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November 22, 2010
Great Stories from a Bram Stoker Nominated Author
Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 50 publications, in the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic - not so much. Feel free to visit his online home and follow him on Twitter.
Today, we're checking out the latest and greatest collection of his short stories 'Fungus of the Heart'.
Heather: Hello Jeremy, thank you for doing this interview with me. It's such an honor to host you on my blog! Let's start off with your basic question: What made you start writing?
Jeremy: Thank you for the interview! When I was 13, I just remember thinking, "I like books. I should write one." And so I did, and I've been writing about a book a year ever since. I have to thank my parents for instilling in me a love for storytelling. They read to me all the time.
Heather: What does your writing schedule look like?
Jeremy: I try to write at least a couple hours every day. I usually write in the evening, when the attic clowns are napping. That way, they won't interrupt me by throwing moldy pies at me face or squirting rubber chicken tears at me using their fake flowers.
Heather: Which short story in Fungus of the Heart was the easiest for you to write?
Jeremy: "Boy in the Cabinet" was probably easier, because I was already so familiar with that character. My family often plays a game where we make up little stories and share them with each other. My stories almost always feature the Boy in the Cabinet, as well as a character called That Old Meatball. Perhaps I'll write a tale about That Old Meatball next.
Heather: Which character in Fungus of the Heart is your favorite and why?
Jeremy: I'm quite fond of Soapy from "Monkey Boy and the Monsters." I'm a big fan of anthropomorphic bars of soap in general, and Soapy is particularly cute with his appetite for carnage and his deep thoughts.
Heather: Do you have any works that will be sprouting in the future?
Jeremy: I'm writing a middle grade fantasy novel as well as a new horror story collection. I'm also constructing a yard gnome-style hut made entirely out of sporks and spambled eggs.
Heather: Any advice for those aspiring writers?
Jeremy: Eat copious amounts of peanut butter. If you're allergic to peanut butter, almond butter will work. If you're allergic to peanut and almond butter, magic beans will do the trick. Also, read and write every day. Don't let rejections get you down. Follow submission guidelines.
Heather: What is a source of inspiration for you?
Jeremy: Horrible things that happen in the world. Beautiful things that happen in the world. My family, my friends, strangers, ghosts, monsters.
Heather: Who is/are your favorite writer/s?
Jeremy: I love Haruki Murakami, Lois Lowry, Amy Tan, Arundhati Roy, Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Heather: Anything else you want to add?
Jeremy: Here are some free stories: http://jeremycshipp.com/onlinestories...
And here's a big salamander: http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/20...
Heather: Thank you again for letting me host you on my blog, Jeremy!
Today, we're checking out the latest and greatest collection of his short stories 'Fungus of the Heart'.
Heather: Hello Jeremy, thank you for doing this interview with me. It's such an honor to host you on my blog! Let's start off with your basic question: What made you start writing?
Jeremy: Thank you for the interview! When I was 13, I just remember thinking, "I like books. I should write one." And so I did, and I've been writing about a book a year ever since. I have to thank my parents for instilling in me a love for storytelling. They read to me all the time.
Heather: What does your writing schedule look like?
Jeremy: I try to write at least a couple hours every day. I usually write in the evening, when the attic clowns are napping. That way, they won't interrupt me by throwing moldy pies at me face or squirting rubber chicken tears at me using their fake flowers.
Heather: Which short story in Fungus of the Heart was the easiest for you to write?
Jeremy: "Boy in the Cabinet" was probably easier, because I was already so familiar with that character. My family often plays a game where we make up little stories and share them with each other. My stories almost always feature the Boy in the Cabinet, as well as a character called That Old Meatball. Perhaps I'll write a tale about That Old Meatball next.
Heather: Which character in Fungus of the Heart is your favorite and why?
Jeremy: I'm quite fond of Soapy from "Monkey Boy and the Monsters." I'm a big fan of anthropomorphic bars of soap in general, and Soapy is particularly cute with his appetite for carnage and his deep thoughts.
