tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69714934231643744222024-03-05T08:00:38.721-08:00Carey Heywood...Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-60131437899791380312013-12-13T03:49:00.000-08:002013-12-13T04:50:05.297-08:00Countdown to Winter Giveaway Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MUST LOVE OTTERS by Eliza Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hollie Porter is the chairwoman of Generation Disillusioned: at twenty-five years old, she’s saddled with a job she hates, a boyfriend who’s all wrong for her, and a vexing inability to say no. She’s already near her breaking point, so when one caller too many kicks the bucket during Hollie’s 911 shift, she cashes in the Sweethearts’ Spa & Stay gift certificate from her dad and heads to Revelation Cove, British Columbia. One caveat: she’s going solo. Any sweethearts will have to be found on site.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Because without ugly, there would be no beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dec, 2013</div>
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New Adult Sleepover Weekend</div>
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Savannah, Georgia</div>
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Feb, 2014</div>
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Tasty Author Weekend</div>
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Wilmington, North Carolina</div>
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Mar, 2014</div>
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The Novel Experience</div>
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Atlanta, Georgia</div>
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Mar, 2014</div>
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Authors in The City</div>
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New York, New York</div>
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Apr, 2014</div>
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North Shore Author Signing</div>
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Boston, Massachusetts</div>
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July, 2014</div>
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Southern Girls Author Signing</div>
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Greenville, North Carolina</div>
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Sept, 2014</div>
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Penned</div>
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St. Louis, Missouri </div>
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Nov, 2014</div>
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Rebels and Readers Author Signing</div>
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Huntington, West Virginia </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jazzy Williams is not your average
coffee-loving teen. She's struggling with her grief, her famous uncle’s fans,
an overprotective big brother, and a depressed mother, all while trying to make
friends at her new school. In the first week, she meets a gorgeous green-eyed
hottie who turns out to be more than just some high school crush - he's more
than human. And she unknowingly enrages a very dangerous breed of immortal who
wants her soul or life as payment. With the help of supernatural friends and
protectors, Jazzy thinks she's safe until what remains of her family is put in
danger. Does Jazzy have what it takes to save her family, life, soul and soul
mate, or will all be lost?</span></div>
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profanity, mild sexual situations, innuendoes, and violence. Recommended for
ages 17 and up, depending on maturity level.</span></span></div>
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I had the privilege of being a beta reader for this book. I loved Jazzy from the moment I met her, maybe not as much as Seth but you get what I mean. Starting at a new school with her brother, living in a new place all because of one fateful night. Already dealing with grief, anger and confusion she now has an unexpected paranormal connection to contend with as well. This would be overwhelming all by itself but somehow she also managed to gain an unrelenting enemy. Juggling all of this and homework just doesn't seem fair. I guess it helps to have a hunky soul mate by your side. I loved the flow, the dialogue, the unique paranormal slant and the character development. I would absolutely recommend this novel. </div>
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A demon with a pure heart, Micah Condie lives his life by a code of ethics, but breaking that code may be the only way for him to survive. A supernatural entity in her own right, Hope Gentry would do anything in her power to protect her loved ones, but she may be the one who puts them in peril.</div>
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When the Demon Impiorum challenges the laws that keep guardians and demons in balance, ancient enforcers of justice intervene. Micah, Hope, and their mentor Jonathan become entangled in a conspiracy that will test even the deepest love and trust.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Hope Gentry doesn’t believe in Fate. Born with an unusual power to see the dark memories of those around her, Hope just wants to be a normal teenager. But on the first day of her senior year of high school, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a transfer student named Micah Condie. At first glance, Micah seems like a boy that most girls would dream about. But when Hope's powers allow her to discover Micah's darkest secret, she quickly becomes entangled in the lives of mythical entities she never dreamed existed. Was this her destiny all along? And will her powers help her survive the evil of the Demon Impiorum? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When asked what makes a book they have read
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<span lang="EN-GB">Creating characters that we can all
identify with and care about is a fun and challenging part of writing a book.
When it comes to writing the ‘hero’ or the lead male character in a novel it’s
essential to conjure up a guy we will like, be rooting for, care about and, ok,
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<span lang="EN-GB">So, what makes the ideal hero in a novel?
