Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 203
September 10, 2013
Daven Anderson – Author
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On June 13, 2009, Daven Anderson’s life changed. After forty years of reading other people’s stories, the impetus to create finally struck. Daven set about to fill two large “voids” in the field of modern fiction. One; to create a story where a person with special needs is portrayed as a wise, dignified hero, without being bogged down in a mawkish sentimentality that turns many readers away. The other; create a new class of vampire book where the back story makes complete sense in both scientific and folkloric terms. Where the conflict between two types of vampires, human and alien, lets readers explore (and debate) what it really means to be “human.”
Many would see the concepts of “a wise hero with special needs” and “vampires struggling to define and maintain their humanity” to be mutually exclusive, yet “Vampire Syndrome” proves these pair of concepts can be seamlessly integrated, and complementary. People with special needs struggle to define and maintain their humanity on a daily basis. As Daven’s main character Jack Wendell finds out, becoming a human Vampire besets him with a myriad of new problems. The challenges he faced in becoming a record-setting Special Olympics champion athlete pale next to the road he now must run. The hidden world of the Vampires, where even living to see the next sunrise will be a challenge for him. Even if he survives the challenges from other human Vampires, Jack will also have to deal with the alien Vampires.
When Daven first submitted his novel to publishers, his “pitch” drew widespread attention. PDMI Publishing LLC was able to see beyond the single-sentence “Forrest Gump meets War Of The Roses” pitch, and appreciate the true meanings behind “Vampire Syndrome.” To deliver the message of “a dignified hero with special needs” to those who would never read a book like “Forrest Gump.” To build a vampire world free of the “plausibility holes” that pause many readers dead in their tracks. And to be the first book that offers a sensible explanation for the menacing Blue Mustang statue at Denver International Airport. Unlike many other vampire novels, You do not have to check your sense of humor at the door to read “Vampire Syndrome.”
Daven’s writing credo is simply this: “Build the world first, and the writing will follow.” All too many speculative fiction writers build their stories’ universes as the writer goes along, and it shows. As several readers have said, “The scariest part of Vampire Syndrome is that everything makes sense.”
http://vampiresyndrome.wordpress.com/meet-the-vampires/
http://vampiresyndrome.wordpress.com/about/
http://www.vampiresyndrome.org/
5 Misconceptions About Your Story’s “Normal World”
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog:
by K.M. Weiland (@KMWeiland)
Yes, today I have a guest post. KM and I go way back. We did prison time together. By the way glue-guns CAN get you in legal trouble and our lawyers have advised we not say anything more. But, she knows her stuff about story structure, and that's an area many of us struggle with...along with a compulsion to use a glue-gun, glitter and pipe-cleaners to "spruce up" the IRS satellite offices.
Interview Between N.J. Granger, Soothsayer and Ironing Consultant and CD
As part of my training in self marketing and promotion I recently agreed to be interviewed on my Blog. Here is a transcript of the interview. All spelling mistakes are the result of poor spelling and remain the copyright of the author. Punctuation has been applied utilising the random usage system. Enjoy
Granger
What is it that you are most passionate about CD.
September 9, 2013
Forays Into Marketing and The Power of Sausages
Some of you may know I have been busy recently writing a book, and some of you will be astonished to know I have now finished it, and am about ready to send it off for the traditional mauling by the editors. As I move along this process I realise I am getting nearer and nearer that stage in proceedings when I might have to actually market the product if it is to be purchased by people other than my local publican, some family members and that hairdresser chap who cuts my hair, and thinks I might be a source of catering tips on account of my obsession with sausages.
Book review : Vampire Syndrome (Book 1) by Daven Anderson
Reblogged from Muse with Coffee - A Book Blog:
Hello friends,
Today I am going to write a review about an interesting title that I found from a popular publishing house PDMI Publishing LLC
PDMI Publishing has a wide range of books for the readers across multiple genres and offers a great user experience as a personal publisher for authors wishing to explore the vibrant and creative world of writing and publishing.
One Grave for Forty Three Strangers, East Farleigh, Kent
There are no names on the cross, no fancy markings and the inscription is barely legible yet this simple headstone marks the mass grave of forty three 'strangers' who died from cholera in 1849.
Cholera had been sweeping the British Isles for two years, thriving amongst the squalid conditions of the lower classes and killing up to 2,000 people each week.
September 8, 2013
Lenora Rogers – Author
I thought I would share a couple of links to some of my family descendents. I have enjoyed researching my family tree, you never know what you will find.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33412501
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Scudamore
Magic
Reblogged from Cristian Mihai:
"Four years before I had written Soldiers' Pay. It didn't take long to write and it got published quickly and made me about five hundred dollars. I said, Writing novels is easy. You don't make much doing it, but it is easy. I wrote Mosquitoes. It wasn't quite so easy to write and it didn't get published quite as quickly and it made me about four hundred dollars.
