Thursday, October 8, 2009

So there IS life out there! LOL

All right...
So I haven't written in a while. No one had seemed to miss me much. Well, until a friend of mine kicked me in the rear and told me to start blogging again. Haha.

So what have I been up to?? Writing The Price of Power for all of you who have been patiently waiting. I decided to go for the agent thing this time so I have been pursuing that avenue. We shall see where that leads me. One way or another, you will get your book!

The Price of Power was so long, I had no choice but to cut in in half. So the new half has been titled: Tears of Penance. Nice, huh? I liked it.

Now, I know that I had promised some questions be answered in the next book, but I have to put you off one more time. All in due time, my readers, all in due time. Let the story develop.

Tears of Penance is nearly finished and will hopefully be out in about a year's time. It really depends upon when The Price of Power is able to be released. I get more and more excited as the end nears!! :) New characters will surprise you and the plot thickens until you don't know quite what to think anymore...It's great!

As always, I thank you for your devotion and your continued reading! In return, I will write you more books and will keep blogging to keep you up to speed!

All my love,
Daisha Marie Korth

Thursday, January 15, 2009

It has been a while...

I have fallen behind. Believe me, my blog is not the only thing that has suffered over the last few months. I apologize to all of you who may be checking up on me, I am still here just insanely busy.

The Price of Power is coming along quite nicely, I must say. How? I will tell you. (There is a story there.)

Over the holidays I decided to read the Twilight series. I had promised myself that I would not do that, at least not until I had finished some of my other projects. You see, I tend to get very wrapped up in my reading when I find one that I enjoy and even though I didn't know if I would like those books, I was afraid of the temptation. I will admit to struggling in the beginning...feeling a little bored having outlived the high school scene and being glad to be done with it. But, once I fell below the surface and was touched by the emotion wrapped in the words in that book, I was hooked and I couldn't understand how anyone could possibly like what I wrote nearly as much. I am my own worst critic, as I am sure most people are, and I was ready to give up my dreams all because I was so overpowered by one book. Yes, I was down in the dumps and I turned off my laptop, letting my frustrations fester.

I continued to read the series until I at last finished them all. I have a support net that is quite close to me and I just couldn't take it anymore. I decided to talk to one of them about how I felt. When I asked how they could read my garbage after reading that, my "fan" gave me the most incredulous look. She told me she felt that my "garbage" was even better and that she would rather see my book as a movie than that one. (No offense meant toward Stephenie Meyer) She also told me that I had better keep on writing because I have a sequel to write and she wants to know what happens. hehe

I guess that was my turning point in this whole valuable lesson. I learned that I can't always feel inferior to those that I feel are better than I am. I need to turn it around and work harder until I feel that I am better than they are...not in a high and mighty way, but in a positive and successful way. If I can't believe in my own work, how can I expect anyone else to?

So, I readjusted my attitude and turned on my laptop on this last Saturday when I was alone at the house. What happened to me was just short of a miracle...Thirty seven pages in one day spilled out of me, all of it intense, exciting and moving the story forward. My personal best ever. My husband diagnosed me with Cranial Diarrhea, the never ending mind blowing creative running that produces stories that make you feel like you are right there. I can't wait for this book to come out now. I started out hating it terribly and with a little attitude adjustment, I have turned it in my favor so that I can't wait to open it back up again and start writing!

I am only human, I have good days and bad days too. You may as well know some of the tough times so you can appreciate the good ones with me!