Part II of John W. Howell’s short story, Cold Night Out. The mystery continues …
Author: Marie A Bailey
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Part II of John W. Howell’s short story, Cold Night Out. The mystery continues …
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A couple of weeks ago I became a member of the Rome Construction Crew, a wonderful group of supportive bloggers and writers. I really want to use my membership as a way to advance my writing by setting attainable goals. Emphasis on the word attainable. Some of you may already be aware that I have a tendency to “over-do.” When I was (much) younger and better skilled at multitasking, “over-doing” was not too much of a problem. But I’m older now and multitasking often leaves me feeling dissatisfied: I might get a lot done, but none of it very well. With that in mind, I’m revisiting the goals I set out just a short time ago.
(1) Get off my own back. Now this is a worthy goal that needs to be at #1. If I don’t cut myself some slack, then I’ll just spent my precious remaining productive berating myself … you know, kind of like what I’m doing right now.
(2) Set up a schedule of posting that gives me time to write, but doesn’t make followers think I’ve fallen off the face of the earth. I want to start slow, let’s say with one original post for my blog and one original post for The Community Storyboard and one for Stuff It Tuesdays a week. Reading this goal again made me laugh. Really, “I want to start slow”? I admit that as soon as I wrote it, I realized I was probably setting myself up for failure. While, in the interim, I have managed to post to The Community Storyboard and to my own blog, I did miss on last week’s Stuff It Tuesday. So maybe I’ll just adjust this goal down to posting to The Community Storyboard and my blog. And maybe alternate. That all depends on whether I:
(3) Get organized. This probably should be Goal #2, if I want to think and act linearly. My office at my day job is fairly organized with files and drawers and post-it notes. But my working space at home is anything but organized. And it’s just going to get worse as we get closer to our new cabinet installation. OK, well, today is Saturday, so maybe tomorrow ???
(4) Write the third novel in my series, The Widow’s Club (working title). This is for July Camp NaNoWritMo and I will NOT adjust this goal. I am psyched about actually writing a third novel in a series, getting to know my characters that much more, see what sort of trials and tribulations I can put them through. See if any one survives ;)
So now I’m feeling a bit better about what I’m committing myself to. At least until my next update when I again berate myself for being lax in posting to The Community Storyboard ad nauseam.
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Some important tips for using multiple points-of-view in your writing by the talented Sarah M. Cradit.
I’m a shameless fan of writing in multiple POVs. My series has a large, diverse cast of characters and I’m all about giving each of them a voice, where possible. I also believe that telling the story through the eyes of varied characters gives a well-rounded perspective on the tale that you would not get otherwise.Of course, this is not always a popular narrative choice. Some readers are very vocal about their dislike of this style. Does that deter me? Not even a little. But it does evoke a stubborn desire to want to do it right.
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I’ve been nominated for another Liebster by the lovely Briana Vested at When I Became An Author. I don’t want to disappoint anyone by following the rules, so I am going to answer Briana’s questions and stop there ;) At a later date I may come back to this post and nominate a bunch of unruly bloggers, but for the time being, I just want to acknowledge Briana. She’s a wonderful writer of young adult westerns so do please skip over to her blog and see about purchasing her books :)
Briana’s Questions for Her Nominees:
What is your favorite part about winter? When I lived in the north, it was the snow, especially on moonlit nights. Now, in the south, my favorite part is that there are fewer and slower mosquitoes.
Where do you see yourself living in 5 years? Unfortunately, we’ll probably still be where we are now, although plans are to head to the West Coast as soon as I retire :)
How many books are in the room you’re in right now? If you include ebooks, too many to count!
Look in your wallet/purse, is there more money or receipts in there? That’s good one! About 50-50 right now!
What was your first paying job? Worked summers at a cafeteria doing everything from cleaning tables to cashier.
Favorite vegetable: Sweet corn on the cob
How long have you had your blog? Started it in November 2007, ran for about 3 years, took a 3-year hiatus and rebooted in Feb 2013. You do the math.
What is the best dream you’ve ever had? The one I don’t remember.
What did you have for dinner last night? Pizza with eggplant, zuchinni and red peppers and two beers (it was Friday night; I’m allowed to drink then).
Are you happy right now? When working on my blog, I’m always happy.
If you could change one thing about your appearance, what would you change? I would make the scars on my legs disappear. -
For July only, 99-cent ebooks by C.N. Faust!
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Hurry! Day 5 of the week long sale. Get Rise of a Queen, Book One of The Vampire Realm Series for .99 cents.
It should be more than a countdown at this point. After the 7th day the book goes up again. Who wouldn’t want to start their summer off right? Who of your friends haven’t read it and are looking for something different to read?
Big Question. What would you choose. Submit to the vampire culling, become a rebel IF you survive it, or work your way into becoming a vampire itself? Those are the questions you should ask yourself. Some prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse (I know I am) but has anybody prepared for a world where Vampires ruled the earth? We’re not talking preparing to take over. It WILL happen. In my book at least. Check it out after you read the reviews.
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First installment of John W. Howell’s award-winning short story, Cold Night Out on The Community Storyboard.
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Sweetly sad love poem at The Community Storyboard.
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Lessons learned from working with iUniverse.
Before we get into the nitty gritty details of this topic, let’s begin with establishing what exactly iUniverse is, and what makes it different from traditional publishing and self-publishing. In a nutshell, there are three types of publishing:
So there’s the breakdown. iUniverse is an assisted/vanity publisher, meaning you pay them money and they publish your book for you. Assisted/vanity publishers have a God-awful reputation amongst self-published authors, due to their tendency to squeeze authors for every penny they have. There have also been all sorts of lawsuits filed over missed/inaccurate royalty payments, publishing books without the author’s permission, etc. On the other hand, many authors have gone with assisted/vanity publishers and been perfectly satisfied.So … iUniverse — Yea or Nay?
The Good
- The friendliness. Every employee I have ever spoken to at iUniverse has been incredibly polite, friendly, and eager to assist me in any way they can…
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“Love or lust … Maybe a bit of both” at The Community Storyboard.
Marie at 1 Write Way 