Opinions, quite naturally, vary depending on who you ask. Some readers might
opt for alpha males – strong, determined, driven, hugely successful, maybe a
little arrogant, macho, a leader, brave, powerful, too handsome for his own
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<span lang="EN-GB">Others –myself included – prefer the beta
male. He’s the charming, handsome boy-next-door, more considerate than the
alpha of the species, he’s also playful, fun, good company, in some ways more
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<span lang="EN-GB">Do you opt for him to be a sharp dresser,
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jackets? Do you prefer him to be a bit more rough-around-the-edges, sporting
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<span lang="EN-GB">What about looks? The tall, dark and
handsome description is considered something of a cliché but the fact remains
that these four words do create the ideal visual of a great hero for many
women; for me, I would say just add a bit of stubble to the tall, dark and
handsome mix and then you have the perfect hero to grace the pages of any
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tanned and blonde could be the right
substitute for tall, dark and handsome for many females. Does he need to be
tall though? Can he wear glasses? Does he have to be perfectly toned with
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what the hero does? Over the years I have read books where the hero has been
everything from an ex con artist to a prince, from a struggling painter to
policeman, pilot, race car driver, actor, musician, builder, architect,
landscape gardener, writer, hotelier, dog trainer, store manager, worked in an
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manager (tall, closely cropped light brown hair, stubble – think of the actor
Paul Walker!) and Summer is trying to get her relationship with Rob back on
track when she meets Tom who is a
planning officer for the local council (sorry but I’m going to use the tall,
dark and handsome cliché here! Think of the actor James Lafferty). For several
reasons Kat shouldn’t be with Alex, and Summer shouldn’t be with Tom – but they
are drawn to each other and start to wonder if maybe life is about to get even
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looks, job and personality? Do you prefer the alpha or beta male?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Make A Wish…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kat can’t help wishing there was more to
life than this. What happened to her dream job? What happened with Nathan?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Summer is wondering where her life is going
too… battling the developers of a controversial housing estate and working out
why boyfriend Rob is increasingly distant.</span></div>
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into town everyone’s life is turned upside down.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kat meets building site project manager
Alex. She enjoys his company far too much, even though he’s on the town’s most
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relationship troubles of his own, so things could get really complicated. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Soon everyone is keeping secrets, lives
change and hearts are broken. Is everything falling apart, or does life just
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and shrimp sandwiches into the cool box and slammed the van door shut. As if
her life wasn’t enough of a disaster zone as it was – no money, lousy job,
losing Nathan, having to move back home to live with her parents – now this had
to go and happen. Plus, of course, it didn’t help that today she was feeling
shattered after spending half the night chanting some ridiculous protection
spell in the middle of the allotments with Summer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cringing as a van full of builders stopped
at the nearby traffic lights, Kat braced herself for the inevitable. After the
standard-issue wolf whistles had drifted across from their van, next came the
leered, “Wouldn’t argue with that, love!” as one of them nodded towards her sparkling
clean van, parked neatly at the curb. The words “A Bit of Crumpet on the Road”
emblazoned down the side in deep purple, glittery lettering. Not for the first
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from the public and from their customers, not always welcome ones, but as
Janice was always keen to point out, any kind of publicity and attention was,
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more tightly around her T-shirt and shorts, Kat ignored the builders and
climbed into her van to begin that morning’s deliveries. As she indicated to
pull out into the busy street in Luisborough, she mulled over the bad news –
that she was to add the controversial Netherton Meadows housing development to
her daily sandwich round.</span></div>
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out, she’d surely be ostracised for fraternising with the environmental enemy.
This was a development that pretty much everyone in Luisborough had fought
against for getting on towards a year. It had been the focus of STW campaigns.
