding of a word that I hope one day is recorded in Merriam Webster's Dictionary. Ideally, it would have my name beside it as the creator of said word, but I find that dubious at best.


During my blog reading today, I happened upon Carol's blog over at Carol's Prints. Carol is a wonderful writer, one of those writers that I feel really lucky to have found in this blogsphere. She has taught me a lot about the process of writing if you want to be published. She is trying to get published to the YA market. The way I see it, if you are that good, if all I have learned is the process, that means I have merely scratched the tip of a very large iceberg. Therefore, I always enjoy reading Carol's blogs because they are enjoyable, and I know that I will learn something as a writer. It is a two for one deal with Carol. Well... all that said, it is now a three for one deal with Carol, because she is doing a book give-away. She isn't giving away just one book. Nosireee. She is giving away LOTS of books. Carol tends to take an idea and say, "How big can we make this thing? And then takes it up a notch."

So, I have in my sidebar right now a little bit of information on Carol's book giveaway. I also have a link that you can click that will take you directly to the post of Carol's book giveaway. When you read her rules you will see all of the ways that you can get points for her giveaway. Well, one of those ways is this: when you post information about Carol's giveaway on your blog, and then they check it out and enter THEY NEED TO TELL YOU WHICH ONE OF HER FRIENDS REFERRED THEM TO HER BLOG, BECAUSE DESPITE HER IMPRESSIVE SKILLS SHE ISN'T A MIND READER. SO PLEASE TELL HER THAT ROBIN FROM YOUR DAILY DOSE SENT YOU WHEN YOU ENTER. Thanks guys, you are so awesome. Now, let's win some books!

Last of all, would you believe that NO ONE thought to remember to bring a camera to record this auspicious event???? However, my dad packed silverware. I was hatched from crazy people.