Heather: Do you have any works that will be sprouting in the future?
Jeremy: I'm writing a middle grade fantasy novel as well as a new horror story collection. I'm also constructing a yard gnome-style hut made entirely out of sporks and spambled eggs.
Heather: Any advice for those aspiring writers?
Jeremy: Eat copious amounts of peanut butter. If you're allergic to peanut butter, almond butter will work. If you're allergic to peanut and almond butter, magic beans will do the trick. Also, read and write every day. Don't let rejections get you down. Follow submission guidelines.
Heather: What is a source of inspiration for you?
Jeremy: Horrible things that happen in the world. Beautiful things that happen in the world. My family, my friends, strangers, ghosts, monsters.
Heather: Who is/are your favorite writer/s?
Jeremy: I love Haruki Murakami, Lois Lowry, Amy Tan, Arundhati Roy, Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Heather: Anything else you want to add?
Jeremy: Here are some free stories: http://jeremycshipp.com/onlinestories...
And here's a big salamander: http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/20...
Heather: Thank you again for letting me host you on my blog, Jeremy!
November 12, 2010
I think it would be awesome if they made a Sibling's Day ...
I think it would be awesome if they made a Sibling's Day where siblings celebrate their siblings.
There are just way too many siblings out there fighting with each other over what ever reasons and if you think about it, there really isn't anything bringing the siblings together after they move away from home.
Like Mother's Day and Father's Day, it's a reason to celebrate that special connection - and if nothing else, it's a reason to call each other and get reconnected. The same with Grandparent's Day.
In this day and age, it's so easy to lose touch with the people you're not around everyday. And there's so many ways to stay in touch too. A holiday is like a yearly reminder.
Yep. It's my midnight rantings!
November 9, 2010
All Ready To Go?
Here's a great post for all of those participating in NaNoWriMo ( http://www.nanowrimo.org ) this year, for those who all ready have finished a novel, or will finish one soon. The all-important question that no one can seem to answer without difficulty - what to do with that novel after it's written, revised and ready to go.
Pretty much, when it comes to publishing there are three different kinds of publishing. Traditional, Self-publishing, and Vanity Presses. You have to decide what's best for your book, but I'll break down each type of publishing for you, so you can better understand what these are all about.
Traditional - This is the kind of publisher you all probably have heard about. You send them your work, they look it over, and if they think the material will do well in the current market, and the editing is up to par, then they will accept it, and publish it.
They'll take care of hiring editors, layout designers, and artists for your book. There is still editing to do even after you submit your work though, and you'll have to work on the editing with one of their editors even after it's accepted - but that doesn't mean not to edit your work before you send it in, if there are too many errors, they'll reject your work anyways. You still have to do most of the marketing and promotion for your book, with any route you go. Traditional Publishing is free, these types of publishers take a chance on you and your book hoping it'll do well in the market. The only thing you might have to pay for is books - providing they aren't eBooks.
Self-Publishing - This is where you are in complete control of your work. You do everything - editing, layout, cover design, illustrations, proofreading, marketing, and promotion - or hire someone to do it for you. If you do your research, this can be quite rewarding and a great opportunity. But it can be overwhelming if you've never been through the publishing process before. There is some money involved in this one depending on if you do all of the work yourself. You'll also foot the bill for all of the books you buy as well, since in self-publishing you are the publisher - but at the same token, you get keep all of your revenue.
Vanity Press - I have never been through a Vanity Press before, but my work has been accepted at one. They are pretty much the same as a Traditional Publisher, but the author piches in for the funds to get the book published. Which is why some people say Vanity Presses are a rip-off.
Examples of the different kinds of publishers are listed below:
Traditional - Wild Child Publishing, Wild Rose Press
Self-Publishing - CreateSpace, LuLu
Vanity Press - Tate Publishing
Happy publishing!
Pretty much, when it comes to publishing there are three different kinds of publishing. Traditional, Self-publishing, and Vanity Presses. You have to decide what's best for your book, but I'll break down each type of publishing for you, so you can better understand what these are all about.
