Rani Divine's Blog, page 47
April 18, 2016
Peeps.
Hi everyone! Don't forget, if you want to get a copy of Cedwig for 75% off, you still have time! Offer ends at midnight TONIGHT (check out the details in last Friday's post, here)!
For now, let's continue on our series.
Writers... Don't like People.
Okay, I can see how this one happened. A lot of writers get this weird look in their eyes when they're talking to actual people, like, we don't see you being a successful character and you should just buzz off. People take that to mean that we don't like them. And honestly, it might be partially true.
See, writers have been brought up to think about character and story, about how to develop characters into something that people will actually want to read. We really can't help but take that into our daily lives as well. So when we look at you, sometimes we're going to see a rendition of a character. Don't be offended by that, really. We can immortalize you in fiction, if we like you enough. *wink*
So we know what makes a good character.
We know what makes a bad character.
And we know very well that these do not correlate to what makes a good or bad person, a friend or an enemy in reality.
We do, I promise.
It's just that sometimes we're more focused on our work than anything else, or we're brainstorming for the next project, and you happened to show up.
Of course, it could also be that there are so many writers who just really don't like people, that it became a very common misconception, piled onto all our heads. It's possible. But hey, I'm not like that. So it can't be entirely true!
Me? I like people. I like people a lot. And no offense, but I really don't want to be around you all the time. I'd much rather be friends who see each other every couple weeks. It's less effort on both our parts, and less chance of me being too mentally exhausted to write. That's the introvert in me speaking. Ask me again when I'm at an event.
[love]
{Rani D.}
For now, let's continue on our series.
Writers... Don't like People.
Okay, I can see how this one happened. A lot of writers get this weird look in their eyes when they're talking to actual people, like, we don't see you being a successful character and you should just buzz off. People take that to mean that we don't like them. And honestly, it might be partially true.
See, writers have been brought up to think about character and story, about how to develop characters into something that people will actually want to read. We really can't help but take that into our daily lives as well. So when we look at you, sometimes we're going to see a rendition of a character. Don't be offended by that, really. We can immortalize you in fiction, if we like you enough. *wink*
So we know what makes a good character.
We know what makes a bad character.
And we know very well that these do not correlate to what makes a good or bad person, a friend or an enemy in reality.
We do, I promise.
It's just that sometimes we're more focused on our work than anything else, or we're brainstorming for the next project, and you happened to show up.
Of course, it could also be that there are so many writers who just really don't like people, that it became a very common misconception, piled onto all our heads. It's possible. But hey, I'm not like that. So it can't be entirely true!
Me? I like people. I like people a lot. And no offense, but I really don't want to be around you all the time. I'd much rather be friends who see each other every couple weeks. It's less effort on both our parts, and less chance of me being too mentally exhausted to write. That's the introvert in me speaking. Ask me again when I'm at an event.
[love]
{Rani D.}
April 15, 2016
*type type type*
It's Friday! Time for the weekend, some time off, and a Star Wars movie marathon. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
You know what else sounds fun?
Answering this misconception, and finding out what fun surprise I have in store for you!
Writers are... Always Writing
It's both true and false at the same time. I know, that doesn't make much sense. I'll explain, just keep reading. Don't fret.
See, writers are always writing in that in everything we see, we see story. When I watch people walking down the street, or I listen to people talking in a restaurant, I see their story. I imagine them as characters, as people in a story. Maybe that sounds harsh and like I don't care about people, but it's really quite the opposite. Seeing them as characters makes them mean more to me, and it helps me better understand them, because I understand my characters so well. That's beside the point.
So we're always writing, in that we constantly see stories and that we tend to think of the world in terms of story and we craft our words with more precision than the average person.
But.
We're not always actually writing.
Very frequently, in fact, many writers don't write. Many find it fruitful to take a break, to step back and work on some other art craft. Others take time off writing to edit (which, incidentally, is not always what I do). But because of that, we're not always physically writing, not constantly working on novels or short stories that we intend to someday publish.
But that doesn't mean we're not always writing.
You see what I mean?
We're writers, so it's what we do, but it's not always what we're doing.
Yeah, that might have gotten confusing.
[love]
{Rani Divine}
The Surprise!
