Interview on public access TV !

I just returned home from my first official interview that will be publicized on local public access television through Dearborn Heights, MI. I am very privileged to have a network of friends that can offer me support and help me promote novel writing in general. I hope I didn't sound like a blubbering fast-talking salesperson, but I had so much information I wanted to share....

I gave lots of helpful information leading to sites such as:
www.nanowrimo.org
www.createspace.com
www.writersdigest.com
www.writersgazette.com
www.ebookscafe.com
www.writersmanual.com

Just to name a few of the sites I have actually registered with and all of them are FREE to get started. Take a moment to see the links I have listed on the Left side of my home page for my blog as I have several of these resources listed there, along with my own personal interviews on there, and success stories of my own.


My most recent task is pursuing this site:
www.aaronline.org with my new quest of fishing for an agent to publicize my newest release Blue Sky Exposure with a publishing company. Wish me luck on this new adventure!


I do not know when it will be aired, but I will definately makes sure I know when it's on so I can advise the viewers!

I'd like to personally thank Marc Walentowicz. Thank you Marc!

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My Story - Short story contest for Writers Digest

Here it is; Writersdigest short story contest called Your Story ends in less than an hour and I successfully uploaded this month's submission this evening. I hope that one of these times I get to be in the top 5 and heck I'd be beside myself excited if I actually won!

The short story contest rules are that the story must not exceed 750 words, and that it must be based off the prompt they provide. This month's prompt was:
Something bizarre occurs at the table next to a couple on their first date.

This story was submitted for the purpose of the above short story contest. Copyright rules are in place. You may not reduplicate this story without the author's permission.

Roadrunners Writing Club - co-organized by yours truly...

Memorial Elementary school in Garden City as asked me to help organize and host a young writers program in the school. We asked all students if they were interested in joining the club to learn how to write a story. They will learn sentence structure, character development, outlining, etc, and they just need to give up a lunch hour recess twice a month. At the end of the school year we would put together a book of their stories, publishing it into a soft cover book and allowing anyone (parent, teacher, student) to purchase one at a really really low price. We just want to help the kids see their work in print. *crossing our fingers* we hoped to get 50 students involved. When the Principal advised us that she ran out of the 100 flyers by the time she went through K, 1st, & 2nd grades we were astounded. We'd probably have to make a guess that over half the school wanted to participate. Now as the club prepares for it's first gathering on Thursday, we are hoping it goes by smoothly.

Now we are thinking... what did we get ourselves into? I hope we get as good of a turnout as we originally had. I don't want to turn any child away, if they want to write a story, then please share it! We are welcoming donations in any increment or supplies for the class. If you have anything to donate for the Writers Club, please send me a reply and I will let you know what we need. Some basic items are notebooks, pencils, and erasers.

I'm not sure where this club will take us, but I can't wait to help the kids get their stories that are brewing in their head onto paper. Let the imagination begin!

EXCITING NEWS on the homefront!

I am proud to announce that Blue Sky Exposure has been completed! The last of the final draft edits have been completed and I am now ready for a few select friends to proofread it for me. In as little as 30 days I hope to have query letters peppering the mail with hopes of finding an agent! I also hope that Blue Sky is loved by all.... doesn't is sound so pretty? The title: Blue Sky Exposure.

Here's a little synopsis of what it's about. This synopsis was written very fast and here in the middle of the night and is not in final form:

Robert Dorgan is a troubled man seeking revenge. Everyone in the town Deso Latt, Indiana fears the hospital due to unspoken rumors. Everyone at the Craybell Institute for the Mentally Impaired , located in Deso Latt, fears Robert Dorgan; especially the staff and doctors.

Throughout the discouraging chain of events, the novel will take you from one point of view to another. The events change depending on who's eyes you are looking through, Robert's or the rest of the worlds. Robert will search desperately for a way to fulfill his addiction. From theft to murder, he is on the border of sanity with a thirst for more. Thorough his endeavor Robert tries to deter unsuspecting victim, young Tessie Lynn away from the taunting Doctor Al Linden, and Doctor Derek Scott.

