Debra R. Borys's Blog, page 5

Split Personality: The Author

Bad guys must make quite an impression on me, because Through the Dark, my remembered version of Eyes at the Window, painted the villain in pretty much the same colors as the original manuscript. The names changed. He was Mathias … Continue reading →

Watch for 2nd Edition Coming Soon | Painted Black

I will be upgrading the cover on Painted Black soon. Watch back here for more news. I just wanted to tell everyone that I will be releasing Painted Black, edition 2, sometime in early March. The content will be the … Continue reading →

The Resurrection of Charlie

Poor, forgotten Charlie.  I’m not sure why he completely escaped my recall when I rewrote Through the Dark from memory.  It probably has to do with my one-time fascination with the bad boy, wounded male image.  At that time, Charlie … Continue reading →

Split Personalities: Painted Black

This week, instead of continuing my blogging theme discussing my three books in one project, I wanted to comment on what happens sometimes when you search Amazon for an author’s books online. When I search Amazon for “Painted Black Borys” … Continue reading →

Split Personality: The Heroine

Boy, looking back at old manuscripts written twenty to thirty years ago—some close to forty, even—sure does make a person see how much they’ve changed over the years. I was into the wounded male hero back then, for one thing, … Continue reading →

Split Personality – Luke

This week I want to explore the three faces of Luke, the main male character in my “trilogy” of three books from one idea. Luke’s first name remains the same in all three versions, mainly because I think it goes … Continue reading →

Chapter Ones

Last week, I mentioned that I am rewriting an old manuscript that I’d actually already rewritten once, but from memory. This week, I thought I’d show you the first chapters of all three so you can see how different, or … Continue reading →

Review: Gritty but Ultimately Good

Originally posted on BOX OF RAIN: another STREET STORIES suspense novel:
The Chicago Review of Books posted an awesome review this morning of Box of Rain. Click the link at the end to read the whole wonderful thing, but here…

Three Books From One

In 2012 I was living in Seattle and trying to supplement my part-time job with some freelance writing. One of the things I contracted to write was a personalizable novel for a European company called PersonalNOVEL that allowed readers to … Continue reading →

2015

Seems like everyone’s always using the year end to count their blessings and resolve to accomplish great things in the next 365 days. Normally I avoid that like the plague.  No reason why, except maybe because everyone else is doing … Continue reading →