Want to buy a copy of Cedwig but don't want to spend so much money? Now through Monday, April 18, use promo code OOPS to purchase a misprint for 75% off the purchase price!* And if you're worried about the book being a misprint, none of the text was incorrect — the graphics are just a little fuzzy.
This deal won't last long and we only have a few misprints in stock, so place your order while you can!
*Terms and Conditions: Limit one copy of Cedwig per customer. Offer ends 11:59 PM MST, April 18, 2016.
You know what else sounds fun?
Answering this misconception, and finding out what fun surprise I have in store for you!
Writers are... Always Writing
It's both true and false at the same time. I know, that doesn't make much sense. I'll explain, just keep reading. Don't fret.
See, writers are always writing in that in everything we see, we see story. When I watch people walking down the street, or I listen to people talking in a restaurant, I see their story. I imagine them as characters, as people in a story. Maybe that sounds harsh and like I don't care about people, but it's really quite the opposite. Seeing them as characters makes them mean more to me, and it helps me better understand them, because I understand my characters so well. That's beside the point.
So we're always writing, in that we constantly see stories and that we tend to think of the world in terms of story and we craft our words with more precision than the average person.
But.
We're not always actually writing.
Very frequently, in fact, many writers don't write. Many find it fruitful to take a break, to step back and work on some other art craft. Others take time off writing to edit (which, incidentally, is not always what I do). But because of that, we're not always physically writing, not constantly working on novels or short stories that we intend to someday publish.
But that doesn't mean we're not always writing.
You see what I mean?
We're writers, so it's what we do, but it's not always what we're doing.
Yeah, that might have gotten confusing.
[love]
{Rani Divine}
The Surprise!
Want to buy a copy of Cedwig but don't want to spend so much money? Now through Monday, April 18, use promo code OOPS to purchase a misprint for 75% off the purchase price!* And if you're worried about the book being a misprint, none of the text was incorrect — the graphics are just a little fuzzy.
This deal won't last long and we only have a few misprints in stock, so place your order while you can!
*Terms and Conditions: Limit one copy of Cedwig per customer. Offer ends 11:59 PM MST, April 18, 2016.
April 13, 2016
Hush
Happy Wednesday!
Have you ordered your copy of Cedwig yet? I'm so excited to even think of some of you reading this story, this wonderful novel I've crafted into the Druid series. You'll like it, I hope!
~
Oh, we writers... We have many misconceptions about us. Not the least of which:
Writers are... Quiet
This one, I'd say, is true depending on what we're doing at the time. But that's probably true of everyone. When we're busy at work, our minds focused on what we're doing, we don't say much. Mostly, that's because it's hard to talk about one thing and write another at the same time. That's true of most everyone, though.
In the same fashion, we can also be loud. Take last Saturday, for example. Deanna Leah and I got a bit loud at times, and the whole room was a mass of conversation from the thirty or so authors in the room. It got loud.
Tell those people they're supposed to be quiet. Just try it.
People have a tendency to think that writers are quiet because a lot of times, when we're hard at work or researching for a story, we are quiet. During those times, we keep our minds fixated on the task at hand, on research and craft and novel notions. And during those times, we try not to speak about the things that don't matter.
And there's also that whole thing with spoilers!
Sheesh.
A lot of people think I'm quiet, because they're hanging out with me right after I get off work and I can't tell them what I was working on because... spoilers.
I know how much people hate for stories to be spoiled, so I say nothing. I've a feeling a lot of us do.
But if that makes us quiet, then that's not our fault, is it?
;-)
[love]
{RD}
Have you ordered your copy of Cedwig yet? I'm so excited to even think of some of you reading this story, this wonderful novel I've crafted into the Druid series. You'll like it, I hope!
~
Oh, we writers... We have many misconceptions about us. Not the least of which:
Writers are... Quiet
This one, I'd say, is true depending on what we're doing at the time. But that's probably true of everyone. When we're busy at work, our minds focused on what we're doing, we don't say much. Mostly, that's because it's hard to talk about one thing and write another at the same time. That's true of most everyone, though.
In the same fashion, we can also be loud. Take last Saturday, for example. Deanna Leah and I got a bit loud at times, and the whole room was a mass of conversation from the thirty or so authors in the room. It got loud.
Tell those people they're supposed to be quiet. Just try it.
People have a tendency to think that writers are quiet because a lot of times, when we're hard at work or researching for a story, we are quiet. During those times, we keep our minds fixated on the task at hand, on research and craft and novel notions. And during those times, we try not to speak about the things that don't matter.
