Tag: excerpt
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Excerpt: The Mirror’s Image, second chapter
While we all wait for the cover to be ready, here’s another chapter! Thursday, July 2, 1992 I woke around six, as was my habit on a weekday. I still felt a little stunned, but certainly more clear headed than I had been yesterday. I slipped out of bed and dressed quietly. Kristy appeared…
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Excerpt: The Mirror’s Image, first chapter
Oh we are so close to publication! Fans of The Sunshine Line don’t have long to wait for the sequel – The Mirror’s Image – now! To get you in the mood, here’s the first chapter: Wednesday July 1, 1992 Once the portal was fixed most of the fairies went through to their…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt Chapter Five
This is it! The last excerpt before publishing! I’m being generous, really; the excerpt is quite lengthy. Help Wanted is due to be published by the end of the month, so you won’t have long to wait to read the rest. 5. IN THE FLESH The next evening, Amy picked up Maggie before going…
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The Final Stretch!
We’re so close to getting Help Wanted done and published! I worked on editing all weekend, those final little tweaks. I’m taking a day off from it tomorrow and then I’ll throw it on my kindle and see how it reads there. With any luck there won’t be any errors. If I need to make…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter Three
I’m starting to feel the pinch! Help Wanted is going to e-press by the end of the month, and I’ll be ready. For your third taste… 3. E IS ALSO FOR ENGAGEMENT Time went on. Maggie did well at school except that she remained shy. Amy’s maternity-leave anxiety about a closing came to pass, but…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter 2
Help Wanted is coming soon! Another chapter to make you quiver with anticipation. Or something like that. 2.BACK TO THE REAL WORLD Amy didn’t have to wait long for more details. Rita tried several more times to contact Paul and he rebuffed her diversely. He wouldn’t answer her calls or her pings. Her emails got…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter One
Help Wanted is coming soon! Don’t worry, the published product will look tidier than it does in blog-post format. 1. THE MAN IN THE BOX Bonk. Amy looked away from the television to the laptop on her desk. Her Gmail tab was flashing Paul Fournier. She clicked on the tab and looked at the chat…
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Temporary Removal of Excerpts – The Sunshine Line
The Sunshine Line is published! How exciting it that??? I have enrolled The Sunshine Line in Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Select program, which requires that no more than 10% of a work be published anywhere else. I will be participating in the program for 90 days, after which I will make the book available in a…
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A Failure with Potential
Last November I failed at NaNoWriMo. I had a seed of an idea that very grudgingly allowed me to create an outline, but when I started to write, it turned wrong. I was writing in the first person and my narrator’s kid was kidnapped. It was awful. Not bad writing; it was awful to write.…
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Excerpt (Un-named) Sequel to The Sunshine Line
From late in the July 2, 1992, chapter Angelina introduced her companion, “This is Amanda, my half sister. She came along because she wanted to meet you.” My face must have shown how puzzled I felt, because Angelina said, “we are both Leo’s daughters, so we know a little about you already. Amanda is very…