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Writer Wednesday Taige Crenshaw

Today's Writer Wednesday is Taige Crenshaw...

What's the one thing that remains unchanged during your writing process, from one book to another?  (ie: Intensive plotting?  Music?)

 

A: I always have some sort of music playing. Rhythms play a big part in my writing. I have different playlists based on the various scenes I am writing. I get more sexy or sensual when I'm working on an erotic scene. For fight scene or black moments I go harder hitting with songs with lyrics that talk about heartbreak or what would make my words flow. And I have many more based on what I am writing in my book.

 

What's the one piece of advice you'd give a new writer?

 

A: Write the book that is true to your heart and don't write to what is new or hot in the market. When you write true to you the story will resonate more than one you write just for the market.

What's the one piece of advice you wish was wiped from the minds of writers everywhere?

 

A: That there is a mandatory rule or formula for writing in order to get published. There is no such thin. There is no mandatory rule, formula or one way to write.  Yes you must learn the craft of writing but what you put on that page must be fresh and unique. Something that will engage the publisher or editor you are submitting too. Then when book is released you want to engage the reader who will read your book. Make them want to read more and more of your books.

 

What's the one book you think everybody, writer or not, should read?

A: Oh boy I can't narrow it down to one. There are two books that really moved me. I read both in high school.  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Color by Alice Walker.  I've always been an avid reader searching out books to read. When these two books were assigned in high school I remember reading them both for the first time and wondering how I had never read them before. They were raw, emotional and makes you think. One of the things I noticed most about the books was how it compelled even those who were nonreaders to have such strong feeling about the books. This lead to very interesting discussions in the class. I also read these again in college for another class. There it was also interesting to see the opinions and thoughts on the books.

So yeah those are two books I think everyone should read.

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Carolyn Crane… I so love her…

Her new book, HeadRush is out tomorrow.  You should get it.  Because it's awesome

I've already read it...and loved it.

JUSTINE JONES FACES HER ULTIIMATE ENEMY: HERSELF

In an attempt to put her unhappy past behind her, Justine Jones throws herself into nursing school and planning her wedding to the man of her dreams. But something is off. Random details aren't adding up…and is it her imagination, or are her friends and fiancé keeping secrets from her? And what's with this strange sense of unease, and her odd new headaches?

Justine tries to stay upbeat as Midcity cowers under martial law, sleepwalking cannibals, and a mysterious rash of paranormal copycat violence, but her search for answers leads her into the most dangerous mind game yet.

With the help of unlikely allies, including her paranoid dad and best frenemy Simon, Justine fights her ultimate foe…and unravels the most startling mystery of all.

Read an excerpt

Weekend in Cincinnati…

The guy and I went to Cincinnati over the weekend. Had a great time. Met up with a friend of ours on Friday.

I had a signing on Saturday and we headed up on Friday. I hit some bookstores, signed stock...IF YOU HEAR HER is on a lot of the towers and stuff at Barnes and Noble, which is soooo cool.

The West Chester BN had our books all up in this verra pretty display and the booksigning was great.

But the best part...

This guy had the frigging car from  Back to the Future down at the Levee in Newport.

We went down there for dinner and I wanted to go to the BN to sign stock, so we were walking up and we see this silver-ish car.  We all stop, then look at each other.  Kind of like we go, "Is that the..."  then we just take off.

Apparently, one of the cars was auctioned off to raise money for the Michael J Fox Foundation.  And the dude drives it around...and lets people take pictures.  It was soooo cool.

Saturday Snippets…

It's Snippet time...

Saturday snippets...secondary characters...

You'll meet Colby Mathis. He is the hero in my contribution to the Hot in Handcuffs antho

 

"You're not supposed to be here,"Taylorsnapped, his voice flat and cold.

Dez ignored him, staring at the house with a rapt expression.

The voices . . . they called to her. Their call was impossible to ignore. The whispers were like a siren's song in her head. Responding to Taylor's blunt statement was pointless, especially since she couldn't explain why she was here. She just knew she had to be here.

She hadn't been notified and that meant nobody thought her skills were required. If Taylor wanted her here, he would most definitely have called her.

After all, she lived just a little outside of Williamsburg. It wouldn't take her any time to get to the small, upscale subdivision where all hell was currently breaking loose. It made her gut hurt to think about the hell happening inside this posh, designer neighborhood. Some people thought bad shit didn't happen in places like this.

Dez knew better.

"There's a child in there," she said quietly.

"No, there's not." It was Colby Mathis, one of Jones's bloodhounds. Under most circumstances, she would have listened to him, agreed with him. She liked the guy, respected him, and she knew he knew how to do his job. He was the hard-core psychic and she was the one who talked to ghosts.

But he was wrong this time.

Because there was a ghost standing at the door of the house, staring at Dez with desperate eyes, her mouth open in a silent scream.

"He's got a child in there,Taylor, and if you all move on him like you're planning, he's going to kill her," Dez said, her voice strained.

Colby swore. "We don't have time for this, Jones. The fucker's slipped away from us before—he's not doing it again."

Taylor looked from Colby to Dez, and Dez stared into Taylor's eyes.

"Colby, give me one minute."

Taylor saw the frustration simmer in the other man's eyes, but the agent gave a terse nod and retreated, falling back a few steps Taylor reached out and caught Dez's arm. He tried to ignore the soft, silken warm skin of said arm, just as he'd tried to ignore the way his heart had skipped a beat when she had moved to stand beside him earlier.

Read More...

Other snippet-y authors...