It went against everything that Kat believed in environmental-wise. Everyone
hated the Netherton Meadows developers. Except, it seemed, Janice, who was
perfectly happy to, in her words, ‘supply yummy builders with yummy
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the approaching traffic lights had turned to red and hastily slammed a foot on
the brake. The van lurched to a halt and several boxes of crisps and one of the
cool boxes in the back tipped over. Damn. It was shaping up to be one of those
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<span lang="EN-GB">Two hours later Kat had visited all her
usual drops, was extremely hot and bothered, and could put off going to
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<span lang="EN-GB">Driving through the assorted vans,
machinery and portacabins Kat parked next to a building marked as being the
Site Office and hit the button on the dashboard. Tinkling chimes filled the air
as Kat climbed from the driver’s seat and made to open the back doors of the
vehicle. It was embarrassing enough that the van had the company name in large
lettering along its side but, just to make sure that it received maximum
exposure – and achieved maximum embarrassment – Janice had had some irritating
chimes fitted to the vehicle too. Kat was under strict instructions to sound
the chimes when she called at all of the sites where people came out to the
van; such as they were about to at Netherton Meadows.</span></div>
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with a grin on his face and walked towards her. “Hi, you must be Kat.” He
wedged a clipboard under his left arm and offered a hand to shake. “I’m Alex.
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“This is Kat and she’s very kindly agreed to venture onto this site to bring
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<span lang="EN-GB">Fifteen minutes later it seemed that all of
the team at the development had made their sandwich, crisp and drink selections
and sloped off to devour them in the sunshine. Only one of the builders, a
portly man who must have been twenty years Kat’s senior, had pushed the
boundaries a little, despite Alex’s earlier warning. As he’d selected a smoked
salmon and cream cheese roll – a choice that had surprised Kat somewhat, having
pegged him as a ham and cheese kind of guy – he’d asked Kat if she’d fancy joining
him for a drink sometime. She’d politely declined his offer, saying that she
had a boyfriend. No need to tell him that, technically, she and Nathan were no
longer an item. No need to tell him why either.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Zanna Mackenzie lives in the UK with her
husband, 4 dogs, a vegetable patch that’s home to far too many weeds and an
ever expanding library of books waiting to be read. </span></div>
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business publications is her ‘day job’ but, at every opportunity, she can be
found scribbling down notes on scenes for whatever novel she’s working on. She
loves it when the characters in her novels take on minds of their own and start
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nutrition and herbalism) she loves walking the dogs and gardening – that’s when
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(Astraea Press) and How Do You Spell Love? (Crooked Cat Publishing) and both
were published in early 2013.</span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I was a beta reader on this novel and the novel that preceded it, Never Forget. I gave that novel 5 stars as well and if possible I loved Bing and Jen's story even more than Never Forget. This novel was mainly set in London versus the Devon setting of the first book. Jen has moved from her small seaside hometown, a Carl, to go to art school.</span></div>
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Her relationship with Carl does not survive the distance between them. Their breakup was a giant blow up or overly dramatic. They both knew their relationship had run its course and mutually decide to end things. Jen has always annoyed Bing, come on, she is his little sister's best friend. I love that dynamic. How one person's opinion of another can change over time. How feelings can develop in an unexpected place.</div>
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This novel alternates between both main characters points of view. Being inside Bing's head was a lot of fun and I love Jen. Emma Hart writes people, not cliches. I appreciate the fact Jen is not this naive innocent girl trying to tame the bad boy, no she is strong and snarky and not afraid to tell Bing off for, well, being Bing.</div>
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<span class="s3">By day, </span><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span><span class="s3"> and </span><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic;">USA Today</span><span class="s3"> bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to a terrible two year old and growing bump, due September 2013. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of juice and writes books.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s3">She likes to write about magic, kisses and whatever else she can fit into the story. Sarcastic, witty characters are a must. As are hot guys.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s3">Emma is currently working too many books to even count - including Playing for Keeps, the companion book to </span><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic;">New York Times </span><span class="s3">and</span><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic;"> USA Today</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s3">bestselling novel, The Love Game. She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to when all the ideas come to life.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6971493423164374422" name="_GoBack"></a></span></div>
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I loved tag growing up, Lol! Every morning at the bus stop we would play until the bus came. We played freeze tag, TV tag and plain ole tag. Some of my best memories are goofing off those mornings at the gazebo at the end of my street. These days this type of author tag is more my speed...I haven't even had to get up! </div>
