Saturday, December 7, 2013

More for you to learn about me!

I would love to share a little more about myself. Ever since I was young, I have always enjoyed writing, but my biggest fear is sharing my work with others. I guess my biggest worries were people making fun of my work or disliking it. I was always afraid of people talking negatively about my or about my work. I know that I’m not even close to being a great writer, I still have lots to learn. Right now I’m having fun with my writing and practicing. Over the years I’ve learned, not to let others comments bother me, if anything – learn from them. Constructive criticism can be good for me and I can learn a lot from it.
We don’t really realize how to face our fears at times, and it has taken me years to overcome some of my fears. I have to say that it feels good to finally be standing up to my own fears, and be in control. I want the world to see some of the amazing ideas I have and the worlds that I create. My first novel is taking me longer than I have expected, but I want to make sure that everything is the way I want it before I just throw it out for others to read. I want it to be perfect in my eyes.
Some people say that I have a good imagination. I do have to agree with them. I grew up an only child and many times I had to keep myself occupied. That’s were my imagination began to grow wild. I would create imaginary friends and play board games by myself, or just playing with toys – I’d create crazy stories as I played with them. I absolutely loved to read ever since I was a young child. My parents once told me they took me to Toys’r'us to pick out a toy for my birthday. They told me I could pick one thing out of the entire store, and I chose a book. They were shocked and told me to pick another thing out, so I got another book. They were lucky to walk out of that store buying me something cheap, when I could have picked out something super expensive.
Many people get bored being by themselves, I don’t. I entertain myself quite well. I can sit for hours and just daydream, get ideas for stories, dream about what I would do if I won the lotto (remind you that you actually have to buy a ticket to win and I’m to cheap to buy one), I can read a book and just get lost in it – feeling like I’m in the story and just imagining my surroundings. I like to think of how others live and how I would be in their shoes. I can be very quiet at times, some people say I’m shy, but honestly I’m pretty good at holding a conversation and talking to anyone. I’m the type of person where I enjoy observing others. It relaxes me.
This is a little more about me. I will share more about myself over time. If anyone ever has any questions or wants to know anything specific about me, please feel free to message me. I would love to hear from you. I do enjoy the quote – Carpe Diem. Have a great day or night, whatever the time may be when you read this. 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Short Stories

Today as I've been playing with my new laptop, I've come to decide that I think I want to write a few short stories on some of the main/secondary characters in my novel that I’m writing. It would help give them some back story to the novels. I’m planning on writing 5 books in the series. I’m working out a few things in my first novel now, editing it a lot, but trying to keep it so the story can continue on. I was curious if I could get some feedback from you and tell me your opinions on the short stories.
I know I haven’t given you too much information yet on my novels, I’m trying to keep most of it a surprise for now, mainly due to being nervous someone will steal my information and use it for themselves. I’m still not 100% sure if my book will be considered Fantasy or Young Adult. It’s still a toss-up. I’m having a lot of fun with this story line and really can’t wait until I can share it will everyone. Please give me your feedback on the short stories, I’d love to hear from you. Thank you. :)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Happy Early Holidays!!!

I just wanted to say Happy Early Holidays to everyone!!! I hope you enjoy your time with your family and friends. I will be working both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I'm still working on my edits of my novel. I'm adding a lot into my book. I'm incorporating a magic system into it, so this is delaying my work a lot. I'm also taking an online novel class, which is really interesting, to help guide me in my writing. It helps me find my strengths and weaknesses, but overall, it's fun. I just wanted to say hello to everyone and sorry I've been away so long. Have a great night. :)

Thursday, September 26, 2013

I'm back!!!

I just wanted to say sorry for disappearing for a while. I was on vacation out of the country and got engaged. I've been very busy with work. I'm back on track now and trying to finish up my first book. I'm adding quite a bit to it, including a magic system. I cannot wait to share it with everyone. Hope everyone is doing good.

Nicole

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Re-writing my first draft

I have had my book edited and proofed. Now I'm going over some revisions and fixing my book up. It's been a while since I have been on here. I just wanted to say hi and let everyone know that I have not given up on my book. It's still a work in progress. It's close to being finished. Just want to add some more to my book. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Having my book edited

I am feeling happy about my book. I have it being edited now and I cannot wait for the final results. I will be sharing it with everyone soon.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

First draft edited

I feel so good and accomplished. I cannot stress this enough. I have finally finished editing my first draft.  Now to have my friends and family read it to give me their input. :-)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

First rough draft complete

I am so excited. I finally have finished my first rough draft. I am printing it now and about to start editing it.

It feels really good and I feel accomplished. I can't wait to finish it completely so I can share it with everyone.  :-)

Sunday, May 5, 2013

First Draft

I have almost completed my first rough draft today. I have a little bit more to go. I hope to finish it tomorrow night or Tuesday night after work. I wrote 10127 words today, I think I have done a great job. I am off to bed, I have work in the morning. Goodnight bloggers. :)

Enjoying My Sunday

It is so nice to have off today. I feel accomplished today. I went running this morning and I ordered my Mom some flowers and candy for Mother's Day next week. I am in the process of writing some more on my novel. I hope to get a big chunk of it done today.

My doggy is happy that I am home, he keeps parading around for attention. I really like how my book cover has turned out, I hope everyone else enjoys it as well. My tattoos on my feet have finally healed up which I am happy about.

