Making of... Making a Diamond
Greetings!
I have a new novel coming out this spring, all things being equal and the world continuing to rotate on its present course.
It's titled MAKING A DIAMOND and is a contemporary inspirational romance. I paged it out to 232 pages, with the cover art being done by Californian graphic artist, Megan Dooley.
This story was originally written many years ago, completed and critiqued all the way to the final page of the epilogue, but it was not making me happy. I was left terribly unsatisfied with it. I put it aside and worked on other projects, moved, etc. When I was ready again, last year, I unearthed it and read it over.
Basically, the story was good but my heroine needed a kick in the pants, so that is what I gave her. I hope you will think I did a good job. :)
Once I straightened her out, I reworked some things in the manuscript, sent it out to two beta-readers and they were kind enough to mark up MaD beautifully, with many wonderful corrections and remarks.
Now that it has been rewritten and finalized, I will be self-publishing once again through CreateSpace. This book is a little longer than most of my other romances, but I hope you will enjoy it. :)
Thanks for reading! More updates on this and other projects as I have them!
~Sandi
I have a new novel coming out this spring, all things being equal and the world continuing to rotate on its present course.
It's titled MAKING A DIAMOND and is a contemporary inspirational romance. I paged it out to 232 pages, with the cover art being done by Californian graphic artist, Megan Dooley.
This story was originally written many years ago, completed and critiqued all the way to the final page of the epilogue, but it was not making me happy. I was left terribly unsatisfied with it. I put it aside and worked on other projects, moved, etc. When I was ready again, last year, I unearthed it and read it over.
Basically, the story was good but my heroine needed a kick in the pants, so that is what I gave her. I hope you will think I did a good job. :)
Once I straightened her out, I reworked some things in the manuscript, sent it out to two beta-readers and they were kind enough to mark up MaD beautifully, with many wonderful corrections and remarks.
Now that it has been rewritten and finalized, I will be self-publishing once again through CreateSpace. This book is a little longer than most of my other romances, but I hope you will enjoy it. :)
Thanks for reading! More updates on this and other projects as I have them!
~Sandi
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Warren
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Feb 23, 2011 01:27AM
So...do we actually get to see the process of a diamond being created?
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lol The title actually has to do with the idea of pressure creating beauty. :) It's one of those rare titles that took me in the beginning and STAYED. Imagine that.
Heh, I figured it was something like that. Although a romance based around a Gemologist and a Seismologist might be interesting...I don't really title many stories until after I've written them. Sometimes I Just use the first line to save them as... Although "Jupiter Rising" was the title from the get go. I couldn't get the image out of my head...
I like to have a working title for everything by the time I'm done with the first chapter. The title will almost ALWAYS change half a dozen times, but that's my usual practice.
