tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19768620754180004812024-03-12T20:20:13.230-06:00Dreams about writingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-26552125432671677602014-08-01T14:20:00.001-05:002014-08-01T14:20:27.821-05:00Back from this paradise. I want to go back. # nofilter<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1nbYAKQ'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-63585968452417696882014-07-07T12:13:00.002-05:002014-07-07T12:13:30.500-05:00Papina by Katie Hamstead Release day.<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Today is the release of the author of the <i>Kiya Trilogy</i> and <i>Branded</i>, Katie Hamstead's latest novel, Papina.</span></span><br />
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Born and raised in Australia, Katie’s early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.</div>
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After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.</div>
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Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife and mother. She loves to write, and takes the few spare moments in her day to work on her novels.</div>
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Today we have an awesome cover reveal. Not only one but two great books I love. These are the two first books from The Collective series by my CP Stacey Nash and Published by Harper Collins Australia.</div>
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contemporary novel named Dutiful Revenge. It’s a great mix of Diaries of a Princess
and a political thriller. Of course it has a sweet romance in it. My next
project will be the second book of Glowing Shadows my NA Urban Fantasy. I’m
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<strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I think my work differs because I grew up in
between two countries Mexico and Spain. Countries with lots of tradition and
culture. I grew reading all the magical realism in Mexican literature. I think
all this show in my work, my NA novel is set in Madrid, which is a place I love
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<strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I write what calls to me at the moment.
Sometimes my writing starts from an emotion and from that emotion the story
grows. So the emotion, the character are the ones that tell me what kind of
story they need, it could be fantasy, contemporary or anything in between but I
have to admit I can’t write horror. Also every single one of my books no matter
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Usually I make an outline for several days detailing more in my mind than in
paper who my characters are, what they need and how to get them there. After
that I try to write all I can while the characters are having this crazy
conversations in my head, they usually love to talk while I wash the dishes so
I have to run to take notes afterward. Once the first draft is done I close it
and don’t open it for several weeks. The more the better to see where I can improve
it. In that meantime I usually read lots on the genre so I can have a better
idea before tackling the revisions. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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with a keyboard, microphone, and an energetic imagination, Ashley Maker is a
combination author/songwriter from Oklahoma with a passion for all things
creative. UNDER THE TREES, a Young Adult blended historical romance, is her
debut novel, releasing from Cliffhanger Press, LLC in the fall of 2014. Songs
inspired by the book can be heard from Seeking Never, the recording band she
sings in with her guitar-playing husband Corey. A newbie vlogger and former
editor, Ashley spends much of her time writing, procrastinating on social
media, and waging a revision war against pronouns. The rest of her time is
spent doting on her daughter and cuddling with a myriad of family pets, most
notably Johnny Cash, cat writing buddy extraordinaire.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-54858114852853519732014-05-25T00:08:00.001-05:002014-05-25T00:08:08.486-05:00Sister wedding so much fun!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1tAhD7m'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-37040940965875011642014-05-22T16:17:00.001-05:002014-05-22T16:17:00.931-05:00I not only write, I love to cook. Today's lunch. #sanjacobos<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1sZM5Ws'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-2240758558081605592014-05-22T08:52:00.001-05:002014-05-22T08:52:23.064-05:008.30am and I'm back from the fresh market #strawberries #mango<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1m97T0L'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-12208404001620530332014-05-21T17:52:00.001-05:002014-05-21T17:52:19.507-05:00Too much homework...<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1i5EUqD'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-49052005198612141822014-05-15T14:41:00.001-05:002014-05-15T14:41:49.130-05:00Currently reading!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1lvzS7V'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-18637991290652250492014-05-15T13:50:00.001-05:002014-05-15T13:50:48.541-05:00Time for a small cup of tea...<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1jjr7lk'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-66463167105933228122014-05-13T11:57:00.001-05:002014-05-13T11:57:06.051-05:00Teacher's day presents ready for tomorrow!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1nJXxoF'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-22803909950688024362014-05-08T14:15:00.001-05:002014-05-08T14:15:19.128-05:00New flowers for me. Great inspiration! New flowers for me. Great inspiration!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><iframe allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' height='710' width='612' src='http://ift.tt/1ouDdYc'> </iframe><br/><br />via <a href='http://ift.tt/16Xitlp'>IFTTT</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-5841512223759205222014-02-27T00:00:00.000-06:002014-02-27T00:00:05.614-06:00Guest Post: Writing a series by Katie Hamstead<div class="MsoNormal">
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has grown into his position as Pharaoh, but he is a wild young man. Naomi fears
for him, not only because of his recklessness, but because he has put his trust
in Ay–the man determined to destroy Naomi—despite her and Horemheb advising
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<span lang="EN-US">When I first started planning out Kiya, I
had thought it would be only one book. But as I thought about events I wanted