Traditional - This is the kind of publisher you all probably have heard about. You send them your work, they look it over, and if they think the material will do well in the current market, and the editing is up to par, then they will accept it, and publish it.
They'll take care of hiring editors, layout designers, and artists for your book. There is still editing to do even after you submit your work though, and you'll have to work on the editing with one of their editors even after it's accepted - but that doesn't mean not to edit your work before you send it in, if there are too many errors, they'll reject your work anyways. You still have to do most of the marketing and promotion for your book, with any route you go. Traditional Publishing is free, these types of publishers take a chance on you and your book hoping it'll do well in the market. The only thing you might have to pay for is books - providing they aren't eBooks.
Self-Publishing - This is where you are in complete control of your work. You do everything - editing, layout, cover design, illustrations, proofreading, marketing, and promotion - or hire someone to do it for you. If you do your research, this can be quite rewarding and a great opportunity. But it can be overwhelming if you've never been through the publishing process before. There is some money involved in this one depending on if you do all of the work yourself. You'll also foot the bill for all of the books you buy as well, since in self-publishing you are the publisher - but at the same token, you get keep all of your revenue.
Vanity Press - I have never been through a Vanity Press before, but my work has been accepted at one. They are pretty much the same as a Traditional Publisher, but the author piches in for the funds to get the book published. Which is why some people say Vanity Presses are a rip-off.
Examples of the different kinds of publishers are listed below:
Traditional - Wild Child Publishing, Wild Rose Press
Self-Publishing - CreateSpace, LuLu
Vanity Press - Tate Publishing
Happy publishing!
November 8, 2010
Carolyn Howard-Johnson vists!
[image error] Carolyn Howard-Johnson
(3rd person from the left)
accepting an award. Today, I'm featuring a skilled promotion, editing, and writing guru who makes my skills look like baby-talk. So, let's see a little bit more about what Carolyn does from her mouth. Yep, I'll stop gibbering now.
As a college freshman, Carolyn Howard-Johnson was the youngest person ever hired as a staff writer for the Salt Lake Tribune--"A Great Pulitzer Prize Winning Newspaper"--where she wrote features for the society page and a column under the name of Debra Paige.
Later, in New York, she was an editorial assistant at Good Housekeeping Magazine. She also handled accounts for fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert who instituted the first Ten Best Dressed List, where she wrote releases for celebrity designers of the time including Pauline Trigere, Rudy Gernreich and Christian Dior. She was also a consultant for the Oak Park Press in the Chicago area.
Her nonfiction and humor have been seen in national magazines and her fiction and poetry appear regularly in anthologies and review journals. She has been a columnist for The Pasadena Star News and is now a columnist for Home Décor Buyer, a trade magazine, and Myshelf.com and others. She writes movie and theatre reviews for The Glendale News-Press.
She studied at the University of Utah, graduated from USC and has done postgraduate work in writing at UCLA. She also studied writing at Cambridge University, United Kingdom; Herzen University in St. Petersburg, Russia; and Charles University in Prague.
The author's first novel, This Is The Place, and her book of creative nonfiction are award-winners. She also wrote a screenplay, The Killing Ground. Her book The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't was named USA Book News' Best Professional Book of 2004 and won Book Publicists of southern California's Irwin award.
The second book in the HowToDoItFrugally series is The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success which also won a USA Book News Best Book nod. It is also the winner of Reader Views Literary Award and a finalist in the New Generation Indie Best Book Awards. Her marketing campaign for that book took top honors for marketing.
Howard-Johnson's stories have appeared in anthologies like: Pass/Fail, edited by Rose A. O. Kleidon, PhD; Calliope's Mousepad in review journals like California State University at Stanislaus's Penumbra and the Mochila Review.
She was honored as Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award by California Legislature members, Carol Liu, Dario Frommer and Jack Scott. She is the recipient of her community's Character and Ethics award for her work promoting tolerance. She was honored by her city's Character and Ethics committee for promoting tolerance with her writing and was named to Pasadena Weekly's list of 14 women of "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen".
