Interviews and Articles and Excerpts...
@ Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 - 08:13:23
Shelley Munro was kind enough to request an interview with me this week on her blog. Now, Shelley is not only multipublished, but extremely versatile. She is also a Kiwi, and I sometimes see her at our monthly writers' meetings. Being on her blog makes me feel as if I've "arrived". Her books are very popular! I have a newspaper interview next week. I don't get nervous at interviews, but want to do my best. I'll have to remind myself to think before I speak, rather than blurt. My last interviewer even included some of my "uh"s and "what I meant to say"s <G>. It's sometimes a little embarrassing to see how your words come across when you don't write them yourself <cheesy grin>.
WIP: I finished my ghost story this week, and decided to name it "A Spirited Encounter". This is my first finished book for 2008, and I'm quite happy about it. I also finished a novella and want to get it re-written fairly quickly, so I can submit it to Nocturne's open submissions call (Nocturne "Bites"). Definitely worth looking into if you're a writer, aspiring or established.
If you're seeking an agent, pop over to BookEnds this week, and pop in 100 words in the appropriate category. You never know what will transpire.WIP: I finished my ghost story this week, and decided to name it "A Spirited Encounter". This is my first finished book for 2008, and I'm quite happy about it. I also finished a novella and want to get it re-written fairly quickly, so I can submit it to Nocturne's open submissions call (Nocturne "Bites"). Definitely worth looking into if you're a writer, aspiring or established.
Other things: My short story, Cut & Polish, came out early from All Romance eBooks! Oh, and I finished the second round of edits for The Hollowing last week and now have an April 17th release day. Joy!!!
Teasers (interesting facts that might stir a story some day soon): From Rapunzel's hair to eliminating sound waves, this article discusses how many of the magical aspects of fairy tales may actually be true. Carpets can be carried aloft by vibrations, and steered via pulse beats. For fantasy writers like me, who like to base their stories on facts, this really supplies a fascinating jumping off point. To read more, visit http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080211-fairytales-science.html
Save Your World: Disaster Relief Volunteer Match (need a hands-on solution to disaster? find one close to home here) http://www.volunteermatch.org/opportunities/disaster_relief.jsp
Excerpts: From In Flames, the sequel to In Trysts, a Romantic Suspense novel published by Linden Bay Romance
Sophie lost him in the smoke and steam. She screamed, choked on soot and swallowed water—then it was all gagging, paddling, churning her way through the wash. The surge was relentless, all troughs and waves, floating wood and falling stone. She was slammed against the wall and felt her shoulder give. Sophie shrieked and fought for air. “Marco!”He had her. Marco grabbed her, and clung. She held onto him weakly, and opened her eyes to find he was smiling.A death’s head grin. It was Gerald Beaumont. “Sophie!” he cried, clawing at her head, her shoulders, climbing her like a bobbing tree. She was going under, down, when Marco snatched her out of Gerald’s grasp and flung him aside.But Marco’s hold on her was tenuous, and Beaumont’s frantic antics cost him. Scratch, tear, rip, fling, but in the wildly swirling muddle, of dirt and bone, ash and wood, filthy foam and churning backwash, Sophie was jarred loose from Marco’s grasp once more, out of his reach. He heard her choked off “Marc-!” as she vanished beneath the rising waters. Cheers,
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