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I was tagged by S. Moose. Her debut novel Reaching Out For You needs to be on your TBR. I am looking forward to helping promote it once it's released. Trust me you'll want to follow her :)</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My only author friend I've met in real life. We had so much fun the first time that we did it again. I am a huge fan of her work and can't wait to read her upcoming novel Becoming. I hope to host her on my blog soon. Her links is below.</span><br />
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So I will now gush about why Helen is my amazeballs friend. She is one of the most genuine, caring, and helpful people I have ever virtually met. As an indie author there are things that you need to either learn how to do yourself or...pay someone else to do. One of these things is formatting...ugh...friggin formatting. Seriously, I cannot fully express how much I dislike formatting. So, during one extremely frustrating formatting session I tweeted something that probably said I was ready to throw my laptop out the window...blah, blah, something like that. Almost instantly she replies and tells me to email my cursed document to her. She friggin fixed my evil document and is the reason I am typing this blog post on my still 'in one piece' ancient Dell annnnnnnnnnnd paperback copies of my books exist.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">My Blog has been invaded by Spartans today! I welcome the opportunity to sit down and chat (virtually of course) with my favorite Spartan, Gareth Young. I consider it a great honor to introduce you all to him because I consider him a dear friend of mine. We've been fake married on Twitter for months now with no talk of a faux divorce. He does not (oops doesn't) shy away from his pro contraction stance and He is quite possibly the funniest person I know. Lastly, he found my obsession</span><span style="text-align: start;"> with Swedish Fish not only endearing but reason enough to join my cult :)</span></div>
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Doyle Godwin is my favorite because he's layered and interesting and conflicted. He's not a superman. In fact, he might be considered the opposite due to his disability but he doesn't dwell. He has more reason than most to shake his fist at God and demand answers and yet, he's accepted things and moved on. Well, for the most part he's moved on. There's still something from his past that he holds onto and he gets to relive that in Monsters.</div>
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<br />Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-32770415173386562772013-03-26T20:59:00.000-07:002013-03-26T20:59:57.018-07:00Cover Reveal - Bound to Me by Jeannette MedinaHey People!<br />
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I am so so so excited to share this cover with you all. I am drooling over the back blurb of this book. I CANNOT wait to read it!<br />
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<span class="s3" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The initial idea came from a very vivid dream. I awoke and scr</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ibbled down the basic idea in </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">very hurried sentences at 4 in the morning, always keeping paper and pen by my bed – or at least having the underside of a box of tissues to use.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">I left the idea to lie dormant in its initial state for quite some time. I toyed with the idea of writing it into a story but, always tending to have a self-defeating attitude about such things, put aside any notion of it. It wasn’t until I happened to catch an episode of Oprah where she was interviewing Ton</span><span class="s3">i Morrison. Ms. Morrison said, </span><span class="s3">“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been writt</span><span class="s3">en yet, then you must write it.</span><span class="s3">” And that really resonated with me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">I had always searched to find a story with</span><span class="s3"> a young protagonist along the lines</span><span class="s3"> of the </span><span class="s3">Hardy Boys with a lead character who happened to be gay</span><span class="s3">. </span><span class="s3">I didn't want the book to be centred on the coming-out process, so I included this as just one component of the total story, much as it is in real life</span><span class="s3">. I wanted to read, therefore create, characters that, although they have struggles, ultimately are strong, united, and empowering.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">I grew up, and still live, in a very rural area. When I was growing up there were no resources, at least none that I knew of, for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered or Questioning ( heretofore to be named LGBTQ ) </span><span class="s3">persons and I often felt an internal disconnect, desperately hoping to find something in a book or movie that I could relate to. While things are certainly getting better, it is still comforting to have those special, if only fictional, worlds where we can go and feel a common humanity. My u</span><span class="s3">ltimate goal was to </span><span class="s3">create such a place for even just one person within the pages of </span><span class="s6" style="font-style: italic;">One Boy’s Shadow</span><span class="s3">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">There were many scenes that were quite emotional to write and that</span><span class="s3"> created</span><span class="s3"> a different kind of struggle. When I’m writing it’s basically like I’m watching a movie inside my head and I’m trying to capture how each scene sounds and feels and relay that onto the page. There are times when I’m writing behind eyes glassed over with tears and others that actually make me get up and walk away from the computer for some time to give myself a reprieve. Even as I am writing I am not always sure what is going to happen next </span><span class="s3">and I</span><span class="s3"> am so emotionally invested in the </span><span class="s3">characters it beco</span><span class="s3">mes a very real experience.</span><span class="s4" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span class="s3"></span><span class="s3"><br /></span><span class="s4" style="font-weight: bold;">This novel broaches the very timely discussion of bullying. What would you say to someone who might be feeling alone or hurting today?</span></span><br />
