CONTEST WINNER!!!!

    December 16th has come and gone.  Now for the exciting news.  We have a winner of the Book Cover Reveal Contest!!!   YAY!!!!  Drum roll please........Samantha Denton!  She will have the privilege of checking out my book cover ONE WHOLE DAY before anyone else does!

     I am hoping to get the cover completed within the next month or so.  The design is complete, just waiting on me to finish editing so the designer will have the other details to complete the cover.  Ugghhh, that word again...edit! 
    
     So subscribe to this website and like my FaceBook page if you haven't already.  That way you can stay updated on the progress!

Freestyle Friday!

 Freestyle Friday!

 

   
  So I have this idea...  On FaceBook, people do Throwback Thursday, right?  I'd like to start Freestyle Friday.  Here's how it works: I'll choose a sentence, group of sentences or picture and write a short story based on what I've chosen.  It will be a few paragraphs or less each time. 
     Here's where you come in.  If you are a writer, a wanna-be writer or just want to try something fun, you can make your own short story up based on the sentence(s) or picture and post it in the comments.  OR if you want to continue with my story, that's completely fine too. 
     Either way, let's have some fun and get the weekend started!

Today, let's start with this picture!  (I choose random pictures on the internet, mainly through Pinterest)

It was exactly 10 years ago on this very day, her life changed in an instant.  Just looking at the house made her flinch.  The beauty it once was, hid behind the vines and dirt covering.  But somehow, on that day, the beauty turned to ashes before her eyes.  How could life continue to move on after what happened?

Abigail hesitantly stepped closer to the abandoned house.  Many of her childhood years were spent roaming the halls and exploring the hidden passages.  Her grandparents invited her family to stay with them every holiday, summer and long weekend.  Along with her cousins family.  Until that day.

Her cousin, Jeremiah, was only one year older than her but he thought it was more like ten years.  He treated her like his child instead of his cousin.  Always telling her and her little brother what to do.  He thought he was so brave, doing stupid things like jumping from the second story window to the ground.  He said it was to show how strong he was compared to them.

He wasn't strong that day.  His real age shone through his fear.  Nine years old was too young to endure the pain.  It was considered an accident but for the last ten years, Abigail questioned if it was planned.        

Ok readers, should I continue or do you want to have the honors?   

Editing....The "work" side of being an author!!

The creative part is done....Now the work begins!

 

 

Whoever said writing was easy was right (to me, anyway~wink~).  But the editing part and everything else that goes along with it...now that's where it gets hairy!   

Sitting for hours in front of a computer screen, checking if every word is spelled corektly  correctly.  A word is used properly and a phrase isn't overused....bleh!!  "But I wanted to do it myself" I said, determined!  Yeah, that was before I realized how much of a headache it was going to be.  Literally!!!  I had a headache all day yesterday!  3 cups of a coffee, a coke, and an energy drink didn't even help! 

 

I must press towards the mark, keep on keeping on, finish what I have started, so on and so on.  With those mantras running through my head (and me chanting to myself every now and then "you can do it!"), the editing won't do me in, leaving me whimpering on the floor!

 

So I say all that to say, Editing is for the birds!  I'm so ready to get back to the part I love... writing!!  Because my characters are fighting to get out of my imagination and go on to the sequel of their story.

 



Book Cover Reveal CONTEST!!!!

 

   To boost website subscribers, I am doing a contest.  For those who subscribe to this website between now and 11:59 Central Time on the 16th of December, I will randomly choose one person to reveal my cover to one whole day before I reveal it on my website and FaceBook page!!  (as for when that will be, not yet decided).

 

    I don't know about you, but I am so excited to have my cover ready and up for you (and me) to enjoy! It's been a long road to get to this point and I know it will be an even longer road to get the final book completed.  But, the wait will be worth it.  The tedious editing will be worth it!  The long nights and days of writing to get the finish product exactly the way it needs to be...will be worth it!

 

   Tell everyone you know to subscribe to this website.  I'd love to have over 50 subscribers before the book is published.  Help me to make it happen!  I know you can ;-).

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THANKfulness Month!

     

      November has come around again!  Didn't that happen last year? ~wink~  A lot of people think about turkey and dressing this month.  And some just skip right to the big event that happens in December-CHRISTMAS!  There is a holiday before Christmas and after Halloween-THANKSGIVING!

     But I like to do something a little different.  Instead of just saying what we are thankful for on Thanksgiving, how about take each day of November and say (type) what we are thankful?  So that's just what I've been doing.  On my personal Facebook account, I have taken a specific blessing in my life and poured out my heart on how thankful I am for that blessing.  It actually makes you stop and ponder on all the things in your life you are thankful for.  Instead of hurriedly thinking of a few items while you are cooking the turkey, you specify each day a different blessing.

     So, for those out there reading this right now.  Try something new, list something you are thankful for each day of the rest of November.  Next year, start on the 1st and go on through the rest of the month. 

            Make November more than just turkey and dressing.  Make it THANKfulness Month! 

Exciting news!

     I am so estactic, I can't breathe.  Of course, I get excited fairly easy :-) 

     I have commissioned a designer to design my e-book cover.  Just another step to a finished product! YAY!!!  So within the next few weeks, I will do a cover reveal of my first book on this website FIRST!  I feel confident the cover will be amazing.  The company I am using is AMYGDALA Book Cover Design and their covers are awesome! 

     It took me months researching and digging around on the Internet to find a company that could possibly bring my vision to life (and not cost an arm and leg....).  I also looked at some of the designers of the books I have read recently.  I found a few others that were in the running but this company just seemed to fit.  Hopefully my gut feeling turns out to be correct and by the end of this month my amazing cover will be ready.  Then......maybe my book will be edited by the end of the year and I can get it uploaded and out there for the world to read.

I can't breathe again!!!!   The excitement is too much!   Ok, ok, I'm better.

So please, subscribe to this website for the updates.  Tell your friends, family, neighbors, the cashier at the grocery store, EVERYONE to visit my website and Subscribe!  Come along with me on this journey of SELF-PUBLISHING!

WELCOME!!

           So the title to this post says it all!  Welcome to my new author website.  Right now it doesn't look like much, but hopefully in the near future there will be more to explore. 

          For those who know me personally, I have been writing for a few years now.  Diligently striving towards the ultimate prize, a published book (maybe more than just one....).  This website is my official Author Website that I will share updates on my writing, my actual books when they are published and much more! 

          So, please be patient with me.  Subscribe to this website and you will automatically receive an email when I add a new post.  Tell all of your friends, neighbors, family or even people in passing.  The more traffic and subscribers of this website, the better possibility that my books (my babies) will get into readers hands.  Feel free to add comments to any of posts or even use the contact form for any questions or comments.

          Thank you for stopping by and hopefully I will hear from you.