to cover, I realized I needed to make more than one book. So I decided to make
it into three books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The very original concept ended at the end
of book one, with Naomi fleeing with Tut. Sort of a riding of into the sunset
to live happily ever after. But then I realized, there was more to the story
than an HEA, especially when Horemheb started smashing my head for more
attention than I originally intended.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So I worked out events I wanted to include
and constructed a timeline. Then I needed to decide how I would begin and end
each book. Book two at first started with the third assassin entering her
father’s house in Thebes, but I felt like her journey through the desert needed
to be addressed and it created a great action opening scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A great deal of time passes in these books,
so book three skips over six years so the momentum isn’t slowed. That was a
difficult decision to make, but necessary. The plot needed to focus on the main
people; Naomi and Tut.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Once I had where I’d break the stories
worked out, the rest fell into place. There were times during book two where
historical events lacked, so I became concerned my filler for Naomi’s life
wouldn’t make it long enough, but it worked out in the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she
met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona
with her husband, daughter and their dog.<br />
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is
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Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife
and mother. She now works as a Clerk with a lien company in Arizona to help
support her family and her schooling. She loves to write, and takes the few
spare moments in her day to work on her novels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have shared a quiet life. But when Anamae discovers a brooch identical to her
mother's favorite pendant, she unknowingly invites a slew of trouble into their
world. When the brooch and the pendant are worn together they're no longer
pretty pieces of jewelry -- they're part of a highly developed technology
capable of cloaking the human form. Triggering the jewelry's power attracts the
attention of a secret society determined to confiscate the device -- and
silence everyone who is aware of its existence. Anamae knows too much, and now
she's Enemy Number One. <br />
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She's forced to leave her father behind when she's taken in by a group
determined to keep her safe. Here Anamae searches for answers about this hidden
world. With her father kidnapped and her own life on the line, Anamae must
decide if saving her dad is worth risking her new friends’ lives. No matter
what she does, somebody is going to get hurt.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times\;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">"I
certainly won't be forgetting Nash's debut, FORGET ME NOT! A vividly fast-paced
tale with adventure, secrets, and kissing!" -Kimberly P. Chase, Author of
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Stacey grew up in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. It is an area nestled
between mountains and vineyards. Full of history and culture, it provides
wonderful writing inspiration. After dabbling with poetry during her teen
years, Stacey stopped writing until after university when she was married with
young children. Now she loves nothing more than spending her days with her
children and writing when inspiration strikes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it lots of times. Thanks to the lovely author trusting me to do it. But because
it’s a story that made me completely love Science Fiction. I don’t usually love
this genre but with this book I just couldn’t stop. </span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The MC Anamae, has a voice true to a teenager
but still strong and moving. I liked her from the first moment as I did with
her best friend Will. I loved their friendship and how Will cares so much for
her. </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">This story </span></span></b></div>
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real as Mae says in the book. Teletransportation, invisibility, share your
thoughts. All that is possible and you see it as it could possibly happen.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">I was intrigued with the Collective. I just
needed to know what they really did and why. </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The character that I loved most was Jax, the bad
boy, but he’s just not the average bad boy he’s tormented and sweet and
confused. Just perfect.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Nash starts this adventure with an amazing
writing that reminds me of Cassandra Claire and Jane Austen. Yes an odd mix but
perfect for this story and so moving. </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">I can’t wait to see where this story will take
me.</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-21247203357906521272014-02-19T11:17:00.002-06:002014-02-19T11:17:36.966-06:00Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty Cover Reveal<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As you might have noticed Katie Hamstead a dear friend of mine is a very prolific author. She's here again with the cover real of the last book on the series of Kiya.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Tut
has grown into his position as Pharaoh, but he is a wild young man. Naomi fears
for him, not only because of his recklessness, but because he has put his trust
in Ay–the man determined to destroy Naomi—despite her and Horemheb advising
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<span lang="EN-US">Meanwhile,
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Naomi and her family. With fear of the booming Hebrew numbers causing talk of
enslaving them, conscription is reinstated<span class="ecxapple-converted-space"> </span>and
Naomi fears for the lives of her other children. Especially since<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ay's children are now adults, and just
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attention, and Naomi deals with the struggles of her family, everyone's
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Born and raised in Australia, Katie’s
early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild
bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.<br />