Born and raised in Utah, Howard-Johnson raised her own family in sunny Southern California.
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[image error] Now, here are some links to get to know more about this wonderful person. And if you're a NaNoWriMo participant this year, you might want to grab a copy of her Frugal Editor, so when Nation Novel Editing Month (December) comes around, you'll be ready to edit each and every one of those 50,000 words!BLOGS FOCUSED ON WRITING AND RELATED TOPICS
http://www.SharingWithWriters.blogspo...
Sharing with Writers is a blog on all things publishing with an emphasis on book promotion. It was named to Writer's Digest 101 Best Website list.
http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/
The New Book Review is a great way for readers, authors, reviewers and publicists to get more mileage out of a great review. Guidelines for submitting (and recycling) good reviews are in the left column. Scroll down a bit. It's free.
http://www.SizzlingBookFairBooths.blo...
The Sizzling Book Fair Booths is a blog where participants in in my HowToDoItFrugally cooperative fair booths exchange ideas that make a ho-hum booth into a sizzling success. We keep it open so all authors can learn from our successes and mmmm...challenges.
http://www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/
This is the Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog. It covers everything that has anything to do with editing from grammar to formatting. The question and answer format encourages you to get the answers you need.
OFF THE SUBJECT OF WRITING--MOSTLY
www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com
My creative writing is mostly inspired by the need for tolerance--nay, acceptance--on this planet. War Peace Tolerance also includes resources so that people can--no matter what they think of our wars--support our troops.
Also check out Carolyn's Website where you can see what other kinds of books she has written. She's also on Twitter!
Follow the blog tour - Marvin Wilson is hosting Margaret Fieland!
[image error] Carolyn Howard-Johnson
(3rd person from the left)
accepting an award. Today, I'm featuring a skilled promotion, editing, and writing guru who makes my skills look like baby-talk. So, let's see a little bit more about what Carolyn does from her mouth. Yep, I'll stop gibbering now.
As a college freshman, Carolyn Howard-Johnson was the youngest person ever hired as a staff writer for the Salt Lake Tribune--"A Great Pulitzer Prize Winning Newspaper"--where she wrote features for the society page and a column under the name of Debra Paige.
Later, in New York, she was an editorial assistant at Good Housekeeping Magazine. She also handled accounts for fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert who instituted the first Ten Best Dressed List, where she wrote releases for celebrity designers of the time including Pauline Trigere, Rudy Gernreich and Christian Dior. She was also a consultant for the Oak Park Press in the Chicago area.
Her nonfiction and humor have been seen in national magazines and her fiction and poetry appear regularly in anthologies and review journals. She has been a columnist for The Pasadena Star News and is now a columnist for Home Décor Buyer, a trade magazine, and Myshelf.com and others. She writes movie and theatre reviews for The Glendale News-Press.
She studied at the University of Utah, graduated from USC and has done postgraduate work in writing at UCLA. She also studied writing at Cambridge University, United Kingdom; Herzen University in St. Petersburg, Russia; and Charles University in Prague.
The author's first novel, This Is The Place, and her book of creative nonfiction are award-winners. She also wrote a screenplay, The Killing Ground. Her book The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't was named USA Book News' Best Professional Book of 2004 and won Book Publicists of southern California's Irwin award.
The second book in the HowToDoItFrugally series is The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success which also won a USA Book News Best Book nod. It is also the winner of Reader Views Literary Award and a finalist in the New Generation Indie Best Book Awards. Her marketing campaign for that book took top honors for marketing.
Howard-Johnson's stories have appeared in anthologies like: Pass/Fail, edited by Rose A. O. Kleidon, PhD; Calliope's Mousepad in review journals like California State University at Stanislaus's Penumbra and the Mochila Review.
She was honored as Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award by California Legislature members, Carol Liu, Dario Frommer and Jack Scott. She is the recipient of her community's Character and Ethics award for her work promoting tolerance. She was honored by her city's Character and Ethics committee for promoting tolerance with her writing and was named to Pasadena Weekly's list of 14 women of "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen".