And there's also that whole thing with spoilers!
Sheesh.
A lot of people think I'm quiet, because they're hanging out with me right after I get off work and I can't tell them what I was working on because... spoilers.
I know how much people hate for stories to be spoiled, so I say nothing. I've a feeling a lot of us do.
But if that makes us quiet, then that's not our fault, is it?
;-)
[love]
{RD}
April 11, 2016
2 + 2 = ...7?
Hey-O!
Special thanks to everyone to came by to visit me at the Authors Festival in Gallup, NM, this past Saturday! We had a lot of fun, and it was great to meet everyone.
Don't forget to go online to Goodreads and post that you're reading Cedwig, and to write up a review when you're done! I sincerely hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. :-D
But for today, we continue our series in facts and misconceptions about writers.
Writers are... Bad at Math
Okay, this is a common one. I probably hear it every day of my life. "Oh, you're a writer? You must be great with words and horrible with numbers." Oy. It gets a little old after a while, even though it is so often true.
But today I'm just going to explain why so many of us are bad at math. We all know it's a thing not everyone grasps, something some of us prefer to not spend much time doing. Numbers aren't my favorite things in the world — I'll be the very first to admit it. And with that in mind, here's why.
1. They're too logical
I like logic. That's not always a commonality for writers. Especially fiction writers. See, we're used to bending the rules and working in illogical fashions. We enjoy playing things out and seeing how far we can stretch things and what we can do to pull at the rules of logic.
Numbers aren't like that. They have rules to them, things that can't be bent or shaped to our liking. Everything we use them for is already set in stone, and that's weird for us. We like to be able to change things.
2. They're too strict
Okay, maybe this is the same point twice, but still.
Numbers have a certain strictness to them that words do not. With writing, we get to play around with word order and shape things into beautiful or grotesque figures that invoke imagery in the mind. But with numbers, we can't do it. It doesn't make sense to us, to take a bunch of digits and make them into something three-dimensional. Of course, we know it's possible to do, but we don't see how.
Essentially, it's that they don't work the same way, and it's hard to grasp both lines.
But I do happen to know one very talented writer who is also a mathematician.
Yeah, only one.
[love]
{Rani D.}
Special thanks to everyone to came by to visit me at the Authors Festival in Gallup, NM, this past Saturday! We had a lot of fun, and it was great to meet everyone.
Don't forget to go online to Goodreads and post that you're reading Cedwig, and to write up a review when you're done! I sincerely hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. :-D
But for today, we continue our series in facts and misconceptions about writers.
Writers are... Bad at Math
Okay, this is a common one. I probably hear it every day of my life. "Oh, you're a writer? You must be great with words and horrible with numbers." Oy. It gets a little old after a while, even though it is so often true.
But today I'm just going to explain why so many of us are bad at math. We all know it's a thing not everyone grasps, something some of us prefer to not spend much time doing. Numbers aren't my favorite things in the world — I'll be the very first to admit it. And with that in mind, here's why.
1. They're too logical
I like logic. That's not always a commonality for writers. Especially fiction writers. See, we're used to bending the rules and working in illogical fashions. We enjoy playing things out and seeing how far we can stretch things and what we can do to pull at the rules of logic.
Numbers aren't like that. They have rules to them, things that can't be bent or shaped to our liking. Everything we use them for is already set in stone, and that's weird for us. We like to be able to change things.
2. They're too strict
Okay, maybe this is the same point twice, but still.
Numbers have a certain strictness to them that words do not. With writing, we get to play around with word order and shape things into beautiful or grotesque figures that invoke imagery in the mind. But with numbers, we can't do it. It doesn't make sense to us, to take a bunch of digits and make them into something three-dimensional. Of course, we know it's possible to do, but we don't see how.
Essentially, it's that they don't work the same way, and it's hard to grasp both lines.
But I do happen to know one very talented writer who is also a mathematician.
Yeah, only one.
[love]
{Rani D.}
April 8, 2016
Oh, so many writers are...
Hellooooo Friday!
Tomorrow, I'll be in Gallup, NM for their Author Festival at the Public Library! Tonight, I'll be going to bed early. And right now, I'm celebrating the fact that so many of you have already purchased your copies of Cedwig!
