A Genre Switch

IN THE NEWS: "A pair of Sacramento, Calif., thieves found nothing to laugh at when their attempted robbery was held up by a rodeo clown wielding a fake pistol." Read more HERE.


It was beautiful here yesterday. It was also "wristband day " at the amusements on the boardwalk. For ten dollars, you get a wristband to wear and then you can ride as many rides as you want from 1PM to 5PM.

Sound good? Yep, you bet. To me, you, and five hundred other people. I wanted to turn around and go home after three minutes, but after a root beer snowie, my grouchy attitude quickly adjusted. Somehow the kiddo and I managed to stay for over two hours.

Don't ask me how, but it the midst of entertaining my kiddo on summer break, I am making progress with my story that I'm writing and I'm even squeezing in some reading too.

Right now, I'm reading Royally Jacked by Niki Burnham--a Young Adult novel. This is one of those instances where I picked up a book in the library because of the cute cover, saw it was a teen romantic comedy, and quickly turned over to the back and read the blurb.

I'm trying to get a feel for what direction I should take my writing. Big surprise, huh? Sorry, but I really can't decide what I want to be when I grow up. Based on this cute book, I feel my voice would fit in this direction. (I've always kinda suspected it, threatened to do it, talked about it constantly, but needed more proof. And perhaps motivation?) So that's why I'm reading up on Young Adult romantic comedies now.

You know, for research.

And because I'm finally figuring out that my mind is very much on par with that of a tenth grader.

Have a good one. :)