Born and raised in Utah, Howard-Johnson raised her own family in sunny Southern California.
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[image error] Now, here are some links to get to know more about this wonderful person. And if you're a NaNoWriMo participant this year, you might want to grab a copy of her Frugal Editor, so when Nation Novel Editing Month (December) comes around, you'll be ready to edit each and every one of those 50,000 words!BLOGS FOCUSED ON WRITING AND RELATED TOPICS
http://www.SharingWithWriters.blogspo...
Sharing with Writers is a blog on all things publishing with an emphasis on book promotion. It was named to Writer's Digest 101 Best Website list.
http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/
The New Book Review is a great way for readers, authors, reviewers and publicists to get more mileage out of a great review. Guidelines for submitting (and recycling) good reviews are in the left column. Scroll down a bit. It's free.
http://www.SizzlingBookFairBooths.blo...
The Sizzling Book Fair Booths is a blog where participants in in my HowToDoItFrugally cooperative fair booths exchange ideas that make a ho-hum booth into a sizzling success. We keep it open so all authors can learn from our successes and mmmm...challenges.
http://www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/
This is the Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog. It covers everything that has anything to do with editing from grammar to formatting. The question and answer format encourages you to get the answers you need.
OFF THE SUBJECT OF WRITING--MOSTLY
www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com
My creative writing is mostly inspired by the need for tolerance--nay, acceptance--on this planet. War Peace Tolerance also includes resources so that people can--no matter what they think of our wars--support our troops.
Also check out Carolyn's Website where you can see what other kinds of books she has written. She's also on Twitter!
Follow the blog tour - Marvin Wilson is hosting Margaret Fieland!
October 9, 2010
Interview with Nancy Famolari
Come check out Nancy Famolari, she's the author of this mystery novel Murder in Montbleu. If that looks good, you have to check out her other books too, and her websites, and her blogs, and you have to follow her updates!!!
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/nancyfamolari/
My Space: http://www.myspace.com/nancyfamolari/
Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/friends/
Blogs: http://nancygfamolari.blogspot.com/
http://nancyfamolari.wordpress.com/
But, if you're like me and have dial-up, just stick around here and check out this awesome new interview Nancy did with me:
Heather: It's so wonderful to have you on my blog! So the latest from your writer's den is Murder in Montbleu. Can you tell us a little about where you got the inspiration to write this story?
Nancy: I love mysteries, so I wanted to write a mystery. This was my first attempt. I chose a small town setting in Northeastern Pennsylvania much like Montbleu because I live in a town like that, and it made location easier to write about. The town has many gracious Victorian houses, but there are a few anomalies. My first idea for the story came from an anomaly, a fieldstone contemporary set among all the Victorians. Then I thought about a wife obsessing about her husband having an affair. She might drive by the house where her rival lived. What if she saw his car race down the driveway? That was the start of the story. Once I had the house it just came to me. Although it made the location easy to write about, I have to say none of my friends and neighbors have quite the exciting life the characters have (at least I don't think so!).
Heather: How long did it take you to weave this carefully constructed tale?
Nancy: I wrote Murder in Montbleu in a month during Nanowrimo. I love Nanowrimo. It keeps me focused. However, that's the easy part. Whoever said, writing is rewriting, was absolutely right. It took me about four months and several tries to get the book to where I was happy with it.
Heather: Was it hard to tie up all the loose ends to such a complex story?
Nancy: Tying up loose ends is always hard. In mysteries you have to be particularly vigilant. Mystery readers read very carefully because they're looking for clues. Even the last time I went through the manuscript (and I'd been through it at least 20 times), I found details that had to be made just right to keep all threads together.
Heather: What was your favorite chapter?
Nancy: My favorite chapter is Chapter Nine. Chess Devon, Deputy Police Chief, interviews Miss Hattie Pershing. Hattie lives across the street from the house in which the murder was committed. She's a busy body, always looking out her front window to see what the neighbors are doing. She's also very old, never married, and talks constantly. I loved writing about Miss Hattie and Chess' frustration with getting her to answer direct questions.
