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July 15, 2015
Coming in October: Seven Tears at High Tide, by C.B. Lee
The Sea Holds Many Secrets
Kevin Luong walks to the ocean’s edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. “I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love.”
Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up on his doorstep professing his love. What he doesn’t know is that Morgan is a selkie, drawn to answer Kevin’s wish.
As they grow close, Morgan is caught between the dang...
July 13, 2015
Rainbow Boxes Indiegogo!
The Rainbow Boxes Indiegogo campaign to connect LGBTQIA books to readers went live this morning! Our ultimate goal is to send one Rainbow Box (15 titles with LGBTQIA protagonists) to a community library and a GSA or LGBTQIA homeless shelter in every state in the country.
We were inspired by the great work of the We Need Diverse Books team! Check out more at the link below.
July 8, 2015
July 7, 2015
Coming in September from Duet: Lodestones by Naomi MacKenzie
A university party. They have to figure out a way to go, come hell or high water. If she has to sell her soul or beg for help and information from her older brother, she will. This is exactly what she was looking for. It’s the only thing that can possibly save what was turning out to be a sad, wasted long weekend.
On the eve of a new school year, several groups of college students cross paths as they seek out a secret end-of-summer lake party—including Robin and Char...
amandaonwriting:
The storytelling elements:
1. The Contract
In...
The storytelling elements:
1. The Contract
In the very beginning, you have to make a promise. Will this be violent? Scary? Fun? Tense? Dramatic?
2. The Pull
Keep it light in the beginning. You don’t want to scare people away by being too dense — you must trustThe Contract.
3. The Incident
This is the event that sets everything in motion. Should occur early and keep the story together.
4. The Reveal
Just before thePoint Of No Return, the main character learns what the...
July 6, 2015
He Said, She Said: Dialog Tags and Using Them Effectively
By D.M. Johnson
The Good, The Bad, and The ObviousIn basic terms, dialogue tags (or speech tags) are like signposts, attributing written dialogue to characters. Dialogue tags don’t need to be fancy, splashy, or self-conscious. Their primary purpose is to show which characters speak and when. The greater the number of characters involved in a scene, the more important the frequency and positioning of tags becomes.
Each tag c...
