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Moving and other distractions…

So, my family and I have pulled up stakes from the home we’ve lived in for the last fifteen years to move further westward in suburbia. Needless to say that things, especially with the Thanksgiving holiday that just passed, have been quite hectic around here! Somehow- in the midst of the crazy- I’ve managed to hit my 50k NaNo goal, though the story isn’t quite yet complete. That said, I’m taking a break from Walk With Me to play catch up on Out of Reservations and see if I can get Will & Liz on to their HEA sooner rather than later. I’ve actually devised a writing schedule to try and make sure that no story (ex: Without Reference, A Mother’s Heart) gets left behind. I do appreciate the prods I get from my readers through email and comments here. They mean more than I can possibly express. I thank you for your loyalty and encouragement. Thank you for continuing on the journey with me while I finish telling this and my other tales. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do when I write them.

Sincerely, michchick

Out of Reservations Chapter 69 is up! Check it out -> chapter 69

Yes, despite the nonsense of NaNo, I didn’t forget OoR. Special thanks to everyone that poked & prodded me these last few weeks. The extra motivation really helped. I hope you like it… there’s an interesting turn of events or two in there.

NaNoWriMo 2011′s project: Walk With Me

This year I took part in a corporate wellness walking program. The goal was to walk 1,000,000 steps in 6 1/2 months. I walked 2 millon. Why? Because I’m nuts and my DH is competitive. Why am I sharing this? Because this experience is the seed from whence this year’s NaNo project was born.

Walk With Me is going to be P&P short(er) story about corporate health initiatives, competitiveness, misunderstandings, forgiveness and dogs. What happens when you mix a corporate wellness program with a competitive CEO named Will Darcy and his new, equally comepetitive head of PR Elizabeth Bennet? Then stir in an ancient teacup chihuahua and a new golden retriever puppy? Plus, toss in a heap of the usual suspects? Hilarity, of course!

If you are a fellow Wrimo, I am always looking for writing buddies. If you’d like to check to preview the story, check my NaNo page here: michchick’s nanowrimo or preview the story here: Walk With Me

I am working diligently this year to keep this story short & sweet and, if all goes well,  should have it up in early December.

Out of Reservations Chapter 68 is up!! Check it out: Chapter 68

AKA the last chapter before all hell starts breaking loose. 

Dedicatedly Medicated   What happens when a drugged-up Lizzy answers emails? Find out my version in Dedicatedly Medicated. I wrote this in my notebook while my mom was in the hospital last month with her heart attack. She’s doing fantastic- she’s way healthier now than before! Anyways, this was a plotbunny that I had over the winter that I had time to work on this last month when my computer was out of reach. More OoR & the others will/should follow shortly. I hope you enjoy this fairly funny short. (Just under 9,000 words)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

ODB (short for ‘Our Dear Boy’ aka Colin Firth) is in the new cold war spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy based on the John le Carre novel of the same name. This remake (the original starred Sir Alec Guinness) packs an incredibly talented cast including Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Benedict Cumberbach and Tom Hardy. The teaser trailer for the film has just been released and I couldn’t wait to share it with you. I mean, really, how often do you get a film that gives you Mr. Darcy, Mr. Knightley and Captain Wentworth?

Without Reference  Chapters 2 & 3 (look for the blue highlight!)

I had a request (Thank you, Kinga!) the other day for more chapters of Without Reference. Honestly, it’s been languishing in a composition notebook for quite a while, patiently waiting while I worked on OoR and A Mother’s Heart. However, while I was typing up a few more chapters of this (Translating my own handwriting is not always easy! Think Bingley…) my muse for this sparked. Don’t know how long it’ll last, but I’ll roll with it for now. Let me know what you think and whether or not you’d like to see more of this. “Chapter” Regency is new for me and if I’m not doing it justice, I’d rather cut and run.

A Tale Most Extraordinary

Something completely new and different. Regency fairy tale/fantasy retelling of Pride and Prejudice through a series of shorter stories. This is being written in cooperation with my son, from who the idea sprang. Give it a look and let me know if this is something you want to see more of. Each “story” is a told in a slightly different style. If the Caroline backstory isn’t to your liking, perhaps the Old Mr. Darcy and Lady Anne story will be. Anyways, you can check it out here: A Tale Most Extraordinary

2010 NaNoWriMo Project: A Mother’s Heart

2010′s offering is a tear-jerking, modern version of Pride & Prejudice and is pretty different than anything else I’ve written to date. I’m pretty pleased with what I have so far and if you’re curious, the prologue is available to read here: michchick’s nano

Out of Reservations 2009 NaNo Project        

OoR aka the never-ending NaNo, is on it’s way (hip-hip-hooray!) to completion.

Yeah- this little bit of Seinfeld, coupled with a heaping dose of Planes, Trains & Automobiles is where the beginning of OoR came from.

Welcome to my plot-bunny garden!

Since I began my crazy writing  journey in November of 2008 with NaNoWriMo, I’ve been terrorized by plot-bunnies!

I know that bunnies, as a rule, seem to be all cute and cuddly. Plot-bunnies, however, are not!

Mine demand attention and refuse to be silenced and as such, they need an outlet before they destroy the work I’m cultivating elsewhere. It’s very hard to focus on my WWII novel and what led to Pearl Harbor when you have bunnies hopping around whispering: ‘Now what if you were to take a break and write about this instead?’

My plot-bunny garden is like any other garden… sometimes things are in bloom and all is bright and beautiful and sometimes serious pruning and weeding is needed. Oftentimes the posts here are pre-Beta and, as such, can be raw. Grammatical errors, tense issues, awkward or trite sentances may occur. Like a gardener, I work on the seeds in my garden until they are ready to harvest. That said, I am proud of many of the things in my garden (some more than others) and thank you for taking the time to stop by and look.

If you have any comments, whether they’re praise or censure, please feel free to email me at meanderingsandmissives@gmail.com

Thanks, and (hopefully) enjoy!

-Jen aka michchick