Writing Christmas Stories with Daisy the Toy Poodle - Linda Randall

Linda Randall and Daisy

I was thinking since I'm writing Christmas Stories this month, I should take some more photos of Daisy with her new outfits that I've been finding at the store.

Lisa has some really adorable ones, and coats for a very reasonable price.

There's a little pink flannel outfit with little black paws on it for about $10.

See that little dog on the floor? He was yapping his head off at Daisy and making her shake like a leaf. This is the before picture of her.  Lisa is holding her up for us to take a photo.

I spotted it today when Daisy went to get her hair done.

I'll have to go back and get it, I was short on cash.

After paying $18 bucks for Harry's hair cut at the Den (yep I made a video on my camera, still have to edit it and post that one too) and $35 for Daisy's doo I was scraping the bottom the cash barrel.

then Harry wanted to have Pete's Pizza.

I had $10 bucks so I said if he could find a coupon for a pizza he could get one.

He found one on top of the fridge (DAM)  and so bye bye $10 LOL

Hello Yummy Pizza..

Should have taken a photo.

It was $10.49 with three items from Pete's Pizza

he ordered it with pepperoni, pineapple and extra cheese.

Delicious!

12 slice too, it pays to look in those VALPACK coupon envelopes. 

Posting Videos on The Idea Girl Says and Idea Girl Consulting Wordpress -Linda Randall

I've been busy with my boxes all week and I'm still not done!

Its going to take me a few days to get my place in order but once it's done I'll be able to concentrate on writing the munroe series again.

I will also be working on the calamity girl manuscript and posting more chapters online for everyone to read.

I don't seem to get any feedback from the novels.

I was hoping that people could tell me if they like the stories or if its just not their type of book.

http://themunroemansion.wordpress.com

http://thecalamitygirl.wordpress.com

Idea Girl Consulting Youtube Channel is Rocking!

I never thought my Idea Girl Consulting Youtube Channel would see over 5000 hits in less than a month, but it has.

A bit of creativity can go a long way.

It's a neat and easy way to promote traffic to your blogs.

All I  did was find pictures that show what I blog about.

Add some great music.

Voila!  I have a commerical with my website addresses on it.

Then I had another brainstorm.

Instead of boring links on each site, why not post a cool picture and put the link there?

I wish Squidoo would have the add a link option in it's modules.

It would be a big improvement.

For now people have to copy and paste.

Some of my sites have gone from 1 visit per month to 200 per day!

SWEET!  Squidoo is hopping because of my youtube videos.

You can do the same, be creative, be funny, draw traffic to your blogs.

Idea Girl Consulting Squidoo - Linda Randall

Linda Randall - Bio - Image - The Idea Girl Says - Idea Girl Consulting - Writer- Blogger - Squidoo- Word Press - Witty Woman

Linda Randall - Bio - Image - The Idea Girl Says - Idea Girl Consulting - Writer- Blogger - Squidoo- Word Press - Witty Woman
After reading the book I made a bio page with my picture and the story of how I was inspired to start writing novels in 2008/2009.
I keep a list of my achievements on my Idea Girl Consulting Squidoo lens
Bio - Linda Randall - Photo
I created my bio page on my new Chick Lit Novel site for The Calamity Girl Wordpress.

Party Games for Christmas - Electronic Monopoly

I've played Monopoly for years, but last night this was the MOST fun I had in a long time.

Six of us played and I won with 25 million dollars on my VISA, and several properties.

You want to get the two Utilities, they pay 100x whats on the two dice.

My biggest rental income was 1 Million 200,000 from Harold! LOL

But then Carol got the Community Chest Card that said to pay each player 500,000, which works out to 2 Million 500,000 , that was the biggest payout during our game.

Too bad the money isn't real eh? :)))

I have more Christmas Ideas on my lenses on Squidoo.

Idea Girl Christmas 

Idea Girl Christmas Gifts

Created a New Two Page Synopsis for The Calamity Girl - The Promotion

I took a look at my Synopsis today and absolutely hated it.

So I started all over again and came up with something that sounds a hundred times better.

It went from one to two pages, but that's okay.

I pictured myself being in High School, writing an Essay for my English Teacher.

She  was a pretty, petite blonde that always had a smile on her face.

In Grade 9 she told me that I should be a writer.

I hold that memory dear in my heart anytime that I feel down about something.

When I wrote the Synopsis, I did it like a Query Letter/Mini Synopsis style.

I have to look at Youtube videos to see if I'm supposed to put the word count, title and genre in the Synopsis.

I'm having a brain fart day today... sigh...

I did manage to spend about 3 hours reading a book though, more on that later...

Music Videos - Idea Girl Consulting You Tube - Word Press Entertainment Site - Linda Randall

Hi!
I've been receiving emails from people asking how to post their music on my Entertainment site.

There are two ways.

You can email me on Youtube - Ideagirlconsulting, with the URL of your YOUTUBE videos.

If it's International Music, I ask that you have the lyrics in English or give me an idea what the song is about.

or
You can visit my Entertainment Site on Ideagirlconsulting on WORD PRESS, where music and movie videos are posted.

