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December 30, 2015
Thoughts on Writing – Researching Real World Languages
At my day job, one of my jobs is to organize composite images. Think: class pictures composed of individual student pictures. I start with a basic form, input the data on that form, sort through a list of classes already in the database, make sure the correct names are in the the right fields, and that the grades are formatted properly for the group pictures. I also scan the names of teachers and students to make sure that the apostrophes are in the right place, “Jr.” has that period at the e...
December 28, 2015
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Seven of Magic’s Stealing
Last time,I readThe Dragon’s Tree, a short children’s story that my husband, Isaac, wrote.Getting back into the usual trend of Monday video blogs, today I’m reading chapter seven from my young adult fantasy,Magic’s Stealing. :-)
As a side note, if all goes well, I’ll be using a new microphone with higher sound quality for the next reading.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy chapter seven. :-)
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December 25, 2015
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading “The Dragon’s Tree”
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Today I’m doing a Holiday Special video blog. Instead of reading a chapter from Magic’s Stealing, I’m reading a children’s story that Isaac wrote. He modeled the style after the style of fables. It’s called The Dragon’s Tree. Wehope you enjoy it. :-)
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December 21, 2015
Cover Reveal for a Fellow Author – Cogling!
Today I am super excited to be hosting a cover reveal forCoglingby Jordan Elizabeth. :-D
See, a while back I got the pleasure of beta-reading an earlier draft of this story, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating its release into the world. I’ve long wondered what the cover would look like (I did not create this cover). Now I finally get to see it, and so do you!
Are you ready?
I’m telling you, this cover is really pretty. :-D
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COGLINGA Steampunk Fairy Tale for Young Adultswho love a...
December 18, 2015
Thoughts on Writing – Literary Doppelgangers
You know those times when you’re writing a story, and you think you’ve finally created a character that’s at least a little bitdifferent… and then you find their literary doppelganger?
That character which just seems far closer than you would have liked?
While watching Jessica Jones (which is an awesome show, by the way), one of the things that struck me and Isaacwas the similarities between the villain of the show, Killgrave, and Brainmaster, the villain of our story, Distant Horizon.
They’r...
December 16, 2015
Behind the Scenes – One More Night – Book Cover
For this cover, we wanted to keep to a similar theme as the first book,Separate Lives, but with enough differences to show the different tone and themes. So I kept the same general format and images, but found new silhouettes to link to the new characters. To distinguish the modern-day character, I gave him a dark, shadowy appearance that still let some of his features show through, unlike the ghostly characters in the background. For the back cover, I simply changed the color scheme of the f...
December 14, 2015
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Six of Magic’s Stealing
Today, I’ve not only got chapter six of Magic’s Stealing read for you, I’ve also got an announcement: I’ve got books!
My order of fifty books came in today, so I shall soon be approaching local bookstores and I am currently debating doing a Goodreads giveaway. :-D
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the reading. :-)
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December 11, 2015
Thoughts on Writing – Combining Characters Part 2
In my previous post, I talked about a couple characters of whom I decided not to combine inDistant Horizon, and why. Today I’m going to talk about a couple characters who I very well might combine into a single, hopefully stronger character, in The Shadow War.
I’ve been plotting for The Shadow War (book two afterMagic’s Stealing) for a little while now, and when I was telling Isaac about some of my ideas last week, he suggested that I consider combining two of my characters who will be introd...
December 9, 2015
Thoughts on Writing – Combining Characters Part 1
One of the writing tips I’ve heard for making stories stronger is to combine characters. Theoretically, combining characters cuts down the number of supporting characters (thus making the cast easier to remember) and makes for a stronger single character (by bringing in conflicting, but often interesting behaviors).
When I was working on Distant Horizon, a YA science fiction novel I’m co-authoring with my husband, Isaac, a suggestion we got from one of our beta-readers was to combine two char...
December 7, 2015
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Five of Magic’s Stealing
Woot! I actually got this recording done on time! Anyway, here it is: the video blog post and the reading ofMagic’s Stealing,chapter five. I hope you enjoy it. :-)