But also right now, I'm thinking about this one near fact about writers:
Writers are... Procrastinators
I'll admit it, a lot of us are. It's something many writers struggle against, because there are a lot of times when we don't feel like writing or when we have very few ideas about which to write. Or sometimes we're just not in the zone, and so we do anything but write, and end up wasting a grand amount of time reorganizing our already perfectly organized desks, or choosing a new font even though we all know we're going to end up back in times new roman by the time the manuscript goes anywhere.
But I will not admit that all of us are procrastinators.
Some of us, like myself, have to get things done as soon as possible.
That's just the way we are.
I'll use myself as an example.
Throughout my life, up until college, I was homeschooled. A lot of the time, that meant I had to be the one to push myself to get my work done. And somewhere along the line, I discovered that if I did all my school for the week on Mondays and Tuesdays, I had Wednesday through Friday to do whatever I wanted to do. Almost a whole week of Saturdays.
From then on, I never could sit still long enough to be a procrastinator. Even in college, I always had to get everything done as early as possible. I don't even know how many teachers I utterly shocked by how early in the semester I began my work on term papers. It was a lot.
And even now, in my adult career, I work early. I write as soon as I have the idea, I read as soon as I have the time, and I get my assignments done as soon as they're given to me.
Simply put, I can't procrastinate. It bothers me, after a life of not doing it.
But I also know, very well, that the vast majority of my writer friends are rabid procrastinators — to the point that some of them have been known to get upset with me, for getting my stuff done when I said I would, leaving them falling behind.
So it's a semi-fact, this one. A lot of writers are procrastinators. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. But some of us, like myself, are not. We get our work done, when we mean to.
Honestly though, I think we're few and far between.
[love]
{Rani Divine}
Tomorrow, I'll be in Gallup, NM for their Author Festival at the Public Library! Tonight, I'll be going to bed early. And right now, I'm celebrating the fact that so many of you have already purchased your copies of Cedwig!
But also right now, I'm thinking about this one near fact about writers:
Writers are... Procrastinators
I'll admit it, a lot of us are. It's something many writers struggle against, because there are a lot of times when we don't feel like writing or when we have very few ideas about which to write. Or sometimes we're just not in the zone, and so we do anything but write, and end up wasting a grand amount of time reorganizing our already perfectly organized desks, or choosing a new font even though we all know we're going to end up back in times new roman by the time the manuscript goes anywhere.
But I will not admit that all of us are procrastinators.
Some of us, like myself, have to get things done as soon as possible.
That's just the way we are.
I'll use myself as an example.
Throughout my life, up until college, I was homeschooled. A lot of the time, that meant I had to be the one to push myself to get my work done. And somewhere along the line, I discovered that if I did all my school for the week on Mondays and Tuesdays, I had Wednesday through Friday to do whatever I wanted to do. Almost a whole week of Saturdays.
From then on, I never could sit still long enough to be a procrastinator. Even in college, I always had to get everything done as early as possible. I don't even know how many teachers I utterly shocked by how early in the semester I began my work on term papers. It was a lot.
And even now, in my adult career, I work early. I write as soon as I have the idea, I read as soon as I have the time, and I get my assignments done as soon as they're given to me.
Simply put, I can't procrastinate. It bothers me, after a life of not doing it.
But I also know, very well, that the vast majority of my writer friends are rabid procrastinators — to the point that some of them have been known to get upset with me, for getting my stuff done when I said I would, leaving them falling behind.
So it's a semi-fact, this one. A lot of writers are procrastinators. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. But some of us, like myself, are not. We get our work done, when we mean to.
Honestly though, I think we're few and far between.
[love]
{Rani Divine}
April 6, 2016
Not all writers are...
Cedwig. Is. Out. Now.
If you haven't already, go to www.RAD-Writing.com to order your copy! Or if you're going to be in Gallup, NM this weekend, you can get copies from me personally on Saturday! I'll be at the Public Library from 10am-4pm!
I seriously cannot wait for you all to have your own copies! The book is up on Goodreads, so go say you want to read it! (I'll also be answering as many questions as I can there through the month of April, so don't be shy!)
For today, we're back to talking about facts and misconceptions about writers. This one is one that somehow got attached to all writers, but should never have done.
