My writing projects and goals for 2017
Update
- Final revisions to The Twesome Loop are done and it was submitted to my publisher on 6th June 2017. Working on a cover and extra pages now. Official launch set for 30th September 2017 at Words in the Park, Sherwood park, Alberta.
- New YA story Bubble the Gruggle’s word count has again increased 10,585. It is a fun story set on another planet.
- A re-read of Life in Slake Patch is on my list for the next couple of weeks prior to submitting it to my publisher for a spring launch.
- The Giving Thief a suspense novel – I am returning to this manuscript in the next month. Word count at 22nd May 2017 – 70,394. It will be a 2018 release.
Excerpt: The squeezing felt cathartic, the more pressure he applied, the better he felt, the stronger and more powerful he became. It silenced her taunting, those cruel words she knew burnt into his soul. His mind repeated a mantra – shut up, Gillian, shut up. The room grew eerily quiet, a blinding red mist across his eyes began to fade as he watched the vitality leave her eyes, and her frantic thrashing and clawing lessened then ceased. This moment changed his life forever.
This novel was inspired by several true life instances, I found too compelling not to use.
- http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/maine-hermit-who-lived-woods-three-decades-pleads-guilty-theft-f8C11485832
- http://empirenews.net/body-found-under-motel-bed-police-claim-its-been-there-5-years/
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2706417/Woman-left-creepy-dolls-resembling-REAL-young-girls-outside-homes-embarrassed-concern-says-just-wanted-nice.html
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11983786/Long-lost-doctor-discovered-living-like-a-hermit-in-the-woods-of-Tuscany.html
As authors and writers our inspiration comes from everywhere and anywhere, it is our imaginations that mold them into narratives.
I hope your 2017 writing projects are not only enjoyable but successful. If you would like to share them here, that would be wonderful.
Hello! I am a middle grade fiction author and I would love to participate in an author interview, book review or guest post. Basically anything book related I’d love to participate in!
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Email sent.
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Hello! I’m a middle grade fiction author who would love to participate in an author interview, book review or guest post. Basically anything book related I’d love to participate in!
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Hi. I will send the questions to your email. Great to connect.
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Wow I love this, love the cite photo of the door!
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Thank you, I’m designing a cover picture of the sprites home at the moment.
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Thanks for your comment – I have the new cover done now – take a peek http://dreamwritepublishing.ca/files/dreamwritepublishing/imagecache/product_full/book%20icon_0.JPG
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You mentioned to leave you a note if authors wanted to be interviewed on your site. Well here I am 🙂
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Hi Joss, yes I have sent you the interview questions. Have fun with them. I have to draw up a schedule then can advise everyone when their interview will be up. Have fun with it. Thx
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Very creative and you must have quite the tale under way with the NaNo start!! Looking forward to reading it all.
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