The tea kettle began to whistle, it’s high-pitched steamy hiss making Lucy wince. She was in charge tonight. She was the one to hold forth, to represent all young women everywhere, as the Widows’ Book Club met again. She wondered if they would find it amusing or impertinent, maybe even juvenile, calling their book club The Widows’ Book Club. But they were all widows, she argued with herself. Well, three of them. (more…)
Here is a truly entertaining announcement for Katie Cross’s new book, Miss Mabel’s School for Girls. All the info you need to pick up a copy of Katie’s is here. And while you’re at it, pick up one or two of Olivia Stocum’s books as well! How can you go wrong?
The absolutely awesome Katie cross has released her first novel, a YA fantasy, Miss Mabel’s School for Girls.
<BEEP> THIS HAS BEEN A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. IF THIS HAD BEEN AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HEAD DIRECTLY TO AMAZON TO BUY MISS MABEL’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS>
Oh, go over there and buy it anyway!
It’s not like it’s the Zombie Apocalypse and you don’t have time to read because your too busy trying to stay alive. (or dead as the case may be)
Here’s what it looks like. So, you don’t mistake it for something else. (You know, something not nearly as cool that might disappoint you, then causing you to write your first ever one star review, that then has the author calling the police and having a restraining order put out against you. I mean, you wouldn’t want THAT, now would you?)
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Great post on whether writers do (and should) know the ending of their stories ahead of time.
Everyone, please welcome guest blogger and fellow author Katie Cross to crimsonleague.com today, to talk about her experiences with creative writing, characters, and novels.
A bit of background for this post: as you know, my writer’s handbook, “Writing for You: A Novelist’s Guide to the Craft of Fiction” releases July 31.
Part of the first chapter involves a description of what I consider the most common and most counterproductive misconceptions about writing a novel.
To help pump people up for the release, I asked Katie to write about what she considers one of the major misconceptions non-writers and beginning-writers have.
How much does an author REALLY know what’s going to happen to her characters???
I’ll let Katie take it from here:
When I was a little girl, I would have given up my softball mitt to know who my future husband would be.
I was convinced it was Devin, the…
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Marie at 1 Write Way 