Heather: For all of those aspiring writers out there, what advice would you give them?
Nancy: Apply your seat to the chair and learn your craft. Writing is great fun, particularly in the creation stage where you get to meet your characters and work out the plot. However, making the story work takes a lot of rewriting and rethinking. Having been through the process several times, I've gotten very fond of the polishing phase, but, it takes a lot of time sitting at the typewriter and checking facts.
Heather: Thank you, again, for being my guest on Down to the Core!
Nancy: Thanks for having me, Heather. You ask very good questions. I had fun answering them.
Look out tomorrow readers, author Kathy Stemke will be visiting The Old Silly 
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/nancyfamolari/ My Space: http://www.myspace.com/nancyfamolari/
Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/friends/
Blogs: http://nancygfamolari.blogspot.com/
http://nancyfamolari.wordpress.com/
But, if you're like me and have dial-up, just stick around here and check out this awesome new interview Nancy did with me:
Heather: It's so wonderful to have you on my blog! So the latest from your writer's den is Murder in Montbleu. Can you tell us a little about where you got the inspiration to write this story?
Nancy: I love mysteries, so I wanted to write a mystery. This was my first attempt. I chose a small town setting in Northeastern Pennsylvania much like Montbleu because I live in a town like that, and it made location easier to write about. The town has many gracious Victorian houses, but there are a few anomalies. My first idea for the story came from an anomaly, a fieldstone contemporary set among all the Victorians. Then I thought about a wife obsessing about her husband having an affair. She might drive by the house where her rival lived. What if she saw his car race down the driveway? That was the start of the story. Once I had the house it just came to me. Although it made the location easy to write about, I have to say none of my friends and neighbors have quite the exciting life the characters have (at least I don't think so!).
Heather: How long did it take you to weave this carefully constructed tale?
Nancy: I wrote Murder in Montbleu in a month during Nanowrimo. I love Nanowrimo. It keeps me focused. However, that's the easy part. Whoever said, writing is rewriting, was absolutely right. It took me about four months and several tries to get the book to where I was happy with it.
Heather: Was it hard to tie up all the loose ends to such a complex story?
Nancy: Tying up loose ends is always hard. In mysteries you have to be particularly vigilant. Mystery readers read very carefully because they're looking for clues. Even the last time I went through the manuscript (and I'd been through it at least 20 times), I found details that had to be made just right to keep all threads together.
Heather: What was your favorite chapter?
Nancy: My favorite chapter is Chapter Nine. Chess Devon, Deputy Police Chief, interviews Miss Hattie Pershing. Hattie lives across the street from the house in which the murder was committed. She's a busy body, always looking out her front window to see what the neighbors are doing. She's also very old, never married, and talks constantly. I loved writing about Miss Hattie and Chess' frustration with getting her to answer direct questions.
Heather: For all of those aspiring writers out there, what advice would you give them?
Nancy: Apply your seat to the chair and learn your craft. Writing is great fun, particularly in the creation stage where you get to meet your characters and work out the plot. However, making the story work takes a lot of rewriting and rethinking. Having been through the process several times, I've gotten very fond of the polishing phase, but, it takes a lot of time sitting at the typewriter and checking facts.
Heather: Thank you, again, for being my guest on Down to the Core!
Nancy: Thanks for having me, Heather. You ask very good questions. I had fun answering them.
Look out tomorrow readers, author Kathy Stemke will be visiting The Old Silly
October 5, 2010
Howl in time for Hooooooowwwlloween!
Fall is certainly in the air! And so is my newest novel Howl, which is still in progess. It's mostly all in the first draft stage still, but I got busy awhile ago and designed the book cover, which I'm super excited to post here.
