“Beloved…” she sighed. Her mother’s touch meant to
soothe and comfort, but there was no comfort for this.
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When Someone Stands At The Walls Of Your Fortress…
“You and I – we know that things can change. Life can turn in an instant, and words
can be final when we hadn’t planned them to be. Go back inside, luv. Talk to your mother.”
#1LineWed
Listen To Ed Sheeran, Folks…People Fall In Love In Mysterious Ways #amwriting #amwritingromance
I found myself having a teeny problem with my last novel. I got the rough draft finished, started slogging through the re-read to the second draft, and suddenly discovered I was bored.
Yep.
And if I’m bored by my own story, you can believe that readers – who aren’t nearly as invested in these characters as I am – are going to be bored as well, and probably faster.
So what was wrong? Continue reading
WINDSINGER Cover Reveal And Release Date! #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #romance
And here it is!
The official cover for Windsinger!
Meet Cecy, a girl who is part Elemental – a magical race that inhabits our world imbodying the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. Cecy’s mother is an air elemental, and that makes Cecy a “Twixter” – the half-human offspring of an elemental.
In addition to her magical heritage, Cecy bears another gift, one which will lead her to Brad, a scientist who is studying a very strange phenomenon – one that might signal a far deeper problem and a danger to life as we know it.
Together, they stumble upon a mystery that affects them both, and discover that playing it safe means nothing when love and desire are in the air.
Windsinger is book one of the Elemental Destinies, and will be available via Amazon (eBook and Print) on Friday, September 25th!
Fanfic Friday! Storybrooke Is Topsy-Turvy And It’s All Kinds Of Fun!
In my Fanfic “Friendly Shores” (which was written loooong before a season 4 finale, I might add), I dealt with role reversals all over Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest, and sometimes with really interesting results.
In this scene, Pirate Emma and Prince Killian wander into a very changed Storybrooke, looking for a magical compass that might help them set things right.
Like It Or Not, We All Judge A Book By Its Cover
Yep…that’s a tease! I’ll be revealing the new cover to WindSinger in it’s entirety SOON, but I wanted to give you a tiny tease since today I’m talking about the importance of a book cover.
You only have to go to my Goodreads page to see that the I had some lousy book covers originally for the first two books of the Seeder Saga. They’re embarrassing to look at now and I’ll freely admit that I did them myself, hoping to save a buck. It turns out they cost me money – a lot of money! – because people don’t like to buy books with craptastic covers, especially in eBooks. And that, unfortunately, is because it’s so freaking easy to write a crap book, slap on a homemade crap cover, and publish it.
To Illustrate:
Strange Planets Can Mean Strange Customs…And A Girl Can Get Caught Up…
Lizzie looked away, not wanting to intrude, but her body felt like it was humming,
her skin too warm and stretched too tightly over her bones. She felt him move
behind her, felt the heat of him at her back and the smell of him enveloped her.
#1LineWed
When Magic And Need Collide, The Effect Can Be Devastating…
He tried to take it slow, to prolong it and drown in every scalding,
shuddering second of sensation, but his body – and hers – were fighting that.
#1LineWed
Windsinger…coming soon!
Okay. . . Let’s Talk About Writing Intimacy
There’s a difference between romance and erotica. Besides the obvious attention to certain areas of detail in one versus the other (and that line does get fuzzy – I’ve read and written plenty of romance that was straight-up ladyporn), I think one major difference is the use of intimacy to build the relationship. Erotica tends to get right to the point, while a good romance (in any genre of book) has to have a foundation.
It’s a rookie move to write a whole bunch of hot sex, slap a plot around it and suddenly have your characters end up in love. Romance doesn’t really work like that. You need to build that bridge before you happily traipse across it, and this is done by showing moments of intimacy.
For example: Game of Thrones.
Windsinger Is Coming Soon – Here’s Another Tease!
The first installment in The Elemental Destiny series, Windsinger, is the story of Cecy – a girl who’s half-human, and half elemental, ancient, immortal creatures who embody the elements of earth, air, fire and water.
Being part air elemental gives her certain powers, but even among the Twixters (those who are half-human and half-elemental) she is gifted. When she finds herself strangely attracted to a human man, it complicates things.
In this scene, Brad is doing his best to get to know her, but she’s not telling him much of anything… Continue reading
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