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<span class="s3" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was bullied mercilessly in school, especially between the grades of 7 and 9. I was a very heavy kid and I was ridiculed and harassed on a daily basis because somehow my personal weight was an acceptable attack point for a large number of kids who were deflecting their own internal issues by aggressively pointing out my external one, so I understand bullying very well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">My bullying experience took me to a very dark, very lonely place…to the point that I almost gave up. Then, one night, I had this epiphany: </span><span class="s6" style="font-style: italic;">I won’t let them win. I’m stronger inside than anyone has any idea about. I’m smarter than all of them put together</span><span class="s3">. </span><span class="s3">So I changed the way I saw the people making fun of me. They weren’t just bullies, they were sad, pathetic, hopeless people who were so scared of themselves they had to attack me. Instead of being angry or hurt I just shook my head and smiled. Talk about confusing for them!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">What would I say to someone today, feeling alone or hurt? First off—you’re not alone. There are a number of amazing resources to get in touch with to help you know you have allies. The Trevor Project</span><span class="s3">, for example,</span><span class="s3"> is a wonderful organization which offers advice and counselling as well as a toll-free help-line.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">I wasn’t strong enough to be out in school.</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s3">That was more than twenty years ago (which is still hard for me to believe in many ways!) and at the time there weren’t any kids in my sma</span><span class="s3">ll town that were openly LGBTQ. </span><span class="s3">I also had for myself a</span><span class="s3"> secret weapon. I figured that if I were overweight </span><span class="s3">it would never be questioned why I wasn’t dating or going to the dances etc. I literally hid within my own skin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">The first copy of </span><span class="s6" style="font-style: italic;">One Boy’s Shadow</span><span class="s3"> that I gave away was to a young man who was experiencing some difficulties in high school. In it I inscribed this one simple truth to remember: Having the courage to be yourself is a gift you give the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s3">His name, like most things I do, was researched, shortlisted, and discussed. I was reading aloud my finalized short </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6971493423164374422" name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s3">list of five names to my mother and sister and when I said “Duncan” they both made me stop. When we learned the name’s meaning “Brown Fighter, Nobel Warrior” and that it was of Scottish origin, it was settled.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 14px;">I purchased his novel One Boy's Shadow and read it recently. This novel was the first LGBTQ genre novel I have read. I wondered if I would relate to a romance between two young men. I did, attraction is universal, those first feelings of nervous butterflies no matter the object spoke to me. I also, as I read the novel found myself mentally imagining myself as one of Caleb's parents. I have a son, how would I handle the conversations Caleb had with his parents if he was my son? The romance told in this novel has an added twist of a mystery as well. The home Caleb and his family move to is haunted. I'm personally a wuss and there were some scenes early on that made my heart rate jump a bit. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves young love, mysteries, and family dynamics.</span></div>
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Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-16340354641721334242013-03-08T14:19:00.000-08:002013-03-08T14:19:00.706-08:00Ebook Giveaway! 3-8-13<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My youngest turned three today. If that isn't a good enough reason for an ebook giveaway I'm not sure what is! The contest will run from today until tomorrow (3-9-2013) 5pm est. There will be 3 ebooks given away, one each to three winners (either of my books, winners can pick which). To enter please comment below.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">I ease out of bed and quietly walk
into the kitchen to make myself a piece of toast and grab a cup of yogurt. I am
cleaning my plate when Jon walks out of our room. He comes behind me, pushing
himself up against me, his hands on my hips. I freeze, my hands still in the sink. He
leans down to kiss my neck. I am too nervous to react, I don’t want him to
stop. Jon turns me to face him, I stand with my arms out in front of me,
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He makes love to me that morning,
playfully pulling me back to our bedroom. It has been at least a month since he
has shown any interest. The last time I initiated it Jon seemed almost distracted
the whole time, avoiding my kisses and leaving the bedroom once he was
finished. This time is like old times, Jon kissing me and murmuring silly, sexy
things to me. I feel as though my prayers are being answered, as though it is a
sign that whatever is broken with us can be fixed. I spend most of Sunday in his
arms, blissfully happy. He isn’t cold or distant, he is charming and loving.