Lauren Dane

Rhian Cahill

Eliza Gayle

Anne Rainey

Jody Wallace

Lissa Matthews

Mari Carr

McKenna Jeffries

Myla Jackson

Taige Crenshaw

Vivian Arend

Alison Kent

Delilah Devlin

HelenKay Dimon

Shelli Stevens

Friday 56…

From Carolyn Crane's Double Cross...(this is from the MS she sent me so my 56 would be different from the final version)

Halfway back, I treat my glorying self to a chocolate peanut butter ice cream, and then I sit at a bus stop bench and eat it while I watch pigeons tear at some garbage. Most enjoyable.

Glory hour is mostly over by the time I near Mongolian Delites.

About the Friday 56

Grab the book nearest you. Right now
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Pinterest

I go to these meetings in Louisville sometimes...Let Them Tweet Cake.

A bunch of smart women, talking smart stuff and eating cake, cookies...half the time, I'm lost, but I can follow the cakes and cookies, and sometimes they talk social media and ebook readers, and that stuff, I can follow.

One of the ladies I chat with on twitter mentioned a new thing she was interested in...Pinterest. So I downloaded the app, but didn't much with it.

Until last week.

Lo and behold... I'm a Pinterest freak. I really, really need a place to keep track of interesting faces, scenes, etc.

A virtual place, because sometimes, those faces are online, and just storing them in a file doesn't work. This is a virtual corkboard. And it's awesome.

Lookit.

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http://pinterest.com/shilohwalker/

You can organize things into boards.

Like this one here...

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Sometimes I just need a scene... like this one.

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I've got two I use for writing...Characters & Settings and Scenes.

And a few other boards, Just Cuz and Strength. I love this site...it's still in the 'request an invite' stage, but it's a very cool tool for writers.

Hodge-Podge, Missing Posts, Etc…

Okay, so my website has been switched over to a new host and stuff.  But I lost some blog posts.  If you notice some missing, that's why.

Just a refresher...on the Nook Winner, we still need to hear from her. She needs to email Jaci, Lisa or me within two weeks.

Winner has been announced...

Our new winner is Julie...Julie with the email... julsk**@e*****.com. We need her to contact one of us...

Here's one of two reader giveaways for IF YOU SEE HER...This one is on GoodReads.  You do need to be a member there to win.  I'll save the other one for a blog giveaway here in early January.

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

If You See Her

by Shiloh Walker

Giveaway ends December 31, 2011.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

I'm signing in West Chester, Oh, this Saturday at the Streets of West Chester B&N from 1-3 pm with a bunch of other authors...

Lori Foster

Patricia Sargent

Jules Bennett

Donna MacMeans

Marcia James

Kay Stockham

Denise Gwen

Shiloh Walker

Gabriella Edwards

Michele Stegman

Toni Blake

Serena Miller

Pinterest

I go to these meetings in Louisville sometimes...Let Them Tweet Cake.

A bunch of smart women, talking smart stuff and eating cake, cookies...half the time, I'm lost, but I can follow the cakes and cookies, and sometimes they talk social media and ebook readers, and that stuff, I can follow.

One of the ladies I chat with on twitter mentioned a new thing she was interested in...Pinterest. So I downloaded the app, but didn't much with it.

Until last week.

Lo and behold... I'm a Pinterest freak. I really, really need a place to keep track of interesting faces, scenes, etc.

A virtual place, because sometimes, those faces are online, and just storing them in a file doesn't work. This is a virtual corkboard. And it's awesome.

Lookit.

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You can organize things into boards.

Like this one here...

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Sometimes I just need a scene... like this one.

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I've got two I use for writing...Characters & Settings and Scenes.

And a few other boards, Just Cuz and Strength. I love this site...it's still in the 'request an invite' stage, but it's a very cool tool for writers.

Writer Wednesdays… Delilah Devlin

Today's Writer Wednesday Guest is my friend Delilah Devlin...

What's the one thing that remains unchanged during your writing process, from one book to another?  (ie: Intensive plotting?  Music?)

A: I begin every day with a cup of strong, black coffee, incense or a candle burning on my file cabinet, and I write my blog as my "morning pages" to get my mind and fingers going.

What's the one piece of advice you'd give a new writer?

A: Write. A lot. Submit. A lot. If you get repeated rejections, seek a good critique buddy or group to help you figure out where you're missing it. Then write some more.

What's the one piece of advice you wish was wiped from the minds of writers everywhere?

A: That there are hard and fast rules about what you can't write. Take risks. You'll be remembered.

What's the one book you think everybody, writer or not, should read?

A: Stephen King's On Writing. He can make a book on writing read like the best fiction—and he has solid observations and advice.

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Writer Wednesdays… Delilah Devlin #WW

Today's Writer Wednesday Guest is my friend Delilah Devlin...

What's the one thing that remains unchanged during your writing process, from one book to another?  (ie: Intensive plotting?  Music?)

A: I begin every day with a cup of strong, black coffee, incense or a candle burning on my file cabinet, and I write my blog as my "morning pages" to get my mind and fingers going.

What's the one piece of advice you'd give a new writer?

A: Write. A lot. Submit. A lot. If you get repeated rejections, seek a good critique buddy or group to help you figure out where you're missing it. Then write some more.

What's the one piece of advice you wish was wiped from the minds of writers everywhere?

A: That there are hard and fast rules about what you can't write. Take risks. You'll be remembered.

What's the one book you think everybody, writer or not, should read?

A: Stephen King's On Writing. He can make a book on writing read like the best fiction—and he has solid observations and advice.

want to know more about Writer Wednesdays?  Go here…