Laura Stapleton's Blog, page 8
September 17, 2014
PSA-Show, don’t tell! #amwriting
I’ve been reading for review a plethora of indie authors’ works.
Please, please SHOW me the story. Don’t tell me or I’ll start skipping pages. I read books to immerse my imagination into a different world, not to be a passive receptacle for your story.
I have threeexamples and will only name names on the positive one.
First up is a little story, a romance, about two people who’ve found their way back to each other. We’re told why she’s in the place she is, we’re told why he’s suddenly there. Tel...
September 16, 2014
Freebies and Prequels!
I’m still loving this cover. There’s four paintings around here, one for each book so far. Considering I have something to paint on the Santa Fe trail, the Pony Express, and the Orphan Train subject… I’m going to need more canvas.
Unavoidable is one of those projects I found irresistible. I always knew the story of how Samuel Granville convinced his brother Nicholas to come back home. This is a little snippet of a day in the life that begins a huge change in Nick’s life. I love how the brother...
August 11, 2014
#MondayBlogs Post on Creating Cover Art
I thought it would be fun for today’s post to feature how I paint the Cover Art for my Oregon Trail series. My free prequel, Unavoidable, needs a cover so here we go!
First is a sketch. I have my misgivings already.
Scribble
Goop
Next is getting together the paints I might need. The season is mid Spring, so there’s not a lot of green.
Umm…
I’m not feeling the love for this…
Yech
Ok, this is a no-go. The trees are off, I don’t like the cabin. Just no. So I tore off the canvas and found…
Voila!
This! An...
July 21, 2014
#MondayBlogs Post and You Want Me To What??
Howdy #Mondayblogs fans!
My book, Undesirable, hit Amazon on the 14th. Since then no less than four people have asked me what’s next. Sure, I know what’s next on my plate, but it might be a while.
Secretly? I like the impatience and curiosity of my friends and family. It means they like what I do well enough to want more. That’s never a bad thing and I’m thrilled. So while I’m writing a prequel to my Oregon Trail series, get started reading Undesirable or maybe Undeniable first if you’ve not re...
July 15, 2014
It’s out!
My new book, Undesirable, has finally hit Amazon! It’s out for Kindle and will soon be available in paperback. All my good words went into the novel, I’m finding, and writing anything else right now is tough!
Anyway! Back to the fun! You can click on over, read the description for yourself and download a sample. Here on the blog is where I can tell you this is the least explicit of my novels so far and I did NOT plan it that way. There’s a cutting room floor of sorts, aka, Undesirable’s Leftov...
July 7, 2014
Book Release date set!
Available on Amazon July 14th, everywhere else October 13th.
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Undesirable, available July 14th!
It’s been a long time since Lucky’s Christmas Wish dropped into stores and I’ve forgotten how much fun this is! I’ve also forgotten what all I need to do to get the word out about this book. I’m a new enough author that I can’t get, or rather h...
June 23, 2014
This is not the MondayBlog you are looking for.
Yes, I had plans for this post. Maybe. Sort of.
Ok, I’ll ‘fess up. I’ve been so focused on Undesirable, wanting to finish the last chapter and a half already. Some authors experience grief when typing ‘The End’ to their books. Not me. When this is done, I’m moving on to Uncivilized, which has its bare bones typed in already. Even after that, there’s the Santa Fe Trail, Orphan Trains, and either the Pony Express or the Mormon Trail.
Then too, I may take it in a totally different direction and go...
June 16, 2014
#MondayBlogs Blog Tour!
Good morning! Or rather, it was morning when I started this. Google Docs is not kind to the copy/paste functions on my Mac. Add in ants (wish I was kidding), the heat is 85F already, and even my horoscope is saying “No horoscope today, check back tomorrow.”
But that’s all in my own little world. If you like your romance seriously erotic, you’ll want to read about Ava Branson’s three stories. I’ve read all three of her books and they’re marvelous. I also have inside knowledge about her next pr...
June 9, 2014
#MondayBlogs
A quote for #MondayBlogs
“Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.” – August Strindberg
Villains. Who doesn’t love defeating a good bad guy? Who doesn’t love seeing a bad good guy struggle with his inner demons?
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for Undesirable, planned release is July 4th, the characters for The Very Worst Man have already started giving me their witty one liners. Their quipsbubble to the surface like those mud...
June 2, 2014
Two thirds of Undesirable done and a #MondayBlogs post!
Cue the balloons! Woo!
Yes, I’m exceedingly happy to call chapter 8 finished. How finished is it? So much that there’s not the tiniest bit of highlighted “put stuff here” notes to myself.
Remembering to do the Monday Blogs post on an actual Monday? Bonus!
So anyway, let’s see what I can write that will add some sort of value to your day. In the writing/reviewing world, there’s not a lot new to add that I haven’t already covered in prior writerly musings. Passives still run rampant and stories be...