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He puts on some music and when the
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After dinner he makes love to me again. I fall asleep in his embrace as he
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Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-20258186272664889392013-03-02T06:33:00.001-08:002013-03-02T06:33:05.182-08:00Book Reviews - Sins & Needles and Forty Days <br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Okay...this book, this friggin book. Alright, just trying to get my thoughts together. First off I do not want to give away any spoilers soooooo be prepared for some gibberish in certain parts of this review. I'll start my review with what made me buy this book. Answer, the author. I'm new to the Karina Halle fan club. A friend recommended the Experiment in Terror series to me and I'm a giant wuss and the idea of reading anything with the word terror in the title put me off. That was dumb, I was dumb. You have a friend recommend a book, read the friggin book. So, I did read the book and since I tend to read on the fast side I read all of the books in a short period of time. This is where what we call a book withdrawal came in place. So, even though her other books weren't EIT I was so impressed by the author's ability to pull me in that I started reading her other books. The quality of her writing is why I bought Sins & Needles.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This book intrigued me because I like the idea of a romance set around a story we are all familiar with, Noah's Ark. This story isn't Noah's though, it's his granddaughter Neima's. I am going to admit some ignorance and tell you right now that I have no idea of there was a granddaughter Neima in the bible version. The Noah's Ark version I remember is basically the children's one from a picture book. You know, God told Noah to build an Ark and get two of all of the animals on board. The next picture has a cute cartoon Noah on the boat with all the animals smiling as they look out their port windows, well except for the giraffes who have their heads sticking out of a hole at the top of the boat.</span></div>
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Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-8230265775461093412013-02-24T04:15:00.000-08:002013-02-24T04:18:14.782-08:00Eeeeeeep! The Love Game by Emma HartI'm beta reading this right now. It's good, so so good!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s11">For a second, I forget the game. I forget the fake relationship. I forget the fact I'm on roller</span><span class="s11">-</span><span class="s11">skates and Braden isn't-</span></span></div>
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<span class="s11" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I told you we didn't know where we were going!” I say through my laughter, blades of grass tickling my ears.</span></div>
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<span class="s11" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Hey.” He rolls towards me, propping himself up on his elbow. His hair flops down towards my face, casting little shadows over us. “I totally knew where we were going until you distracted me.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s11">“</span><span class="s13" style="font-style: italic;">I </span><span class="s11">distracted </span><span class="s13" style="font-style: italic;">you</span><span class="s11">? Oh no, mister. You kissed me, not the other way around.”</span></span></div>
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<span class="s11" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Maybe that's because there weren't any.”</span></div>
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<span class="s11" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Then let's try again.”</span></div>
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Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-24978874266047879572013-02-20T15:32:00.000-08:002013-02-20T15:33:57.473-08:00Author Interview with Melodie Ramone<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">One thing I thought would be really cool to do on this blog is introduce y'all to some of my favorite authors by doing author interviews with them. I hope you will love them as much as I do. My very first interview is with the lovely Melodie Ramone. I met Melodie on Twitter, she seemed nice so I bought her book After Forever Ends. This book consumed me, it is to this day one of my all time favorite books. I have posted my review of After Forever Ends at the bottom of this page. So, anyway...after finishing this book that I would marry if that was an option I proceeded to stalk (nicely) Melodie until I made her my friend. Somehow (she doesn't scare easy) she adored me as much as I her (swoon!) and I am honored to call her a friend. She even put an author spotlight of me on her website! She truly is a beautiful soul and I hope she sells so many books she can hire a swarm of muscled men to carry her around in a litter...she falls down a lot. Without further ado, here is Melodie Ramone-</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I underestimated how much time it takes to promote a novel...and how much money I'd need to go as big as I originally wanted. I still haven't gone as big as I wanted...yet.