I love books…
As well I should, since I’m a writer, author, bibliophile… I have to love them right?? Right… well, mostly right. But I’m talking about the love today…. Feel the love people! Love your books! Love your authors! Love, love, love! This week I had the wonderful honor of beta reading a friend’s novel. I’ve read it before and loved it then. Then she became a superstar… aka, she got an agent. Her agent requested changes. So, she changed and resent for me to read. *squeal* Just like the first time, I couldn’t put it down! My poor, poor...
Read MoreRings of Time
The manuscript I’m working on right now… Seventeen-year-old Iona Dalen has never looked for adventure outside the pages of the books she immerses herself in; after all, she lives in the real world, not some fantasy. However, after a vivid dream of another world piques her curiosity, she finds herself entangled in a web of mystery surrounding a blank journal of all things, one which has been returned yet again to her parents’ bookshop. When Malachi Ventre, a regular at the shop, threatens Iona to keep out of other people’s business, she must think outside the box and determine...
Read MoreNew project…
It’s about time to start a new project… or complete an old one? I am still debating on which to do. I considered posting the first chapter of each and letting you decide… but they are unedited. Blah. I love the prospect of new projects. New options. New worlds. New characters. New adventures. It’s kinda why I like moving my furniture around so much in my own house. I like a new view of the world… I get bored easily. BUT I realize if I don’t focus my attention on the novels (yes plural) that are complete and need revising and editing that they will never...
Read MoreMy synopsis blueprint…
A few people on twitter have asked what the blueprint for my synopsis was. I know it’s a daunting task… at least it feels like a daunting task when you start. And while, yes you are thrilled when it’s over, it’s also very rewarding to get through it. Below are the steps I took to write my synopsis… in 7 DAYS… DAY 1: Write everything you know. And when I say everything. I mean. EVERY.THING. Write crappy. Write fast. Don’t dot your “i” or cross your “t” just make sure YOU can read it… cuzz NO ONE ELSE WILL, so it...
Read MoreSynopsis… Oh how I loath thee…
Let me count the ways… You prevent me from querying some agents who require them. You make me spend countless hours thinking, writing, cursing, rewriting, more thinking and still more rewriting and I still probably don’t have it right. You claim I can only use 1/5000ths of the words I used to write the novel to get my point across. That’s like putting on pantyhose when you are wet! You claim I can’t just write “READ THE BOOK” and be done with it… I mean really, what gives? That should be totally acceptable. You claim there should be “no...
Read Moregot passion?
I know… this is cliché as all get out… but it’s my topic today. I’m sure a lot of you hear this from every angle of your quest for publication. Friends, agents, editors, publishers… they all want passion! But what type of passion are they looking for? Do you know? Are they looking for passion in the novel itself? Yes. Does this mean that you have to write a steamy scene to make their eyeballs bug out… uhh, no. Wrong kind of passion. The passion I’m referring to is in YOU and has to be transferred into your novel using the tools God gave you…...
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Dragons Forever
Inspirational Fiction