After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she
met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona
with her husband, daughter and their dog.<br />
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is
currently at school studying English and Creative Writing.<br />
Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife
and mother. She now works as a Clerk with a lien company in Arizona to help
support her family and her schooling. She loves to write, and takes the few
spare moments in her day to work on her novels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amazon: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Katie-Hamstead/e/B008T8M8PA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.amazon.com/Katie-Hamstead/e/B008T8M8PA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-33840563615353875992014-02-11T00:00:00.000-06:002014-02-11T00:00:09.045-06:00Guest Post: A novel set in Australia by Katie Hamstead + giveaway<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I know it's been a while since I posted but I'm back and with a great guest post.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Katie Hamstead is here again with a new release that you don't want to miss:</b></span><br />
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Allison King barely escapes her brother’s wedding reception alive. She and her
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terrified. While searching for other survivors, she is captured by the General
who leads the invasion. He’s smitten by Ali, and when she refuses to submit to
his whims, he brands her for death. In a wild act of defiance, she snatches the
branding rod and sears the mark onto his face. Marking not only him but also
sealing her fate. Ali manages to escape and flees into the bush once more where
she finds a group in hiding. Even with the scars left by the General, Ali
learns to love and falls in love with the young man who found her—Damien
Rogers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discovers their location, and finds her with another man—Damien—his wrath is
kindled and his obsession is inflamed. Ali must put herself on the line or the
General could kill her family, those who help her, and most significantly, the
man she loves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most of my contemporary books around there simply for the fact that it is where
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heard somewhere once that you should write what you know. So when it comes to
things that involve high school, university etc I set my stories in the
schooling system I am familiar with. My time as a foreign exchange student and
the few years I have lived in the USA have taught me the basics of the American
school system, but I don’t know it the way I do the Aussie one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the concept in 11<sup>th</sup> grade English, and wove ideas together
while staring out at the bush on hiking and road trips. The bush is a place
that has this ancient spirit to it, it’s hard to explain, but I am completely
in love with it. So Branded has some beautiful settings that I wanted to
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early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild
bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.<br />
After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she
met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona
with her husband, daughter and their dog.<br />
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is
currently at school studying English and Creative Writing.<br />
Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife
and mother. She now works as a Clerk with a lien company in Arizona to help
support her family and her schooling. She loves to write, and takes the few spare
moments in her day to work on her novels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-33083695092918224642014-01-02T00:00:00.000-06:002014-01-02T00:00:03.920-06:00Here's what I know about writing what you know by Sashi Kaufman<div class="MsoNormal">
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that will release on March, 1<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Andrew West goes to an all-girls school and he still can’t get a date. If that’s not bad enough, his Mom is the headmaster. Everyone seems to have the wrong idea about Andrew. His teachers think he’s a good student who doesn’t apply himself -he really is trying. The kids at his old school thought he was a goth. His cousin Barry thinks he’s gay.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When his Thanksgiving break goes tragically awry he decides to run away. He catches a ride with a strange group of older teenagers. The Freegans are street performers and dumpster divers. As Andrew travels the country with his new friends he leaves behind the expectations of others and discovers what he expects of himself.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I think it's deadly
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If everyone only
wrote exactly what they knew, then literature would be composed of little more
than a series of highly dramatic self indulgent journal entries. You know, like
facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My current work in
progress has a main character who is a partially deaf seventeen year old guy.
He plays soccer too. I played soccer until 8th grade but that's about all we
have in common, at least on the surface. As I hammer out this first draft I
periodically get the giggles when I know I've mixed up corner kicks and goal
kicks. Or when I realize I have no idea if hearing aids have a test button.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here's why I feel
qualified to write about someone so different from "what I know". I
think we have spheres of knowing and if something is within one of those
spheres then I feel qualified to write about it. For example, I am a daughter
and a sister. Therefore I feel pretty qualified to write about families. I'm
also now a mother. I wrote characters who were parents before I was one, but my
writing about parents definitely changed once I became one. In my debut The
Other Way Around the main character Andrew West runs away from home with a
group of older teenagers who are street performers and dumpster divers. When I
first wrote the draft his mother was kind of a dragon lady. Whenever they spoke
on the phone she was harsh and uncaring and he was selfish and unsympathetic to
her fears about his well being. My editor (also a parent) pointed out
that I might try a a little harder to imagine the experience from her
perspective and that might soften and deepen my portrayal of her. He was right.
