Dean Frech's Blog, page 30
November 2, 2013
Hey Santa!
I am hosting Jessica Subject on my Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves blog today!
http://bookreviewsrantsraves.blogspot.com/2013/11/hey-santa-by-jessica-subject.html
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Barnes and Noble today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
November 1, 2013
Joyfully Jay
I am honored to hosted by Joyfully Jay today! Stop by and take a look!
http://joyfullyjay.com/2013/11/guest-post-and-cover-reveal-disappear-with-me-by-l-dean-pach-frech.html
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Amazon today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 29, 2013
Looking Forward
I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point ~ Susan Sarandon
What are you? Who are you? Does your dream journey take advantage of who you are and what you want to become?
I certainly hope so, otherwise it might not be so fun. I've always had a sense of purpose with job/career. The older I get the more important doing what feels like important work becomes more and more important. That's why I like supporting my physicians during the day at my office job.
That's also why I like writing. As an LGBT writer, my goal has never been to create an allegorical story or political statement with my novels. I started out writing what I wanted to read: historical fiction with strong LGBT characters. With our current political climate and the issue of marriage equality, it's difficult to deny that there are some thematic elements that support equal rights. I read in the mid-1990s that just being an out gay man at the time was a political statement. I think it's hard not to be an LGBT writer right now and avoid any thematic messages about marriage equality or other civil rights issues.
As a writer, I try to create stories that are interesting to different types of people. If just one person who doesn't understand the fight for LGBT equal rights is persuaded by my novel to be open to those discussions, then I have done my job.
What do you look forward to?
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Musa Publishing today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 27, 2013
Outgoing Guts
Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise ~ Sylvia Plath
Here is another quote where love to substitute words like "writer" with any other word that you would like to make this applicable to you. We could just substitute "doable" with today's quote and it applies to a wide group of people.
Everything is doable if you have the guts to do it and the imagination to improvise. No matter what your dream goal is, you just have the guts to do it. You have to be able to improvise when you don't know what to do and either trudge ahead or figure out how to reach out for help to figure out what your barriers might be.
What have you had the outgoing guts to do lately?
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from iTunes on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 26, 2013
Music
Without music life is a journey through a desert ~ Pat Conroy
Do you listen to music while working on your dream journey? If your dream goal is something like writing, you can. I usually watch tv while I write, but I love to think about songs that help me identify the thoughts and feelings that I want my writing to evoke.
I also like to listen to music during the day. Even when the office gets loud, I have to my music on when it quiets down to concentrate and pass the time.
What type of music do you listen to when working on your dream journey?
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Kobo today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 24, 2013
Mistakes
All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say "no" and said "yes" ~ Moss Hart
For about a year and a half, I've been very disciplined with my exercise and writing routines in the morning. This has included setting boundaries when I didn't have to be to work until 1 pm and not writing all morning long.
I've changed schedules lately and maintaining the routines and boundaries has been important. I have to get myself up earlier now to get the writing done. If I don't get the writing done in the morning, I am way too tired to write fiction at night.
I also have to set boundaries with the amount of television I watch at night. What has been working for me is about an hour and a half of social media/marketing/etc and then two hours of television. Sometimes this has been something showing, most of the time it is DVR'd programming.
What boundaries have you set for yourself lately?
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Smashwords today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 22, 2013
Learning How to Operate
Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time ~ Timothy Leary
Learning how to do anything takes time. I have been actively pursuing writing projects for five years now. It wasn't until last year that I figured out how discipline myself to get my writing done in the morning when I'm absolute freshest and most creative.
In the last couple of months, I've started going into work earlier, so that means getting up and getting things done earlier. In the past, that has been difficult to do. But now that I know what it feels like to sell a manuscript, I know that to get to work earlier I have to get up earlier to keep things moving.
It takes time to learn how it all works, no matter what your dream journey. Working in the afternoons through the evenings for so long helped me develop the discipline I need. Now that discipline and learning is about getting up earlier. In the end, seeing my goal of published manuscripts outweighs the sleepiness and gets me out of bed now.
Have you made any changes to your routines or boundaries lately?
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from OmniLit today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 19, 2013
Author of the Week with Kerry Frith
Special thanks to Kerry Frith hosting me again as her Author of the Week this week! Check out her page:
http://kerryschitterchatter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cover-reveal.html
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Musa Publishing today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 18, 2013
Ednah-Palooza
I am hosting Ednah Walters on my reading blog today! Check it out:
http://bookreviewsrantsraves.blogspot.com/2013/10/ednah-palooza.html
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Musa Publishing today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
October 17, 2013
Hanging out with Elin Gregory Today!
I am so happy to be hanging out with Elin Gregory today. Check out her web site here:
http://elingregory.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/cover-reveal-disappear-with-me-by-l-dean-pace-freche/
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Is it possible for two Civil War veterans to find their place in the world on the Kansas Prairie?When the War Between the States ended in 1865 many Americans emerged from the turmoil energized by their possibilities for the future. Frank Greerson and Gregory Young were no different. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Frank yearned for his own farm, away from his family—even at the risk of alienating them. Gregory, an only child, returned home to claim his inheritance to help finance their adventure out west.
Between the difficult work of establishing a farm on the unforgiving Kansas prairie, and the additional obstacles provided by the weather, Native Americans and wild animals, will their love and loyalty be enough to sustain them through the hardships?
Purchase A Place to Call Their Own from Musa Publishing today!
Then request an Authorgraph, an electronic inscription, from me.
Join the conversation: use #APTCTO to talk about the novel on social media!
