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  • A Different Kind of Book Review: Dawning by Olivia Stocum aka Chapter 9 of Clemency, A Novel in Progress

    November 16th, 2014

    Dear Reader, I’m taking a short break from my novel in progress to present another in my unplanned series, A Different Kind of Book Review.  It all goes into my NaNoWriMo word count, but not necessarily into my final draft of Clemency.  Then again … .  Well, read on, Dear Reader, and I hope you enjoy.

    Chapter 8 is here.

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    Dawning

    Misty handed the tattered paperback to Lorene Jeffers, the prison librarian, and pulled the mug of hot chocolate to her.  Somehow Lorene had contrived to set aside an hour each week to sit with Misty and go over books she was reading.  They even allowed her to make hot chocolate, although it was the packaged kind made with water.  Misty didn’t care.  It still seemed like a luxury to her.

    Lorene tapped the cover of the paperback. “So what did you think?  Did you like Dawning?” (more…)

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  • Yo, heads up

    November 14th, 2014

    At the risk of offending somebody: Here’s your chance to get Occasional Soulmates really really cheap! Now, I bought the paperback and, as Kevin notes in his post, his picture on the back cover was well worth the $$. But, seriously, folks, the novel is a great read and the Kindle ebook is definitely a steal (pun intended) at 99 cents. That said, the paperback is prettier and more fun to read than an ebook.

    Photo on 9-22-14 at 7.24 PM

    But, I know, I know, ebooks are more convenient so go ahead and buy the ebook version. Of course, if ebooks are more convenient, then that means you’ll have no excuse not to write a (5-star … no pressure here) book review. Really, please write a book review. Check out the ones already there for inspiration :) Now, go and BUY the book. Have a nice day!

    Kevin Brennan's avatarWHAT THE HELL

    IMG_1217Just so you know… Mañana I’ll be starting a Kindle Countdown deal for Occasional Soulmates, wherein you and everyone you know or ever have known may purchase this lovely little ebook for a mere 99 cents. You knew it was coming. All self-publishers must resort to the 99 cent deal, or, even worse, the giveaway, and now is the first of (we don’t know how) many for OS.

    Help propel this novel into the top umpty-thousand on the bestseller list. Grab your copy tomorrow!

    Oh, and don’t forget to post a brief review too. I’m stuck at eight. Where reviews are concerned, eight is definitely not enough.

    Don’t forget, if you’re a print lover, Occasional Soulmates is available as a paperback. It has my picture on the back. That alone is worth $9.99.

    The deal runs from the 15th through the 21st. Spread the word.

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  • Please Help the Family of a Fellow Author Who Has Died

    November 14th, 2014

    Sad news. In this case, the author no longer needs our help, but his grieving family does. Please share.

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  • Changelings: Into the Mist is HERE!

    November 13th, 2014

    Changelingscover Changelings. They were the descendants of Man and Fae. They walked between worlds – as healers, mystics, even kings – but no more. He thought he was the last, alone and lost, until the day he saw them.

    Irish teens Maureen O’Malley and Sean McAndrew are lost in time. To find a way home, they must curry favor with pirates, dodge a revolution, and defy a king out of Ireland’s deepest legends.

    They are Changelings, and they have magic in their blood – magic, which will rekindle a centuries-old war that threatens to tear the very fabric of time.

    Pirates and rebels and myths, oh my!

    Changelings: Into the Mist is the first book in the exciting Changelings series, and it is available in print and digital from Amazon today!

    And, check out the IndieGoGo Campaign for your opportunity to not only have Katie sign your copy of Changelings, but to get some gorgeous perks – all while helping an indie author fund her ongoing marketing campaign.

    Chapter One

    I sat in the grove of my own creation and stared out at a world and a people descended of mine own. As I watched, trees gave way to stone and the Many lost their claim to the priests of the One.

    Then the wheel turned. The sacred trees grew around my effigy of stone and the Many came out of hiding. I sat in my grove and watched a world outside my imagination, willing it to see.

    She saw. She saw me with uncanny green eyes – the green eyes of my mother and her mother before her: witch’s eyes.

    Joy rose in me. It was time – time to join the world after years of solitude, time to act after centuries of stillness.

    I closed my eyes and reached across the barrier, to touch my future and my past…

    Advanced praise for Changelings: Into the Mist

    “It’s a love-letter to Ireland.” ~ Helena Hann-Basquiat, Memoirs of a Dilettante, Vol. One

    “Katie Sullivan has penned an imaginative, entertaining debut novel.” ~ Andra Watkins, To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis (GoodReads Review)

    Get your copy today!

    Katie SullivanAbout the Author

    Descended of pirates and revolutionaries, Katie Sullivan is a lover and student of all things Irish. Born in the States, she is a dual US/Irish citizen, and studied history and politics at University College, Dublin – although, at the time, she seriously considered switching to law, if only so she could attend lectures at the castle on campus. She lives in the American Midwest with her son, two cats and a pesky character in her head named D (but you can call him Dubh). She can be found writing with said character weekly at her blog, The D/A Dialogues.

    Connect with Katie!

    The D/A Dialogues | Katie Sullivan, Author Website

    Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | Google+

    Check out Changelings on GoodReads

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  • Ten Things Not to do if Your Engine Light Comes On.

    November 10th, 2014

    Take a break from NaNoWriMo (or just take a break) and enjoy John Howell’s latest Top Ten Things Not To Do …. This time it’s all about that annoying engine light that comes on in your car at the worst times.

    John W. Howell's avatarFiction Favorites

    a check engine

    This list was inspired by a light that came on.

    Ten Things Not to Do If Your Engine Light Comes On.

