Sometimes, we all need a bit of color. We get used to working day jobs with beige walls, gray filing cabinets, and our whole world just feels blah.

So…to brighten up this mid-day Wednesday, here’s a splash of color for ya! 

Happy Hump Day! Yes, it’s Wednesday. And you know what that means – halfway through the week. Bring on those obnoxious commercials where the camel walks around asking everyone in their cubicles what day it is. When someone finally guesses Hump Day, the camel laughs. Yeah. Silly.

Anyway, I just read a guest blog by the fabulous Tiffany Reisz. She talks about back story and how it can weigh down the beginning of a book. Often by Hump Day, we get weighed down with work but we can see the end of the week. Somehow (probably because I have not had all my caffeine yet) these 2 items related in my mind.

What is the point of this post? Other than one should always drink caffeine before writing, you ask? Well, it’s that today is Hump Day. Celebrate. And remember if you’re writing a book, be sure to craft in backstory without going into info dump mode.

As Bugs Bunny would say, that’s all folks! And if you want to read the article by Tiffany Reisz, click here.

Many thanks to those of you who were able to visit Keta’s blog yesterday and leave a comment. Della is our lucky winner and she wins a free copy of Water’s Blood in digital format :) What does everyone have planned for the week and weekend? Wednesday, known as hump day, is the marker between the Monday blahs and the Friday excitement. Looks like warm weather is *trying* to come to the South, so I am hoping the weather will be nice. I’m going on a writing retreat and will be pressing my little fingers to the keyboard all weekend to get mucho work done on RAGING FIRE, Book Two of the Elemental Clan Series, which is due out this summer. Writing retreats, whether done alone or with other writers, are a great way to pump up the creativity. You learn each other’s patterns and what works and what doesn’t, and it’s helpful to have others there to brainstorm. So…for this Wednesday and weekend, what are y’all doing?