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May 24, 2015
Writing a Series With A Strong Middle…An Update
After I finished Blood, Book 6 of The Unfinished Song, I realized I’d hit thehalf-way point of the series. Not coincidentally, Ibeganobsessing about how to write solid “middles.� First I looked at three problems that commonly sag or even sink a series in the middle books.
I wrote: “My goal is to make every book in the series shine. Each one is a critical piece of Dindi and Kavio’s story, none is filler. So I will be outlining the next six books exhaustively before I even begin the revisions...
May 23, 2015
How to Keep Readers Updated?
I’ve been struggling with something. How can I keep readers updated about what I’m doing?
The answer used to be easy: blog. I used to blog fairly regularly about my writing process and progress.
Of course, that was before I had any readers.
And that’s the problem. Once I became conscious—or rather, self-conscious—about pleasing my readers, I felt shy about sharing my struggles to write. As long as I was an aspiring writer, I could moan on my blog, “I goofed off today. Instead of writing, I at...
September 8, 2014
Guardians: The Girl by Lola StVil
by is the first book in The Guardians Series.
I crave him. I need him. I love him. And that is the reason we will all die�
Emmy Baxter wishes for a more interesting, exciting life. Until her world is turned upside down with danger, drama and thrown into a world she never thought existed with angels and demons. To help the Guardians save the world, she must stay away from the guy she loves. Can they fight fate, beat time and change their destiny, or sacrifice every...
September 3, 2014
Spark (Legends of the Shifters) by J.B. North
by , is the first book in the Legends of the Shifters series.
For more than a decade, Ivy Oliver has lived in a dark, crumbling orphanage where she was sent after her parents� death. Her only hope for a life of simplicity and happiness is the trial, a test that frees her second form from where it’s been buried since her birth. That hope is dashed, however, when she transforms into a creature that rips her away from the only friends she’s ever had and ensures that her enemies ar...
September 2, 2014
The Sorcery Code by Dima Zales and Anna Zaires
The by and is a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and danger in a world where sorcery is entwined with science...
Once a member of the Sorcerer Council-now an outcast, Blaise has spent the last year of his life working on a magical object to allow anyone to do magic, not just the sorcerer elite. The outcome of his quest is unlike anything he could’ve ever imagined-instead of an object, he creates Gala, and she is anything but inanimate. Born in the Spell Re...
August 30, 2014
Aranya by Marc Secchia
by is the first book in the Shapeshifter Dragons series.
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Chained to a rock and tossed off a cliff by her boyfriend, Aranya is executed for high treason against the Sylakian Empire. Falling a league into the deadly Cloudlands is not a fate she ever envisaged. But what if she did not die? What if she could spread her wings and fly?
Long ago, Dragons ruled the Island-World above the Cl...
August 29, 2014
Feyland: The Dark Realm by Anthea Sharp
by USA Today bestselling Urban Fantasy authoris the first book in the .
WHEN A GAME�
Feyland is the most immersive computer game ever designed, and Jennet Carter is the first to play the prototype. But she doesn’t suspect the virtual world is close enough to touch � or that she’ll be battling for her life against the Dark Queen of the faeries.
TURNS REAL�
Tam Linn is the perfect hero � in-game. Too bad the rest of his life is seriously flawed. Th...
August 27, 2014
Faelorehn by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
by is the first book in the
Meghan Elam has been strange her entire life: her eyes have this odd habit of changing color and she sees and hears things no one else does. When the visions and voices in her head start to get worse, she is convinced that her parents will want to drag her off to another psychiatrist. That is, until the mysterious Cade MacRoich shows up out of nowhere with an explanation of his own.
Cade brings her news of another...
August 21, 2014
The Shadow Ryana by C.R. Daems and J.R. Tomlin
by and []is the first book in The Shadow Sisters Series.
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Ryana, a worthless girl-child, is sold to a mysterious woman who takes her to the home of the Shadow Sisters who are prized for their abilities as spies and assassins. She survives years of training in spite of being unconventional: adopting poisonous bats as familiars–something no one else would dare to do; choo...
August 12, 2014
The Children of Ankh: Sweet Sleep by Kim Cormack
The result of a nightmare, is first book in herYA Paranormal Fantasy series, .
In every lifetime, there is a moment. A moment so clear, so profoundly unique that it stands out against billions of other moments. When you find a moment such as this one, you pay extra close attention to it. It will usually contain something that defines you in the future.
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