Writers are... Shy
But are they really? I'll admit that there were a lot of times when I was a child when I would've preferred to hide than speak to anyone, but those times are gone. And I'll admit that there are still many times when I prefer to sit on my couch and read or write, over going out and talking to anyone, but it has nothing to do with my former state of shyness.
In fact, there are a lot of writers who are anything but shy.
To put us all in a box and say that we're all shy folk who don't like to talk to anyone, well that's just unfair. A lot of us are introverted, but just as many of us are extroverted. I'll take a wager and say there are plenty of shy writers out there, but there also must be a plethora of outgoing writers as well.
That's how the world works, you know.
People come in every vein, every shape, every size, every sort. So though yes, there are shy writers, there must also be outgoing ones.
Then, this must be a misconception.
The thing is, most writers who have any shyness within them, have had to learn to push it down. We have to talk to people, to enjoy people's company, in order to promote ourselves and our work. That's how this business functions.
Even if we are shy, you might not ever know it.
So please, stop saying all writers are shy. That's a misconception that should be blatantly disregarded, from this point forward.
But if you want to know why so many of us have our shy tendencies, I'll tell you:
It's because we'd rather be with the people in our heads than with those in the real world. See, we already know them. We don't always know you, do we?
[love]
{Rani D.}
If you haven't already, go to www.RAD-Writing.com to order your copy! Or if you're going to be in Gallup, NM this weekend, you can get copies from me personally on Saturday! I'll be at the Public Library from 10am-4pm!
I seriously cannot wait for you all to have your own copies! The book is up on Goodreads, so go say you want to read it! (I'll also be answering as many questions as I can there through the month of April, so don't be shy!)
For today, we're back to talking about facts and misconceptions about writers. This one is one that somehow got attached to all writers, but should never have done.
Writers are... Shy
But are they really? I'll admit that there were a lot of times when I was a child when I would've preferred to hide than speak to anyone, but those times are gone. And I'll admit that there are still many times when I prefer to sit on my couch and read or write, over going out and talking to anyone, but it has nothing to do with my former state of shyness.
In fact, there are a lot of writers who are anything but shy.
To put us all in a box and say that we're all shy folk who don't like to talk to anyone, well that's just unfair. A lot of us are introverted, but just as many of us are extroverted. I'll take a wager and say there are plenty of shy writers out there, but there also must be a plethora of outgoing writers as well.
That's how the world works, you know.
People come in every vein, every shape, every size, every sort. So though yes, there are shy writers, there must also be outgoing ones.
Then, this must be a misconception.
The thing is, most writers who have any shyness within them, have had to learn to push it down. We have to talk to people, to enjoy people's company, in order to promote ourselves and our work. That's how this business functions.
Even if we are shy, you might not ever know it.
So please, stop saying all writers are shy. That's a misconception that should be blatantly disregarded, from this point forward.
But if you want to know why so many of us have our shy tendencies, I'll tell you:
It's because we'd rather be with the people in our heads than with those in the real world. See, we already know them. We don't always know you, do we?
[love]
{Rani D.}
April 4, 2016
Writers are...
My book comes out tomorrow.
Maybe you didn't hear me right.
MY BOOK COMES OUT TOMORROW!!!
Seriously, if I wasn't so devoted to actually writing things in here for you guys, I would just keep shouting about how excited I am. Cedwig was one of my favorite stories to work on, and I can't wait for you all to have your own copies!
Don't forget, if you're going to be in Gallup, NM this weekend, I'll be at the Gallup Public Library this Saturday!
But for now, I've promised to actually write about something... and this month, I picked something fun!
Facts and Misconceptions about Writers#1: Writers are... Crazy
Yeah, we get that a lot. People say we're crazy, because we have so much going on inside our heads and so many things that we have to keep straight, that we have little choice but to go a little wonko sometimes. But you know, maybe that's how we like it.
At least, that's what they say.
Some of us like to ignore them when they talk like that, because we don't like to be seen as the crazy folks, the weird cousins no one really wants to hang out with. We'd much rather be the fun ones, the ones who have a lot going on in their heads but can use it to have some good times.
Instead, we get marked as being crazy.
But, in my head at least, I think there's some fact to it.
See, writers have to be at least a little be crazy, don't they? We have to be able to house dozens (or even hundreds) of different people and personalities within ourselves, and keep them all straight at the same time. We also have millions of plots running through our heads, playing out before our eyes in several different directions at a time, so we get to choose the ones we really want to follow.