About to heat up some leftover pizza from yesterday. I am just in a happy mood. I know this blog is just jumping around from topics. I am just scatterbrained today. Well everyone enjoy your day. I am about to.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

My New Book Cover

Here is my new book cover that I have chosen. I wanted to share it with everyone.  I really hope you like it.
Please tell me what you think!!! I would love to hear from you. Have a great day and thank you for stopping by. :)

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Good day

I am up to 41,000 words on my novel, I also put an ad on deviant art for an artist for my book cover, yay, I feel accomplished.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Strep Throat

About two weeks ago, I had gotten a bad cold. I took some antibiotics and began to feel a little better. I just could not get rid of my sore throat  and earache. I ask the doctor at my work to look at my throat, come to find out, I have strep throat. It feels like I have millions of razors in my throat. I cannot eat, drink, or swallow. I am not on some stronger antibiotics. I hope they work this round.

So I am off for the day from work, so now I have some more time to do some writing while relaxing. I plan to get quite a bit done today. I am also excited because I have off the next two days for my regular days off. So three days to get better. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Talk to you soon. :)

Friday, April 26, 2013

Book Cover

I am so happy that I am doing great with my first draft. I am up to 23,000 words now. I am making progress. It is hard to write while working full time. Any spare time I get I am working on it.

To keep myself motivated, I have someone working on my book cover for me now. I cannot wait to see how it turns out.  It makes me want to finish my book quicker.

My goal is around 110,000 - 115,000 words. It may change, but I want something to look forward to and that is an easier goal for now. I hope everyone has a great day today.

It is time to start writing again. Goodnight!

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Rough Draft

I have been working on my rough draft. It is going good so far. I am able to write and keep it flowing. Sometimes I hate to stop for the night when I am doing so good. I have off this weekend, so I hope to get some more writing done. I hope everyone is doing well and having a great weekend. I thank everyone who does stop by to read by blogs. I am feeling good about my book so far. I am enjoying it. I am going to go for now, but will be back later. :)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Off from Work

I am really enjoying these two days off from work. I am going to relax, maybe write, clean house, and enjoy time with my boyfriend. It is such beautiful weather out. I am so happy to be in shorts. I am getting excited, we are getting plane tickets to go to the Netherlands, France, Iceland, and more. It will be a fun trip and first time out of the country. Have a great day to everyone.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hi Again

         I just wanted to say hi. I am about to go to work at the hospital. Then I have two days off. I am getting more and more excited about my book. I have a lot of my character details laid out the way that I like. It just makes me excited to start writing more. I hope everyone has a great day. Talk to you later. Bye. :)

Friday, April 5, 2013

POV

Trying to decide which pov I should go with on my novel. I want to do third person ominous but my bf says that is too hard to do and dumb, :-/ what is everyone else's opinions?

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Just wanted to say hello

I just wanted to say hello to anyone that may be reading, I am making some progress on my novel. I have some great ideas, having fun making the characters. I have it all in my head and on papers, I am now finally writing my first draft. I will write it all the way through then go back and edit it and fix it. If I try to do both now, I will never finish my story. I hope everyone is doing great. Have a great day!!!!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Home for the night

I am home for the night and just relaxing. It feels great. It was a long day today at the hospital. I am happy to be home. I have another long work day ahead of me tomorrow as well. I am going to say good night and hope everyone has sweet dreams.

Mind Racing.....

Well, I tossed and turned all last night.  I could not sleep at all. My mind was racing with ideas for my book that I am writing. Every time I would fall asleep, I would think of another idea, then write it down so I would not forget overnight. I wrote quite a bit yesterday.  After rereading it, I am going to make a few changes and some more details to it. I wasn't quite happy with it, but now after rereading it, I think I like the changes I want to make to it.

Well I am off to work at the hospital, a long 10 hour shift. I cannot wait to come home tonight so I can write some more. I hope this work day fly's by.  Have a great day.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Progress is being made

I am so happy that I am making progress with my story.  I just started and so far 2,784 words completed so far.  I hope to get some more done today before I go back to work tomorrow. I am trying to write at least 500 words a day if not more.  I hope to write more than that a day but sometimes it can be hard working 10 hour shifts. Just wanted to post and let you know that I am working hard on getting my story started.  Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.  I know I am.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

My own website!!!

Hello to everyone reading my blogs. I published a website to get myself pumped up and excited and get my books written.  Please check out my website at http://www.nicolesloansbooks.com/, I will also be putting updates on there as well. Yay, I am so excited.

Feeling accomplished

I am feeling quite accomplished.  It feels great.  I got a good outline going for my book. Drew some maps to get an idea in my head how things will look. I have quite a few characters made with descriptions. I am feeling good. Taking a break to blog and eat some food. I think I may write some more after dinner.

Please Follow Me

I just would like everyone to follow my page and blogs. I will update you on how my writing is going and other fun stuff going on in my life. I will be so excited when I can share my first book with you. I hope everyone has a great day. I am going to get off here now, so I can get back to writing my novel. Any questions at all, feel free to email me.  My email is kumbricia@hotmail.com - Thanks again!!!

Just Me!!!



This is a picture of me, playing on the computer. 

First Blog Ever!!!

Hello everyone, this is my first blog ever. I am trying it out and want to learn how to become comfortable with it.  I am in the process of trying to write my first book ever. I really enjoy writing. It will be a fantasy novel. I hope to make into a trilogy. I am in the beginning stages, so it will be awhile before it is complete. Just wanted to test this out. Have a great day!!!    :)