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Honestly, I just knew Oliver and Alexander were twins. There was never any question in my mind. Can you imagine them NOT being twins? lol What I didn't know when I "discovered" them was that they looked so very much alike. Because they are so different personality wise, I thought there would be bigger differences, but they're very nearly physically indistinguishable. That took me awhile to figure out, actually, and when I did, I realized how much it bothered them both that some people couldn't acknowledge that they are two very different people. Hence, their hatred for the term "</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1361400416_0" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">identical twins</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">" and their preference for "mono-zygotic twins". In the end, their being twins added a lot to the story, I think. But I didn't plan it that way. It's just the way it was.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">How do you find time to write?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I find time to write when I ignore all my responsibilities, children, husband, cats, ferrets, shut off my phone, disconnect the internet and sit in a corner with my headphones on. I try to look really, really angry while I'm at it, to deter any interruption. hee. Just joking. I'm told I look really, really angry when I'm writing. It's true, when I'm concentrating or thinking, I scowl.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Do you have a favorite place where you write?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Right now, I sit in the corner of the living room beside the space heater. I like to write where it's warm. I don't know why, but sitting cross legged in a recliner (anywhere) with a blanket and a laptop balanced between my knees puts me into some kind of meditational state where I can channel inter-dimensional beings. I just relax, sit, listen to the disembodied voices, and type as fast as I can.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Do you use Beta readers? If so, what type of feedback do you feel is the most helpful?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I think any kind of feedback is good, as long as it isn't dumb. But I'm stubborn and I don't change much because of what people tell me. I mean, sometimes, like if they want more of a particular character or more of a particular part of the story. But I won't change the "truth" of what happens in a book because somebody thought that a female character should have been with a different male character or something like that. I'm there to tell the character's story more than please somebody's idea of what the character should have done. (I hope that makes sense.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">One of my favorite scenes from After Forever Ends was the muffin scene. With out giving too much away for anyone who has not read AFE yet what inspired that scene?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Ah! The infamous "Muffin" scene! The inspiration for that was pretty simple. Family dynamics are interesting and they're fun to watch from a distance, especially when things get heated. Not when you're caught in the middle, mind, but Silvia was telling that story looking back from far into the future, so she was able to laugh about it. Families can spin out of control at any given second and that scene was one of those times that got out of hand. I knew what had happened, so I just wound them up and let them go. haha! It was Oliver that set that situation up for chaos, though, the way he nonchalantly dropped such a huge bombshell over tea. Poor Ed and Ana! All they ever wanted was the best for their children and they were stuck with, as Ed put it, "Those two toxic demons", Oliver and Alexander. Nobody ever knew what they were going to do next, but that particular decision...that one was huge. (I can't say what Oliver did. Spoilers, you know?) Basically, Ed was so angry with and confused by what his son, Oliver, had done, that he jumped to the nearest conclusion to make his choice make sense. But since his mind was so scrambled, instead of saying "She has a bun in the oven!", he said, "She's baking a muffin!" And to make it even funnier, he was wrong, Oliver had no idea what he was talking about, and Silvia completely lost any composure she might have had before he said it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Do you have a favorite writing snack? If so, please dish</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I will eat just about anything! But I really love pretzels when I'm writing. You know, so the crumbs can fall on the keyboard and I can spend an extra 45 minutes mashing the bits down by pressing on the "M" key really hard and then blowing on the keys?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I know you are a big reader, what are your three all time favorite books?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">That's hard to quantify. I have so many favorite books, but there have been a few that stand out the most in my mind as "important" books. The first "important" book to me was probably "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. I read that in like 4th grade and it made an deep impression on me. "The DragonLance Chronicles" were HUGE in helping me learn how important character development is in a story. It was the first book where I literally fell in love with characters and felt like they were my friends. And a third book? That's tough, honestly. All the good ones take a place in my heart and just stay there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lastly, do you have a current work in progress? If so, what's it about? And when do you hope to release it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I have been poking around at two or three things, but none of them are flowing as freely as I'd like. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks things will settle down and then I'll be able to really get down to writing something worth reading. