Heather Sunseri's Blog, page 31
July 29, 2013
My Thoughts On Editing + An Update On MINDSIEGE – Sequel to Mindspeak
MINDSIEGE, the sequel to Mindspeak, is now a complete novel. It’s a little rough around the edges at the moment, but I am in love with it, and I so hope you will love it, too!!!
Today, I thought I’d give you a glimpse into my editing life. In some ways, it’s not as fun as the rough draft stage, but in others, it’s the most rewarding part of being a writer. Editing can be difficult, finger-bleeding, tear-inducing work. Editing can also leave you giddy with anticipation of sharing your new story...
July 22, 2013
Naysayers Are A-holes
Have you ever decided to do something “different”? Go against the norm? Step out of your comfort zone?
Maybe all of your friends were getting married and having babies, and you decided to wait.
Maybe the people you were in college with were all getting jobs before graduation, yet you held back considering traveling before you settled into an 8 − 5 job.
I’ve known people who went against the norm and decided to do something that was completely “different” from what I was doing. And you know what?...
July 1, 2013
Cover Reveal: MINDSIEGE! Check it!!
I thought about telling’ y’all how I debated long and hard about how and when to reveal the cover to MINDSIEGE, #2 in the Mindspeak series, but I couldn’t think of a single reason to release the cover to Mindsiege on one day vs another day. The cover was complete, so why wait for some perfect, arbitrary date to release it? When is the perfect date to release a cover to readers? If you know, please tell me in the comments, because I couldn’t think of a good strategic reason to wait.
Mike and I...
June 19, 2013
A Quote For You Today
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in...
June 17, 2013
Cover Reveal: HEIST by Laura Pauling
Today, I’m excited to reveal the cover art and the synopsis for one of my critique partner’s newest books: a young adult psychological thriller HEIST by Laura Pauling to be released in 2013. I’m super excited to read this genre by Laura.
Synopsis:
Can one decision change the past?
Jack Brodie has a six...
Is Creating the Print Version of Your Self-Published Books Worth it?
As many of you know, I chose to concentrate most of my publishing efforts of MIndspeak on e-Publishing. Until now… MINDSPEAK is now available in print on Amazon and will soon be available directly from heathersunseri.com (see bottom of post for more details on that).
I’ve been asked time and time again if and when I planned to publish Mindspeak in hard copy/paperback. This was hard for me to answer, because I just couldn’t estimate if or when I planned to get the novel into print. To do so mea...
June 16, 2013
Greatest Fear: Saying No To My Inner Nag
Photo credit – Creative Commons – Flickr by epsos
I have this nag in my life. This nag gets rather loud at times. Other times she’s quiet and timid. She can be angry and irrational, yet gentle and encouraging. She’s quite frightening.
My husband thinks it’s me who’s occasionally irrational. “But it’s not,” I always tell him. “It’s the nag.”
What does this nag say, you might ask?
Well, she’s quite persistent and loud one moment, while quiet and sneaky the next. Sometimes she says things like, “Put...
June 12, 2013
If It Matters, You’ll Find a Way!
Since I’ve published a book, I’ve had many MANY people tell me, “I’ve always wanted to write.”
I usually nod, and say something super smart like, “Really?”
I don’t have to say anything beyond, “Really?” Because the conversation goes a certain way almost every single time no matter what I say. And I like this conversation. I like it so much, I’m sharing it with you.
But let’s take this a step further. Maybe your thing isn’t writing. Maybe you’ve always wanted to run a marathon. Maybe you’ve alway...
June 5, 2013
MYTH: Self-Published Authors Only Self-Publish After a Slew of Rejections
No Dogs Allowed by Jon McGovern (Creative Commons)
Many believe that all self-published authors only self-published because they were rejected over and over again by agents and publishers from the traditional world.
I can’t really speak for others, but I know this to be myth because I haven’t received a single rejection from an agent or a publisher since querying my first work. And I mean the very first story I wrote. And I deserved every rejection I received with that story. My husband still m...
June 3, 2013
Feedly and Why I Deleted 50 Blogs This Weekend
Photo Credit – Creative Commons from Flickr by robinhamman
Before we get to today’s post, I want you to know I disabled DISQUS commenting from my site. I’m thinking commenting will be much easier now. So, no excuses!!! Yes, that means you, lurker person! (Just kidding. I like lurkers.)
On to today’s post…
I totally declutterfied Feedly over the weekend. And I feel AMAZING!
Since my beloved Google Reader is shutting down in less than a month, I’ve switched to Feedly. (Have you tried it? I don’t ju...