So maybe that means we're a little crazy, in the eyes of non-writers. Maybe that makes us look like we're a little off, because we can go off in conversation with people who exist only within ourselves, and if you're not one of us, that looks downright weird.
But the truth is, for us, it's completely normal.
...isn't it?
[love]
{Rani Divine}
Maybe you didn't hear me right.
MY BOOK COMES OUT TOMORROW!!!
Seriously, if I wasn't so devoted to actually writing things in here for you guys, I would just keep shouting about how excited I am. Cedwig was one of my favorite stories to work on, and I can't wait for you all to have your own copies!
Don't forget, if you're going to be in Gallup, NM this weekend, I'll be at the Gallup Public Library this Saturday!
But for now, I've promised to actually write about something... and this month, I picked something fun!
Facts and Misconceptions about Writers#1: Writers are... Crazy
Yeah, we get that a lot. People say we're crazy, because we have so much going on inside our heads and so many things that we have to keep straight, that we have little choice but to go a little wonko sometimes. But you know, maybe that's how we like it.
At least, that's what they say.
Some of us like to ignore them when they talk like that, because we don't like to be seen as the crazy folks, the weird cousins no one really wants to hang out with. We'd much rather be the fun ones, the ones who have a lot going on in their heads but can use it to have some good times.
Instead, we get marked as being crazy.
But, in my head at least, I think there's some fact to it.
See, writers have to be at least a little be crazy, don't they? We have to be able to house dozens (or even hundreds) of different people and personalities within ourselves, and keep them all straight at the same time. We also have millions of plots running through our heads, playing out before our eyes in several different directions at a time, so we get to choose the ones we really want to follow.
So maybe that means we're a little crazy, in the eyes of non-writers. Maybe that makes us look like we're a little off, because we can go off in conversation with people who exist only within ourselves, and if you're not one of us, that looks downright weird.
But the truth is, for us, it's completely normal.
...isn't it?
[love]
{Rani Divine}
April 1, 2016
So. Excited.
I'm. So. Excited.
Only a few days until the release of Cedwig.
The same day, Mavguard Edition III becomes available.
And that weekend, I'll be at a super fun event in Gallup, NM.
Woo-hoo!!!
To celebrate, check out these promo videos I made for Cedwig, Mavguard, and RAD Writing!
I had fun. :-D
See you guys on Monday!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
Only a few days until the release of Cedwig.
The same day, Mavguard Edition III becomes available.
And that weekend, I'll be at a super fun event in Gallup, NM.
Woo-hoo!!!
To celebrate, check out these promo videos I made for Cedwig, Mavguard, and RAD Writing!
I had fun. :-D
See you guys on Monday!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
March 30, 2016
Coming Soon...
It's Wednesday, and you've made it through half of the week. High fives all around!
Today is just a little reminder, of everything coming up NEXT WEEK...
April 5
Cedwig: People in the Vines
What would you do, if the things that went bump in the night were suddenly as real to you as life itself?
My name is Freia, and I believe in phantoms.
A part of the expedition from the plains, my family and I have come to a land where no human has stepped in over a century.
But we are not alone.
This land is home to the druids, creatures of legend that wiped out all traces of humanity in the deserts, the hills, and even at sea—creatures that should not be real.
I hear their voices, in the night. I feel their eyes, watching me.
We are not alone.
Mavguard Magazine, Edition III
RAD Writing's premiere magazine, Mavguard Edition III — featuring art, short stories, and poetry by the following:
Abraham Assed, Tammy Boehm, Shari Cross, Rani Divine, Abigayle Elizabeth, Priscilla George, Katherine Guerra, Julie Haider, Kaysie, Emily Marie, MJ Neal, Aimee C. Schafer, Star Starling, Jack V., & Casey Randall Williams.
(Go to www.MavguardMagazine.com for information on how to submit your work for future editions!)
April 9
Gallup Library Author Festival, Gallup NM
Join me at the Gallup Library Author Festival, where I'll will host both a signing and reading of my latest novel, Cedwig. Copies of Mavguard Magazine will also be available, as well as Tammy Boehm's Bethany's Crossing and all of my published works!
Many other authors will be present, including Deanna Leah, MJ Neal, Karen Glinsky, Anne Hillerman, and more!
