First person POV…

Yes, this post is about the dreaded first person point of view… And yes, people write in it well… And again yes, I am one of them… well… err… okay. At least I think I so.

I wrote my first MS RINGS OF TIME (Mandorian Prophecies – YA Fantasy) in third person. Since it was my first book and it took me upwards of five years to write, it was awesome and didn’t need much to be perfect.

*cue the bozo the clown music*

It’s on!

There’s a song rolling around and around my head today… that brings the writing, editing, query, rejection process into perspective.
Adopt it. Live it. Breath it. It’s on!
The band is SuperChick and the song is from the album Beauty from Pain…
IT’S ON
And now for the Lyrics…
It all comes down to this
You take your best shot, might [...]

Editing Success…

I finished my first edit of RUNAWAY CHOICES last night and in the process I figured out a small little nugget I added in to the story to make it much better. I hope… Haha.
Like all first, second and maybe even fifth drafts, it’s surely not ready for submission, publication or the general public. But [...]

Runaway Choices, has ran away…

RUNAWAY CHOICES has indeed ran away… I saw it sprint for the finish line then break through the orange tape… it completed at 79,065 words. For those of you keeping track, that is 4,065 more words then I assumed I would finish at… but you have to mind the muse. And the muse pressed on [...]

Owl City makes me smile…

And yes, I am over the age of 12… so really, it should just annoy me. But I love the whimsical techno kiddy sound… and it doesn’t hurt that the lyrics are rated G for Giggly!
Ahem, why yes I am listening to them right now, why do you ask?
Totally not what I intended to [...]

Character driven writing…

Boy, my characters in Runaway Choices have thrown me for a loop this week.
Usually I write in order… A leads to B… B heads into C and D brings up the rear… followed by the rest of the alphabet. However, there are times when Z needs to be written… Like with Runaway Choices.
One day a [...]

Teaser Tuesday… RUNAWAY CHOICES

I have been invited to participate in Teaser Tuesday…
So without further adieu… here it is. The first chapter in my current WIP…
RUNAWAY CHOICES

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