Spreading the Word - Made of Awesome Contest

For those interested, Shelley Watters, of the infamous Twit-Pitch, is hosting another contest. This time, contestants will compete with the first 250 words of their completed, fiction manuscript. The winner receives a 10 page critique from Judith Engracia of Liza Dawson and Associates. The festivities begin 28 May and run though the 31st.  All the details can be found on her blog at Shelley Watters "Made of Awesome Contest".*

Good luck to those who enter.





*Great name for a contest, eh?

Motivational Alert Code Color Chart

Back in my previous career, some buddies and I developed a “Tactilocity Alert Code” to assess how tactical and motivated the day was. It started as a joke based on the Terror Alert Code system, but as weeks turned into months, we found the need to dig deeper than just primary colors to try and define how things were going. What developed was a chart that covered the entire spectrum of motivation. 

(Of note, it was not intended to offend any particular color from the color wheel, but rather names were (mostly) chosen at random when asked how tactical and motivated the day was.)

Having moved on from that life, I’ve found that the Color Coding chart still applies to life and its application to writing is very appropriate. At the behest of an AW friend, I have re-formalized the chart and added the Hex Triplet Codes to ensure easy look-up when scouring the spectrum.

 And now, without further ado, I present unto thee:

CMs Motivational Alert Code Color Chart. (copyrighted, trademarked, surrounded by claymores, translated into 7 foreign languages, this is not the list you are looking for, etc).

Hopefully you can find a color to better define your writing day.

Motivational Alert Code Color Chart:	Meaning	Hex Triplet Code
Ultraviolent	*head ‘splodes from the epicz*	Too amazing to classify.
Chrome	The color of car bumpers and other epic-ness. Knows only one other is better. Knows you're not it.	Doesn't feel the need to be defined by your "code."
Flame	Very motivated! Thingz has a on fiyah!	#E25822
Awesome	Pssh. Name says it all.	#FF2052
Xanadu	Cool name. Knows it. Knows you know it too.	#738678
Tangelo	Knows it rolls off your tongue. Says, “You’re welcome.”	#F94D00
Topaz	A semi-precious stone for a semi-precious experience.	#933D41
Purple	The color of royalty. Please bow when you address it.	#9F00C5
Violet	Almost as cool as Purple.	#7F00FF
Red	Primary color. Doesn’t need to impress you.	#FF0000
Magenta	Aaaaalmost red.	#FF00FF
Beaver	*snickers* For those times when you are enjoying a childish-good laugh.	#9F8170
Fulvous	Revels in the fact few can pronounce it.	#E48400
Azure	At least it’s not Chartreuse.	#007FFF
Chartreuse	Sounds sissy, but kicks butt.	#DFFF00
Grullo	Sad that no one knows it’s a real color, but likes that it has an awesome-ish name.	#A99A86
Cucumber	"You named me after a fruit? For realz?!"	Found it in the vegetable aisle of your local grocery store.
Cyan	Better than Fuchsia, so guess that’s something.	#00FFFF
Fuchsia	Things getting’ better, I suppose. Still kinda meh.	#CA2C92
Ecru	Very sad that no one knows it’s a real color.	#C2B280
Periwinkle	Who kicks butt with the name Periwinkle," huh? No one, that's who. Blegh.	#CCCCFF
Turquoise	“Hey, the stones are cool. Does that make me cool?”	#30D5C8
Bisque	It’s like a beige soup all up in here.	#FFE4C4
Mauve	Wishes it were “Red”. Haz a sad.	#E0B0FF
Taupe	Tries to act like Topaz. Fails.	#F94D00
Liver	Shoot me. Shoot me nao.	#534B4F

Getting the Word Out - Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire

We inturrupt our current potifcating programming to bring you a promo for a fellow AWer:

__________Begin Message___________

2042. Bay City, California Free State.

Kat and Mouse are ronin--street mercenaries--who like cake runs. Simple jobs with quick and large payouts.

That's what these were supposed to be. Cake runs.

But when the Duo sign on, they suddenly find themselves targeted by a biker gang, a team of corporate commandos, a cybernetically-enhanced special ops agent, a stalker, a band of kidnappers, and a Japanese crime syndicate.

And they all want the Duo out of the way. Permanently.

Now these sassy sisters-in-arms must survive the onslaught and still get the jobs done. Because in the Biz, it's get paid or get dead.

As usual, Kat and Mouse are going to do things their way.

Heaven help Bay City.

__________End Message_______

Kat and Mouse, the cyberpunk serial from Abner Senires is available today (May 2). 

I was late to the series, so I'm still catching up (forced myself to start from the beginning), but the writing is tight and the characters well drawn. 

For more details, check out the Kat at Mouse homepage either through the link in my "Writing Links" section or through Kat And Mouse: Guns for Hire book.


We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogosphere programming.