So don't forget to check in next week for your copies of the latest, and if you're in the area, I'd love for you to swing by the Gallup Library next weekend!
See you soon!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
Today is just a little reminder, of everything coming up NEXT WEEK...
April 5
Cedwig: People in the Vines
What would you do, if the things that went bump in the night were suddenly as real to you as life itself?
My name is Freia, and I believe in phantoms.
A part of the expedition from the plains, my family and I have come to a land where no human has stepped in over a century.
But we are not alone.
This land is home to the druids, creatures of legend that wiped out all traces of humanity in the deserts, the hills, and even at sea—creatures that should not be real.
I hear their voices, in the night. I feel their eyes, watching me.
We are not alone.
Mavguard Magazine, Edition III
RAD Writing's premiere magazine, Mavguard Edition III — featuring art, short stories, and poetry by the following:
Abraham Assed, Tammy Boehm, Shari Cross, Rani Divine, Abigayle Elizabeth, Priscilla George, Katherine Guerra, Julie Haider, Kaysie, Emily Marie, MJ Neal, Aimee C. Schafer, Star Starling, Jack V., & Casey Randall Williams.
(Go to www.MavguardMagazine.com for information on how to submit your work for future editions!)
April 9
Gallup Library Author Festival, Gallup NM
Join me at the Gallup Library Author Festival, where I'll will host both a signing and reading of my latest novel, Cedwig. Copies of Mavguard Magazine will also be available, as well as Tammy Boehm's Bethany's Crossing and all of my published works!
Many other authors will be present, including Deanna Leah, MJ Neal, Karen Glinsky, Anne Hillerman, and more!
So don't forget to check in next week for your copies of the latest, and if you're in the area, I'd love for you to swing by the Gallup Library next weekend!
See you soon!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
March 28, 2016
Dear friends,
Ahhh!!! Eight more days until Cedwig releases! While you're at RAD-Writing.com getting your copy, don't forget to check out Mavguard Edition III -- my short story, Rat Pack, is being published there! And, being that I've edited some of the other short stories in this edition, I can tell you that edition III is my absolute favorite, and that you won't regret picking up a copy. Seriously. Do it.
But for today, I have yet another letter for you.
This one, unlike the last two, is for each and every one of you.
Dear Friends,
Thank you. Thank you for reading this blog, for supporting my writing, and for being so much fun. Thank you for commenting, for sending me messages and asking questions. Thank you for being involved. Thank you for being here right now, and reading through this letter, because it's all about you.
I haven't been writing for very long, as most of you know. I didn't start until my first year of college, and yet since I started I haven't wanted to stop.
But it's partially because of you, because of readers and friends and family, who haven't given up on me, who instead support me and help me to get this done, to write for you, to publish my work so you can read it, that I've been able to do it.
I might've stopped, if it wasn't for all of you.
Oh, I would've probably kept on writing, but I might not be publishing.
But thanks to you, thanks to your support, and how very awesome you've been over the years, I think of you when I'm writing. I imagine what you're going to think about every story, about the things going on between my characters, and it gets me excited.
I cannot wait for you to read Cedwig, and the rest of the series, and I'm so excited to find out what all of you think about Rat Pack.
Please, let me know what you think. And again, thank you for all your support!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
But for today, I have yet another letter for you.
This one, unlike the last two, is for each and every one of you.
Dear Friends,
Thank you. Thank you for reading this blog, for supporting my writing, and for being so much fun. Thank you for commenting, for sending me messages and asking questions. Thank you for being involved. Thank you for being here right now, and reading through this letter, because it's all about you.
I haven't been writing for very long, as most of you know. I didn't start until my first year of college, and yet since I started I haven't wanted to stop.
But it's partially because of you, because of readers and friends and family, who haven't given up on me, who instead support me and help me to get this done, to write for you, to publish my work so you can read it, that I've been able to do it.
I might've stopped, if it wasn't for all of you.
Oh, I would've probably kept on writing, but I might not be publishing.
But thanks to you, thanks to your support, and how very awesome you've been over the years, I think of you when I'm writing. I imagine what you're going to think about every story, about the things going on between my characters, and it gets me excited.
I cannot wait for you to read Cedwig, and the rest of the series, and I'm so excited to find out what all of you think about Rat Pack.
Please, let me know what you think. And again, thank you for all your support!
[love]
{Rani Divine}