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Here is my review of After Forever Ends:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Some books stay with you, long after you've finished them. For me, this is one of those books. I follow Melodie on Twitter and honestly bought the book because she is a doll. I also remember seeing a review on Amazon that had plucked out some quotes from the book. The quotes read like lyrics or poetry, they were absolutely beautiful. The story of Silvia Cotton pulled me right in, the contrast of her loneliness to the love and friendship she found in Oliver and Alexander. This beautiful book made me laugh till my husband told me if I woke up the kids I had to deal with them, and it made me sob like my heart was breaking. I read a lot, this is my new favorite book. I want my mom, sisters, and my girlfriends to read this book. I want my daughter, when she is older, to read this book. This book will stay with you, in the most wonderful way.</span><br />
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Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-59403505289828985572013-02-18T06:00:00.000-08:002013-02-18T06:00:15.615-08:00Beta Reading...<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When I wrote my first novel (A Bridge of Her Own) I had no idea what a beta reader was. I had friends read it before it was released but otherwise I didn't really know what I was doing (most days still don't). I was introduced to the concept of beta reading when I saw a random </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1361194405_0" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tweet</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> on twitter. The author, Christie Palmer (love her!) was looking for a beta for her novel Shadow Play.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I don't just love to read, <i>I, if my house was on fire I'd be like one more chapter, love to read</i>...So, this unknown beta reading tweet captured my curiosity. I responded to the tweet and shared some DMs with Christie. I'll admit I was a total dork about it. I Googled beta reading so I would have an understanding of what was expected. The article I read suggested reading the book twice, once for story line and the second time to pick up any issues you may see. I personally don't do that.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As an author I know what it feels like to wait (impatiently, I wait impatiently and have been known to stalk my beta readers) for feedback. So, when I beta read I send my feedback one or two chapters at a time. So far the authors I have worked with seem to appreciate this.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">What do I comment on when I beta read something? I let the author know if a character description changes over the course of the book, like if a character is listed as having a certain hair or eye color in one scene but a different hair or eye color is listed in another scene. I also let the author know if any sections confuse me as a reader. One of the main things I catch as a beta reader is random word corrections in a sentence. For example, sign versus sigh. As a writer (ask my editor) I seem to type signed many times when I actually mean to say sighed. When I saw the same word mix up on a recent beta read I felt a little better, sometimes it's nice to know I'm not alone.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Beta reading, particularly for indie authors is such an important part of the process. Being able to provide a clean document to your editor will allow them additional time to polish your manuscript. For me, I know my biggest weakness will always be punctuation. I speak in run on sentences and that translates into my writing. I have a very patient and kind editor who puts up with me and am happy to pass along her info to anyone interested. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Moral of the story, if given the opportunity to beta read something understand that you are in the unique position to help mold the story into something better. If a section needs more detail tell the author, if a character doesn't feel real tell the author, if there is one random thing that would make the difference between liking or loving a book tell the author. Just remember to be diplomatic, I am still developing a thick skin when it comes to taking criticism, so when its constructive its much easier to take. That being said if you are ever interested in beta reading Twitter is a good place to find authors who may be looking.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thanks for reading, feel free to share any other feedback you would love to see a beta provide...</span>Carey Heywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08116161804288620759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971493423164374422.post-89653550415170198922013-02-13T17:16:00.001-08:002013-02-13T17:16:32.956-08:00Testing...testing...<br />
So, hmm...it appears I have created a blog. Interesting, I have no clue what I'm doing, and by admitting that my hope is that you will find me endearing...<br />
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So, things I will freely admit...<br />
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I have no idea how to alter the background of this blog now that I have selected the picture theme! When I picked it I thought it meant I could upload my own picture. It might still mean that, I just don't see any place to do that...<br />
In writing this post I have learned this system has spell check! Sweet! I'm not the best speller...<br />
I also have no idea how often I'll post stuff, I can be ADD...like oh, must write blog post but wait....shiny! Um, what was I doing before?...<br />
And, lastly...I'm sure you've noticed...I go dot dot dot a lot...<br />
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