Also introducing Bluoxscen, a non-FDA approved drug that he craves and will stop at nothing to taste again. Giving him the extra strength and power that any man would crave, he also carries a new founded ability. Will the blue skies ever be exposed for Robert in his attempt to free himself? Or will the hospital be able to continue hiding what they've been hiding for years?

Almost.....

Blue Sky Exposure is almost done! I've spent the last 12 hours today working hard. I am on the last few chapters making sure all the loop hole character ploys have been fufilled and I will soon be ready to offer this book to just one more friend that would like to offer to proofread it. I would assume that it be ready by THIS Monday!!!! So if you are free this January and want to take a good long 34 chapter, 300 page read. It's almost....almost almost almost ready.

I am looking for honest opinions of storylines; character descriptions, and general plot holes that may risen unintentionally. Any grammatical or spelling advice is appreciated also and I would ask that if you choose to proof it for me, I would like a full read and reply within 30 days. My goal is to have this book in an agents hands by February and the search for an agent can take months! So the sooner I have opinions and corrections done, the sooner I can get this book in the hands of agents!

I already have 2 persons lined up to read. I'm looking for just one more. Please let me know if this is something you would consider!? You can be the first to taste Blue Sky Exposure...

Inspiration for Castle's sequel...

I received an extraordinary inspiration for Castle's sequel!

I will take you into the depths of the Castle. Down the stairs and into the cool cellar. Keep traveling below Valen's apartment and into the basement. The one hundred years that this Castle stood tall before it was revised into the lavish Castle it is today a hidden secret storage room is found. There beneath the basement, beneath the staircases, a secret hall awaits you...

Push aside the cobwebs and nevermind the dark dust among the floor as the hall has not been traveled through for nearly one hundred years. Look there above the enormous double doors. The arc of the hall welcomes you to a new room. Do you see it? Engraved in the stone above the arc read the words... "Librar Eerie"

That's all you'll get for now. I'm going to finish the edits on Blue Sky before I began my new adventure with this eerie library.

Updates on the proofreading...

It's taken many many days to get this far but I am on page 178 of 278. I've got to remap out quite a few chapters in the midst of this Blue Sky. I found my timeline wrong in over 5 chapters and had to go back and remap out many things that didn't line up. I had to ADD a complete chapter to help make since of it all, and bring a new character to life, but their life was short lived as they were killed off by the end of that same chapter.

This new book is definatley in a different genre. I think my body count is up to 6 people thus far halfway through the book and it's definatley not a romance but more of a drama. I'm going to have to search for what genre I think this falls in because it's not Mystery, and not murder, but not murder mystery, but does have murder and mystery in the plot. So I'm tossed.

I have high expectations that this novel will be ready to have new sets of eyes proof read it for me by January 1. I'm working hard on making that happen. I have over 100 pages and an entire chapter to add in to have it finshed by Friday. Let's cross our fingers and get to work... but first...let's get some sleep.

g'night!

December is half gone... what have I been doing?

Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) has been over for 15 days. What the heck have I been doing to busy myself? I've been running through a final edit of my book Blue Sky Exposure, that I hope to have released by this spring. I have been up late re-reading the chapters, and sentences ensuring I have the exact details of my corrupt Blue Sky.

My children attend elementary school and I was pleasantly surprised by the principal requesting my help of organizing a Young Writers Club in the school to help the children publish their short stories. It's all in the planning stages but I'm glad to accept this offer to slap on my resume of wonderful writing accomplishments that I've done.

The holidays are sucking any and all free time I have but I'll enjoy them nonetheless. Enjoy this time with your family. Call your long lost sibling, or send your mom a card. Let them know you care. Family is the core of a great support. Keep them close at heart, and just think... you are only given one family in life. Well; usually. Although there are some profoundly odd scenarios of odd things happening in which you get more than one... but that's in another story. So take care of the family you have. Enjoy one another, argue with one another, and live life as you've never lived before. You never know if you are going to wake up tomorrow.... why not make the most of today.

I'm getting back to my Blue Sky.... you get back to your life and see what tomorrow brings us.

Great Review!

Directly from the Domestic Goddess herself Leah Kanaan has graciously written a book review of A Castle Inside. Leah won, fair and square, a copy of my book. I was so honored to hear her comments about it I couldn't wait to share!