In the time between first draft and this particular set of revisions I had
become a mother myself. And that changed everything that I knew about how to
write that part of the book. I hope it made it better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Does that mean that
everyone who is a parent should write about parenting? Or that if you're a
sister, you know what it's like to be or have a brother? No, not necessarily.
Everyone has different spheres. I like to think that the home I grew up in,
where few gender stereotypes were modeled or visible, made me particularly open
to what makes us human more than what makes us male or female. You can read my
book and see if you agree :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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research the rules for penalty kicks or the buttons on a hearing aid. More
challenging to research feelings. I remember high school and middle school
vividly and the feelings I attach to those experiences. I remember the fear of
being different or being excluded -which are some of the things my main character
wrestles with. I remember the desire to have someone I was attracted to notice
me and I remember the desperation and despair when they did not. I remember the
incredible breath in your mouth tension before a first kiss. I remember the
ones that made my knees wiggle, and the ones that mopped my face with spit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The more you are
open to experience and the feelings that come with it, then the more you know.
The better you observe yourself, your reactions as well as the people around
you and their reactions and feelings, the more you extend your spheres of
understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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readers will hold you accountable for a character who rings false more than a
detail about soccer rules. So write what you know. Write everything you know.
It's probably a lot more than you think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lives in Portland, Maine with her husband and daughter. She is also an amateur
trash picker. The Other Way Around is her debut novel and it will charge into
the world on March 1st 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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maybe I’m wrong, when I read On Writing by Stephen King he said it was a good
idea to read around 70 or 80 books. My objective this year was to do just that
because I really believe you need to read lots to know the genres, the writing
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year, I’m so happy to say I read </span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">84 books</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. I read contemporary YA and NA. I read paranormal YA,
I read series. I read dystopian YA.I read craft books. Some books were
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last giveaway hop of the year! This Midwinter's giveaway hop is hosted by <a href="http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/2013/12/midwinters-eve-giveaway-hop.html" target="_blank">BookHounds</a> and <a href="http://iamareader.com/" target="_blank">I am a reader.</a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Best of 2013 giveaway hop. In this hop hosted by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><a href="http://www.iamareader.com/" target="_blank">I Am A Reader, Not A Writer</a>
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our favorite books of the year. They don't have to be published this year but
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-53339813672645610122013-11-22T00:00:00.000-06:002013-11-22T00:00:01.678-06:00Forget Me Not by Stacey Nash Cover Reveal<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It's no secret that Stacey Nash is my Bestie and CP so to say I'm excited about this cover reveal isn't accurate enough.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>This book is really close to my heart not only because Stacey wrote it but because it's a great story. One of those stories you can't stop thnking about.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So today I have the chance to show you the beautiful cover of this story.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Title: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Forget Me Not (Book I in the Collective series)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"> Stacey Nash</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Release Date: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">February 17, 2014</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Genre: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">YA speculative fiction</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>Blurb:</b> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Since
her mother vanished nine years ago, Anamae and her father have shared a quiet
life. But when Anamae discovers a brooch identical to her mother's favorite
pendant, she unknowingly invites a slew of trouble into their world. When the
brooch and the pendant are worn together they're no longer pretty pieces of
jewelry -- they're part of a highly developed technology capable of cloaking
the human form. Triggering the jewelry's power attracts the attention of a
secret society determined to confiscate the device -- and silence everyone who
is aware of its existence. Anamae knows too much, and now she's Enemy Number
One. <br />
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She's forced to leave her father behind when she's taken in by a group
determined to keep her safe. Here Anamae searches for answers about this hidden
world. With her father kidnapped and her own life on the line, Anamae must
decide if saving her dad is worth risking her new friends’ lives. No matter
what she does, somebody is going to get hurt.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>Goodreads: </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18130928-forget-me-not?from_search=true"><span class="InternetLink"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18130928-forget-me-not?from_search=true</span></b></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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with these amazing characters.”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys action, intrigue and
romance.”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #181818; line-height: 150%;">“It's
an incredible story with great action, a swoon worthy romance, and twists you
won't see coming!”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Stacey grew
up in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. It is an area nestled between
mountains and vineyards. Full of history and culture, it provides wonderful
writing inspiration. After dabbling with poetry during her teen years, Stacey
stopped writing until after university when she was married with young
children. Now she loves nothing more than spending her days with her children
and writing when inspiration strikes.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976862075418000481.post-54516845429799969702013-11-21T00:00:00.000-06:002013-11-21T00:00:03.649-06:00Guest post by:Kristen Strassel Paranormal Romance in New Adult<span style="font-size: large;">Today I have a guest on my blog and I'm very excited about it. Kristen Strassel is a New Adult author with a very interesting and good NA paranormal romance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I think she's perfect to give us her opinion about Paranormal Romance in New adult so without more waiting I leave you with Kristen's post:</span><br />
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right out of high school. The husband got a job, the couple bought a house and
started a family. And that was pretty much it. They lived happily ever after,
or at least pretended to. The cycle would repeat. Now financial restraints
prevent that from being a reality in most cases, and our customs have changed.