    10 If your engine light comes on do not panic. If you do, at best you may make things worse by being rattled. At worst, you may pull off the road in a panicked state and keep rolling past the shoulder and into a culvert below.

    9 If your engine light comes on, do not consult your owner’s manual until you come to a stop. If you do, at best you won’t find the section inconspicuously marked “Warning Indicator – Engine” and you’ll have to stop anyway. At worst, you will be concentrating on trying to use the index to find the subject matter and inadvertently run into the stopped care in front of you. In any case the index will be of no help.

    8 If your engine…

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  • You’re Now a Raging Success

    November 4th, 2014

    The Paperbook Collective is back and Hallelujah to that :)

    Jayde-Ashe's avatarThe Paperbook Blog

    I don’t even know how to begin this post…

    The last time I typed words into this blog was one day before my birthday, all the way back in April.

    Two days later, I ended my four and a half year relationship, and all the words disappeared.

    It has taken me close to seven months to actually open up WordPress again, but here I am. About a month ago I dug out my battered original copies of The Paperbook Collective, and started again. I hadn’t actually realised how much I missed it, and how happy it made me feel. My life is now filled with work and events and committees and obligations, but I am determined to make time for The Paperbook Collective once again.

    So I have been working hard, and Issue Seven is now officially a zine!

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    If you had ordered a copy of Issue Seven before I…

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  • Ten Things Not to Do While Watching the Kids on an Inclement Day

    November 3rd, 2014

    No doubt this Top Ten list of things not to do by John Howell will resonate with all of you authors who are also parents of small children :)

    John W. Howell's avatarFiction Favorites

    TIRED-STUDENT-medium

    This list was created to pay homage to all of you parents who in addition to trying to be an author have the duty to take care of the little ones in your care. I’ve been there and got the shirt.

    Ten Things Not to Do While Watching the Kids on an Inclement Day

    10 If you are watching the kids on an inclement day, do not try to write on your novel. If you do, at best you will produce a small number of very disappointing words. At worst, you will face a task as difficult as trying to teach a pig to sing. You and the pig will end up being very frustrated.

    9 If you are watching the kids on an inclement day, do not try to watch anything on TV that isn’t kid programming. If you do, at best you won’t be able to see a…

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  • 10 Unusual Writers’ Words for #NaNoWriMo

    November 1st, 2014

    I am a dysgraphia sufferer. What about you?
    And before anyone gives me grief about how I should be writing (I’m talking to you, Jill), I wrote 9,050 2019 words this morning. I don’t know if they make any sense, but I did write them :)

    InterestingLiterature's avatarInteresting Literature

    With NaNoWriMo or National Novel-Writing Month getting underway this weekend, writers all over the world are doubtless concerned about the prospect of facing writer’s cramp, writer’s block (dare we say it?), and the other occupational hazards that lie in wait for those who live their lives by the pen. Here are ten unusual words that sum up the writing experience, or our attitudes to writing, in one way or another…

    Cacoethes scribendi. Let’s kick off with some Latin. Why not? This phrase comes from the Roman writer Juvenal and means ‘an irresistible desire to write’. Well, sort of. The term appears in Juvenal’s Satires and is borrowed from ancient Greek, where the first word meant ‘bad habit’ or ‘malignant disease’. In other words, the desire to write is a kind of compulsion, or disease – an addiction for which there is no known cure. Which brings us to…

    Hypergraphia. This…

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  • Hair Today?

    November 1st, 2014

    A recent post by my good friend Kevin Brennan inspired me to post this picture of me from 2007. (more…)

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  • And We Begin … Almost

    October 31st, 2014

    You remember this, from last year, don’t you?

     

    NaNoWri 2013 mug

    It will be my official cup of java starting November 1.  That’s TOMORROW!

     

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    Several days ago, I introduced the idea of posting part of a novel on my blog, the parts already written, while I slave away at trying to finish said novel during NaNoWriMo.

    Here’s a reminder of what I plan to do.  The title of the novel in progress is Clemency.  The blurb:

    Clemency is a story about Misty Daniels, a young girl (~18) in prison for allegedly killing her live-in boyfriend after he beat her up, causing her to miscarry.  Enter Sarah Mansfield, a newly minted attorney who believes in Misty’s innocence and wants to secure her freedom.  But not everyone believes that Misty is innocent.  Not even Misty.  And there are some people in Misty’s poor small town that want to see her stay in prison.  And they will do anything to make sure that happens.  Even if means someone has to die.

    Only in her mid-twenties and alone in an unfamiliar southern city, Sarah finds her life on the line and with few people she can trust.  Her boss and mentor, Lucas Danforth, seems to know more than he lets on and brushes off Sarah’s concern for her and Misty’s safety.  Michael Daniels, Misty’s half-brother and a former Marine, is more interested in hindering Sarah’s investigations than helping her.  And the people of Oyster Point, led by Sheriff Cooley, harbor more than a general mistrust of strangers.  They are all hiding something, and Sarah suspects that what they are hiding is the key to Misty’s freedom. 

    These posts will are scheduled for 6 AM (US Eastern Time), starting November 1.  I sliced up the chapters into roughly 1000 words or less to make them digestible for those on the go.  But I think that makes for a choppy read, so I’ve added the Recent Posts widget to my blog (top of the sidebar) so you can wait a few days and then start reading your way through, if you prefer.  I always welcome comments, but I also know that it can be harder to comment on fiction than on book reviews or posts about a person’s lousy day at work.  And I know people are busy.  And I know I’ll be very busy.

    On the trail at Chimney Rock, Point Reyes National Seashore Park, California July 2012
    A long way off in my own head.

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