Deck The Halls With Stunich Swag Post #2
If you’ve been following the contest (or even if you haven’t, I just wanted to let you know that I started this new post since the last one was getting so crowded! If you need to catch up on winner announcements, read my interview, or find links for my free Kobo book titled “A Werewolf Christmas” go here: CLICK ME!)! Thanks.
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In the next few days, I’ll be hosting author interviews. Not all of the authors have submitted their questionnaire, but I promise if they’re not here, then I’ll make something completely awesome up. Here is the schedule as of 12/09/12:
10th: Stephen Ormsby, author of Long Lost Song
11th: Guy Simpson, author of the Brotherhood of Olympus Saga
12th: Kathy Ree, author of Be Not Afraid
13th: Adam Gaffen, author of Run Like Hell who amazingly donated an eBook for everyday of this giveaway. Way to go, Adam!
14th: Karen Kincel Interview
15th: Interview with T.M. Knight, author of Madison/White Ops who has generously donated 2 books for your giveaway.
16th: Interview with Raebeth Buda, author of Silenced
WINNER UPDATES FOR 12/09/12: Emily V. won a Fandango Gift Card, Kathy K. won a Stunich eBook, and Brooke H. won an eBook by Adam Gaffen. Keep entering as there are still more prizes!
Above is C.M. Stunich (me!), just to show you how much I really do love the holidays and to introduce you to our discussion topic: Writing and Reading Styles.
So, I wanted to do a post about writing styles, but since not everyone is a writer, I figured I’d include reading styles as the two certainly go hand in hand.
READER SIDE: Some people, like my friend for example, will only read if she can consume the whole book/most of the whole book during her reading time. She won’t read in snippets like I do for example. I will read in tiny, five minute windows all day long. I will also stay up late/miss important obligations to read (terrible, I know). Then there’s the terrible habit I’ve got of starting books and then putting them aside for “later”. This is the opposite of my stay-up-all-night-and-read side where I put these poor books aside, through no fault of their own, and leave them for months or even YEARS!! I do have this rule that I must finish every book I start, no matter what, so I always go back, usually wondering why I put it aside in the first place. =) I don’t leave reviews EVER. Bad ones hurt too much (I know from terrible experience) and good ones take a lot of time to craft properly. I do star books on Goodreads sometimes, but only occasionally. I prefer paperbacks over eBooks a million to one 
and I think standalone novels are vastly underrated? How about you?
WRITER SIDE: Okay, so my writing habits are going to differ from anything you’ve heard or know about writing because, well, all writers habits do. Everyone is different. Sometimes, I’m shocked when I read another author’s style, thinking “How on earth…” so you may very well find this strange but here goes. I write like crazy. As of right now, I spent about 12ish hours a day (won’t have that time for much longer though 
), and I try to do 14,000-24,000 words a day. This might seem strange, but I type fast and I have these ideas in my head that I must, must, must get out. I have forty plus novels in a notebook that cry out to me to write them. As I write, I reread what I’ve just written over and over again so that when it comes time to edit, it’s mostly grammar that I’m looking for and not content. I look things up on the internet constantly and watch a lot f YouTube videos. I’m also prone to getting distracted and going on Facebook too much (you guys are so awesome, I can’t help myself). Sometimes, I go on Goodreads or Amazon and read my reviews. I don’t have too many, but if they’re mean, I cry and refuse to write for days. =) Eventually though, this little spark inside me gets too hot to ignore and I’m back. I’ll do this till the day I die because there is nothing else for me. I am a writer, mind, body, soul, and I put everything I have into my work. I hope you enjoy my books, and I can’t wait to share them all with you!
Come back tomorrow for more awesome fun and don’t forget to leave a blog comment so you can get your free entries into the contest!