It’s created the phase of life that we capture in literature as New Adult.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The transition to adulthood is the most
exciting time in most people’s lives. As the door to the world as we knew it
closes, we’re handed a blank slate and told to write our own future. For the past eighteen years, we had been
closely guided by parents, teachers, and other authority figures, and then we
are on our own. We’re expected to know what to do. Some of us make a smooth transition, and
others stumble. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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now, it’s change. We won’t work the same
jobs our whole lives. Many of us won’t have one romantic relationship. We’re in
a constant state of flux. I think this is why readers are identifying with the
New Adult category. It’s about new beginnings, making decisions, and finding
out who you really are. Chances are, you’ll find yourself in the “new adult”
phase of life more than once. If you
move to a new place, change careers, or get a divorce, you will be starting
over. You’re not the same person at 18 as you will be at 28 or 38. Your
decisions will reflect that.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Readers have proven they love paranormal
and fantasy with middle grade and young adult books. The two biggest series of
the last two decades are Harry Potter and Twilight. It’s a natural transition
for those readers to want to read New Adult paranormal books. Because readers
are finding themselves in this cycle of renewal more often, they are going to
identify with characters who are facing the same challenges they are.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Paranormal is also about the unknown. The
dark corners, the things that go bump in the night. All those things that your
mother warned you about. If a character finds themself in a paranormal world,
they are going to have a clean slate, all right. The rules of the regular world
don’t apply to supernatural creatures. Will the human characters be able to
adapt and survive? Will those characters
thrive in this new, unknown environment? How will they deal with the challenges
that this parallel universe presents them?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">About the author Kristen Strassel:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Kristen shares a birthday with Steven Tyler and Diana Ross. She
spends each day striving to be half as fabulous as they are. She’s worn many
hats, none as flattering as her cowboy hat: banker, retail manager, fledgling
web designer, world’s worst cocktail waitress, panty slinger, now makeup artist
and aspiring author. She loves sunshine, live music, the middle of nowhere, and
finding new things to put in her house.
A former resident of Las Vegas, Kristen now lives in Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7267647.Kristen_Strassel" target="_blank">Kristen Strassel on Goodreads</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7267647.Kristen_Strassel" target="_blank"> </a><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/kristenstrassel" target="_blank">Kristen Strassel on Twitter </a></span></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deadlyeverafterblog" target="_blank">Kristen Strassel on Facebook</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deadlyeverafterblog" target="_blank"> </a><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://deadlyeverafter.com/" target="_blank">Kristen Strassel on the web</a></span></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Book release date</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: November 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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Blurb</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Sex, blood, and rock n’ roll.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Immortal
Dilemma is the hottest band in the Las Vegas vampire rock scene. They draw
insatiable fans from around the globe, thanks to a supernatural attraction
called Bloodlust. Tristan craved such an opportunity to fill his empty mortal
life, and now he has eternity to earn his place along the legends of rock n
roll debauchery.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Callie
always feared that Tristan’s excesses would get him into trouble, but she never
thought they’d lead him to immortality. To reconnect with him, she must weave
her way through a world not only she had no idea existed, but does not
welcome her.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Blade
turned down a spot in Immortal Dilemma after learning what he must sacrifice
for that lifestyle. He finds Callie a refreshing change from the girls in
the vampire rock scene. When Callie drags Blade back into the world
of Immortal Dilemma, his resistance drives her into the waiting arms of
Tristan, who shows her the true meaning of Bloodlust. But the very things that
Callie fights so hard to save are the things that will change her life forever.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Today in my weekly post of images and quotes I find around the web I'll use as a theme Catching Fire. The movie premieres this week and I can't wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all the people that share their talent doing this fabulous images on the internet.</span><br />
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