So let me know what you think about it. Along with it, I'm posting a short summary and my cute little attackable sentence thing. If you want to read quite a long excerpt you can go to http://inkpop.com/projects/3511/howl/ I have quite a few chapters up there so I can get some feedback on it. Anyways, here it is:
It's not a curse, it's a disease. Hyperglyocious, A.K.A the process of turning into a werewolf; and I'll have that disease forever.
Stolen from home by her newest classmate, Halle Feltcher learns what she believed to be a legend is fact. The worst part is she finds herself caught up in the spin, bitten by a werewolf, and there is nothing she can do to change that. Werewolves and humans collide both searching the same common goal: peace - what they don't know is which side is disturbing the harmony.
So let me know what you think about it. Along with it, I'm posting a short summary and my cute little attackable sentence thing. If you want to read quite a long excerpt you can go to http://inkpop.com/projects/3511/howl/ I have quite a few chapters up there so I can get some feedback on it. Anyways, here it is:
It's not a curse, it's a disease. Hyperglyocious, A.K.A the process of turning into a werewolf; and I'll have that disease forever. Stolen from home by her newest classmate, Halle Feltcher learns what she believed to be a legend is fact. The worst part is she finds herself caught up in the spin, bitten by a werewolf, and there is nothing she can do to change that. Werewolves and humans collide both searching the same common goal: peace - what they don't know is which side is disturbing the harmony.
September 9, 2010
Meet Dianne Sagan!
Today on Down to the Core, we have a wonderful guest. She is the dazzling author of Shelter from the Storm and The Fisherman's Wife.
[image error] Dianne Sagan was raised in Texas and is now a full-time ghostwriter and author. Her credits include 35+ editorials for the Amarillo Globe News, a regional newspaper, in addition to short stories and articles published on the internet. Dianne's works in progress include a flash fiction book with five other women writers, Women's Bible studies, a series of suspense...
[image error] Dianne Sagan was raised in Texas and is now a full-time ghostwriter and author. Her credits include 35+ editorials for the Amarillo Globe News, a regional newspaper, in addition to short stories and articles published on the internet. Dianne's works in progress include a flash fiction book with five other women writers, Women's Bible studies, a series of suspense...
August 17, 2010
60th Blog Post + See What I'm Up to Online
Yep, it's my 60th blog post already! How exciting. I'll have to have a party when I reach 100 blog posts. All of you who have blogs are probably looking at this like "The girl is absolutely batty!" - lol - I'm a bored person, what do you expect?
Anyways, I've been quite busy in my adventures and I've decided to take a bit of time to let everyone know where I am and what I'm doing. First of all, offline, I'm working on a few books, namely Howl and The Cloak of Erason (the second installment in...
Anyways, I've been quite busy in my adventures and I've decided to take a bit of time to let everyone know where I am and what I'm doing. First of all, offline, I'm working on a few books, namely Howl and The Cloak of Erason (the second installment in...
August 13, 2010
The New Book Covers for the JGDS Series
Elysabeth Eldering, the author of the Junior Geography Detective Squad, and I (the new illustrator and cover design artist for the series) have been hard at work with four of her latest books, all to be realeased for sale this year. It's an honor to be a part of this wonderful series. Below are the covers of the books, so you can see what I've been up to these past few months.
Here is the cover for State of Successes, the 4th book in the JGDS series and the next book to be released for that.
T...
Here is the cover for State of Successes, the 4th book in the JGDS series and the next book to be released for that.
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July 17, 2010
Meet Morgan Faere
Meet Morgan Faere, she is a wonderful diamond-in-the-rough I found. She is an inspiring young fiction writer with big dreams for the future. Lucky enough, she agreed to do an interview with me. So go read the results below and get to know more about this brilliant author I found!
Heather: How long have you been writing?
Morgan: My whole life.
Heather: What started you writing for publication?
Morgan: Dreams.
Heather: Do you have a set time when you write, or just whenever you get the urge?
Morga...
Heather: How long have you been writing?
Morgan: My whole life.
Heather: What started you writing for publication?
Morgan: Dreams.
Heather: Do you have a set time when you write, or just whenever you get the urge?
Morga...
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