Leave your My Space Url  with a comment and I'll go look at your site.

I receive hundreds of emails in my personal account, so I don't use that one for the Music URLS, it's too confusing. :)

Query Letters - Why Do I Have To Query A Literary Agent?

Query Letters - Why Do I Have To Query A Literary Agent?


I was rather proud of myself today, I'm half asleep and I was able to type a legible post about Query Letters.

You will often find that what I'm doing research on, I will share with you what I learn.

This week I did my first FINAL READING of The Calamity Girl - The Promotion Manuscript.

I was pretty happy because there were hardly any errors!

YAY ME!!!!

As London Tipton would do on The ZACK and CODY Show!

I get a kick out of that show, you should watch it sometime, it's hilarious!

So this week I'm researching the Writer's Market to see what types of genre's that Literary Agents look for.

Then I'll be cross referencing them with GOOGLE to find their blogs.

I want to get to know my Literary Agents before I start to Query them.

You want a good perspective of what's hot on the market.

If I see an agent only asking for submissions for Young Adult, I am not going to Query her.

Why?

Because my book is Chick Lit, Romance.

What is the point of sending it to an agent that doesn't handle those type of manuscripts?

I'm wasting their time and mine.

Are you paying attention to what the Literary Agent is asking for?

Or are you blindly sending out Queries, and getting rejected hundreds of times.

It is something to think about.

I'm going to advise you to set aside a day, every week to do research.

Whether it be for a setting, a character, an agent or a publisher.

Once you know what you're dealing with, you won't feel so frustrated about it all.

Where do you start?

Take a look at the Writer's Market and Guide to Literary Agents.

If your unsure of what GENRE your book is, then GOOGLE GENRE WIKIPEDIA.

Wikipedia has a run down of each GENRE and a description.

If all else fails, place it under FICTION or NON FICTION and let the Literary Agent decide for you.


Just for the record, blogger is adding spaces and cutting off my sentences when I post this?

Best Sellers - Authors, Publishers for 2009

Wall Street Journal Best Sellers list is what I started with this morning.

I found it on Google - New York Times Best Sellers.

I spent 8 hours today making it.

I just noticed the date was for November 26,2009.

I googled it again and a new list was made today!
Darn it!
I've made a list for the OLD best selling author's list. LOL

I thought it was for the full year.

Oh well, I had some enjoyment searching for Author's pictures, the publishers and the book covers of the Title's on my list.

The music portion gave me some trouble, then I had to upload it twice to youtube.

Bad Value was the error message.

This means that your Youtube title is too long.

I can't help it, I'm long winded!

Oh dear!
I need to learn to be simple again.

I go through these routines where I'll talk too much or not enough.

Do all writer's have this problem?

Some of the Author's sites were pretty amazing and similar. (You could tell who used the exact same layout - boring if you ask me)

The Author's looked so prim and proper in their pictures.

I felt like I was out of their league, sitting here with my pj's on, a housecoat and slippers.

All day I'm wearing my PJ"S because they are warm, and comfortable.

I forgot to go out for a walk today.

I didn't eat all day until supper (after 6pm) and here I am almost 3 hours later still sitting here typing on my computer.

Too bad I don't get paid for working all these hours, I'd be rich for sure!

I was supposed to do some rewriting on my novel, but forgot to do that.

I'm not feeling well, so this is what I do, I play around on the net and make things.

Today it was a movie.

I had fun, enjoyed myself so that's all that matters, right?

Wall Street Journal Top 13 Best Sellers for Hardcover Fiction - November 26, 2009

Party Time for Kids

Party Time for Kids
I just finished updating the site and I've added Christmas Party Menu ideas, Kids Cooking their own snacks, recipes for meals and goodies, no bake cookies and squares and loads of ideas for games.  You can play them indoors or outside.  I found free invitation sites.  Shopping for party favors, themes has been included as well.  I also wrote some memoirs of my childhood, funny little stories about me trying to cook at the age of three.

Idea Girl Christmas Poetry

Idea Girl Christmas Poetry

 Christmas shopping, make a christmas card,craft or gift. Buy poems and books -- Christmas activity books. Funny Christmas Songs, Pictures and Mozart, Classical Tunes. Christmas is a time of giving and sharing with our family, friends and loved ones. The things we cherish, the gifts we buy, what we like to do on Christmas Day. Poems and Prayers about Christmas and what it means to The Idea Girl.

You can also find ideas on how to make a nice Christmas card for your loved ones and write some poems of your own!

Christmas Stories by Linda Randall on Squidoo

I thought I'd let you all know about my Christmas Lenses that I have made on Squidoo.

Christmas Stories by Linda Randall

Christmas Stories By Linda Randall -Christmas cookies, recipes, Connie Talbot Christmas Music,Home Alone 2 Lost in New York, I have written about my experiences at Christmas time. Featured articles from other authors on Christmas stories. 

Memoirs of my childhood with Santa, Grandpa and my parents - The Idea Girl Says sharing my Christmas stories with you.